Android’s next trick could let you tap phones together to share info, just like iPhones

Google is reportedly developing a new feature, internally known as “Gesture Exchange” or “Contact Exchange,” that allows ...

To stave off smartphones, parents answer the landline’s call: ‘I can’t recommend it highly enough’

A growing cohort of parents are looking back to their own childhoods for a lower-tech alternative to smartphones.

Older Pixel Devices Can Now Record Calls Directly in the Phone App

Google's Phone app now supports call recording on Pixel 6 and newer—assuming you live in a region that allows recording phone ...
Hackaday

Meet Me On My Rotary Phone

We suspect kids today — and some adults — are confused about phone terminology. In today’s world, “hanging up” and “dialing,” ...

How a phone call is helping seniors use AI

At a community center in Santa Monica, a group of seniors is getting hands-on with artificial intelligence – not on a laptop ...
KSL

How to protect your voice from being used in AI scam calls

SALT LAKE CITY — That automatic, robotic message you often get when your call gets sent to someone's voicemail? Yeah, I agree. It's so impersonal, so boring and so lame. Naw — it's perfect for ...
The New York Times

F.C.C. Changes Course on the Price of Prisoners’ Phone Calls

Brendan Carr, the F.C.C. chairman, cited security concerns in rolling back most of the lower costs he voted for last year. By Ben Blatt Most inmates in American prisons now have a personal tablet ...
Mother Jones

A Midnight Phone Call. A Missing Movie. Decades of Questions.

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Here at the Center for Investigative Reporting, we excel at finding things: ...
Slate

I Thought I Had My Daughter’s Phone Use Under Control. Then She Started Using a Certain App.

I just read The Anxious Generation, Jonathan Haidt’s book about how bad social media is for kids. I’ve already made mistakes with my daughter and smartphones that I wish I could take back. Now I’m ...
Oregonian

Asking Eric: I really wish family members would make time for phone calls without distractions

Dear Eric: The only time I spend any time talking on the phone is with three family members. Though I enjoy and treasure those conversations, it frustrates me that the only time they call is when they ...
WSFA

Las Vegas woman logs nearly 1,000 calls in one year to document spam problem

(InvestigateTV) — More than one billion scam robocalls are transmitted to U.S. phones each month, plaguing millions of Americans with unwanted calls sometimes every day. One Las Vegas woman decided to ...