Verizon says network back up after massive outage
Verizon has announced that its mobile network is finally back up and running again, after an outage prevented users from making phone calls for over 10 hours on Wednesday. You should now be able to resuming using your phone as usual, though you may have to restart it first. “The outage has been resolved,” Verizon […]
Grok blocks X users from creating images of real people in ‘revealing clothing’
Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok has announced a change in policy that purports to offer more protections against sexualized deepfakes, at least on X. The new policy comes as California launches an investigation into the issue, while the UK is threatening a ban. “We have implemented technological measures to prevent the Grok account from allowing the […]
Verizon outage may have impacted 911 calls
Verizon‘s network was down for much of Wednesday, the company eventually announcing that it had been restored at 10:20 p.m. ET / 7:20 p.m. PT. Thousands of users across the U.S. were left with their phones in SOS mode due to this outage, meaning they could only make emergency calls. Well, at least in theory. […]