Introduction to Starlink Satellites Starlink satellites represent a groundbreaking initiative aimed at delivering high-speed internet access to underserved and remote regions around the globe. Developed by SpaceX, a privately-owned aerospace manufacturer and space transportation company founded by Elon Musk, Starlink is designed to create a constellation of satellites operating in low Earth orbit (LEO). This…
Understanding the Current Situation in Ukraine Ukraine has been undergoing significant challenges in its telecommunications landscape, particularly in the wake of the ongoing conflict that commenced in 2022. The war has led to extensive damage to traditional infrastructure, resulting in widespread disruptions to internet connectivity across the country. With terrestrial internet services severely affected, reliance…
Physicists continue to argue over Microsoft’s qubit claims. The entire field hangs in a delicate balance. On March 18th, Chetan Nayak, a physicist leading Microsoft’s quantum team, presented new data on the company’s quantum computing chip at the American Physical Society’s Global Physics Summit in Anaheim, California. It was meant to calm a raging debate among…
As has been thoroughly leaked, the camera bar is indeed gone and the processor got an upgrade. Google has followed up an ocean’s worth of leaks with the official announcement of its Pixel 9a smartphone, which will retail for $499. Possibly the biggest change to the new A-series model is in its appearance, with the…
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said Tuesday (March 18) that massive computing power is needed to enable the current trajectory of artificial intelligence (AI) — which is moving toward AI agents and reasoning AI models — and beyond. “AI is going through an inflection point,” Huang said in a keynote speech at GTC, Nvidia’s developer conference nicknamed “AI Woodstock” that…
NASA and Elon Musk-owned SpaceX are preparing for the return of the Crew-9 mission from the International Space Station (ISS), targeting an earlier-than-expected evening touchdown on Tuesday, March 18, 2025. After evaluating weather conditions off Florida’s coast on Sunday, mission managers decided to aim for an earlier return than originally planned, with favourable conditions expected….
After reporting in January that Apple is adding an “Air” option to its iPhone lineup, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman is offering more details about the upcoming slimmer iPhone. The iPhone 17 Air will launch this fall, Gurman says — and like the MacBook Air, it will be thinner than standard models, while combining high-end and…
Google has been developing an iPhone-style battery health menu for Pixel phones for at least a couple of years now. Like on iPhones, the feature would let you view your Pixel’s battery health and determine if a replacement is necessary. Despite years of work, though, Google has yet to roll out this feature. But it…