From the 1930s until 2015 the entirety telecom law in this country could be written on a cocktail napkin. And really it boiled down to four words: carriers must connect calls. Communications Act ...

The trial has begun of a Democratic political consultant who has admitted to sending artificial intelligence (AI) generated robocalls mimicking President Biden ahead of the 2024 New Hampshire primary.

According to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), in 2023, people reported losing $10 billion to scams, with phone scams causing the highest per-person loss.

While there's no way to completely stop these calls from reaching your phone, you can take steps to reduce them. If you have ...

Robocalls and texts are not only annoying, they are costly! Unsuspecting consumers lose billions of dollars to fraud every year. How can you prevent it from happening to you or a loved one? Consumer ...

Calls and texts from scammers are not only annoying, they’re also costly, with unsuspecting consumers losing billions of dollars to fraud every year. Consumer Reports has some new advice on how to ...

Nearly 99% of adults in the United States have a phone – either a cellphone or a landline. Nearly 22% have both – twice as ...

Phone companies represent a critical line of defense when it comes to warning about or blocking robocalls and robotexts. But ...

When someone is blocked in FaceTime, Messages or the Phone app, incoming calls will go directly to voicemail. They can even leave you a message that will silently show up in the Voicemail section of ...

The technology can be used to imitate people's voices from social media platforms, allowing scammers to impersonate family ...

Illinois Congressman Eric Sorensen reintroduced the QUIET Act to mandate that AI-generated voices disclose their nature ...