Next Year, Half of All Calls to Cell Phones Will Be Scams—And There’s Nothing We Can Do

Alex Wong/Getty Images Every year, the IRS warns taxpayers to beware of a long list of tax scams, including robo-calls and phishing attempts. I receive scam calls regularly d.....»»

Twitter's technology tools removed one in two tweets containing abusive content posted in the first half of this year, it said on Thursday, amid calls to the U.S. social media company and its peers to do more to tackle the issue......»»

General Motors Co will enable U.S. owners of 2018 and newer model vehicles to download Amazon.com's Alexa digital assistant software to control navigation, streaming media and phones starting next year, the companies said on Wednesday......»»

Huawei is expected to have 60% of its phones powered by Hisilicon's APs in the second half of 2019, compared with 45% in the first half of the year and less than 40% in the second half of 2018, according supply chain sources......»»

A Samsung insider who is perhaps best known for sharing details about brand new phones well ahead of their official announcements is back teasing that some sort of breakthrough smartphone design is coming in the second half of the year. .....»»

The ever-worsening scourge of robo-calls is receiving renewed attention on Capitol Hill, where top Democrats and Republicans this week are set to take an early step toward cracking down against scammers that prey on consumers' phones......»»

The ever-worsening scourge of robo-calls is receiving renewed attention on Capitol Hill, where top Democrats and Republicans this week are set to take an early step toward cracking down against scammers that prey on consumers' phones......»»

It's 11 a.m. on a Wednesday and the campaign office for Democratic congressional candidate Hiral Tipirneni in Sun City, Arizona, is filled with dozens of senior citizens making phone calls and logging minutes on their personal cell phones......»»

Last year saw a rash of negative airline headlines for involuntary denied boardings, with customers using their cell phones and the power of social media to highlight what one researcher says is a problem carriers could completely avoid. But bec.....»»

The volume of automated phone calls has skyrocketed this year over last, according to a service that tracks them, and complaints have also risen sharply......»»

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Buyers looking for big-screen phones will have quite a few devices to choose from in the second half of the year......»»

Buyers looking for big-screen phones will have quite a few devices to choose from in the second half of the year......»»

U.S. emergency room visits blamed on cellphone use spiked 83.5 percent from 17,851 in 2007 — the year Apple introduced the iPhone — to 32,755 in 2016.  .....»»

Distracted driving causes around one in four car crashes in the U.S......»»

An Arkansas-based firm projects an explosion of incoming spam calls, marking a massive leap from 3.7 percent of total calls in 2017, to a projected 44.6 percent by early 2019......»»

An Arkansas-based firm projects an explosion of incoming spam calls, marking a massive leap from 3.7 percent of total calls in 2017, to a projected 44.6 percent by early 2019......»»

An Arkansas-based firm predicts an explosion of spam calls, marking a leap from 3.7 percentage of total calls in 2017 to a projected 44.6 percentage by early 2019......»»

An Arkansas-based firm predicts an explosion of spam calls, marking a leap from 3.7 percentage of total calls in 2017 to a projected 44.6 percentage by early 2019......»»

An Arkansas-based firm predicts an explosion of spam calls, marking a leap from 3.7 percentage of total calls in 2017 to a projected 44.6 percentage by early 2019......»»