Between Slack messages, email notifications, calls from family and friends, calendar reminders and alerts from dozens of apps, our smartphones would ring and ding like slot machines, if we let them.

There are plenty of reasons you may want to temporarily mute notifications on your iPhone, like if you're in an important meeting or just need a screen time break. There are two easy ways to go about ...

Even if your phone is on silent or set to “Do Not Disturb,” emergency weather alerts can still break through — and that’s a good thing. As severe storms grow more frequent and unpredictable, keeping ...