Collaborate Disseminate
A WhatsApp for Android beta update (version 2.23.19.8) that came out today contains a new screen called Third-party chats, reports WABetaInfo. The Verge: For now, the screen is neither functional nor accessible by users, according to WABetaInfo. But it… Continue reading WhatsApp is Working on Cross-Platform Messaging
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: NASA officials sounded an alarm Tuesday about the agency’s Deep Space Network, a collection of antennas in California, Spain, and Australia used to maintain contact with missions scattered across t… Continue reading NASA Officials Sound Alarm Over Future of the Deep Space Network
The Federal Communications Commission yesterday rejected requests to eliminate an upcoming requirement that Internet service providers list all of their monthly fees. From a report: Five major trade groups representing US broadband providers petitioned… Continue reading FCC Says ‘Too Bad’ To ISPs Complaining That Listing Every Fee is Too Hard
T-Mobile USA is cutting 7% of its staff, part of an effort to rein in costs as the company spends heavily to attract new subscribers in an increasingly competitive market. From a report: The move will affect about 5,000 positions, mostly corporate and … Continue reading T-Mobile To Cut About 7% of Staff
SK Telecom, South Korea’s dominant mobile carrier and sibling of chipmaker SK hynix, has declared that 5G was over-hyped, has under-delivered, and has failed to deliver a killer app. From a report: The telco offered that assessment in a recent white pa… Continue reading South Korea’s Biggest Telco Says 5G Has Failed To Deliver On Its Promise
The Biden administration on Monday continued its push toward internet-for-all by 2030, announcing about $667 million in new grants and loans to build more broadband infrastructure in the rural U.S. From a report: “With this investment, we’re getting fu… Continue reading US Announces More New Funding for Rural Broadband Infrastructure
When NASA’s Psyche probe launches in October on its mission to a metal asteroid as much as 309 million miles (497 million km) from Earth, it will be carrying a new laser communications system that promises to revolutionize deep space missions.Continue … Continue reading NASA installs laser communication system on Psyche asteroid probe
China launched what is thought to be the world’s first geosynchronous orbit synthetic aperture radar satellite on Saturday. SpaceNews reports: A Long March 3B rocket lifted off from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China at 1:36 p.m. Easter… Continue reading China Launches First Geosynchronous Orbit Radar Satellite
The Federal Communications Commission is paving the way for $75 monthly subsidies to make broadband service more affordable for low-income households in certain “high-cost” areas. From a report: The $75 subsidy will be part of the Affordable Connectivi… Continue reading FCC Prepares $75 Monthly Broadband Subsidies For ‘High-Cost’ Areas
Capella Space’s synthetic aperture radar satellites are falling back to Earth much sooner than than the three years they were anticipated to operate, according to publicly available satellite data. TechCrunch reports: The startup has launched a total o… Continue reading Capella’s Earth-Imaging Satellites Are Deorbiting Faster Than Expected