HINES, Minn. — The earliest telephone systems connected people, eased some of the loneliness and isolation of homesteaders who lived far from other family members, provided alarms in times of ...

The retired telephone workers’ picnic at Lawrence Park. (Aaric Bryan/Daily Inter Lake) Patti Dorlarque at the retired telephone workers picnic at Lawrence Park on Wednesday, Aug. 9. (Aaric Bryan ...

Before smartphones, landline telephones were the way most people kept in touch. And until direct dialing became common, a switchboard operator's assistance was often needed to help with long-distance ...

It’s an iconic image from the middle of the 20th century: a telephone operator sitting at a crazily lit-up switchboard, wearing headphones and directing phone calls wherever they need to go.

The rise of generative AI — and ChatGPT in particular — has raised a lot of alarm bells in some industries worried that the technology could make many humans’ jobs obsolete. And those concerns are ...

On March 19, 1918, Miss Hortense Levy of Philadelphia received a telegraph instructing her to report for training in telephony, also known as telephone operation. According to historian Rebecca ...

The operator is going off the hook for millions of customers. Starting this month, AT&T customers with digital landlines won’t be able to dial 411 or 0 to reach an operator or get directory assistance ...