Amazon plots phone-friendly satellite swarm
Amazon wants to launch 5,105 new satellites so phones can yap, text and beg for…
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Orbital datacentres could roast the sky
SpaceX, Blue Origin and their chums want orbital datacentres, but critics warn the idea could…
Space data centres are a rubbish plan
IEEE Spectrum has poured cold water on Elon Musk’s space-AI prophecy where you put data…
Amazon Leo gets enough satellites for early broadband
Amazon says it now has enough satellites in low-Earth orbit to switch on its Starlink…
Musk waved around an AI phone he denies making
Elon Musk’s SpaceX showed investors a skinny AI handset prototype while insisting that he is…
Rocket Lab grabs Iridium to chase SpaceX
Rocket Lab has agreed to buy Iridium Communications in a cash-and-stock deal that gives it…
Musk uses fantasy numbers to flog SpaceX
SpaceX chief executive Elon Musk is stuffing his IPO pitch with the same promises that…
Greek laser station targets satellite comms
Europe’s hunt for secure, high-capacity satellite communications infrastructure has produced a laser-equipped mountaintop ground station…
Google eyes Musk’s orbital server circus
Google is in talks with SpaceX for a rocket launch deal as the search outfit…
Thiel backs floating AI data centre wheeze
Palantir boss Peter Thiel has taken time out of his busy schedule of waiting for…