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SpaceX Strikes Wireless Gold With EchoStar Sale. Expect Better Coverage With These Carriers

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-11 08:31:00

Elon Musk’s SpaceX has acquired $17 billion worth of EchoStar’s wireless spectrum, the two companies announced on Monday. The coveted chunk of spectrum, which is used to transmit cellular data through the air, exists in the 1.9 and lower 2GHz spectrum bands. The news comes six weeks after SpaceX launched its satellite texting partnership T-Mobile, called T-Satellite. SpaceX’s Starlink internet service is now poised to dramatically increase its direct-to-cell coverage, which allows users to text

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Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Flip 7 are about to get these handy features

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-11 19:56:00

Lanh Nguyen / Android Authority TL;DR A software update has arrived for the Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Flip 7. The update brings Google Finance integration to Now Bar and the ability to add widgets to the home screen when using Samsung DeX. The update is only live in South Korea at the moment. Samsung’s latest foldables are receiving a software update. This update not only delivers September 2025’s security patch, but also a couple of new features related to Now Bar and Samsung DeX. Don’t want to

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EchoStar to sell spectrum to SpaceX after FCC threatened to revoke licenses

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-10-11 21:31:26

SpaceX's complaints to the Federal Communications Commission have helped the satellite company land a $17 billion deal to buy spectrum licenses from EchoStar. The deal consists of up to $8.5 billion in cash and up to $8.5 billion in SpaceX stock, EchoStar said. SpaceX also agreed to pay $2 billion worth of interest payments on EchoStar debt through November 2027. After SpaceX alleged that EchoStar subsidiary Dish Network "barely uses" its spectrum and urged the FCC to make the spectrum availab

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Google’s AI Mode adds 5 new languages including Hindi, Japanese, and Korean

techcrunch.com Jagmeet Singh 2025-10-11 21:46:10

Google is expanding AI Mode — its AI-powered Search experience — to five new languages, opening access to additional users around the world, after being limited to English for over six months. On Monday, Google announced that AI Mode will now support Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, and Brazilian Portuguese. The update follows last month’s rollout of the AI-powered experience to 180 new markets in English, after initially launching in the U.S. and later expanding to the U.K. and India. “Wi

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EchoStar offloads satellite spectrum to SpaceX for $17 billion

theverge.com Emma Roth 2025-10-12 13:36:17

is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Dish parent company EchoStar is selling wireless spectrum licenses to SpaceX for around $17 billion, the companies announced on Monday. SpaceX says it will use the spectrum to create the “next generation” of Starlink’s cellular satellite service, which customers

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Starlink direct-to-cell satellite connectivity expanding beyond T-Mobile

9to5mac.com Zac Hall 2025-10-12 17:27:56

SpaceX and the company behind Boost Mobile have struck a deal that will bolster Starlink’s direct-to-cell satellite mobile service. EchoStar has agreed to license AWS-4 and H-block spectrum to SpaceX. The agreement is worth up to $17 billion with half in cash and half in SpaceX stock. For iPhone users, the deal will also expand Starlink’s satellite mobile service beyond T-Mobile, which is currently the exclusive U.S. mobile service provider with Starlink service. In connection with the transa

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SpaceX strikes $17B deal to buy EchoStar’s spectrum for Starlink’s direct-to-phone service

techcrunch.com Ram Iyer 2025-10-12 17:26:57

Elon Musk’s SpaceX has agreed to acquire 50MHz of wireless spectrum and Mobile Satellite Service spectrum licenses from EchoStar, for use in the Starlink satellite network. EchoStar will sell its AWS-4 and H-block spectrum licenses in exchange for $8.5 billion in cash and $8.5 billion SpaceX stock. SpaceX said the deal would let it develop and deploy its “Direct to Cell” constellation, which it claims can provide broadband-speed internet access to mobile phones across the world. Of the cash, $2

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My favorite Garmin smartwatch feature just came to Amazfit - and now I'm torn

zdnet.com Matthew Miller 2025-10-13 05:00:23

Amazfit T-Rex 3 Pro ZDNET's key takeaways The Amazfit T-Rex 3 Pro is available for $400 The watch sports a LED flashlight, is available in two sizes, has a speaker and microphone for call and assistant support, and three weeks of battery life There is no support for subscription music services, wearable payment systems, and limited third party apps. View now at Us.amazfit Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. If you've read any of my Garmin reviews over the past couple of yea

