SpaceX wants to launch a constellation of a million satellites to power AI needs
Jackson Chen / engadget - Elon Musk and his aerospace company have requested to build a network that's 100 times the number of satellites that are currently in orbit. On Friday, SpaceX filed an application with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to launch a million satell…
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Comcast Keeps Losing Customers Despite Price Guarantee, Unlimited Data
BeauHD / slashdot - Comcast's attempt to slow broadband customer losses still isn't stopping the bleeding as fiber and fixed wireless competition intensifies. In Q4 2025 alone, Comcast lost 181,000 broadband subscribers, even as it leans harder into wireless bundling and oth…
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Elon Musk’s SpaceX and xAI might merge into one company
Jay Peters / theverge - SpaceX and xAI, which are both led by Elon Musk, are "in discussions to merge" ahead of SpaceX's IPO that's planned for later this year, Reuters reports. The merger would help with SpaceX's plans to launch data centers into space, according to the publica…
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Nothing says no to flagship phones in 2026, but confirms the 4a series is coming
digitaltrends - Nothing won't launch a new flagship in 2026, but Carl Pei confirms the Phone 4a series is coming, and it's aiming closer to flagship territory than ever.The post Nothing says no to flagship phones in 2026, but confirms the 4a series is coming appeared fir…
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Bezos' Blue Origin announces satellite rival to Musk's Starlink
bbc - Blue Origin will be focused on businesses and governments, while Starlink also offers services to individual customers.
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AST SpaceMobile’s stock soars to a fresh record as the SpaceX rival nears a big win
@MarketWatch / x - AST SpaceMobile’s stock soars to a fresh record as the SpaceX rival nears a big win https://t.co/PYes8cSyx5— MarketWatch (@MarketWatch) January 16, 2026
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Verizon Offers $20 Credit After Nationwide Outage Stranded Users in SOS Mode For Hours
msmash / slashdot - Verizon is offering affected customers a $20 account credit following a nationwide network outage on Wednesday that left users across the US unable to connect, forcing phones into SOS mode for roughly ten hours before the carrier restored service around 1…
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Fizz Drops a Game-Changer: Try Their Network Free for 15 Days
IIC Deals / iphoneincanada - Fizz is rolling out a brand-new program designed for anyone who wants to try a mobile provider without any pressure: a free trial. Instead of committing first and hoping everything works out, Fizz says new members can now try their network and features be…
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How Activists in Iran Are Using Starlink to Stay Online
Adam Satariano,Paul Mozur,Sheera Frenkel / nytimes - Activists spent years preparing for a communications blackout in Iran, smuggling in Starlink satellite internet systems and making digital shutdowns harder for the authorities to enforce.
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The Day the Cell Towers Died
Joanna Stern / wsj - Verizon customers across the U.S. lost service Wednesday, inconveniencing millions—including one grumpy columnist.
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FCC Ends Verizon's 60-Day Automatic Unlocking Requirement
iclarified - The Federal Communications Commission has officially waived a long-standing requirement that forced Verizon to automatically unlock mobile devices 60 days after activation. The ruling, released late yesterday, fundamentally alters the landscape for Verizo…
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Cloudflare CEO threatens to make the Winter Olympics a political football after Italy slugs it with a fine
Simon Sharwood / theregister - Labels Rome's comms regulator ‘a quasi-judicial body’ that works on behalf of ‘shadowy, European media cabal’ Cloudflare’s CEO has threatened to pull the company out of Italy, and to withdraw free services it intends to provide to the Winter Olympic games…
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SpaceX Just Received Approval For 15,000 “Next-Gen Satellites”
Rohail Saleem / wccftech - In a notable development that would significantly expand its constellation of satellites, SpaceX has just received approval from the FCC to operate up to 15,000 next-gen satellites Brendan Carr: "The FCC authorization is a game-changer for enabling next-g…
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Starlink is Bringing Over 9,000 Satellites Closer to Earth — Here’s Why
Austin Blake / iphoneincanada - SpaceX’s Starlink is planning a major change to how its satellites orbit Earth, with the goal of making space safer. Yesterday on New Year’s Day, Michael Nicolls, VP of Starlink Engineering at SpaceX, said the company will begin lowering thousands of sate…
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'I Switched To eSIM in 2025, and I am Full of Regret'
msmash / slashdot - Google's Pixel 10 series arrived this year as the company's first eSIM-only lineup in the United States, forcing users who wanted to review or buy the new phones to abandon their physical SIM cards entirely. Ryan Whitwam, a senior technology reporter at A…
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(LEAD) Gov't says poor security of femtocells led to major payment breach at KT
Kang Yoon-seung / co - SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Yonhap) -- The science ministry said Monday the security breach ...
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DigitalBridge shares jump 50% after report SoftBank is in talks to acquire firm
cnbc - The premarket move comes shortly after Bloomberg reported Japan's SoftBank was in advanced talks to acquire the data center investment firm.
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Nearly a Third of San Francisco Loses Electricity
Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon / nytimes - At least 124,000 customers out of 414,000 lost power on Saturday.
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U.S. and Venezuela Jam Caribbean GPS Signals to Thwart Attacks, Raising Flight Hazard
Riley Mellen and Anatoly Kurmanaev / nytimes - Military brinkmanship between President Trump and Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela has led to an increase in electronic warfare in the region.
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F.C.C. Chair Says Agency ‘Isn’t Independent,’ Breaking From Tradition
Cecilia Kang / nytimes - The comment from Brendan Carr, a Republican, raised concerns from lawmakers about how President Trump might use the agency.
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