Apple Watch users keep dialing 911 in their sleep
The Apple Watch is often credited for saving people’s lives, whether it’s by detecting an abnormal heart rate or an accidental fall, or even by …
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Google wants to make it easier for 911 operators to locate mobile callers
While emergency services are able to immediately see the address when an individual calls from a landline, the same doesn’t apply for mobile phones. The …
The OnePlus 5 has a bug that could actually kill people
The OnePlus 5 was one of the most promising Android handsets of the summer, at least on paper. As soon as the Chinese smartphone maker …
T-Mobile scrambles as 911 outage leaves two dead in Texas
We take it for granted that if you pick up a phone and dial 911, someone will pick up at the other end. That hasn’t …
Verizon’s 9-1-1 bungle nearly cost woman her life as home burned to ground [video]
It turns out Verizon Wireless may be in more hot water as a result of the 10,000 emergency 9-1-1 calls the carrier dropped during a …
FCC calls for Verizon probe into thousands of dropped 9-1-1 calls
In a letter sent last Thursday to the nation’s top wireless carrier, the Federal Communications Commission is calling for an investigation into thousands of dropped emergency calls placed …
