We use it in our texts and everyday slang. So, what does "SOS" actually mean? Here's everything you need to know about the term and its military origins, plus the feature on your iPhone that utilizes ...

We live in a world driven by acronyms. Every day there seems to be another one invented. LOL, TGIF, BYOB, WYSIWYG (I had to look this one up!)... It only stands to reason that at first glance, SOS ...

Best known for its appearances in desert-island cartoons, maritime movies and earworms by ABBA and Rihanna, the word SOS has been used as a code for emergency distress signals since 1905. If you’re ...

iPhones can throw up the SOS or SOS Only message when they are unable to connect to a cellular network. While this can be life-saving in certain situations, it can be ...

Major cellular carriers like AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile are reporting significant outages Thursday morning, which created some confusion for iPhone users whose phones were in SOS mode. Apple Support ...

Cellular customers across the nation were grappling with service disruptions during a nationwide telecommunication outage Thursday morning, with customers of AT&T among those most impacted, according ...

WASHINGTON — Many AT&T customers in the U.S. woke up Thursday to find their cell phones not working because of a nationwide service outage. The outage cut cell service to more than 74,000 customers at ...