NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) — If consumers can agree on anything, it is their hatred for robocalls. But a new strategy developed by a McKinney man is convincing people to wait by their phones. That's ...

In an attempt to better understand robocalls, researchers from North Carolina State University set up 66,606 fake phone lines and recorded 1,481,201 unsolicited calls over an 11-month period. Their ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Telemarketers and scammers are inundating our cell-phones with robo-calls and it's getting worse. Many robo-calls come from overseas. Operators use technology that clones ...

Americans don’t answer their phones like they used to, especially if they don’t know the phone number. One recent study found that more than three-fourths of calls go unanswered if the number is ...

A device that allows phone callers to record their messages if the phone is not picked up. AT&T, then a monopoly on all phone service in the U.S., debuted the first answering machine in the early ...

Is it safe to answer the phone? Short answer: No. It’s probably a robocall spammer. Sometimes, they claim Social Security Administration or the Internal Revenue Service is on the line. (They aren't; ...

Today we are going to discuss one of the more interesting features of iOS 17, which will seem familiar to anyone over a certain age. How old do you have to be to remember having an answering machine ...