Published on: 2025-04-26 23:24:40
Dig deep on Google Earth and you'll inevitably find a surprise or two. Maybe you're looking at far-flung islands in the middle of an ocean or checking in on something closer to home. A few years ago, online sleuths found an image of a B-2 stealth bomber in flight over Missouri. The aircraft is smeared in the image because it was in motion, while the farm fields below appear as crisp as any other view on Google Earth. There's something else that now appears on Google Earth. Zoom in over rural N
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-26 23:00:28
European allies who have reservations about working with Elon Musk’s Starlink will have more to worry about if they side with Chinese satellite internet services, Federal Communications Commission chair Brendan Carr told the Financial Times. Carr said that politics having an influence on long-term decisions in Europe was “unfortunate,” and that “allied Western democracies” should instead be focusing on “the real long-term bogey: the rise of the Chinese Communist party.” “If you’re concerned abo
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-27 15:27:57
One of President Donald Trump’s top officials has warned European allies hesitant about working with Elon Musk’s satellite Internet company that they needed to choose between US and Chinese technology. Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr told the Financial Times that “allied western democracies” needed to “focus on the real long-term bogey: the rise of the Chinese Communist party.” His comments come as European governments and some European companies consider whether Starlink—
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-28 17:30:00
T-Mobile recently made headlines by announcing its partnership with Starlink's satellite internet service for its mobile plans. But in terms of broadband, how do these providers compare? What makes Starlink and T-Mobile 5G Home Internet solid options for rural communities? The biggest consideration for rural internet is availability. Unlike most cable and fiber internet service providers, Starlink and T-Mobile offer extensive coverage nationwide. However, speeds and prices play an equally import
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-04 19:55:00
Amazon will soon launch 27 low-Earth orbit satellites as part of its Project Kuiper. The original launch window was set for Wednesday between 7 and 9 p.m. ET (4 to 6 p.m. PT), but poor weather forced the rocket launch to be scrubbed for the day. "Weather is observed and forecast NO GO for liftoff within the remaining launch window at Cape Canaveral this evening, according to Launch Weather Officer Brian Belson," United Launch Alliance said in its live updates Wednesday night. "The stubborn cumu
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-05 07:18:00
The trade war is starting to get personal for Elon Musk. At the same time that he called President Donald Trump’s top trade adviser “dumber than a sack of bricks,” Musk stands to lose hundreds of millions of dollars in Canadian subsidies for his satellite internet service, Starlink. It’s been a turbulent month for Starlink and Canada. On March 4, Ontario Premier Doug Ford ripped up a Starlink contract worth $100 million. Quebec, which has spent $130 million to provide citizens discounted Starli
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-05 19:05:57
In this article AMZN Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT 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, U.S., April 9, 2025. Steve Nesius | Reuters In a social media post last month, Elon Musk had a message for Poland's foreign minister, who had suggested that his country
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-06 18:00:16
Amazon plans to launch 27 low-Earth orbit satellites this evening as part of Project Kuiper. The launch window is set for Wednesday, April 9, between 7 and 9 p.m. ET (4 to 6 p.m. PT), depending on weather and other factors. The launch mission, "KA-01" or Kuiper Atlas 1, will be on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket and will take place at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Amazon said. There's a mission page for updates on the launch and plans to livestream the takeoff. You can watch the
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-08 06:43:44
Amazon is planning to send 27 low-Earth orbit satellites into space this week, with Project Kuiper setting a launch date of Wednesday, April 9, between 7 and 9 p.m. ET (4-6 p.m. PT). The launch mission, "KA-01" or Kuiper Atlas 1, will be on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket and will take place at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Amazon said. The company set up a mission page for updates on the launch and plans to livestream the takeoff. You can watch the rocket launch live on the miss
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-12 18:25:46
Amazon on Thursday set a launch date to send 27 low-Earth orbit satellites into space as part of Project Kuiper: Wednesday, April 9, at 12 p.m. ET. The launch will be a big step forward for the project, which Amazon launched with promises of a $10 billion investment in 2019. Now the company is poised to enter the race to provide satellite internet service, a space currently dominated by SpaceX's Starlink, which has about 7,000 satellites. Amazon's plans call for 3,200 satellites to be deployed
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-15 02:25:00
