Elon Musk questions Ambani’s influence as Starlink India launch stalls | TechCrunch
“Is Ambani the real boss of India?” Elon Musk asked as he questioned why Starlink has yet to launch its satellite internet service in the country.
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Elon Musk questions Ambani’s influence as Starlink India launch stalls | TechCrunch
“Is Ambani the real boss of India?” Elon Musk asked as he questioned why Starlink has yet to launch its satellite internet service in the country.
Hundreds of thousands still at risk of climate-linked floods in Nepal
Long before a wave of water rushed down the Bhote Koshi river and its tributaries, researchers were working to calculate just how many people are living downstream and exposed to potentially catastrophic flood risk in the areas that drain from Nepal’s high mountain basins.
American Airlines expands Starlink Wi-Fi to the entire fleet.
The airline said it will install Starlink across its entire mainland fleet of 1,300-plus aircraft, up from a previous commitment of 500 planes. Installations will begin in early 2027 and use Starlink’s Performance Aero Terminal, which can deliver speeds of up to 1 gigabits per second. Meanwhile, SpaceX founder Elon Musk is predicting Delta Air Lines’ CEO will lose his job over his decision to go with Amazon’s Leo satellite internet. [Link: Full fleet, full speed, full connection: American Airlines will bring Starlink to every mainline jet | https://news.aa.com/news/news-details/2026/Full-fleet-full-speed-full-connection-American-Airlines-will-bring-Starlink-to-every-mainline-jet-MKG-OB-10/default.aspx | American Airlines]
Stanford scientist wins Nobel Prize in medicine for controlling brain cells with light; pauses celebration to make lunch for his school-going children, putting fatherhood first
Dr Karl Deisseroth had barely begun processing the news that he had won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine when an ordinary family
Stanford spent more than 20 years developing a blood-cancer transplant therapy; its first commercial patient has now been treated after a trial found 78% were free from moderate-to-severe GVHD at one year
A blood-cancer treatment that Stanford researchers have spent more than two decades developing has now reached an important milestone.
Greenland fishers propose $45 bounty per heart to cull 1,000 sharks that can live 400 years; then the plan was halted after the government questioned its legality
Greenland became the centre of an unusual dispute over one of the world's longest-lived vertebrates after the municipal council of Avannaata approved a
Jeff Bezos calls Mars a destination for humans, but wants to take Americans to Moon first, and in less than three years, as ...
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has outlined an ambitious vision for the future of space exploration, arguing that while Mars remains a long-term destination
India rejects Elon Musk's claim of discrimination over Starlink launch | TechCrunch
Starlink is still awaiting security clearance before it can seek spectrum and begin commercial services in India.
Beagle 2: How a British scientist used Britpop's Blur to reach Mars
Colin Pillinger died believing that Beagle 2 had not landed, and now his work is being celebrated around the UK.
In 2013, Arizona’s rare leopard frogs were under threat from invasive bullfrogs, but by 2019 conservationists had expanded their recovery network from 7 sites to 19
The Arizona project began with a problem that was easy to see but difficult to solve.
En 1974, Francia diseñó el Aérotrain: un tren flotante sin ruedas que superaba los 430 km/h y el gobierno dejó de apoyarlo por la crisis de petróleo
Apenas tuvo un año de desarrollo, pero fue capaz de llevar a 1.400 pasajeros
Rassvet: por que Rússia tenta criar sua própria Starlink para a guerra na Ucrânia | G1
Após perder acesso clandestino à rede de Elon Musk, Moscou acelera projeto de satélites para comunicações militares e operação de drones. Sistema ainda enfrenta limitações técnicas, mas já preocupa autoridades ucranianas.
Margaret Hamilton: morre a engenheira que levou os EUA à Lua | G1
Considerada a pessoa mais importante no trabalho inovador de desenvolver um software para o programa lunar Apollo da Nasa, Margaret Hamilton faleceu aos 90 anos.
Cientistas criam primeiros relógios nucleares do mundo | G1
Nova tecnologia usa o núcleo de átomos de tório para medir o tempo e pode, no futuro, superar a precisão dos relógios atômicos mais avançados.
Wild blacktip sharks can hear sounds from nearly 250 feet away and pinpoint where they come from; Florida experiments reveal how the predators locate sound underwater
Wild blacktip sharks may have a more sophisticated sense of hearing than scientists previously realised.
Patriots' Drake Maye says he's 'a little bit skeptical' US landed on moon, NASA responds
Drake Maye shared his moon landing skepticism on WEEI after the Buffalo Bills win, prompting NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman to fire back.
This week in the big AI data center buildout.
AI data center projects are continuing to pop up across the US, with frequent opposition from locals concerned about their impact. Here are a few recent articles about the projects: * Fox 2 Detroit: Wayne County overrides Evans veto of tax breaks for Van Buren data center * MLive.com: Play this data center simulator to step into the role of decision-maker * NCPR: NY hit pause on large data centers. A massive project in Massena may be exempt * New Jersey Monthly: New Jersey’s AI Data Center Boom Sparks Pushback From Residents