#phonecalls — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #phonecalls, aggregated by home.social.
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NiemanLab: Facing a “deluge” from AI, this publication will only take pitches by phone. “Whether you’re a reporter or an editor, your inbox has probably seen an influx of pitches, increasingly written with artificial intelligence. They’re likely bad, irrelevant, and annoyingly clogging up your email. But one publication is over it. If you want to write for The Food Section, you’ll […]
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9to5 Google: Google Voice now offers paid tiers with call recording & Gemini for personal accounts. “Historically, Google Voice’s paid offerings were meant for enterprise customers, but Google is now letting you upgrade to a paid calling experience without needing a Workspace subscription.”
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This isn't just about boomers bemoaning; there is a real trend of preferring the use of text messages and avoidance of calls in younger people. Modes of communication are changing.
Link: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08934215.2025.2542562
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https://www.dw.com/en/us-iran-talks-in-switzerland/live-77641405. The thing about roadmaps is that the people driving can either follow the directions to their destinations - or ignore them. With #Netanyahu still bombing #Lebanon, & #Trump launching expletive-laden #phonecalls & #socialmedia posts threatening #Iran with yet more #bombing, #peace seems very much less than secure, #roadmap or no roadmap.
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How-To Geek: Google just made it way harder for scammers to trick Android users. “One of the worst things about the explosion of AI tools is how much more advanced scam calls have become. It’s now entirely possible to get fake calls with voices that sound exactly like people you know. The June Android drop is here to address this (and add some other goodies).”
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Lansing Journal: South Holland students spread positivity with community voicemail line. “The class recently launched a ‘Build Others Up’ voicemail line where community members can call and hear uplifting recorded messages created by students. The project, organized by fourth grade teacher Amy Boerman-Cornell, is designed to spread kindness while helping students practice empathy and […]
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🎩🤡 Look, everyone! It's the Captain of Team Management, bravely sailing the seas of #productivity without that dreadful 10-minute call iceberg! 🌊⚓ Who knew a single phone call could derail the entire day of such a delicate genius? 🧠💥
https://orchidfiles.com/build-without-calls/ #TeamManagement #PhoneCalls #WorkLife #Balance #ProductivityHacks #HackerNews #ngated -
Monday, May 25, 2026
Russia terrorizes Kyiv with massive ballistic missile, drone attack -- Kyiv businesses reel after massive overnight attack on region -- Ukraine strikes major Russian oil pumping station supplying Moscow Oblast -- Pro-Ukrainian partisans 'blinded' Russian air defenses on night of drone attack on major oil depot, Atesh group claims ... and morehttps://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/05/monday-may-25-2026/
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Gizmodo: FCC Attempts to Solve Robocall Problem by Potentially Creating Even Bigger Privacy Problem. “Among other sweeping changes, the era of the burner phone could end with the rollout of new ‘Know Your Customer’ rules voted on by the FCC on April 30, as noted by the blog of the D.C. telecom law firm Wiley Rein. Customers would, according to the proposed rules, have to present a government […]
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Daily Free Press (Boston University): ‘Call A Boomer’ phonebooth fosters cross-country, multi-generational connections. “Outside Pavement Coffeehouse, a plaque on a phonebox installed during the first week of March invites people to ‘call a boomer’ as part of a social experiment. When someone makes a call, a similar phone labeled ‘Call a Zoomer’ located in a senior housing complex in Reno, […]
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I've got a Google Pixel 10 Pro XL with GrapheneOS.
I don't get many regular phone calls, but when I do, I always seems to reject them by misstake when I take the phone out of my pocket.
Is there any way to change the behaviour of the call answering screen?
#Android #GrapheneOS #GooglePixel #Pixel #PixelPro #PhoneCalls #Mobile #MobilePhone #AskFedi -
The local newspaper has an article online warning people against silent calls where you are called by an unknown number/caller and noone says anything. They warn to say anything as everything you say might be used to train an AI to imitate your voice.
They also warn to use the word "yes" in calls with unknown callers as they might use this out of context and try to sell you something.
I would love I could say this is exaggerating. But truly, I'm not sure and I can't.
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Lifehacker: This New Scam Is Leaving Voicemails Saying You Owe $1,000. “As you might expect, no such charges are actually present on either our Amazon account or in our credit card history. That’s because no one bought an iPhone in our name, or by using our financial information: This was simply a scam.”