Amazon has set a launch date to send 27 low-orbit satellites into space as part of Project Kuiper. The company posted details announcing a launch at 12 p.m. ET on Wednesday, April 9. The launch could be a big move for the project, which Amazon launched with promises of a $10 billion investment in 2019. Now, the company is poised to enter the race to provide satellite internet service, a space currently dominated by Starlink, which has about 7,000 satellites. Amazon's plans call for 3,200 satell
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-15 07:37:04
Amazon / Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET If you're waiting for an alternative to Starlink, Amazon's answer is finally ready. Also: I turned my Starlink Mini into a near-perfect off-grid internet solution. Here's how In a blog post yesterday, Amazon announced that 27 satellites will launch into low orbit next week from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Fla., as a part of Project Kuiper. The launch will happen no earlier than noon Eastern on Wednesday, April 9. How to watch the launch live You
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-21 11:30:03
seUnited Airlines has been approved to begin operating flights with onboard Starlink satellite internet service. The Federal Aviation Administration issued the airline a certificate to operate the service on its fleet of Embraer 175 aircraft, with United expecting to install the SpaceX service on all 300 of the regional jets by the end of the year. Starlink will be a free service for UnitedPlus members, which is essentially all passengers as the loyalty program is free to join. United and Starl
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-30 18:14:16
Howard Lutnick, commerce secretary under President Trump, told leaders of the government’s rural broadband initiative to prioritize less reliable satellite connectivity over ground-based broadband—and specifically recommended Elon Musk’s Starlink. That is according to the Financial Times, which reports that Lutnick “mentioned Musk by name.” The comments came from Evan Feinman, who ran the rural broadband program until being pushed out last week. “The clear thrust of his directive was to increas
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-02 02:24:31
As the Trump administration's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) continues to rampage through the United States federal government, essentially guided by Elon Musk, the group has also been upending traditional IT boundaries—evaluating digital systems and allegedly accessing personally identifiable information as well as data that has typically been off-limits to those without specific training. Last week, The New York Times reported that the White House is adding Musk-owned SpaceX’s Star
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Satellites like the ones used for Starlink’s internet service could be depleting the Earth’s ozone layer when they’re deorbited, according to a new study funded by NASA and published in Geophysical Research Letters. When Starlink’s satellites reach the end of their lives, they burn up in the Earth’s atmosphere and leave behind small particles of aluminum oxide. These travel down into the ozone layer, which absorbs harmful ultraviolet radiation. Researchers from the University of Southern Califo
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-02 23:00:00
The director of the largest broadband program in US history bid farewell to his colleagues in a spirited email on March 16. Among other things, he warned that millions of rural Americans could get stuck with slow internet speeds if rules are changed to favor Elon Musk’s satellite internet company, Starlink. His farewell email to colleagues, first reported by ProPublica’s Craig Silverman in a Bluesky post, sounds the alarm on proposed changes to the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment progra
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-07 03:30:00
Satellite internet is blasting off right now. Nations and states are inking deals with satellite providers to fill in service gaps for their residents and keep their critical infrastructure connected. Phone makers are building satellite capabilities into their handsets. Airlines are partnering with satellite operators to keep your in-flight Netflix stream stutter-free. And the race to blast the satellites powering these networks into orbit is helping the rocket business thrive. All of this add
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-07 13:30:00
Satellite internet is blasting off right now. Nations and states are inking deals with satellite providers to fill in service gaps for their residents and keep their critical infrastructure connected. Phone makers are building satellite capabilities into their handsets. Airlines are partnering with satellite operators to keep your in-flight Netflix stream stutter-free. And the race to blast the satellites powering these networks into orbit is helping the rocket business thrive. All of this add
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-10 17:33:00
America's most expensive broadband investment ever just lost its top leader and supporter, Evan Feinman. Feinman issued a sharp warning to colleagues in an email Sunday morning that millions of rural Americans could get stuck with slow internet speeds if rules are changed to favor Elon Musk’s satellite internet company Starlink. In a CNET interview, Feinman echoes this warning and provides advice for consumers. His farewell email to colleagues, first reported by ProPublica’s Craig Silverman in
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-11 02:17:35
