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Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel of the Federal Communications Commission proposes a new broadband standard of 100Mbps downloads and 20Mbps uploads, replacing the 2015’s 25Mbps/3Mbps metric. From a report: “In today’s world, everyone needs access to affo…
Pope Francis told a young transgender person that “God loves us just as we are” in a new podcast released Tuesday by the Vatican. Francis’ comments were featured in the second episode of Vatican Media’s “Popecast” ahead of World Youth Day — a global e…
Astranis, a geostationary communications satellite operator, successfully deployed its “Arcturus” satellite from a Falcon Heavy rocket in May to provide internet connectivity from geostationary space. However, the satellite experienced an unexpected is…
States that have tried to enroll more Black and Hispanic students in state universities without using race-based admissions policies have seen the numbers of those students slip — especially at elite institutions. Nine states had affirmative action ba…
Huawei has claimed it will offer everything a carrier needs to run a 5.5G network next year. Which sounds great — even if 5.5G is a little mysterious. From a report: Huawei announced its future products at the Shanghai incarnation of Mobile World Cong…
In August, white-hat hackers at the DEFCON hacker convention will compete to try and breach the computer systems on a satellite in orbit. It took four years, but “this year, we are in space for real,” said Steve Colenzo, Technology Transfer Lead for th…
The former head of Haiti’s provisional electoral council, Pierre-Louis Opont, is the latest victim of the country’s kidnapping scourge, his abduction occurring less than 10 days after his wife, a prominent journalist, was also abducted. Opont, who hea…
According to AST SpaceMobile, the company managed to successfully transmit a 4G LTE signal from space that was picked up by “everyday, off-the-shelf smartphones.” Next, AST will try and transmit a 5G connection via its BlueWalker 3 (BW3) satellite. The…
Indonesia and Elon Musk’s rocket company SpaceX on Monday launched the country’s largest telecommunication satellite from the United States, in a $540 million project intended to link up remote corners of the archipelago to the internet. From a report:…
According to Dish, the company says it now covers 70 percent of the U.S. population and has “also satisfied all other June 14, 2023 FCC commitments.” The Verge reports: In meeting this FCC milestone, Dish says it has deployed over 15,000 5G cell sites …