Ajit Pai mismanaged $9 billion fund—new FCC boss starts “clean up.”
Starlink and other ISPs may have to give up money that Pai shouldn’t have awarded. The Federal Communications Commission wants SpaceX to give up a portion of the $885.51 million…
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…
Starlink dishes go into “thermal shutdown” once they hit 122° Fahrenheit.
Man watered dish to cool it down but overheating knocked it offline for 7 hours. A Starlink beta user in Arizona said he lost Internet service for over seven hours…
Elon Musk Says Tesla Won’t Accept Bitcoin For Car Purchases Any More
Elon Musk Says Tesla Won’t Accept Bitcoin For Car Purchases Any More Tesla is executing a rapid U-turn on Bitcoin. Months after Tesla embraced Bitcoin, CEO Elon Musk said on…
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,…
Tesla buys $1.5bn in bitcoin, pushing the price to a new high.
Elon Musk has helped to drive the popularity of cryptocurrencies, including bitcoin and dogecoin. Tesla, the electric car company run by the world’s richest person, Elon Musk, revealed on Monday…
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…
Teardown of “Dishy McFlatface,” the SpaceX Starlink user terminal
“It’s rare to see something of this complexity in a consumer product.” Engineer Ken Keiter recently came into possession of one SpaceX Starlink user terminal, the satellite dish that SpaceX…