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SpaceX launches its first six Starlink satellites capable of offering mobile phone service, as part of its Direct to Cell service with T-Mobile US (Shelly Banjo/Bloomberg)

Shelly Banjo / Bloomberg: SpaceX launches its first six Starlink satellites capable of offering mobile phone service, as part of its Direct to Cell service with T-Mobile US  —  Elon Musk’s SpaceX launched its first six satellites capable of offering mobile phone service as the company races to bring more connectivity to remote areas.

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Urbanista’s solar headphone lineup adds adaptive noise cancellation at lower prices

The Phoenix true wireless earbuds and Los Angeles headphones. | Image: Urbanista Urbanista is overhauling its solar charging headphone lineup with the announcement of second-generation versions of both its Los Angeles over-ear headphones and Phoenix true wireless earbuds. Both products are still built around the same Powerfoyle solar charging material from Exeger but have been

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Roku plans to launch its first high-end TVs in spring 2024, including the 55-inch, 65-inch, and 75-inch Pro Series for up to $1,500 (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Roku plans to launch its first high-end TVs in spring 2024, including the 55-inch, 65-inch, and 75-inch Pro Series for up to $1,500  —  Roku Inc., the maker of TV streaming boxes and software, is debuting its first high-end televisions in a bid to continue sales momentum for the company’s devices.

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Intel forms Articul8 AI, an AI company with backing from DigitalBridge and others; executives did not give the deal’s value or say if Intel had a majority stake (Stephen Nellis/Reuters)

Stephen Nellis / Reuters: Intel forms Articul8 AI, an AI company with backing from DigitalBridge and others; executives did not give the deal’s value or say if Intel had a majority stake  —  Intel (INTC.O) on Wednesday said it was forming a new independent company around its artificial intelligence software efforts …

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2024 predictions: AI will help make Web3 usable in mainstream applications and Web3 will help us trust AI, Web3 regulatory clarity, flat VC investing, and more (Fred Wilson/AVC)

Fred Wilson / AVC: 2024 predictions: AI will help make Web3 usable in mainstream applications and Web3 will help us trust AI, Web3 regulatory clarity, flat VC investing, and more  —  As we enter 2024, the capital markets have found their footing and are moving higher.  The Fed has taken interest rates as far …

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A profile of Midjourney founder David Holz, who co-founded Leap Motion in 2008 before a $30M sale in 2019, as the AI art tool prepares for the 2024 US elections (Parmy Olson/Bloomberg)

Parmy Olson / Bloomberg: A profile of Midjourney founder David Holz, who co-founded Leap Motion in 2008 before a $30M sale in 2019, as the AI art tool prepares for the 2024 US elections  —  David Holz built a tool for human imagination.  What happens if that turns into a propaganda engine in 2024?

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Poll: Do you use your wearable to pay for stuff?

Credit: Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority Wearables have offered wireless payment functionality for roughly a decade now, and it’s more uncommon to see fitness trackers and smartwatches without this capability in 2024. Having digital payment support is one thing, but do you actually use your wearable to make payments? That’s the topic of our featured

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A look at the battle brewing between satellite operators over the use of orbit spectrum, as SpaceX’s Starlink, Project Kuiper, and others push for looser rules (Peggy Hollinger/Financial Times)

Peggy Hollinger / Financial Times: A look at the battle brewing between satellite operators over the use of orbit spectrum, as SpaceX’s Starlink, Project Kuiper, and others push for looser rules  —  A contest between legacy and new operators is brewing over the use of spectrum  —  There is a battle brewing in space.

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How to use Rust with Python, and Python with Rust

Python and Rust occupy seemingly opposite ends of the language spectrum. Python, interpreted at runtime, offers developers a flexible and comfortable programming environment, but at the cost of raw speed. Rust provides the speed, plus guarantees of memory safety, but requires that you learn a new paradigm for handling memory operations. In theory, these languages

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