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Hungry Hungry Hippos Autoplay (2017)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-09 22:22:05

CONTENTS YouTube BlueSky GitHub LinkedIn Hungry Hungry Hippos Autoplay Posted: June 10, 2017 Introduction A group of my coworkers play board games during lunch time on Fridays and at one point invited me to play. Unfortunately all they play is a bunch of modern hipster games when I wanted to play Hungry Hungry Hippos. No one wanted to play with me so I decided to build circuitry that would take their place. Pushing the plastic lever eventually got really tiring so

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The Expression Problem and its solutions

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-12 16:28:04

The craft of programming is almost universally concerned with different types of data and operations/algorithms that act on this data . Therefore, it's hardly surprising that designing abstractions for data types and operations has been on the mind of software engineers and programming-language designers since... forever. Yet I've only recently encountered a name for a software design problem which I ran into multiple times in my career. It's a problem so fundamental that I was quite surprised

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Air pollution directly linked to increased dementia risk

news.ycombinator.com Fieldhouse 2025-10-12 23:13:42

A study has found that exposure to air pollution can increase the risk of developing Lewy body dementia.Credit: Sonu Mehta/Hindustan Times/Shutterstock An analysis of 56 million people has shown that exposure to air pollution increases the risk of developing a particular form of dementia, the third most common type after Alzheimer’s disease and vascular dementia. The study, published in Science on 4 September1, suggests that there is a clear link between long-term exposure to PM 2.5 — airborne

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The Expression Problem and its solution

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-13 00:43:55

The craft of programming is almost universally concerned with different types of data and operations/algorithms that act on this data . Therefore, it's hardly surprising that designing abstractions for data types and operations has been on the mind of software engineers and programming-language designers since... forever. Yet I've only recently encountered a name for a software design problem which I ran into multiple times in my career. It's a problem so fundamental that I was quite surprised

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SQLite's File Format

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-10 12:36:03

This document describes and defines the on-disk database file format used by all releases of SQLite since version 3.0.0 (2004-06-18). 1. The Database File The complete state of an SQLite database is usually contained in a single file on disk called the "main database file". During a transaction, SQLite stores additional information in a second file called the "rollback journal", or if SQLite is in WAL mode, a write-ahead log file. 1.1. Hot Journals If the application or host computer crashe

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Shipping textures as PNGs is suboptimal

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-12 16:37:16

Are you shipping textures to players as PNGs? The goal of this post is to convince you that this is suboptimal, and walk you through a better approach. I’ll also share my implementation of the suggested approach, but if you’d rather do it yourself I’ll also provide you with the information you need to get started. If you’re using a game engine, it is almost certainly doing what this post suggests automatically, but it doesn’t hurt to double check! What’s wrong with PNGs? source PNGs are great f

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Rust tool for generating random fractals

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-12 22:56:05

Chaos Game Fractal Generator A simple command-line application written in Rust for generating fractals using the 'Chaos Game' algorithm. Table of Contents Algorithm Description This application generates fractals using the following simple, iterative algorithm: Define the $n$ vertices of a regular polygon Choose a random initial point within the polygon Select one of the polygon's vertices at random Move the current point a specific ratio, $r$ , of the distance towards the chosen vertex Rep

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Stop Shipping PNGs in Your Games

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-12 21:37:16

Are you shipping textures to players as PNGs? The goal of this post is to convince you that this is suboptimal, and walk you through a better approach. I’ll also share my implementation of the suggested approach, but if you’d rather do it yourself I’ll also provide you with the information you need to get started. If you’re using a game engine, it is almost certainly doing what this post suggests automatically, but it doesn’t hurt to double check! What’s wrong with PNGs? source PNGs are great f

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Speeding up Unreal Editor launch by not spawning unused tooltips

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-09 12:28:08

Speeding up the Unreal Editor launch by … not spawning 38000 tooltips? If there is one thing the Unreal Engine doesn’t suffer from, it is it’s lack of features. Over the past years it has been transformed from “just” a game engine into an ‘everything machine’. Games, Movies, Live-Content, VFX, Previz, even virtual fashion shows – it’s a behemoth of an editor with a multitude of tools, most of which are barely used or even known by many of its users. This multitude of features comes with some d

