With some 3,000 satellites in orbit, the Starlink constellation is easily the largest in history and of course presents an immense opportunity for global connectivity. But its signals could also be analyzed and used as an alternative to traditional GPS, a new paper claims, with or without SpaceX’s blessing. Todd Humphreys and his team at…
Apex Space, a startup that aims to transform satellite bus manufacturing, emerged from stealth Monday with a $7.5 million seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz. The Los Angeles-based company has set its sights on the satellite bus — the part of the spacecraft that hosts the payload — which it says is the “new bottleneck”…
It’s been a little over a month since Launch House, a buzzy venture-backed founder’s club backed by the likes of Andreessen Horowitz and Day One Ventures, publicly faced numerous allegations of harassment and assault. In response to the allegations first surfaced by the news publication Vox, the startup claimed that it would undergo an independent,…
Chinese luxury EV startup XPeng is moving forward on its plans to launch a robotaxi business. The company’s latest G9 SUV became China’s first mass-produced commercial vehicle to pass a government-led autonomous driving closed-field test, the company said Monday at its fourth annual 1024 Tech Day. When XPeng unveiled the G9 in September, the company…
Samsung is hosting some sort of special discount week for the next several days called “Samsung Week.” I have no idea what the point is, but I do know that they have lots of deals lined up for each day that you may want to know about. Today’s, for example, is one of the best…
Sniper: Ghost Warrior publisher CI Games has announced it’s working on a “premium, multiplayer PVE tactical-shooter” that’s being designed as a live-service title. As detailed in newly updated five-year release roadmap for investors, CI’s new live-service game, codenamed Project Scorpio, is being developed by its internal Underdog Studio – which makes the Sniper: Ghost Warrior…
With the peak holiday season just around the corner, let’s make sure your AdSense account and site are ready to make the most of every revenue opportunity. Get started with our three-step checklist: Step 1: Know your numbers. Check your seasonality patterns and data from previous years so you can prepare properly for this year’s…
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Currently, there’s no explanation for why the election’s being called off. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The Amazon Labor Union has withdrawn its petition to hold an election at an Amazon fulfillment center in Moreno Valley, California, according to Kayla Blado, a spokesperson for the National Labor Relations Board. It’s a sharp-turn…
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Best Buy’s new MacBook upgrade program locks you into three years of monthly payments before giving you the option to upgrade to the latest and greatest machine (via Apple Insider). Called Upgrade Plus, it lets people with approved credit finance either a MacBook or MacBook Air via…