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Alaska Air will offer Starlink in-flight internet starting next year

engadget.com Unknown 2025-11-02 11:00:23

In-flight internet is crappy, but more and more airlines think that Starlink is the solution. The latest company to sign with the SpaceX affiliate is Alaska Air Group, which announced that it will start offering Starlink Wi-Fi next year and expand the service to its entire fleet by 2027. "With Starlink already live on [Alaska Air Group subsidiary] Hawaiian Airlines, we're proud that we'll offer... gate-to-gate connectivity on nearly every aircraft across both airlines," CEO Ben Minicucci said in

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Leaky Ice Dam Prompts Evacuations in Alaska as Record Floods Loom

gizmodo.com Margherita Bassi 2025-11-18 00:10:41

A water basin in Alaska is overflowing its ice dam, the Mendenhall Glacier, and flooding the state capital, Juneau. Experts expect the likely record-breaking event to peak today, and officials have asked residents in parts of the city and borough to evacuate. The flood doesn’t come as a surprise. Years ago, a small glacier on the other side of Mendenhall Glacier—which is just 12 miles (19 kilometers) from Juneau—receded and left a basin in its wake, according to the Associated Press. Since then

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Alaska Airlines Flights Resume After IT Outage. What to Do if You Were Affected

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-03 04:04:00

Alaska Airlines paused its operations for several hours, late on July 20. This was due to what the company called, "a significant IT outage" affecting its operations. About 3 hours later, flights resumed and the company posted on X: "Alaska Airlines has resolved its earlier IT outage and has resumed operations. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience, and encourage guests to check your flight status before heading to the airport." The delays affected Alaska Air and Horizon Air flights at

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Computer Glitch Grounds Every Alaska Airlines Flight

gizmodo.com Bruce Gil 2026-01-03 15:45:21

A computer outage forced Alaska Airlines and its subsidiary Horizon Air to ground all flights Sunday night, halting operations across the board. On Monday, the airline said that operations were coming back online. The airline requested a system-wide ground stop from federal aviation authorities at about 11 p.m. ET on Sunday night. That stop remained in effect until around 2 a.m. ET Monday, when the Federal Aviation Administration confirmed it had been lifted. But disruptions didn’t end there. A

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A Surge of Earthquakes in Alaska Is Raising Red Flags

gizmodo.com Ellyn Lapointe 2026-01-07 15:15:22

A powerful offshore earthquake triggered a tsunami warning for communities along a 700-mile (1,100-kilometer) stretch of Alaska’s southern coast on Wednesday, July 16. Fortunately, the wave never came, and ground shaking caused minimal damage, but another large quake could strike this area in the near future. Since 2020, five earthquakes ranging from magnitude 7.2 to 8.2 have struck the southern coast of Alaska. It’s not unusual for seismic activity to occur in this part of the state, as it run

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Best Internet Providers in Alaska

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-22 17:46:00

Alaska has a lot to offer, including rugged natural beauty, national parks and fresh seafood. However, its offerings are less expansive when it comes to internet service for the state's 730,000 residents. Whether it's fiber, fixed wireless, DSL or satellite, you'll have to make some compromises when picking an internet service provider in Alaska. According to our CNET experts, GCI is the top pick for most in the state -- if it's available in your area. What is the best internet provider in Alas

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Alaska Issued Its First Heat Advisory, and Only 2% of Homes Have AC

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-03-09 09:41:21

Alaska got its first-ever heat advisory over the weekend, which is in effect until June 17. Over the last few days, temperatures in central Alaska have reached 86 degrees Fahrenheit (that's 30 Celsius). It's not as if Alaska never gets hot in the summer. However, as Jason Laney, a warning coordination meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Fairbanks, Alaska, told CNET, "The frequency with which the heat is coming up is starting to be a bit of a concern." This heat advisory seems pr

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Alaska, Where Only 2% of Homes Have AC, Just Issued Its First Heat Advisory Ever

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-03-12 22:37:42

Alaska just crossed a first off its bucket list with the first-ever heat advisory for Sunday, June 15. Temperatures in central Alaska are expected to reach 86 degrees Fahrenheit (that's 30 Celsius) through the weekend and into the week of June 16. It's not as if Alaska never gets hot in the summer. However, as Jason Laney, a warning coordination meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Fairbanks, Alaska, told CNET, "The frequency with which the heat is coming up is starting to be a bi

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Alaska Just Issued Its First-Ever Heat Advisory—and It Won’t Be the Last

gizmodo.com Ellyn Lapointe 2026-03-13 21:17:59

The National Weather Service (NWS) office in Fairbanks, Alaska, issued a heat advisory on Thursday, June 12. It’s never had to do that before. Heat advisories are new to both the Fairbanks and Juneau NWS offices, which implemented the use of these notices on June 2. Until now, Alaska weather officials exclusively issued Special Weather Statements to notify the public of potentially hazardous heat. The change comes as Alaska continues to warm at nearly twice the rate of the lower 48 states, with

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Alaska Air will offer Starlink in-flight internet starting next year

Leaky Ice Dam Prompts Evacuations in Alaska as Record Floods Loom

Alaska Airlines Flights Resume After IT Outage. What to Do if You Were Affected

Computer Glitch Grounds Every Alaska Airlines Flight

A Surge of Earthquakes in Alaska Is Raising Red Flags

Best Internet Providers in Alaska

Alaska Issued Its First Heat Advisory, and Only 2% of Homes Have AC

Alaska, Where Only 2% of Homes Have AC, Just Issued Its First Heat Advisory Ever

Alaska Just Issued Its First-Ever Heat Advisory—and It Won’t Be the Last

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