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Mobile wireless service providers have consumers stuck in a trap at the moment. They’ve deliberately made switching to another carrier an extremely difficult process that usually involves paying off the phone and fulfilling other contractual obligations.

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Update, 5:31 p.m. ET: The 911 system in Massachusetts has been restored, according to a tweet from the state’s Executive Office of Public Safety and Security.

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Emergency service systems tied to 911 went offline across several states on Wednesday night including parts of Nevada, Nebraska, Texas, and the entire state of South Dakota. And the cause has finally been revealed—at least partially. Apparently, the outage had something to do with the installation of a light pole,…

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Gizmodo : Politics

After nearly 800 days of political deadlock, the Senate finally voted this week to confirm Anna Gomez to fill a long-vacant commissioner seat at the new