Verizon confirms a network outage is affecting mobile customers across the US

Verizon confirms a network outage is affecting mobile customers across the US

Verizon mobile customers reported widespread outages across the US on Monday. Starting at around 9:30AM ET, hundreds of thousands of people flagged issues with their mobile service on Downdetector, which tracks user-submitted outage reports. The volume of reports spiked at almost 105,000 at 11:20AM, but were still reaching almost 59,000 at 12:52PM. Many folks claimed … Read more

HBO Almost Cut the ‘Industry’ Season Finale’s Most Shocking Scene

HBO Almost Cut the ‘Industry’ Season Finale’s Most Shocking Scene

In the volatile universe of Industry, all debts must be paid. No one understands that better than Rishi (Sagar Radia), whose gambling addiction finally caught up with him in Sunday night’s season three finale, “Infinite Largesse,” (Spoiler alert: The following includes spoilers for Industry’s third season finale.) Rishi, for the uninitiated, spent much of the … Read more

Massive Verizon outage: Customers nationwide left without service, phones in ‘SOS mode’

Massive Verizon outage: Customers nationwide left without service, phones in ‘SOS mode’

A massive Verizon outage has caused widespread, nationwide connectivity issues for customers across the U.S. Based on Google Trends, there’s been an uptick of people searching for, “Why is my phone in SOS?” This captures the experience many Verizon users are reporting; many have claimed that their phones are now limited to SOS service. Verizon … Read more

Leaked Google Pixel 9A renders reveal a visor-free look

Leaked Google Pixel 9A renders reveal a visor-free look

Google’s first leak of the fall is here, with new renders of its upcoming Pixel 9A posted online for the world to see. As with the Pixel 8A leak earlier this year, Android Headlines has yet again acquired images of Google’s next budget A-series release, this time by way of OnLeaks, which was responsible for … Read more

A Waymo robotaxi stalled in front of VP Harris’ motorcade

A Waymo robotaxi stalled in front of VP Harris’ motorcade

A Waymo robotaxi got stuck making a U-turn in front of Vice President Kamala Harris’ motorcade Friday evening in San Francisco.  ABC 7 reported that a San Francisco police officer had to manually drive the vehicle out of the way.  Waymo has not yet responded to TechCrunch’s questions, including what went wrong on the backend … Read more

UK Ends 142-Year Coal Power Era in Industry’s Birthplace

UK Ends 142-Year Coal Power Era in Industry’s Birthplace

AmiMoJo writes: The UK is about to stop producing any electricity from burning coal — ending its 142-year reliance on the fossil fuel. The country’s last coal power station, at Ratcliffe-on-Soar, finishes operations on Monday after running since 1967. This marks a major milestone in the country’s ambitions to reduce its contribution to climate change. … Read more