Enlarge / Illustration of an ABL RS1 rocket that will carry Amazon broadband satellites. (credit: Amazon) Amazon plans to launch its first prototype broadband satellites in Q4 2022, which would be nearly four years after SpaceX launched its first prototype Starlink satellites. “This morning, we filed an experimental license application with the Federal Communications Commission...
SpaceX: Chip shortage is impacting “our ability to fulfill” Starlink orders
Enlarge / A Starlink satellite dish’s printed circuit board. (credit: Ken Keiter) If you ordered Starlink broadband service and don’t receive your “Dishy McFlatface” satellite dish any time soon, the global chip shortage may be one reason why. “Silicon shortages have delayed production which has impacted our ability to fulfill orders. Please visit your Account...
Dell spins off $64 billion VMware as it battles debt hangover
Enlarge (credit: Bloomberg | Getty Images) PC pioneer Michael Dell is set to cap his climb back to the top of the computing world on Monday with one of the largest corporate spin-offs. Dell Technologies will shed its 81 percent stake in publicly traded VMware, creating an independent software company with a stock market value...
Why Did Facebook Become Meta?
If his new strategy works — a big if — it could help address several of Facebook’s biggest problems.
John Carmack issues some words of warning for Meta and its metaverse plans
John Carmack, seen here wearing an early prototype Oculus Rift headset. Oculus consulting CTO John Carmack has been bullish on the idea of “the metaverse” for a long time, as he’ll be among the first to point out. But the id Software co-founder spent a good chunk of his wide-ranging Connect keynote Thursday sounding pretty...
(BPRW) AFRO TV Announces the Premiere of 2 New Daily Talk Shows: The Sisaundra Show and Live with Candice and Kris.
(Black PR Wire) ORLANDO, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–AFRO TV, the leader in polycultural Black content in North America, announces the premiere of The Sisaundra Show and Live with Candice and Kris, 2 new daytime talk shows recorded from its multimillion-d
Facebook Changes Corporate Name to Meta
The social network, under fire for spreading misinformation and other issues, said the change was part of its bet on a next digital frontier called the metaverse.
How a Mistake by YouTube Shows Its Power Over Media
Novara, a London news group, fell victim to YouTube’s opaque and sometimes arbitrary enforcement of its rules.
Anonymity No More? Age Checks Come to the Web.
To protect children online, more companies and governments are forcing users to prove how old they are.
Google and Facebook’s Ad Empires
The tech giants talk a lot about the “metaverse” and cloud computing. What really powers them is selling us socks.







