A phone booth promises to span the generational divide by connecting members of Generation Z in Boston with baby boomers in Reno. Here & Now‘s Indira Lakshmanan and Peter O’Do ...

Whether it’s a canary’s chirp or a treefrog’s croak, humans tend to prefer many of the same sounds that animals do themselves, a new study finds ...

Silent scam calls are a growing nuisance in 2026, but they are only effective if you engage. By understanding that silence is a signal of a "live" probe, you can practice brave empathy for yourself by ...

Does your heart do a nervous little somersault the second your phone starts vibrating? If you'd rather walk across hot coals ...

The world is filled with shady characters. Con artists and disreputable companies will do whatever it takes to steal your ...

Scammers can use new AI technology to mimic the voice of someone you know and create a phone call or voicemail recording.

The patent for the telephone turns 150 today, the first call was made three days later on March 10, 1876. Before the phone: One of the earliest ways to communicate outside of mail was the telegraph, ...

Eagle-eyed Resident Evil Requiem players have spotted Leon S. Kennedy's cell phone number — but also been left disappointed when they try to chat with the franchise's 'hot uncle' for themselves.

In November, Call Recording for the Pixel Phone app began rolling out broadly, and it’s now getting international availability. This is different from Gemini Nano-powered Call Notes available on the ...

While QSRs often solicit feedback from their customers, the home of the Whopper is taking that feedback straight to the top. This week Burger King announced it was encouraging consumer insights by ...

The phone lines are open at Burger King headquarters. The fast-food chain is trying to turn its long-time fans into first-time callers by handing out the company president’s phone number. Tom Curtis, ...

We all need change. The trick is to calibrate the appropriate amount of it. By Ronnie Scott Changing my number had always been a street-level fantasy, the kind of thing I’d dream in my idle hours of ...