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schwit1 shares a report from PC Magazine with the caption, “More Russian vaporware?” From the report: A Russian arms manufacturer claims it can help the country’s military detect and bombard Starlink satellite dishes, which have been crucial to the def… Continue reading Russian Arms Manufacturer Developing Tech To Hunt Starlink Dishes
U.S. telecom providers, under a new FCC order, will have to take “all necessary steps” to block calls from a shady communication company engaged in a mass robocall scam preying on people seeking student loan forgiveness. From a report: The scammer comp… Continue reading FCC Orders Telecoms To Block Scammers Targeting Student Loan Forgiveness Seekers
A three-year-old NASA satellite lost touch with ground controllers two weeks ago and is now wandering through low Earth orbit without supervision. Sadly, the space agency fears the worst. Gizmodo reports: NASA’s Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON) m… Continue reading NASA’S ICON Space Weather Satellite Has Suddenly Gone Silent
The newly elected government in Pacific island nation of Vanuatu encountered a serious problem from the very first day of its term on Nov. 6 — no one could use their government email accounts. But then the situation got worse. Much worse. From a repor… Continue reading Pacific Island Nation of Vanuatu Has Been Knocked Offline For More Than a Month
Elon Musk’s SpaceX is expanding its Starlink satellite technology into military applications with a new business line called Starshield. CNBC reports: “While Starlink is designed for consumer and commercial use, Starshield is designed for government us… Continue reading SpaceX Unveils ‘Starshield,’ a Military Variation of Starlink Satellites
Apple’s iPhone 14 Emergency SOS via Satellite Feature was put to the test in Alaska yesterday, when a man became stranded in a rural area. MacRumors reports: In the early hours of the morning on December 1, Alaska State Troopers received an alert that … Continue reading iPhone 14 Satellite Feature Saves Stranded Man In Alaska
According to documents recently declassified by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), former President Donald Trump posted a classified satellite image of a failed rocket launch in Iran on Twitter in 2019. NPR reports: Now, three years aft… Continue reading Trump Posted Classified Satellite Imagery On Twitter As President
GPS has been a crucial technology for decades, but it does have its limitations, particularly in urban areas where signals can get noisy. Now, engineers in the Netherlands have developed “SuperGPS” – a hybrid positioning system that combines wireless a… Continue reading “SuperGPS” ditches satellites for radio towers for cm-scale tracking
As part of a fast-track program to protect military satellite communications (SATCOM), Boeing recently demonstrated its new system at White Sands, New Mexico, that can autonomously detect and counter jamming efforts at the source in real-time.Continue … Continue reading Boeing smart beams counter military com attacks in real-time
The Linux Foundation Europe (LF Europe) — the recently launched European offshoot of the open source Linux Foundation — today announced the launch of Project Sylva, which aims to create an open source telco cloud framework for European telcos and ven… Continue reading LF Europe’s Project Sylva Wants To Create an Open Source Telco Cloud Stack