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 ...

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 ...

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 ...