The Pentagon said Thursday it had agreed to purchase Starlink satellite internet terminals from Elon Musk’s SpaceX for use in Ukraine. The Pentagon declined to offer further contract details, including the price, scope and timing of delivery. Starlink is SpaceX’s global network of more than 4,000 satellites, providing services to more than 50 countries. Ukrainian … Read more
This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that walks you through the day’s top stories, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up here. The 2010s internet was chaotic, delightful, and most of all, human. What happens to life online as humanity fades away? First, here are … Read more
Three distinct crises unfolded online Thursday, but in a sense, they were all part of the same story. One was the shutdown of BuzzFeed News, the digital content company’s journalism operation, which ended a newsroom that launched in 2012, won a Pulitzer Prize in 2021, and at its peak employed a hundred reporters. Another was … Read more
Amazon has revealed a trio of satellite dishes, as the company prepares to take on SpaceX’s Starlink with its own Project Kuiper internet network. The tech giant will offer a standard, ultra-compact, professional version of its antennas, with speeds ranging from around 100 megabits per second up to 1 gigabit per second. Amazon said the … Read more