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Gear News of the Week: Veo 3 Comes to Google Photos, and Garmin Adds Satellite Comms to a Watch

wired.com Julian Chokkattu 2025-10-12 21:00:00

Google via Julian Chokkattu A few months ago, Google debuted a feature in Google Photos that lets you convert your existing photos into short videos using generative AI. These videos introduce slight synthetic movements to your stills, so a person may appear to slightly shift around in the frame, or a picture of your sleeping pup could gain a leg twitch. This week, the company upgraded this feature with its Veo 3 video generation model, which boosts the quality of the results. To play around w

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Speeding up Unreal Editor launch by not spawning 38000 tooltips

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-09 22:28:08

Speeding up the Unreal Editor launch by … not spawning 38000 tooltips? If there is one thing the Unreal Engine doesn’t suffer from, it is it’s lack of features. Over the past years it has been transformed from “just” a game engine into an ‘everything machine’. Games, Movies, Live-Content, VFX, Previz, even virtual fashion shows – it’s a behemoth of an editor with a multitude of tools, most of which are barely used or even known by many of its users. This multitude of features comes with some d

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Horrible Things Are Happening at Antarctic Facilities

futurism.com Unknown 2025-10-12 16:10:26

If you think your job is tough, just be glad you haven’t had to do a tour at an Antarctic research base. A horrifying new workplace survey by the US National Science Foundation is raising alarms about a terrible HR crisis unfolding on the white continent. In particular, the report found that sexual assault, sexual harassment, and stalking were regular facts of life for those stationed on remote research stations. The confidential survey was open to all 2,760 US Antarctic Program (USAP) employe

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Reolink’s New Floodlight Camera Uses Sensors and AI to Detect Where It Can’t See

gizmodo.com Wes Davis 2025-10-13 01:30:02

Reolink rolled out a new smart home security camera at IFA 2025 that the company says can see beyond its dual camera lenses. It’s called the TrackFlex Floodlight WiFi, and it looks kind of like the Reolink Elite Floodlight WiFi, a camera I recently reviewed, but with a ball-shaped camera housing that rotates to see things that three sensors above them have detected. This sensor-based approach gives the camera a 270-degree detection range at any given time, according to a press release that Reol

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AppLovin and Robinhood added to S&P 500

cnbc.com Jordan Novet 2025-10-13 09:57:30

Shares of advertising technology company AppLovin and stock trading app Robinhood Markets each jumped about 7% in extended trading on Friday after S&P Global said the two will join the S&P 500 index. The changes will go into effect before the beginning of trading on Sept. 22, S&P Global announced in a statement. AppLovin will replace MarketAxess Holdings , while Robinhood will take the place of Caesars Entertainment . In March, short-seller Fuzzy Panda Research advised the committee for the la

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Top Spec Razer Blade Laptops Are Average 14 Percent Off Right Now

wired.com Brad Bourque 2025-10-13 10:52:29

If you're in the market for a new gaming laptop, Razer is running a variety of discounts on both the Razer Blade 16 and 18—the one to buy depends on the size of your budget and your desk. The price reduction varies but is right around 14 percent off for most models, with some versions excluded from the sale. Our reviewer Luke Larsen gave high marks to the 2025 revamp of the Razer Blade 16 (8/10, WIRED Recommends), largely thanks to its extremely thin footprint and excellent keyboard. Razer does

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Morse Code Translator

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-13 18:23:29

Translate Morse to English & English to Morse code Instantly Perfect for amateur radio and emergency communications Practice with repeat mode for skill development Toggle slash separators for different formatting styles Use the copy button for quick text sharing Morse Code Creator: use the green morse code generator button to create random phrases Access advanced audio settings to customize frequency (200-1000 Hz), playback speed, and WPM for professional training standards. Download your

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Score Insane Student Deals on Laptops and Gaming Consoles at AliExpress

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-13 20:15:00

With prices rising for just about everything these days, back-to-school shopping might feel a little more stressful than usual. Thankfully you can find incredible deals on all the tech you need at AliExpress, the global marketplace. AliExpress uses direct sourcing in order to offer eye-popping prices on laptops, headphones, gaming devices and everything you'll need to crush it at school (and after school) this year. And through August 28, you can unlock extra savings on their already low prices

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Top Spec Razor Blade Laptops Are Average 14 Percent Off Right Now

wired.com Brad Bourque 2025-10-13 20:52:29

If you're in the market for a new gaming laptop, Razer is running a variety of discounts on both the Razer Blade 16 and 18—the one to buy depends on the size of your budget and your desk. The price reduction varies but is right around 14 percent off for most models, with some versions excluded from the sale. Our reviewer Luke Larsen gave high marks to the 2025 revamp of the Razer Blade 16 (8/10, WIRED Recommends), largely thanks to its extremely thin footprint and excellent keyboard. Razer does

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The Truth About Vibration Plates: Do They Really Help You Lose Weight, Build Muscle and Improve Strength?

