Collaborate Disseminate
A radio station in Alabama has been forced to temporarily shut down after thieves stole a 200ft radio tower. The Guardian reports: WJLX, a station in Jasper, Alabama, was ordered to go off air by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) after thieve… Continue reading Thieves Steal 200ft Tower From Alabama Radio Station
The Federal Communications Commission said Thursday it is immediately outlawing scam robocalls featuring fake, artificial intelligence-created voices, cracking down on so-called “deepfake” technology that experts say could undermine election security o… Continue reading FCC Votes To Outlaw Scam Robocalls That Use AI-Generated Voices
SpaceX revealed that it’s delivering over 42 petabytes of data for customers per day, according to engineer Travis Brashears. “We’re passing over terabits per second [of data] every day across 9,000 lasers,” Brashears said today at SPIE Photonics West,… Continue reading Starlink’s Laser System Is Beaming 42 Million GB of Data Per Day
T-Mobile has tweaked its terms of service for its home broadband users to add a new clause: If you are a heavy internet user that passes 1.2TB of data in a monthly billing cycle, you may have your speeds slowed in “times of congestion” or when there is… Continue reading T-Mobile Says It May Slow Home Internet Speeds of Some Users in Times of ‘Congestion’
AT&T, Google and Vodafone are investing a total of $206.5 million in AST SpaceMobile, a satellite manufacturer that plans to be the first space-based network to connect standard mobile phones at broadband speeds. Fierce Wireless reports: AST SpaceM… Continue reading Google and AT&T Invest In AST SpaceMobile For Satellite-To-Smartphone Service
A resident in Virginia has urged the Federal Communications Commission to reconsider canceling $886 million in federal funding for SpaceX’s Starlink system. But rival satellite company Viasat has gone out of its way to oppose the citizen-led petition.&… Continue reading Viasat Tries To Stop Citizen Effort To Revive FCC Funding for Starlink
Just six days after being launched atop a Falcon 9 rocket, one of SpaceX’s six Starlink satellites was used to send text messages for the first time. Space.com reports: That update didn’t reveal what the first Starlink direct-to-cell text said. In a po… Continue reading SpaceX Sends First Text Messages Using Starlink Satellites
SpaceX launched a total of 21 satellites on Tuesday night, including “the first six Starlink satellites with Direct to Cell capabilities that enable mobile network operators around the world to provide seamless global access to texting, calling, and br… Continue reading Starlink Launches First ‘Cellphone Towers In Space’ For Use with LTE Phones
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Phys.Org: A NASA telescope has captured the biggest solar flare in years, which temporarily knocked out radio communication on Earth. The sun spit out the huge flare on Thursday, resulting in two hours of radio … Continue reading Biggest Solar Flare In Years Temporarily Disrupts Radio Signals On Earth
NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft is, once again, having trouble transmitting any scientific or systems data back to Earth. “The 46-year-old spacecraft is capable of receiving commands, but a problem seems to have arisen with the probe’s computers,” reports … Continue reading NASA’s Voyager 1 Probe In Interstellar Space Can’t Phone Home