Biden’s debate performance on Thursday is earning him little praise in the US. Both Trump and Biden are disliked in China, but people focused especially on the latter’s demeanor. On Weibo, he’s being mocked for “looking like a robot” after people said he was barely blinking. As the first presidential debate of 2024 wrapped up […]
SpaceX just announced a new version of its Starlink satellite internet antenna that’s small enough to fit in a backpack. The Starlink Mini is a portable kit designed to provide access to the company’s satellite internet service for users on the go. SpaceX is offering a “limited number” of the Starlink Mini antennas for $599 […]
Working in communications — particularly in a mid-tier urban city with plenty of big-city problems — isn’t for the faint of heart. If it wasn’t for the pay, benefits and long-term security, people probably wouldn’t do it. Tacoma’s Media and Communications Office got a reminder of how thankless it can be this week, not that […]
Jun. 25—Based on a recent feasibility study, Decatur Utilities is choosing not to jump into the high-stakes, high-speed internet service competition for residential or commercial customers that it had been considering. The Municipal Utilities Board decided last week to instead build a 47-mile fiber backbone network that supports its own operations at an estimated cost […]
By Alexandra Alper WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Biden administration is investigating China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom over concerns the firms could exploit access to American data through their U.S. cloud and internet businesses by providing it to Beijing, three sources familiar with the matter said. Authorities at the Commerce Department are running the […]
By Alexandra Alper WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Biden administration is investigating China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom over concerns the firms could exploit access to American data through their U.S. cloud and internet businesses by providing it to Beijing, three sources familiar with the matter said. Authorities at the Commerce Department are running the […]
Donald Trump spoke about baring his torso to Christian conservatives on Saturday, prompting plenty of reaction on social media. (Watch the video below.) “Together, we stood up to the communists, Marxists and fascists to defend religious liberty like no other president has ever done,” he told the Faith & Freedom Coalition in DC. “And I […]
June 23 (UPI) — SpaceX launched a pair of Falcon 9 rockets carrying a combined 42 Starlink Internet satellites into low-Earth orbit. The first rocket with its 22 orbitals launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida at 1:15 p.m. ET Sunday. The reusable first-stage booster returned to the drone ship A Shortfall of Gravitas in the […]
June 23 (UPI) — SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 22 Starlink internet satellites into low-Earth orbit from Cape Canaveral in Florida at 1:15 p.m. ET Sunday. The reusable first stage booster returned to the drone ship A Shortfall of Gravitas in the Atlantic Ocean about 8 minutes after launch. This was the 11th […]
The 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law was an early victory for the Biden administration. One of its highlights was $42.5 billion to bring broadband internet access to rural areas. “Lowering prices — including the cost of high-speed internet service — is President Biden’s top priority,” a White House press release said at the time. Like many […]
In case you didn’t know, the US postal service is in the process of replacing their old cars. Sopa Images / SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Say bye-bye to this familiar friend. Nurphoto / NurPhoto via Getty Images The new design is going to look like this: Kevin Dietsch / Getty Images The cars were […]
CHEBOYGAN COUNTY — Cheboygan County residents and visitors may see improved internet access following a broadband expansion from Spectrum. Spectrum internet, mobile, TV and voice services are now available for an additional 375 homes and small businesses in Burt, Mullett, Koehler and Tuscarora townships, according to a press release. The company’s expansion is part of a […]