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Oct 31, 2021
Starlink Website Nixes ‘Beta’ Wording, Warns Chip Shortage Is Delaying Orders
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: computing, internet
The change occurs as SpaceX prepares for a nationwide rollout of Starlink before the end of the month.
Oct 29, 2021
Google wins cloud deal from Elon Musk’s SpaceX for Starlink internet connectivity
Posted by Quinn Sena in categories: computing, Elon Musk, internet, space
Google has been building a network to connect its data centers for two decades. Now it’s coming in handy for a cloud deal with SpaceX.
Oct 29, 2021
UPDATED: Facebook changes parent company name to ‘Meta’
Posted by Kelvin Dafiaghor in categories: internet, virtual reality
Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday announced the parent company’s name is being changed to “Meta” to represent a future beyond just its troubled social network.
The new handle comes as the social media giant tries to fend off one its worst crises yet and pivot to its ambitions for the “metaverse” virtual reality version of the internet that the tech giant sees as the future.
Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp will keep their names under the rebranding.
Oct 21, 2021
Lucid Group (LCID) Currently Stands a Hefty Chance of Winning the Contract To Build “the Largest Battery Storage System in the World” [Updated]
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: internet
Lucid Group (NASDAQ: LCID), a retailer of luxury EVs as well as advanced battery tech, stands to gain quite a lot should it manage to win a lucrative Saudi contract.
As per an interview by the CEO of Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea project as well as the Amaala luxury tourism initiative, John Pagano, the Kingdom is looking to build “the largest battery storage system in the world.” The video embedded in the tweet below is in English.
Project Cielo: AORUS Newest Modular PC With Integrated 5G Connectivity In a Unusual Design.
Oct 20, 2021
Facebook to Hire 10,000 People to Build Zuckerberg’s ‘Metaverse’
Posted by Gemechu Taye in categories: futurism, internet
It could thin the lines between the digital and the real world.
As insiders bring things that are wrong with the company to the light, Facebook is embarking on a new journey to build the future of the internet: the metaverse. In the past, CEO Mark Zuckerberg has shared his vision of the metaverse and now the company will hire top talent from Europe to bring this concept into reality, the company said in a press release.
Social media giant, Facebook is going through a tumultuous phase as lawmakers in the U.S. are contemplating if the company that now also owns Instagram and WhatsApp is too big and needs to be broken down. Recently, former employees have turned whistleblowers to reveal how the company has neglected its own data about the harmful effects of its services and done little to rectify them.
Oct 18, 2021
NASA is studying how to build a Wi-Fi network on the moon in the hopes it could also solve Earth’s digital divide
Posted by Kelvin Dafiaghor in categories: internet, space
A conceptual NASA study explores the idea of a lunar Wi-Fi network to help fix inadequate internet services in American cities, including Cleveland, Ohio.
Oct 18, 2021
Arm expands offerings in IoT, virtual hardware, and 5G
Posted by Shahriar Mahmud in categories: computing, economics, internet
Arm is releasing new chip design offerings in the internet of things (IoT), virtual hardware, and 5G sectors.
Cambridge, United Kingdom-based Arm designs the architecture that other licensed chip makers use to build their chips. Arm likes to make it easier for those licensees to come up with their applications and create a foundation for an IoT economy.
So the company said its Arm Total Solutions for IoT now delivers a full-stack solution to significantly accelerate the development and return-on-investment for IoT chip products. And Arm Virtual Hardware removes the need to develop on physical silicon, enabling software and hardware co-design and accelerating product design by up to two years, the company claimed.
Oct 16, 2021
Elon Musk’s plan for Tesla, Starlink, and Boring Company in India
Posted by Kelvin Dafiaghor in categories: Elon Musk, energy, internet, sustainability
E Elon Musk’s plan for Tesla, Starlink, and Boring Company in India: Could the next Elon Musk Tesla empire be in India, a country that he tweeted about entering, be it for cars or helping power the country with renewable energy and there is already movement in India when it comes to Starlink internet service.
Elon Musk visited the Tesla factory in California to the Prime Minister of India(Mr. Narendra Modi). The prime minister is interested in driving India’s technological innovation and wants to see Tesla’s role in renewable energy.
India is ready to provide incentives for Tesla to come to the country, incentives that will reduce the cost of production in India compared to China.
Oct 13, 2021
Starlink: SpaceX’s next launch will bring a huge upgrade to the service
Posted by Atanas Atanasov in categories: internet, satellites
Starlink is feeling the chill.
On Wednesday, Teslarati reported that SpaceX will likely host its second Starlink launch from the west coast of the U.S. as soon as Sunday, October 17. The mission is expected to launch 51 Starlink satellites, complete with optical interlinks that will enable the satellites to bring internet access to Earth’s poles.
It’s another moment of expansion for SpaceX’s under-construction internet constellation, designed to bring high speed and low latency access to almost anywhere in the world. The company first started signing up beta testers in mid-2020, and early reports suggested that users are receiving up to 150 megabits per second.
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