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Elon Musk’s Starlink blocked by French court after legal battle with environmental groups

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Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite internet service effectively lost its frequencies in France following a legal battle waged by environmental groups. The satellite internet system has also been proving itself as an invaluable solution in areas like Ukraine, which is currently at war with Russia.

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Starlink bid for subsidies to provide internet to rural areas denied by FCC

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After careful legal, technical, and policy review, we are rejecting these applications. It should be noted, however, that Starlink’s deployment in Ukraine has shown that one satellite internet kit could serve users belonging to more than one household. These 12,000 dishes serve about 150,000 daily users across Ukraine at the time.

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Opinion: Ukraine’s Next Crisis? Economic [and energy] Disaster

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For Ukraine, the second largest producer of coal in Europe, this will have a devastating impact on the energy sector, which is in a state of emergency, unable to get coal to thermal power plants that provide some 40 percent of the entire country’s electricity. Now it will have to increase imports of fuel to make up for the loss.

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Firefly nears second orbital launch attempt as US forces Ukrainian founder to divest

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For the last two years, though, