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Here’s What SOS Really Means and Where the Term Came From

Best known for its appearances in desert-island cartoons, maritime movies and earworms by ABBA and Rihanna, the word SOS has been used as a code for emergency distress signals since 1905. If you’re ...
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What Does 'SOS' Mean? Surprisingly, It's Likely Not What You Think

We live in a world driven by acronyms. Every day there seems to be another one invented. LOL, TGIF, BYOB, WYSIWYG (I had to look this one up!)... It only stands to reason that at first glance, SOS ...
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What does SOS mode mean?

WASHINGTON — Many AT&T customers in the U.S. woke up Thursday to find their cell phones not working because of a nationwide service outage. The outage cut cell service to more than 74,000 customers at ...
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Why your phone may be in 'SOS' mode

WASHINGTON — Numerous Verizon customers across the U.S. experienced a service outage Wednesday that left many iPhones in "SOS mode." More than 170,000 customers reported issues with their cell service ...