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Amazon’s Project Kuiper reveals details on customer terminals for satellite internet

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A Project Kuiper employee works on antenna hardware. Amazon’s Project Kuiper hasn’t yet said when it’ll start launching satellites or providing broadband internet access from above, but it is sharing details about how customers will get their data. Project Kuiper’s satellite terminal hardware gets a field test.

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Amazon says Project Kuiper satellites ace orbital tests — including video streaming and online sale

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Amazon Photo) Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellite network streamed its first video and facilitated its first online sale during a monthlong series of orbital tests that the company says achieved a “100% success rate.” for a two-way satellite video call on the Amazon Chime videoconferencing platform.

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US says internet services are exempt from Russian sanctions

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The new order authorizes business transactions involving “services, software, hardware, or technology incident to the exchange of communications over the internet,” including messaging, domain registration, email, and sharing photos or videos.

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Bezos’ Amazon: from bookstore to backbone of the internet

The Verge

Bezos built Amazon up from a small online bookstore to the massive conglomerate with dealings in cloud computing, groceries, physical retail, personal electronics, TV and film production, video games, and more that the company is today. to found an internet-based bookstore. Shaw & Co. Image: Amazon. The original Amazon Kindle.

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Amazon’s Project Kuiper reveals design of antennas customers will use for internet-from-space constellation

The Verge

Today, Amazon revealed the design of the antennas its customers will use to tap into the company’s upcoming massive satellite constellation, Project Kuiper, designed to provide broadband internet coverage from space. The goal is to provide coverage to remote areas and regions that do not have access to traditional high-speed internet.

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 T-Mobile’s 5G Home Internet: I tried it, and it tried me

The Verge

Is cellular good enough for a home internet connection? I was interested in T-Mobile’s Home Internet service from the first time I heard about it: it’s $50 (a price that includes the specialized router) , contract and data cap-free, and is powered by 5G and LTE instead of phone lines or cable.

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Satya Nadella says Microsoft is ‘all in on gaming’ as it teases new hardware for subscription service

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Microsoft is doubling down on its Xbox Game Pass video game subscription service with plans to embed it directly into internet-connected TVs, requiring just a controller to play Xbox games. “Hardware only exists as a gateway to the games themselves,” said VP of Gaming Experiences Liz Hamren. Microsoft screenshot).

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