is a weekend editor who covers the latest in tech and entertainment. He has written news, reviews, and more as a tech journalist since 2020. The White House is working to “improve Wi-Fi connectivity,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement emailed to The Verge. According to The New York Times, it’s using Starlink to address the issue, which White House officials blame on the property’s spotty cell service and “overtaxed” Wi-Fi infrastructure. Huh. Giving Leavitt the b
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-12 06:13:00
The director of the largest federal broadband program in US history bid farewell to his colleagues in a spirited email Sunday morning. Among other things, Evan Feinman warned that millions of rural Americans could get stuck with slow internet speeds if rules are changed to favor Elon Musk’s satellite internet company Starlink. Until March 16, Feinman was the director of the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment program, a $42.5 billion fund passed as part of the Infrastructure Investment and
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-13 14:10:27
The head of the Commerce Department’s ambitious plan to expand fiber internet access across rural America warned on Sunday that opening the door to SpaceX’s Starlink would leave rural Americans worse off. Evan Feinman, who directed the program for the last three years, wrote in a departing email to staff that Starlink’s satellite internet is “inferior” to alternatives, “delivering slower speeds at higher costs to the household paying the bill.” Elon Musk, along with Republications, has vocifero
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-14 15:00:00
T-Mobile recently made headlines by announcing its partnership with Starlink's satellite internet service for its mobile plans. But in terms of broadband, how do these providers compare? What makes Starlink and T-Mobile Home Internet solid options for rural communities? The biggest consideration for rural internet is availability. Unlike most cable and fiber internet service providers, Starlink and T-Mobile offer extensive coverage nationwide. However, speeds and prices play an equally important
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-20 06:35:27
Lately, SpaceX founder Elon Musk has taken an aggressive posture toward Europe. He has called for the United States to exit NATO, a strategic alliance that has been the bedrock of trans-Atlantic cooperation since the end of World War II. Musk has also championed right-wing populism that seeks to topple existing governments on the continent. And then there's Musk's increasingly antagonistic attitude toward Ukraine, a country viewed by many Europeans as a bulwark against further Russian aggressio
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-21 07:50:42
Aamir Siddiqui / Android Authority TL;DR T-Mobile could soon offer a new promotion that will give eligible users a free year of Starlink satellite messaging. This promo will likely be available only to non-T-Mobile users who have already signed up for the Starlink beta and are ready to port their number into T-Mobile. Existing T-Mobile users will not have this offer. T-Mobile has some great plans and deals that should convince fence-sitters to make the switch. However, some people need a bit
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-21 00:16:45
Jio Platforms, the subsidiary of India’s conglomerate Reliance Industries and the country’s largest telecom operator, Wednesday announced a partnership with Elon Musk’s SpaceX to offer Starlink’s satellite broadband internet services to its customers in India. Under the agreement, which is subject to regulatory approvals, Jio and SpaceX will explore using Starlink to extend the telco’s offerings, while Jio will sell Starlink equipment through its retail outlets and online storefronts, the telco
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-22 18:00:00
Whether you're a digital nomad or your job requires you to travel frequently, here's why you should know about Starlink's new mini satellite dish. The Starlink Mini dish is available virtually everywhere in the US. It comes with an up-front cost of $499 for the small antenna and a monthly subscription of $50 to $165, depending on your chosen plan. Thanks to seven thousand low-orbit satellites, Starlink has the unique ability to send a low latency high-speed internet service just about anywhere.
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-23 02:27:32
Telco giant Airtel Tuesday announced a partnership with SpaceX to launch Starlink’s high-speed satellite internet services in India — years after Elon Musk’s company made its first moves to enter the country, the world’s second-largest internet market after China. Importantly, the deal is not a roll-out plan. Services are subject to SpaceX receiving regulatory clearance from IN-SPACe and the Department of Telecommunications to sell Starlink in the country, the telco said in its press statement
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-25 06:46:47
In this article ETL-FR Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT A satellite dish in a ground network of satellites at Eutelsat's Madeira office. Photographer: /Bloomberg via Getty Images Zed Jameson | Bloomberg via Getty Images Shares of French satellite operator Eutelsat skyrocketed almost 390% last week — and a potential change of tack in European defense has been helping the rally. The firm's stock price saw wildly volatile moves last week, up by as much as 77% on Tuesday and by anot
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