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Cable TV companies required to give direct pricing totals, FCC rules
Cable and satellite-TV providers will need to show the total costs for video subscriptions as part of a Federal Communications ...

Doing the impossible: harvesting solar power from space
It’s an idea straight out of science fiction: A space station orbits around Earth, harvesting energy from the sun and ...

Agreement reached after 6-week blackout
DirecTV and Tegna have ended their standoff. The TV provider and the media company announced a new multi-year distribution agreement ...

China’s Spaceplane Just Released Six Mysterious Objects in Orbit
China’s Shenlong robotic spaceplane, on its third mission, has added a new layer of intrigue to its space activities by ...

Airbus Launches Device to Prevent Dead Satellites from Tumbling
An illustration of space debris littering Earth orbit.Illustration: ESA Earth’s orbit can be a chaotic place, with defunct spacecraft darting ...
Qualcomm’s satellite texting plan is dead because phone makers aren’t interested
Back in January, Qualcomm announced , a project that aimed to let Android users send texts via satellite when they ...

Vampiric Viruses ‘Bite’ Other Viruses for Survival
Viruses are somehow even weirder than we thought. In a recent study published last month, scientists say they’ve discovered two ...
Starlink’s satellite cell service is set to launch in 2024, but only for SMS
The launch of Starlink’s much-anticipated satellite cellular service, Direct-to-Cell, will reportedly begin rolling out for SMS in 2024, according to ...