SALT LAKE CITY — The time is now that you don't need to push the button. As University of Utah students walked toward an intersection of 500 South and Guardsman Way on Tuesday, they came across ...

What’s with local pedestrians pushing the crosswalk buttons numerous times? Will this make the light change faster? Some people depress the button and hold it for several seconds. Others pound it ...

On Wednesday, crosswalk beg buttons across the city had a lot to say. Five beg buttons—three in the University District, one close to South Lake Union, and another in Wedgwood—were hacked to sound a ...

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - Several crosswalk buttons in cities, including Redwood City and Palo Alto, appear to have been hacked, playing prank audio messages that imitate the voices of tech billionaires ...

Seattle pedestrians were greeted Wednesday by Jeff Bezos – or, rather, an AI-generated version of the billionaire’s voice – in hacked crosswalk audio recordings that usually say things like “Wait!” ...

Pedestrians pushing a crosswalk button near the University of Washington got to listen to “Bezos” spout on about not taxing the rich and even reference Luigi Mangione, the alleged killer of United ...

Have you ever been stuck at a crosswalk, repeatedly pressing the button, and wondered: “Is this actually doing anything?” @bexcastillo and @karenmelgarcia set out to learn more about the science ...

SEATTLE — Pedestrians who pushed the crosswalk buttons at several Seattle intersections Wednesday heard a different voice over the speaker than what they may be used to: an AI-generated imitation of ...

SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Department of Transportation has installed more than a thousand touchless crosswalk buttons at nearly 250 intersections. The hope is to increase pedestrian safety and ...

At some point, almost everyone has stood at a crosswalk, pressed the button once, decided it didn't register, and pressed it six more times in rapid succession. This is a remarkably universal human ...

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