So your phone took a dip in a pool, ocean, or worse, the toilet? Well, don’t fret! Water plus smartphones used to equal instant death for many devices. Fortunately, that’s no longer always the case.

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Verizon customers across the U.S. Saturday reported issues with the network on their cellphones, with some saying that their devices have been limited to SOS mode for several hours. In a statement to ...

Players jumping into Hollow Knight: Silksong on Nintendo Switch will be able to upgrade to the "enhanced" Switch 2 version for free. That comes from Team Cherry itself, which explained in an update on ...

As Social Security Commissioner Frank Bisignano tells it, callers only had to wait an average of 8 minutes to speak to an agent on the phone in July. “We had a bold goal of single-digit wait time on ...

Four years after launching Windows 11 and prodding PC owners to update, Microsoft has finally decided that it's time force everyone to use it. On October 14, 2025, Microsoft will stop issuing security ...

The Switch 2 might be selling gangbusters to the public, but behind the scenes there's an emerging narrative about the apparent difficulty of developing for the console. Since its release, whispers ...

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A PlayStation State of Play showcase all about 007 First Light shed some light on how Hitman developer IO Interactive's James Bond game works. The stream also disclosed what was, until now, a ...