Get ready to not freak out. On Wednesday, Oct. 4 at 2:20 p.m. EDT, every TV, radio and cellphone in the United States should blare out the distinctive, jarring electronic warning tone of an emergency ...

People across the UK are being told to expect a loud alarm on their mobile phone as part of a UK-wide emergency alert test. The drill "will be one of the biggest public safety exercises" in UK history ...

Don’t panic. It’s only a test. A nationwide test, that is. At about 2:20 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, every cellphone, television set and radio in the country will emit the familiar beeping noise associated ...

LUXEMBOURG, Nov. 19, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- OQ Technology, a pioneering European direct-to-device (D2D) satellite connectivity provider with 60 MHz of high-priority MSS S-band spectrum, has achieved ...

The initiative could help reach people in places lacking access to local news sources. The nation’s first artificial-intelligence-powered emergency broadcast system launched Wednesday in Florida, a ...

Wisconsin Watch partners with Gigafact to produce fact briefs — bite-sized fact checks of trending claims. Read our methodology to learn how we check claims. A recent law President Donald Trump signed ...

Futuri announces the appointment of Marc Jaromin as Director of Public Safety Platforms. In this pivotal role, Jaromin will lead expansion of BEACON (The Broadcast Emergency Alerts and Communications ...

A Sept. 20 Instagram post (direct link, archive link) shows a video of a man urging people to turn off their cellphones during an upcoming test of the emergency broadcast system. “This test will be ...

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — The Utah National Guard has warned state residents that it will conduct a test of its Emergency Radio Broadcast Recall System on Sunday night. The test, slated for 8 p.m. on ...