Hiltzik: Amazon's big outage reminds us that we trust big tech companies far too much

The outage is certain to raise questions about whether Amazon — and its fellows in Big Tech — supervise their systems with ...
PCMag

Is That Your Delivery Driver Calling or a Phone Scam? Don't Pick Up Until You Read This

If you receive a call from an unknown caller or a business you don’t recognize, let the call go to your voicemail. If the ...
KJZZ

With new cuts at CDC, some fear there's 'nobody to answer the phone'

More than 1,300 staffers at the health agency got notices they were fired — but more than half were reinstated. The cuts will ...
Eagle-Tribune

Your phone rings, and it's a number from Sweden. Do you answer? A Nobel Prize winner didn't

One of the medicine prize winners, meanwhile, was on vacation in Yellowstone National Park without cellular service. It would be hours before he found out.
My MotherLode

Your phone rings, and it’s a number from Sweden. Do you answer? A Nobel Prize winner didn’t

BERLIN (AP) — For some Nobel Prize winners this year, the news came with a knock at the door before dawn. For others, it was a long-awaited phone call honoring a discovery made decades ago. One of the ...
PC Magazine

Forget Starlink, Verizon Is All In on AST SpaceMobile for Satellite Phone Service

After announcing a strategic partnership last year, the two companies solidify their relationship with a commercial agreement to offer satellite-to-phone connectivity in 2026. As SpaceX races to ...