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There's a Giant Problem With SpaceX's Starlink Satellites

Astronomers' attempts to peer into the earliest reaches of the universe could be threatened by thousands of SpaceX Starlink satellites leaking radio emissions that ruin observations made with highly sensitive telescopes. As New Scientist reports, a team of researchers led by Curtin University radio astronomy professor Steven Tingay tracked the signals of almost 2,000 Starlink satellites, with the help of a prototype telescope from the Square Kilometre Array, which is currently under constructio

Solving LinkedIn Queens with SMT

June 12, 2025 Solving LinkedIn Queens with SMT For sure easier than solving it in SAT! No newsletter next week I’ll be speaking at Systems Distributed. My talk isn't close to done yet, which is why this newsletter is both late and short. Solving LinkedIn Queens in SMT The article Modern SAT solvers: fast, neat and underused claims that SAT solvers are "criminally underused by the industry". A while back on the newsletter I asked "why": how come they're so powerful and yet nobody uses them?

Blue Origin Delays New Glenn Again—and It’s a Bigger Setback Than It Seems

After gaining momentum last year, Jeff Bezos’ rocket venture has hit another snag. The second flight of Blue Origin’s New Glenn slipped from early spring to late August, messing with the company’s original plan to launch its giant rocket eight times in 2025. Beyond missing launch targets, New Glenn’s recent delay also puts Project Kuiper—the internet satellites owned by Amazon—at risk of losing a critical operations license. This week, Dave Limp, the chief executive of Blue Origin, announced th

Amazon Kuiper second satellite launch delayed by ULA due to weather

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket is on the launch pad carrying Amazon's Project Kuiper internet network satellites, which are expected to eventually rival Elon Musk's Starlink system, at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on April 9, 2025. United Launch Alliance said Tuesday it was pushing back the second flight carrying Amazon 's Project Kuiper internet satellites due to "multiple weather delays during launch processing." The launch from Florida's Space

iOS 26 beta reveals there’s another Apple app that will work via satellite

Apple’s Emergency SOS via Satellite service has been slowly expanding from a major emergency role – essentially letting you call in an air ambulance when injured in a remote location – to a broader way of remaining in touch when outside mobile data coverage. A new satellite-based service spotted in the iOS 26 developer beta will be useful in both extreme situations and more everyday scenarios in areas with poor mobile coverage … Namely, access to weather reports, as spotted by Macworld. Apple

Google Meet’s scrollable captions let you catch up after zoning out in calls

TL;DR Google Meet is adding the ability to scroll live captions and translated captions. Users will be able to scroll through the last 30 minutes of conversation. The rollout is currently in progress. Google Meet is getting a handy new function related to captions. If you use the service, you’ll now be able to scroll through live captions and translated captions. In a new blog post, Google announced it is adding the ability to scroll through live captions, as well as translated captions. Pre