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Secret Kill Switch on Chinese Buses
Test results showed that the Chinese bus maker had access to the vehicles' control systems for software updates and diagnostics. A leading Norwegian public transport operator has said it will introduce stricter security requirements and step up anti-hacking measures after a test on new Chinese-made electric buses showed the manufacturer could remotely turn them off. Transport operator Ruter said test results published last week showed that Chinese bus maker Yutong Group had access to their […]https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/11/secret-kill-switch-on-chinese-buses/
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Engadget: Google Fi will start using AI to make calls sound better. “Google just announced several updates for its digital telecom provider, Google Fi. It’s introducing AI-enhanced audio for better sound quality during calls.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/10/23/engadget-google-fi-will-start-using-ai-to-make-calls-sound-better/
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TechCrunch: Viral call-recording app Neon goes dark after exposing users’ phone numbers, call recordings, and transcripts. “TechCrunch discovered the security flaw during a short test of the app on Thursday. We alerted the app’s founder, Alex Kiam (who previously did not respond to a request for comment about the app), to the flaw soon after our discovery. Kiam told TechCrunch later […]
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ZDNet: How to record a phone call on your iPhone (and check if it’s even legal). “…there are several ways to record a call on your iPhone — with and without third-party apps. Before you do, always check that recording is legal, because states and countries have varying laws. You can check your state’s policy here.”
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The Register: Nearly half of businesses suffered deepfaked phone calls against staff. “A survey of cybersecurity bosses has shown that 62 percent reported attacks on their staff using AI over the last year, either by the use of prompt injection attacks or faking out their systems using phony audio or video generated by AI.”
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#Microsoft terminated the #Israeli #military’s access to its technology after an investigation revealed the use of #Azure for #masssurveillance of #Palestinia|ns. The investigation, conducted by The Guardian, +972 Magazine, and Local Call, exposed how #Unit8200, #Israel’s #elitespyagency, utilised Azure’s cloud platform to store and analyse millions of #Palestinian #phonecalls daily. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/25/microsoft-blocks-israels-use-of-its-technology-in-mass-surveillance-of-palestinians?eicker.news #tech #media #news
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The Rise and Fall of Music Ringtones: A Statistical Analysis
What happened to the music ringtone?
https://www.statsignificant.com/p/the-rise-and-fall-of-music-ringtones
via #nonostantement
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Smartphones are still phones, so why don’t phone reviewers mention call quality and reception all that often in reviews? In my latest video, I explain why.
#smartphones #phonecalls #Australia #Telstra #Optus #Vodafone
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CyberScoop: FCC removes 1,200 voice providers from telephone networks in major robocall crackdown. “The Federal Communications Commission announced Monday it has blocked more than 1,200 voice service providers from having access to the country’s phone network for failing to comply with anti-robocall regulations, marking the agency’s largest enforcement action against companies that […]
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Route Fifty: 911 looks to AI to filter out non-emergency calls . “Utah’s Weber Area Dispatch 911, a public safety answering point, is using artificial intelligence to filter out harassing calls to its non-emergency line to ensure call takers are free to answer 911 calls.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/14/route-fifty-911-looks-to-ai-to-filter-out-non-emergency-calls/
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I think I am probably the last person on earth to learn this, but whatever you do, do NOT use online platforms to browse cars.
All hell will break loose if you do.
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When you’re expecting a telephone appointment call (drs/vet etc) and you answer the call, they say ‘this is whoever, from wherever.’ What do you say?
I usually just say something along the lines of, oh yes, hello (ask how they are if they asked me.) But there tone always feels like I’ve done something wrong. or unexpected.
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Joan Rivers & Pee Wee Herman, 1987
#phoneyphonecalls #joanrivers #peeweeherman #the80s #1989s #talkshow #thelateshow #phonecalls #hibaby #tv #television
I do no own rights to this video which originally aired May6, 1987
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Overwhelmed by Scammers? You're Not Alone. 96% of Americans Are Targeted Every Week - CNET https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/scam-survey-2025/ #cybersecurity #scams #socialenginering #email #texts #socialmedia #phonecalls
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People, please - you can't trust the calling number displays anymore.
Scammers just generate random numbers these days, so if you're calling back unknown callers that you "just missed" you're getting people who didn't call you.
You can't convince them that they just called you, cuz they didn't.
Getting lots of these babes-in-the-woods calls lately. "Hello you just called me!?"
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The Verge: Google dusts off Google Voice and adds three-way calling. “Google is giving its Google Voice app some much-needed love after leaving it practically untouched for a long time. The company is adding a refreshed in-call interface with key call control buttons lined up in a row, plus the ability to start a three-way conference call.”
