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Long before satellites and GPS, ships in distress had no universal way to call for help. Early wireless operators used random ...

After millions of views and online speculation, the family behind the Plainfield property reveals what really caused the eerie signal ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hundreds of people formed a human distress signal on Bde Maka Ska in Minneapolis on Friday as part of a community art project ...

The two-story house at 25725 W. 143rd St. went viral on TikTok after some believed flashing lights were transmitting SOS in Morse Code.

An abandoned house in Plainfield, Illinois, is flashing what appears to be an SOS signal. And no one seems to know why. In a video with over 431,000 views, TikTok user Jake Owens (@jake.l..owens) ...

Today, the signal is casually tossed into texts during dating disasters or outfit emergencies, but its roots come from genuine life-or-death situations at sea. SOS entered official use in 1905 under ...

"This was a software issue, and we are conducting a full review of what happened. As of now, there is no indication that this was a cybersecurity issue," the company said in a statement sent to ...

Your phone SOS? You're not alone. A Verizon outage today, Wednesday, Jan. 14, is causing many users to report that their phone is locked in SOS mode. Thousands of users, including in New England, are ...

If your phone is suddenly displaying "SOS," "no service," or "emergency calls only" and you're on Verizon's network, it's probably not your phone's fault, and you're certainly not alone. More than 100 ...

A massive Verizon outage Jan. 14, downed tens of thousands of Verizon phones, with Verizon customers eager to "fix" SOS mode on iPhones and turn off "Emergency Calls Only" on Samsung/Android phones.