Remember Verizon’s “can you hear me now” guy? That’s right, he was the one in the carrier’s TV ads that went around the country testing the network’s signal, repeatedly asking, “Can you hear me now?” ...

“Can you hear me now?” “Is this you?” “Are you there?” If you’re asked a question like this in a normal conversation, it’s polite to let the other person know that you hear them loud and clear. But if ...

RENO — The sound from the microphone cut out, and in front of thousands, Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance stood in awkward silence. “We can’t hear you!” someone shouted at the suddenly muted running mate of ...