THE PENTAGON’S ARMY OF NERDS
Why the military needs Silicon Valley, now more than ever The pentagon is not the most inviting place for first-time visitors, and it was no different for Chris Lynch. When…
El Salvador Becomes Bitcoin Laboratory as First Nation to Adopt it as Legal Tender
Bitcoin officially became legal tender in El Salvador on Sept. 7, 2021, making it the first country to adopt the currency. The move has turned the Central American country into…
Starlink’s “next-generation” user terminal will cost a lot less, Musk says.
Musk expects near-global coverage in August and up to 500,000 users in one year. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said his company’s Starlink division is trying to cut the price of…
Tesla will no longer accept Bitcoin over climate concerns, says Musk
Tesla has suspended vehicle purchases using Bitcoin due to climate change concerns, its CEO Elon Musk said in a tweet. Bitcoin fell by more than 10% after the tweet, while…
Thought-detection: AI has infiltrated our last bastion of privacy
Our thoughts are private – or at least they were. Breakthroughs in neuroscience and artificial intelligence are changing that assumption while at the same time inviting new questions around ethics,…
WeChat advances e-commerce goals with $250B in transactions
WeChat continues to advance its shopping ambitions as the social networking app turns 10 years old. The Chinese messenger facilitated 1.6 trillion yuan (close to $250 billion) in annual transactions…
SpaceX won “rural” FCC funding in surprising places, like major airports.
A researcher says Starlink and other ISPs took advantage of the broken FCC system. The Federal Communications Commission last week awarded $9.2 billion to 180 broadband providers, saying the money…
SpaceX gets $886 million from FCC to subsidize Starlink in 35 states
Starlink’s charter also wins big; the FCC fund will bring service to 5.2M homes and businesses. SpaceX has been awarded $885.51 million by the Federal Communications Commission to provide Starlink…
Nerolink Brain interface enables patients with severe paralysis to resume daily tasks.
Researchers demonstrated the success of a fully implantable wireless medical device, the Stentrode™ brain-computer interface (BCI), designed to allow patients with severe paralysis to resume daily tasks — including texting,…