The RoboKiller app is free in the app store.The Federal Trade Commission gave the app creators the top prize in the agency's Humanity Strikes Back contest. How does it work?

Tech reviewer Geoffrey Fowler tested six apps and services to find the best way to fight back against spam bots, telemarketers and fraud.

(NEW YORK) — Mobile app RoboKiller could be the latest line of defense in weeding out those annoying robo calls. Creators Ethan Garr and Bryan Moyles impressed the Federal Trade Commission so ...

Q: My iPhone XS Max uses the RoboKiller app that's supposed to intercept junk phone calls. I expected it to block the 15 to 25 junk calls I was getting every day, but to let through callers who ...

Robocalls, meet RoboKiller. The winner of the 2015 Federal Trade Commission’s Robocalls: Humanity Strikes Back contest, RoboKiller is an app that smothers robocalls on landlines and mobile phones ...

Before Armas downloaded RoboKiller, she had to manually block unwanted calls. Every one of those numbers represents the time she spent doing that-- but now the app does it for her.

So how well does Robokiller really work? Customer Michael McCann agreed to download the app and test it for one of WSOC’s sister stations for a week. "So far, so good,” McCann said.

When Jason Silk’s phone rings, he has to pick up - even when it’s a number he doesn’t recognize. "Because of my job responsibilities, I am required to check my phone," Silk said ...

Fed up with robocalls? Then with a bit of luck you'll soon be able to make use of RoboKiller, an app that takes care of robocalls using audio-fingerprinting technology that helps to identify the ...

Monmouth County men developing RoboKiller RoboKiller sends robocalls to an app, so they don't reach your home RoboKiller won a $25,000 prize from the FTC Think of these two guys as robocall ...