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Updated on Jan. 14 at 8:00 p.m. ET: Eight hours after the mobile outage began, Verizon still hasn’t made any statements on the cause of the problem, and customers are still reporting a lack of service. The problem is serious enough that the Federal Communications Commission has now weighed in: This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed. Updated on Jan. 14 at 5:57 p.m. ET: The platform Downdetector has now received more than 1.7 million user error reports for Verizon. By Wednesday evening, some Verizon customers reported restored service; however, many social media users…

As the Senate Banking Committee prepares to debate long-anticipated legislation that would establish regulation for the crypto industry, the fate of the bill is in limbo after Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong declared his opposition in a Wednesday night post on X.  “We’d rather have no bill than a bad bill,” Armstrong wrote, outlining several blockchain sector critiques, including a key battle with the banking industry over offering rewards for stablecoin holdings. “Hopefully we can all get to a better draft.”  The legislation, which focuses on market structure issues such as supervisory divisions between different federal agencies, has long been a…

Attorney Mark Meuser, second from right, speaks to reporters during a press conference announcing a federal lawsuit in November challenging Proposition 50, in Sacramento, Calif. Godofredo A. Vásquez/AP hide caption toggle caption Godofredo A. Vásquez/AP A federal court has upheld the new congressional map approved by California voters last month, giving Democrats a chance to counter the nationwide redistricting effort led by President Trump and his Republican allies. The court challenge to the redistricting plan had been brought by the California Republican Party and the U.S. Department of Justice. The court found that the new district map did not violate…

President Trump is dismantling the global system the U.S. built in the 20th century. Foreign policy experts say he wants a world that looks more like the 19th century.

Never work with kids or animals, the Hollywood cliche goes. Thankfully, actor Johnny Sequoyah didn’t pay attention. As the lead of last weekend’s buzzy horror debut “Primate,” Sequoyah heads a cast of young stars in a battle for survival against a killer chimp – worse, one that was raised as a sibling to Sequoyah’s character. The film held its own at the box office against juggernaut “Avatar: Fire and Ash” and the sleeper hit “The Housemaid,” in part thanks to Sequoyah’s sensitive (but still terrifying) work under director Johannes Roberts (“47 Meters Down,” “The First Omen”). At 23, Sequoyah is something…

The Washington State Cougars (8-10, 3-2 WCC) had to deal with a plentiful amount of turnover during the offseason, losing the likes of senior guard Nate Calmese (Wake Forest Demon Deacons), redshirt junior forward LeJuan Watts (Texas Tech Red Raiders). and sophomore guard Isiah Watts (Maryland Terrapins). Even with forward Cedric Coward, who now plays for the Memphis Grizzlies.This season’s group has had its downs. That included a rough experience at the Maui Invitational (only beat the host Chaminade Silverswords), followed by three straight losses at the Bradley Braves, vs. the Nevada Wolfpack, and the USC Trojans.AdvertisementHeading over to West…

Verizon’s network is experiencing technical issues that are impacting calls and wireless data. Verizon customers on X have reported seeing “SOS” rather than the traditional network bars on their smartphones, and even the network provider’s own status page struggled to load, likely due to the number of customers trying to access it.Based on the experience of Verizon users on Engadget’s staff, the services that are impacted appear to be calls and wireless data. Text messages continue to be delivered normally, at least for some users. On DownDetector, reports of a Verizon outage started growing around 12PM ET and numbered in…

Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., on the day of a briefing for the House of Representatives on the situation in Venezuela, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Jan. 7, 2026.Evelyn Hockstein | ReutersVice President JD Vance on Wednesday cast a tie-breaking vote, blocking a resolution intended to halt President Donald Trump from using the military in Venezuela.Vance’s vote for the point of order on the measure, known as a war powers resolution, signals that Trump was able to successfully lobby enough Republican senators to switch their votes. Last week, five Republican senators joined…

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California can use a new voter-approved U.S. House map that is designed to boost Democrats in the 2026 midterms, a federal three-judge panel ruled Wednesday.In a 2-1 ruling, a three-judge panel in Los Angeles denied requests from state Republicans and the U.S. Justice Department to block the map from being used in future elections. The complaint accused California of violating the Constitution by using race as a factor to favor Hispanic voters when drawing the new district lines. The map, aimed at giving Democrats a shot at flipping as many as five House seats next year, was…

The sexiest man alive and the blond star of “Wicked” apparently made a stealth visit to the Art Institute of Chicago to promote an upcoming production of “Sunday in the Park with George” — in London. An Instagram post on Wednesday featured Ariana Grande and Jonathan Bailey staring thoughtfully at each other on folding chairs in front of the Georges Seurat painting “A Sunday on La Grand Jatte,” one of the museum’s marquee attractions. Bailey and Grande will star in a new stage production of Stephen Sondheim’s “Sunday in the Park with George,” slated for summer 2027. The musical is…