Apple’s decision to put satellite connections in iPhones is already saving lives, and as Hurricane Milton threatens Florida, now is the time for every US iPhone user to learn how the system ...

In the aftermath of a natural disaster, when power and cellphone service are out, connecting to 911 and friends and family from your smartphone via satellite can be a literal lifeline. Apple’s ...

The second, and more recent, feature is Messages via Satellite, which landed in iOS 18. Like Emergency SOS via Satellite, Messages via Satellite can give you service even when the normal messaging ...

Apple included a number of satellite-based features in its latest iPhone models to help users keep contact in an emergency. Here's what they are, and how to use them if you have no signal.

"Unfortunately, the timing of the political agenda sometimes doesn't always align with the climate ambitions we should all have." Space programs are often concerned with what's happening "out ...

Satellite imagery from Planet Labs shows a vessel with a large, open flat top under construction at Guangzhou Shipyard International on Longxue Island, in the southern province of Guangdong.

Satellite connectivity is coming with the rollout of Android 15. The new feature will allow you to send and receive messages without a mobile or Wi-Fi connection. If you’re in a city, you likely ...

To deal with disruptions to cellular connectivity, iPhone owners can instead turn to satellite connections. Apple offers three features that can help help. With Emergency SOS via Satellite ...

Satellite images analysed by BBC Verify show damage to a number of military sites in Iran from Israeli air strikes on Saturday. They include sites experts say were used for missile production and ...

This yellow spot, pictured below, is how they look to a satellite passing 617 kilometres overhead. Jenna Guffogg led the RMIT research team behind that spot. Her newly published algorithm uses ...

THE FEATURE WE WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THIS MORNING IS SATELLITE MESSAGING. YOU CAN USE THIS IF CELL SERVICE GOES DOWN OR IF YOU DON’T HAVE WI-FI DURING THIS STORM, YOU CAN STILL SEND TEXT MESSAGES TO ...

Burned fields could be seen in satellite images from Planet Labs PBC around Iran's Tange Bijar natural gas production site in Ilam province on Saturday, though it wasn't immediately clear if it ...