Collaborate Disseminate
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: The Federal Communications Commission gave Starlink and T-Mobile emergency authority to provide satellite-to-phone coverage in areas hit by Hurricane Helene. “SpaceX and T-Mobile have been given em… Continue reading FCC Lets Starlink Provide Service To Cellphones In Area Hit By Hurricane
DirecTV has agreed to acquire struggling rival Dish Network, creating a satellite TV behemoth with nearly 20 million subscribers. The complex transaction, announced Monday, involves private equity firm TPG acquiring a majority stake in DirecTV from AT&… Continue reading DirecTV To Buy Rival Dish Network
Longtime Slashdot reader penciling_in shares a report from CircleID: Starlink, SpaceX’s satellite-based internet service, has hit a major milestone by surpassing 4 million subscribers worldwide. SpaceX confirmed the news on Thursday after company Presi… Continue reading Starlink Surpasses 4 Million Subscribers
Hot on the heels of United Airlines’ Starlink announcement, Hawaiian Airlines said it, too, is offering “fast and free Starlink Wi-Fi” across its entire Airbus fleet. CNET reports: Hawaiian Airlines is now the first major carrier to use Elon Musk’s sat… Continue reading Starlink Is Now Available on All Hawaiian Airlines Airbus Flights
Back in August 2021, LA-based Portl launched a 7-ft-tall hologram projection box for life-like remote communications. Now renamed Proto, the company has revealed that its Epic technology is allowing cancer patients to consult life-size virtual speciali… Continue reading Dr. Hologram will see you now: Virtual specialists visit cancer patients
“SpaceX deployed its 7,000th Starlink satellite this week, making the vast majority of active satellites around earth part of a single megaconstellation,” writes Slashdot reader DogFoodBuss. “The Starlink communications system is now orders of magnitud… Continue reading Starlink Now Constitutes Roughly Two Thirds of All Active Satellites
renzema (Slashdot reader #84,617) wants suggestions for a point-to-point video conferencing system “to connect the kids to their grandparents… We live in Europe and they in the U.S., but we both have gigabit internet and can sustain upwards of 100mb … Continue reading Ask Slashdot: What’s the Best Home Videoconferencing System?
Telegram’s billionaire founder/CEO Pavel Durov was arrested Saturday night outside Paris, reports Reuters, citing French TV news stations TF1 TV and BFM TV which attributed the news to unnamed sources:
Durov was travelling aboard his private jet, TF1 … Continue reading Telegram CEO Arested In France
Bloomberg’s Mark Gruman remembers how Apple’s hardware group “allowed Apple to dump Intel chips from its entire Mac lineup.”
And they’re now building an in-house cellular modem:
For more than a decade, Apple has used modem chips designed by Qualcomm… Continue reading Apple is Building Its Own Cellular Modem, Playing ‘Long Game’ to Drop Qualcomm
AT&T and Verizon are urging the FCC to reject SpaceX’s plan to offer cellular service with T-Mobile, arguing that it would cause harmful interference to terrestrial mobile networks. Ars Technica reports: Filings urging the Federal Communications Co… Continue reading AT&T and Verizon Ask FCC To Throw a Wrench Into Starlink’s Mobile Plan