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-14 00:00:00

Vibration plates are popular all over social media right now. They claim to help you lose weight or build muscle -- all while standing on the vibrating surface. But is this accurate? Does standing on a shaking platform really help you get stronger or shed pounds, or is it just another short-lived trend? To find out, we talked to personal trainers and other fitness experts. These experts explained how vibration plates are supposed to work, the benefits you might get from using them, the risks yo

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This free Chrome tool cleans up your Google searches - hide AI, sponsored links, and more

zdnet.com David Gewirtz 2025-10-14 05:13:00

Bye Bye Google AI / Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Tired of Google AI results? There's a fix for that. This free browser tool hides summaries you didn't ask for. The extension comes from a trusted tech industry editor. I have very mixed feelings about Google's AI Overviews. On one hand, they sometimes provide tidbits of information without having to dig through web page after web page. On the other hand, as with all

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Does anyone still use Morse code?

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-14 04:23:29

Translate Morse to English & English to Morse code Instantly Perfect for amateur radio and emergency communications Practice with repeat mode for skill development Toggle slash separators for different formatting styles Use the copy button for quick text sharing Morse Code Creator: use the green morse code generator button to create random phrases Access advanced audio settings to customize frequency (200-1000 Hz), playback speed, and WPM for professional training standards. Download your

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ExpressVPN Review 2025: The Best VPN Keeps Pushing the Industry Forward

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-14 04:00:00

9.0 / 10 SCORE ExpressVPN Buy at ExpressVPN Price $13 per month, $100 for the first 15 months (then $117 per year) or $140 for the first 28 months (then $150 per year) Latest Tests No DNS leaks detected, 18% speed loss in 2025 tests Network 3,000 plus servers in 105 countries Jurisdiction British Virgin Islands Score Breakdown Usability 10 /10 Value 7 /10 Speed 9 /10 Privacy 10 /10 Features 9 /10 Pros Cutting-edge privacy and security Excellent for streaming Easy to use across platforms Stro

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Latest Tech News

SpaceX Strikes Wireless Gold With EchoStar Sale. Expect Better Coverage With These Carriers

Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Flip 7 are about to get these handy features

EchoStar to sell spectrum to SpaceX after FCC threatened to revoke licenses

Google’s AI Mode adds 5 new languages including Hindi, Japanese, and Korean

EchoStar offloads satellite spectrum to SpaceX for $17 billion

Starlink direct-to-cell satellite connectivity expanding beyond T-Mobile

SpaceX strikes $17B deal to buy EchoStar’s spectrum for Starlink’s direct-to-phone service

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Hungry Hungry Hippos Autoplay (2017)

The Expression Problem and its solutions

Air pollution directly linked to increased dementia risk

The Expression Problem and its solution

SQLite's File Format

Shipping textures as PNGs is suboptimal

Rust tool for generating random fractals

Stop Shipping PNGs in Your Games

Speeding up Unreal Editor launch by not spawning unused tooltips

Gear News of the Week: Veo 3 Comes to Google Photos, and Garmin Adds Satellite Comms to a Watch

Speeding up Unreal Editor launch by not spawning 38000 tooltips

Horrible Things Are Happening at Antarctic Facilities

Reolink’s New Floodlight Camera Uses Sensors and AI to Detect Where It Can’t See

AppLovin and Robinhood added to S&P 500

Top Spec Razer Blade Laptops Are Average 14 Percent Off Right Now

Morse Code Translator

Score Insane Student Deals on Laptops and Gaming Consoles at AliExpress

Top Spec Razor Blade Laptops Are Average 14 Percent Off Right Now

The Truth About Vibration Plates: Do They Really Help You Lose Weight, Build Muscle and Improve Strength?

This free Chrome tool cleans up your Google searches - hide AI, sponsored links, and more

Does anyone still use Morse code?

ExpressVPN Review 2025: The Best VPN Keeps Pushing the Industry Forward

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