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The Jeff Bezos-backed rocket company Blue Origin has announced it’s building a new broadband internet satellite constellation that will offer something even Starlink can’t match: the fastest internet in the world. With projected speeds of up to 6Tbps for both upload and download, it would offer internet connectivity orders of …

If you have a car and a matching auto insurance policy, you’ve probably been offered the opportunity to lower your rate using telematics. Using a smartphone app or a separate device that plugs into your vehicle’s ODB-II port, these programs monitor your driving habits for several weeks at a time. …

Purchasing increasingly ostentatious yachts has become a pastime for the ultra-rich, but even the fanciest boat in the world is currently stuck with poor internet connectivity. That’s about the change, though. Starlink has announced a version of the service specifically for boats, ships, yachts, and oil rigs. The service is …

Dell has unveiled a host of new software technologies designed to make hybrid work arrangements more productive. The software suite is labeled Dell Optimizer, and in typical Dell fashion there’s a raft of software tools that are part of it. Since it’s software for people working from home, all the …

  For years, satellite internet has been a last resort for people living in remote areas. SpaceX has made waves offering its new Starlink service to select regions with much higher speeds than traditional satellite connections — testers are reporting as much as 150Mbps down. Amazon thinks it can do …

  SpaceX has been launching batches of Starlink internet satellites on a regular basis since May 2019, and there are now hundreds of nodes in its megaconstellation. That provides sufficient coverage that SpaceX has started rolling out a beta test of its new satellite internet service. According to data from …

  When you need to search for something on the internet, you are almost certainly turning to Google. Following years of investigations, the DOJ has filed an antitrust case against the search giant, revolving around the way Google keeps us using its search and advertising services. According to the Department …

Cows are generally not top of mind among those who call the animal pen, South of Market, San Francisco, home. But BovControl, a Brazilian startup building data analytics tools to support livestock operations, is working to close the gap between technologists and ranchers. Host of the Internet of Cows hackathon, in partnership with Google Launchpad and The Silicon …

One of the fundamental strengths of the internet is its inter-connectivity. But certain regimes, when faced with political dissidents, protests, or even students possibly cheating on their exams, have taken to shutting down internet access. The purpose is to deny their citizens access to tools like Google, Twitter, and Facebook, which …

Congress and the President, historically, don’t have the best grasp of how the internet works or ought to be managed. This tendency cuts across both parties, from Ted Stevens’ (R-Alaska) infamous comments about a “series of tubes,” to bipartisan (though somewhat Democratic-leaning) SOPA support, to Trump’s declaration in December 2015 …