A viral app called Neon, which offers to record your phone calls and pay you for the audio so it can sell that data to AI companies, has rapidly risen to the ranks of the top-five free iPhone apps ...

The app stirred privacy and security questions offering to pay people for recordings of their phone calls to train AI models. A security flaw didn't help. Omar Gallaga has covered technology, digital ...

Neon is an call-recording app that pays users for access to the audio, which the app in turn sells to AI companies for training their models. Since its launch last week, it quickly rose in popularity, ...

Omar Gallaga has covered technology, digital culture and other topics for outlets including CNET, NPR, WIRED, Texas Monthly, MSNBC, Consumer Reports, The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, The ...

Earlier today, we covered the skyrocketing success of Neon, an app that pays users in exchange for recording their phone calls. Now, the app has gone offline, following the discovery of an egregious ...

A Pixel 8 Pro user in India has shared a video showing native call recording in action. The feature works through the Call Assist menu, with playback, sharing, and deletion options in the Phone app.

Google appears to be rolling out Call Recording for Pixel phones widely. The feature should now be available on Pixel 6 and newer models. Make sure the Phone by Google app is updated on your supported ...

In September, the Neon app briefly became a sensation on app download charts by promising to pay users for recording and sharing their phone calls. Then it abruptly went offline amid controversy over ...