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Why in the year of our lord 2022 am I still getting robocalls???

Vox

According to a recent robocall report from Transaction Network Services (TNS), which offers robocall identification and mitigation services, people accept calls from unknown numbers only 10 percent of the time. Innovations like Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services, which transmit calls over the internet rather than over wires.

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Telepath is a buzzy new social network trying to fix what’s broken on Twitter

The Verge

In July, amid the rise of the buzzy audio-only social network Clubhouse, some users reported being harassed by other members. And as on Reddit, every post must be created within a group, which Telepath calls a “network.”. Some networks have a very clear topic, tone, and intent, and others are more broad. Henry has an idea. “We

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