The U.S. military has carried out another lethal strike on alleged drug smugglers in the Caribbean Sea, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Saturday. Hegseth, in a social media post, said a U.S.-designated terrorist organization allegedly operated the vessel but did not name which group was targeted. He said three people were killed in the strike. It’s at least the 15th …
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SpaceX holds spectrum licenses for the Starlink fixed Internet service for homes and businesses. Adding the EchoStar spectrum will make its holdings suitable for mobile service. “SpaceX currently holds no terrestrial spectrum authorizations and no license to use spectrum allocated on a primary basis to MSS,” the company’s FCC filing said. “Its only authorization to provide any form of mobile …
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Apple has been working for many years on developing its own mobile data modem to replace the Qualcomm ones on which it has traditionally relied. The first of these, the C1 chip, was used in the iPhone 16e, and is also expected to be used in the upcoming iPhone 17 Air. There have so far been mixed messages on how …
Read More »Mail Carriers Pause US Deliveries as Tariff Shift Sows Confusion Bloomberg.com Fearing Customs Chaos, DHL Joins Others in Suspending U.S. Shipments The New York Times DHL joins European peers in pausing many parcel shipments to the US CNN Royal Mail and DHL halt some US deliveries over tariffs BBC Aug 22, 2025: New U.S. customs regulations: Temporary restrictions on postal goods shipping to the …
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T-Mobile’s partnership with SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet service is finally here, enabling customers to send texts from anywhere in the country, regardless of their proximity to a cellular tower. The direct-to-cell messaging service, called T-Satellite, is also be available to AT&T and Verizon cellphone customers. T-Mobile says its goal is to “eliminate mobile dead zones for good” by way of …
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CNN — Raging wildfires and severe storms contributed to record-high global insurance losses — totaling an estimated $84 billion — for the first six months of the year, according to a report from reinsurance broker Gallagher Re. It has been the costliest first six months of a year since 2011, when insurance losses totaled $136 billion, the report said. Weather- …
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