The Pixel’s Emergency SOS feature that contacts 911 can be an absolute lifesaver. It can also be incredibly easy to accidentally trigger, calling up Emergency services for no actual emergency. This ...

Editors' Note: Verizon appears to be suffering an outage in the U.S. on January 14, 2026, which may explain the appearance of the SOS alert on your iPhone. See our Verizon outage live blog for more ...

An issue with Verizon on Monday led many cellphone users to look for calling alternatives. The company advised customers to access Wi-Fi communications, but iPhone users without service or internet ...

Morse code transmits information through sequences of dots, dashes, and spaces, allowing messages to travel long distances without spoken language. Samuel F.B. Morse developed the original system in ...

Thousands of customers woke up Thursday morning to an SOS symbol at the top of their iPhones and no service due to a nationwide telecommunications outage. The outages were impacting AT&T customers the ...

(KRON) — There are ongoing reports of a widespread outage impacting multiple cellphone and internet providers Monday morning. According to Downdetector.com, AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile users have all ...

You’re probably used to seeing a 5G, LTE, or Wi-Fi symbol in your iPhone’s status bar, but recent iOS versions have added another option to the list that may ...

Nope, the SOS meaning is not "save our ship." Not even close. Here's what SOS means and how to use the term today. Best known for its appearances in desert-island cartoons, maritime movies and ...

Apple's emergency satellite service comes at no extra cost for the next two years, but what happens after that? Peter is a writer and editor for the CNET How-To team. He has been covering technology, ...