Binance France head targeted in botched home invasion as three arrested: report
Naga Avan-Nomayo / theblock - French police tracked two stolen phones to a train station and arrested the trio in Lyon, per local outlet RTL.
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El Paso flights grounded 10 days for ‘special security reasons’
Dominic Preston / theverge - The Federal Aviation Administration has closed the airspace around El Paso International Airport in Texas, grounding all flights in and out of the airport for the next 10 days. No explanation for the closure has been given, beyond a vague reference to "Sp…
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Back to Top / Wednesday, February 11, 2026, 8:21 am / permalink 19013 / 13 stories in 23 days
Gardia Raises €8.5M To Expand Mobile Emergency System For Seniors
Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Healthtech startup Gardia has raised €8.5 million in a Series A round to expand its mobile fall-detection emergency system for seniors. The round was led by European VC firm Peak, with participation from amberra (the corporate venture studio of Germany’s …
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ICE has killed another person in Minneapolis
Terrence O’Brien / theverge - Federal agents in Minneapolis repeatedly punched a man, forced him to the ground, and then shot him multiple times. The man was later pronounced dead. This is just the latest incident of deadly violence involving ICE, which has grown increasingly frequent…
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Back to Top / Saturday, January 24, 2026, 11:20 am / permalink 18369 / 39 stories in 5 wks
Winter Storm Fern 2026: These 2 weather maps track when snow and ice storms are forecast to hit states this weekend
Michael Grothaus / fastcompany - America is on the cusp of its first major winter storm of the new year. Dubbed Winter Storm Fern, the storm is expected to begin today and last until at least Monday.As Fast Company previously reported, the nor’easter is expected to affect as many as 230 …
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Verizon Offers $20 Credit After Nationwide Outage Stranded Users in SOS Mode For Hours
msmash / slashdot - Verizon is offering affected customers a $20 account credit following a nationwide network outage on Wednesday that left users across the US unable to connect, forcing phones into SOS mode for roughly ten hours before the carrier restored service around 1…
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Verizon’s January 14 Blackout: The 10-Hour ‘SOS’ Event Explained
IDrop News Staff / idropnews - A look back at the January 14 Verizon outage that left 2 million in SOS mode. From Krispy Kreme's "sweet backup" to the FCC's investigation, here's what happened.Read More...
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Verizon Outage Knocks Out US Mobile Service, Including Some 911 Calls
Lily Hay Newman / wired - A major Verizon outage appeared to impact customers across the United States starting around noon ET on Wednesday. Calls to Verizon customers from other carriers may also be impacted.
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Back to Top / Wednesday, January 14, 2026, 4:21 pm / permalink 17876 / 16 stories in 7 wks
Medical Evacuation from Space Station Next Week for Astronaut in Stable Condition
EditorDavid / slashdot - It will be the first medical evacuation from the International space station in its 25-year history. The Guardian reports:An astronaut in the orbital laboratory reportedly fell ill with a "serious" but undisclosed issue. Nasa also had to cancel its first …
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NASA to bring ISS Crew-11 astronauts back to Earth earlier than planned after medical situation
cnbc - NASA earlier delayed a planned spacewalk with ISS Commander Mike Fincke and flight engineer Zena Cardman.
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Nearly a Third of San Francisco Loses Electricity
Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon / nytimes - At least 124,000 customers out of 414,000 lost power on Saturday.
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Google Launches Android Emergency Live Video in the US
Laurent Giret / thurrott - Google is launching today a new Emergency Live Video feature that lets Android users in the US share a live video feed with first responders during an emergency situation.The post Google Launches Android Emergency Live Video in the US appeared first on Th…
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Apple reportedly plans ambitious satellite-powered iPhone features
Anthony Ha / techcrunch - While Apple’s iPhone already supports texting, calling emergency services, and contacting roadside assistance via satellite connectivity, the company may have many more satellite-powered features in the works.
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UPS (and FedEx) Ground Dozens of MD-11 Aircraft After Tuesday's Crash in Kentucky
EditorDavid / slashdot - American multinational freight company UPS "has grounded its fleet of MD-11 aircraft," reports the Guardian, "days after a cargo plane crash that killed at least 13 people in Kentucky. The grounded MD-11s are the same type of plane involved in Tuesday's c…
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Hurricane Melissa Has Meteorologists Terrified
Molly Taft / wired - The storm, which is set to make landfall in Jamaica Tuesday, has stunned meteorologists with its intensity and the speed at which it built.
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Hurricane Melissa, a Category 5, barrels down on the Caribbean. Here's what you need to know
Chris Morris / qz - Storm could bring more than three feet of rain and winds of more than 160 mph to Jamaica. Here's what to expect
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Trump backs off San Francisco deployment after Huang, Benioff phone calls
Robert Brown / implicator - Trump canceled federal deployment to San Francisco after calls from Nvidia's Jensen Huang and Salesforce's Marc Benioff. Other cities—Chicago, Memphis, Portland—face ongoing operations. What changed? The cities without billionaire CEOs on speed dial.
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ACMA launches investigation into Optus over emergency call outage
Vivienne Kelly / mumbrella - Optus is under the microscope with the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) announcing it will investigate the telco over the emergency call outage involved in the deaths of at least three people. Telcos have an obligation to ensure calls …
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