Internet access and phone lines were cut in Iran as anti-government protests intensified on Thursday night. Protesters took to the streets in the capital Tehran and the major cities of Mashhad and ...

Iranian leaders have apparently shut down internet and phone networks in Tehran as protests erupt in the capital. Cloudflare, an internet firm, and the advocacy group NetBlocks said sweeping internet ...

In 2026, phone chat lines remain a fun, personal, and exciting way to connect with others, whether you’re single, looking for casual conversations, or seeking something more intimate. Unlike dating ...

Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. The Social Security Administration’s leadership is claiming victory after the agency’s watchdog released a new report on its phone line ...

The city of Beaumont announced a planned outage of first-responder, non-emergency lines Wednesday night. The city said the planned outage is due to an installation conducted by Spectrum at the ...

Microwave Techniques, a Nashua-based manufacturer of high-power microwave components and RF solutions, has successfully acquired Symphony Microwave Technologies, a design and manufacturing group ...

KENTUCKY, USA — Kentucky State Police report that all phone lines are back online following a temporary AT&T outage that affected statewide service. The outage left residents unable to reach local KSP ...

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On the afternoon of Oct. 9, 1876, Alexander Graham Bell was in Boston when he had a three-hour chat with his assistant and fellow inventor, Thomas Watson. It would not have been noteworthy — except ...

A campus movement aims to find out what happens when college students forgo phones for in-person connection. By Christina Caron Reporting from Orlando Nearly every student clutches a phone in one hand ...

After a mysterious wave of tics and twitches swept through a small-town high school in New York, documentary podcaster Dan Taberski set out to investigate what was really happening. Drawing on ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Phone lines were out of service early Thursday at city of Topeka offices. The “network outage” meant that both incoming and outgoing calls were unavailable as of around 7:41 a.m.