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Verizon customers around the U.S. are currently experiencing a massive service outage, with phones either not getting any bars or even being stuck in SOS mode. News of the outage first started hitting the internet around 12 p.m. ET, with DownDetector (which shares the same parent company as Lifehacker) showing over 100,000 user reports of Verizon outages. Reports have fallen since, but are still sitting around 42,000 as of 4 p.m.  According to DownDetector, 51% of users are just generally reporting issues with their mobile phone, while 34% are more specifically saying they don’t have signal, and 15% say they are experiencing a “total blackout.” The outage doesn’t appear to be restricted to areas hit by Hurricane Helene , either. While DownDetector’s heat map of the outage does say that North Carolina and Georgia are experiencing heavy service interruptions, it also lists New York and Kansas as areas of equal concern. Not everyone in these areas is experiencing the outage—none of Lif

It's almost October, when the leaves start to turn, the air takes on a chill, and the nights get longer. What better time to get cozy and revisit some old spooky favorite movies—and maybe even find a few new ones? What's that scratching noise, you ask? I'm sure it's nothing. And don't worry about the howling—the wolves can't get us in here. Unearthly moaning? Just the wind. Probably. With just a month until Halloween, here's a survey of spooky movies, one for every night in October. Enjoy—if you dare. The Fall of the House of Usher (1928) One of two Usher adaptations released in 1928, cinema's love affair with Edgar Allan Poe began here in this expressionistic fever dream. With Jean Debucourt and Marguerite Gance playing the Usher siblings in their decaying house, this version captures as well as any later version the sense that we've stepped into an alternate world of haunting melancholy. It's dizzying and disturbing, but hypnoticall

Following Razer’s wide release of its controversial Snap Tap feature earlier this week, which arguably gives owners of its keyboards such an advantage in some games that Valve has banned it from Counter-Strike 2 , the company is now announcing even more pro-level hardware. This includes the expected pro update to its Kraken V4 headset, but more interestingly, there’s also new tech like a laptop cooling stand and what I can only describe as a gaming massage pad.  Kraken V4 Pro Credit: Razer The Kraken V4 Pro is the most obvious announcement here, giving the existing Kraken V4 headset an OLED control hub that puts it in closer competition with the likes of other premium headsets like the SteelSeries Arctis Nova Pro. There’s also 9-zone RGB, as is typical of Razer, and conveniently, the option to connect via Bluetooth, USB, a 3.5mm cable,

Virtual Reality has become more accessible thanks to Meta's Quest devices. Up until recently, the Meta Quest 3 had been the latest device from Meta, but other than being an expensive fun toy to play (or to use to watch porn) , it couldn't deliver much. But after Meta Connect 2024 , Meta doubled down on VR and released a new, more affordable VR headset—the Meta Quest 3S—as well as upcoming updates for their latest headsets. The Meta Quest 3S is available for pre-order for $299.99 on Amazon and comes with the upcoming Batman: Arkham Shadow and three months of Meta Quest+ included with your preorder set to release on Oct. 15. Get Batman: Arkham Shadow and a 3-Month Trial of Meta Quest+ Included — All-in-One Headset Meta Quest 3S 128GB

When you’re training for a race, a good training plan is key . With a plan, you’ll have all your runs planned out for you, with just the right mix of long runs, speed work, and easy mileage to get you to the start line strong and ready. But what do you do when the plan doesn’t match up with your life? You get sick and miss a week, or you realize too late you started on the wrong date. Or the plan calls for something you just can’t make happen on schedule, like a tune-up race.  “What do I do???” I hear you wailing. Well, don’t worry. I’ll tell you what you do: you do your best to follow the plan, without letting any feelings of guilt or nervousness take over. Missed workouts are in the past, and you’ll move on without trying to make them up. For the most part, anyway. Let’s look at a few scenarios where you might have questions. But first—let’s zoom out so we can see the big picture. Understand what your training plan is trying to do Before we can talk about whether to do this or that

Meta Connect 2024 is a wrap. Mark Zuckerberg took the stage Wednesday to offer up announcements across a slew of product categories. While there are some new features coming to familiar apps like Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp, Meta Connect was mostly about other ventures for the company—namely, the Meta Quest, smart glasses, and, of course, AI. A cheaper Meta Quest 3 Finally, a version of the Meta Quest 3 that doesn’t cost $500. The Meta Quest 3S packs most of what made the Quest 3 worth it into a device that’s almost as cheap as the Quest 2 was back in its heyday. Starting at $299, it’s got the same Qualcomm Snapdragon XR2 Gen 2 chip and the same Touch Plus controllers (with no ring around your fingers), and it actually has slightly better battery life (Meta says it gives you 2.5 hours vs. the 2.2 hours on the original Quest 3). Its camera layout, which has 3 sensors on either side of the device, is also a bit snazzier, at least in my opinion as a Quest 3 owner.