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UK police blame Android SOS feature for influx of false emergency calls
An Android feature designed to help users contact emergency services is making life difficult for first responders in the UK. The BBC reports that police forces across the nation have reported an influx of false emergencies to the 999 switchboard (The UK’s equivalent of 911) in recent weeks which have…
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The Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5’s price could be its fatal flaw
The Samsung Galaxy Z Flip series has been a big seller for Samsung, and these phones are reportedly a lot more popular than the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold line. There’s one obvious reason for that – the price, and for this reason the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5 might struggle…
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Thousands of LastPass users have been locked out of their accounts – here’s what to do if you’re affected
A number of LastPass users have reported struggling to access their accounts due to security upgrades from the company. The issues began in May 2023, when the password manager announced some upcoming changes and warned users that they would have to log back into their accounts and reset their multi-factor…
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Diablo IV and other Blizzard games taken down by DDoS attack
A number of Blizzard games including Diablo IV were inaccessible over the weekend following a DDoS attack that left some users without access. Following a number of Reddit comments concerning downtime, the company took to Twitter to announce that it was investigating an issue affecting its authentication servers, which it…
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Here come the electric buses
Make way for the electric buses. The US Department of Transportation and the Federal Transit Administration is sending out $1.7 billion from President Joe Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to 46 states and territories to fund the acquisition of 1,700 buses — over half of which will be zero-emission models. The…
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White House announces $40 billion in broadband funding
President Joe Biden is getting closer to distributing more than $40 billion in funding to support broadband expansion nationwide as part of his administration’s goal to connect all Americans to high-speed internet by 2030. The funding, authorized in Biden’s 2021 bipartisan infrastructure package, will be distributed proportionally to states based…
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