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Facebook is officially building an internet satellite: Athena

This May, sleuths at IEEE Spectrum revealed something exciting — Facebook appeared to be secretly working on an experimental satellite that could beam internet down to Earth using millimeter wave radio signals. Now, Facebook has confirmed to Wired and CNET that the satellite, dubbed Athena, is indeed a Facebook project — and that Facebook is a believer in satellite internet technology. …

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FCC now taking comments on whether T

If you have burning thoughts about the T-Mobile and Sprint merger, now’s your chance to voice them.  The FCC is accepting petitions from now until Aug. 27 to deny the $26 billion merger, the commission said Wednesday. Those petitions as well as less formal comments can be submitted on the FCC’s docket page.  Oppositions to the petitions are due by Sept. …

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Today I learned: Duck.com redirects to Google, much to DuckDuckGo’s annoyance (update)

If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it must be Google, right?  Until today, if you typed duck.com into your browser right now and smacked the enter key, you’d see google.com appear.  Weird, huh? Particularly considering that there is a search engine known for ducks, and it’s not Google at all — but rather, its privacy-first rival DuckDuckGo, …

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Samsung laughs at Apple’s dongles in latest Galaxy S9 ads

Samsung’s latest ad campaign for the Galaxy S9 is poking Apple where it hurts — right in the dongle.  (In other words, they’re making fun of the extra adapters and cables that Apple users increasingly need to access “legacy” devices like wired headphones, SD card slots and other cables.) While the ad is definitely a parody of the Apple Store …

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Split, Unbreakable come together in Glass trailer

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This robotic skin gets ‘goosebumps’

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Acura RDX A

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Ring’s budget home security system covers the basics

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