Thanks to the iPhone and a Garmin inReach used as a beacon, a ski trip guide at the scene stayed in contact with first responders, relaying information to the Nevada County Sheriff’s Office to ...

Did you get caught up in Verizon's massive outage this week? Millions of customers saw "SOS" at the top of their phone screen instead of the usual graph of connection bars. Verizon has since restored ...

Survivors of the catastrophic avalanche in California's Sierra Nevada that claimed at least eight lives were rescued after using an emergency feature available on some iPhones. The iPhone emergency ...

Six skiers who survived the avalanche near Lake Tahoe on Tuesday used the Emergency SOS via satellite feature on the iPhone to get help, reports The New York Times. Emergency SOS via satellite lets ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON — Numerous Verizon customers across the U.S. experienced a service outage Wednesday that left many iPhones in "SOS mode." More than 170,000 customers reported issues with their cell service ...

Emergency SOS can turn your smartphone into a lifesaver, but many users haven’t set it up. Here’s a simple guide to adding ...