If I’ve learned one thing from listening to the entire back catalog of the excellent podcast Real Survival Stories, it’s this: Whether you’re mountain biking Californian trails or kayaking the west ...

First introduced with iOS 18, Emergency SOS via satellite gives iPhone users the ability to send messages via satellite. This expansion of the SOS via satellite feature, first introduced with the ...

Los Angeles is the second-largest urban area in the U.S., but the northern part of LA County is dominated by the Angeles National Forest and wilderness areas with little or no cell service. Down in ...

It’s still kind of wild to think that a regular iPhone or Samsung phone can now make direct calls via satellite. I know it’s 2026, but just a few years ago, smartphones were expected to rely entirely ...