Verizon says it is "aware of an issue impacting wireless voice and data services for some customers", as thousands of users report no cellular reception (Jacob Krol/TechRadar)
https://www.techradar.com/news/live/verizon-outage-january-2026
“Mandatory volunteering”, eh? If only there were a shorter word that described what that is.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/nov/14/uk-charities-condemn-plans-to-force-migrants-to-volunteer
Take the good news where you can find it: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jan/12/orsted-rhode-island-wind-project-trump
Democratic lawmakers file articles of impeachment against "Homeland Security" chief Kristi Noem over ICE killing of Renee Good
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/14/kristi-noem-articles-of-impeachment?CMP=Share…
Taco Trump reverses course and cuts tariffs on US food imports
Order exempting coffee, beef, bananas and other items comes as White House fights off concerns about rising costs
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/14/trump-tariffs-food?C…
Verizon says that it resolved "an issue impacting wireless voice and data services" that caused 100,000 customers to lose reception for 10 hours on Wednesday (Jacob Krol/TechRadar)
https://www.techradar.com/news/live/verizon-outage-january-2026
Journalists of color on being laid off amid Trump’s anti-DEI push:
It's not just a coincidence
Black and brown former employees from CBS, NBC and Teen Vogue talk about the effects of being let go
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/d
Elon Musk claims he was "not aware of any naked underage images generated by Grok" and that Grok was programmed to comply with the laws of any given country (Reuters)
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/14/elon-musk-grok-ai-explicit-…
Barack Obama urged California voters to support Proposition 50,
a November ballot measure that could reshape the state’s congressional map and deliver up to five new Democratic seats in the US House.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/o
How Skövde, a small Swedish city of 58,000, built a local video game ecosystem via a degree for game developers at University of Skövde and a startup incubator (Ralph Jones/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/games/2025/dec/12/sko…