SpaceX buys spectrum for Starlink to become a full-fledged US mobile carrier

Elon Musk’s SpaceX has just acquired up to 14MHz of paired spectrum in the 800MHz band nationwide in the US, from Grain Management. Musk says this is "the last critical piece of the spectrum puzzle needed for SpaceX to provide complete phone coverage in America". So the aim here is clear. Use Starlink satellites to provide mobile phone coverage outdoors, and this 800MHz spectrum to provide indoor coverage. Most existing smartphones already support this band. Starlink Mobile will also use its existing global 2GHz mid-band spectrum for high-speed, high-capacity coverage in the US (mainly...

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SpaceX buys spectrum for Starlink to become a full-fledged US mobile carrier

Elon Musk’s SpaceX has just acquired up to 14MHz of paired spectrum in the 800MHz band nationwide in the US, from Grain Management. Musk says this is "the last critical piece of the spectrum puzzle needed for SpaceX to provide complete phone coverage in America". So the aim here is clear. Use Starlink satellites to provide mobile phone coverage outdoors, and this 800MHz spectrum to provide indoor coverage. Most existing smartphones already support this band. Starlink Mobile will also use its existing global 2GHz mid-band spectrum for high-speed, high-capacity coverage in the US (mainly...

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Apple iPhone 18 Pro Max running iOS 27.2 beta receives AT&T carrier update

Apple has released an emergency carrier bundle update for iPhone 18 Pro Max units on AT&T running iOS 27.2 beta. The update has version 72.0.3 and comes a week after Apple released carrier update 72.1 for iOS 27.0 users, while devices running iOS 27.2 beta remained on 72.0.2. [#InlinePriceWidget,14716,1#] Some iPhone 18 Pro Max users on the AT&T network have faced multiple issues, including losing network access for calls, texts, and data, and seeing "SOS" in the phone's status bar. Apple released iOS 27.0.1 along with a carrier update, and together they were meant to prevent...

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Apple iPhone 18 Pro Max running iOS 27.2 beta receives AT&T carrier update

Apple has released an emergency carrier bundle update for iPhone 18 Pro Max units on AT&T running iOS 27.2 beta. The update has version 72.0.3 and comes a week after Apple released carrier update 72.1 for iOS 27.0 users, while devices running iOS 27.2 beta remained on 72.0.2. [#InlinePriceWidget,14716,1#] Some iPhone 18 Pro Max users on the AT&T network have faced multiple issues, including losing network access for calls, texts, and data, and seeing "SOS" in the phone's status bar. Apple released iOS 27.0.1 along with a carrier update, and together they were meant to prevent...

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The OLED MacBook Pro may not be much thinner than the current model

Apple's long-rumored OLED MacBook Pro, which will be its first laptop with a touchscreen, may not end up being much thinner than the current model, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. He has thus contradicted his own previous predictions, now saying that he doesn't think "it'll be significantly thinner in the end". For reference, the current MacBook Pro 14" is 15.5mm thick and weighs between 1.55kg and 1.62kg, while the 16-inch model is 16.8mm thick and weighs between 2.14kg and 2.15kg. So there's definitely a lot of room to make the new ones lighter, and perhaps slightly thinner...

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The OLED MacBook Pro may not be much thinner than the current model

Apple's long-rumored OLED MacBook Pro, which will be its first laptop with a touchscreen, may not end up being much thinner than the current model, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. He has thus contradicted his own previous predictions, now saying that he doesn't think "it'll be significantly thinner in the end". For reference, the current MacBook Pro 14" is 15.5mm thick and weighs between 1.55kg and 1.62kg, while the 16-inch model is 16.8mm thick and weighs between 2.14kg and 2.15kg. So there's definitely a lot of room to make the new ones lighter, and perhaps slightly thinner...

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Amazon's new Alexa Tablets use the Google Play Store and are more capable than Fire tablets

Amazon first got into the tablet game with the Kindle Fire. It later dropped the “Kindle” branding to emphasize that its tablets do more than its e-readers. And now the company is changing tack again with the introduction of the Amazon Alexa tablets. As you can tell from the name, AI is a big part of this. However, the change in naming also emphasizes that these are fully-featured Android tablets – Fire tablets were known for being cheap but good enough (and did we mention cheap?). The trio of new slates is a lot more capable, but costs have gone up as well. And these have full access to...

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