The conversation revolves around the Great Outage of 2026, where Verizon customers experienced significant service disruptions. Matt describes the inconvenience of not being able to use their phone for calls or internet, even with bars showing, and having to revert to traditional navigation methods. They mention that their wife and son’s phones went into SOS mode, while theirs did not. The outage affected major cities like Boston, New York, and Los Angeles, but not everywhere. There was little media coverage, and Verizon’s only statement was that engineering teams were addressing the issue. The conversation also touches on the topic of headlight regulations and brightness.
It's harvest time in California wine country, but many growers are struggling to sell their grapes as changing drinking habits have caused demand to plunge. The decline is forcing some growers to tear out vineyards that their families have grown for generations.
In-person voting for this year's midterm elections began Friday, ushering in the final six weeks for Americans to decide which party they trust to lead Congress through a cost-of-living crisis, a prolonged war in Iran and other pressing issues.
Americans are commemorating the 25th anniversary of 9/11, remembering the shock, the dead and the sweeping consequences of the al-Qaida attacks on symbols of U.S. might and prosperity.
An Anthropic researcher said he is resigning from the company over concerns the artificial intelligence firm and its competitors are not acting responsibly in AI development, echoing concerns raised inside and outside of the industry about the technology's potential to elude human control.
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