Over 180,000 Verizon customers have reported outages, according to Downdetector, and many are seeing 'SOS' or 'no service' on ...

If your phone is in “SOS” mode, you won’t be able to make normal calls, but you should still be able to dial 911. The call ...

The cities with the most reported Verizon outages include: Charlotte, North Carolina. Ashburn, Virginia. Reports stated that ...

Even when you're in an area with good cellular coverage, your iPhone status might read SOS. Here's what to know.

When iPhones aren’t connected to a cellular network, they will typically alert the user by giving an indication in the ...

Staying aware of your surroundings matters. That includes hearing smoke alarms, appliance beeps or a knock at the door. Still, real life gets busy. You wear headphones. You get focused. Sounds slip by ...

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In an echo from this time last year, smartphone users are again being warned against sending unencrypted text messages by the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). Warning in ...

Satellite SOS can help people contact emergency services even when cellular or Wi-Fi is out of reach. However, this is more common on iPhones than on Android models. Google's Pixel 9 and Pixel 10 are ...

This week, hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers received scam texts after their state's official text messaging system was breached by hackers, according to a report from NBC News. New York’s Office ...

Hackers on Monday hijacked a mass text messaging service, pushing hundreds of thousands of scam texts to people who subscribe to alerts from New York state, a Catholic charity and a political ...