SpaceX president Gwynne Shotwell said the goal is to complete six to eight Starlink launches to get sufficient coverage to start offering the service to consumers in 2020. SpaceNews reports: SpaceX is confident it can start offering broadband service in the United States via its Starlink constellation in mid-2020, the company’s president and chief operating officer Gwynne Shotwell said Oct. 22….
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Apple Hid a Lightning Connector For Debugging In the Apple TV 4K’s Ethernet Port
Twitter user Kevin Bradley discovered a Lightning port hidden in the Apple TV 4K’s ethernet port. There’s a number of theories for why the port exists, but one of the more logical explanations is that it’s simply there for Apple to use for debugging. 9to5Mac reports: While earlier Apple TV models had Micro USB and USB-C, the Apple TV 4K dropped…
Twitter Says It Will Restrict Users From Retweeting World Leaders Who Break Its Rules
The social media giant said it will not allow users to like, reply, share or retweet tweets from world leaders who break its rules. Instead, it will let users quote-tweet to allow ordinary users to express their opinions. The company said the move will help its users stay informed about global affairs, but while balancing the need to keep the site’s…
Blizzard In Hot Water With Lawmakers For Hearthstone Player’s Ban
jimminy_cricket writes: Due to the ban placed on a Hearthstone player for supporting Hong Kong protestors, Blizzard is now receiving criticism from U.S. senators. “Blizzard shows it is willing to humiliate itself to please the Chinese Communist Party,” Sen. Ron Wyden said, according to The Verge. “No American company should censor calls for freedom to make a quick buck.” “Recognize what’s…
Chinese Firms Tencent, Vivo, and CCTV Suspend Ties With the NBA Over Hong Kong Tweet
Smartphone maker Vivo, broadcaster CCTV, and internet giant Tencent said today they are suspending all cooperation with the National Basketball Association, becoming the latest Chinese firms to cut ties with the league after a tweet from a Houston Rockets executive supporting Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protesters offended many in the world’s most populous nation. From a report: Vivo, which is a key…
Twitter Outage Takes Down TweetDeck, Affects Images and DMs
sombragris writes: TweetDeck, the popular tweet management console owned by Twitter, began experiencing several issues at about 18:00 EST. Currently it is down for many users worldwide. There is no yet comment from Twitter on the issue. UPDATE: Engadget reports users aren’t seeing new DMs and/or may have trouble adding images, videos and polls. In a tweet, the company said it’s…