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This Company Created an In-Car Signal Booster for SpaceX's Starlink Mobile

Utah-based Wilson Connectivity's weBoost Sky fits on a car and helps signals from SpaceX's direct-to-cell service reach phones inside the vehicle.

By Michael Kan
weBoost Sky

Starlink 'Community Site' Program Teases Hourly, Weekly Internet Passes

'Neighbors pay for flexible hour, day, week, or month passes — and you earn from every connection,' the satellite internet service says on the new 'Starlink for communities' site.

By Michael Kan
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FCC Clears More Downlink Spectrum for Satellite Internet Services Like Starlink

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr says the 25% downlink capacity increase should improve in-home satellite broadband and make Starlink a stronger competitor against traditional ISPs.

By Michael Kan
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After One Hiccup, SpaceX Reaches Orbit With Starship's 14th Launch

The mission deploys the first 26 V3 Starlink satellites, beginning a major expansion of the broadband satellite constellation.

By Rob Pegoraro
Starship deploys one of 26 Starlink V3 satellites, as seen in SpaceX's livestream

Starlink Makes Surprise Appearance in Netanyahu's UN Speech as a Political Prop

Israel's prime minister briefly held up a Starlink dish in a United Nations speech to troll the Iranian government, which outlawed the equipment and cut off internet access amid protests.

By Michael Kan
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Starlink Tips Gigabit Speeds for Maritime Users Who Own $2,000 Dish

As SpaceX prepares to deploy its first batch of next-gen V3 satellites, it notifies some enterprise Starlink customers that they can expect gigabit speeds out on the water.

By Michael Kan
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Starlink Ground Facility Sabotaged in Poland. Officials Suspect Russia

Neighboring Ukraine continues to rely on Starlink for communications and military operations.

By Michael Kan
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No Pressure: A Massive Starlink Upgrade Hinges on SpaceX's Next Starship Launch

Next week's Starship Flight 14 will deploy the first operational Starlink V3 satellites, which promise a 10x leap in bandwidth capacity. A failure, however, could be a brutally expensive loss.

By Brian Westover
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Get More Out of Starlink: 3 Must-Try Tricks I've Learned Over the Years

Don't settle for outages and slowdowns. These simple settings changes and hardware tweaks help you get peak performance out of SpaceX's satellite network.

By Brian Westover
Upgrade your Starlink experience with our expert tips

SpaceX Seems to Expand 'Free' Starlink Mini Perk to All Residential Plans

Starlink quietly tweaks language about the 'Optional Mini Kit' perk, which used to only be for the Residential Max plan.

By Michael Kan
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Viasat Readies Faster Service, Despite SpaceX's Protest of Its F2 Satellite

Viasat's F2 satellite has 'entered service across the Americas,' even as SpaceX urges the FCC to block it from accessing the US market over Starlink interference concerns.

By Michael Kan
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Will SpaceX's Orbiting Data Centers Rain Debris Over Earth?

In a new filing, SpaceX says each Starmind satellite will have a mass up to 4,000kg (4 metric tons), and that some bits of debris could fall to Earth when the orbiting data centers retire.

By Michael Kan
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AST SpaceMobile Faces Lawsuit Over Its Competitiveness With Starlink Mobile

An investor claims AST SpaceMobile 'overstated the durability' of its competitiveness in satellite-to-phone services when SpaceX's Starlink Mobile has been attracting hype.

By Michael Kan
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SpaceX Reportedly Wants to Buy Data from Failed Startups for AI Training

The data could be used to train Grok's upcoming models, which Elon Musk says could help make the AI chatbot 'the best engineer.'

By Jibin Joseph
The SpaceX logo is displayed at a SpaceX facility on April 2, 2026 in Hawthorne, California.

FCC Opens Door to Starlink Mobile’s Global Roaming Ambitions

SpaceX has teased that the next version of Starlink Mobile will stand out by offering satellite-powered global roaming.

By Michael Kan
Starlink Mobile

Elon Musk's Terafab Chip Factory Faces Legal Battle Over Its Name

A trademark lawsuit reveals that a US nanofabrication tool provider named Tera-Print sent a cease-and-desist order to SpaceX and Tesla over using the Terafab name.

By Michael Kan
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A Starlink Landline? VoIP Provider Ooma Taps Satellite Service for StarDial

Stardial is not officially affiliated with SpaceX, but Ooma is marketing it as 'a simple way to add reliable home phone service to [an] internet connection.'

By Michael Kan
stardial phone

Starlink Is Still Imposing Data Caps on Users Outside the US, Europe

How much is too much data per month? We spoke to subscribers in Malaysia and Jamaica facing data caps, many of whom share connections with neighbors to keep costs down.

By Michael Kan
Starlink user in Bangladesh.

T-Mobile's CFO Dismisses SpaceX's Cellular Ambitions As Laughable

T-Mobile's outgoing CFO took some shots at SpaceX's ambitions to offer large-scale cellular coverage through femtocells using Starlink dish equipment.

By Michael Kan
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SpaceX Backtracks on Starlink Data Cap After Complaints

Starlink users report that speeds have returned to normal after SpaceX throttled their accounts for topping 5TB of data use, even though Starlink has long advertised 'unlimited data.'

By Michael Kan
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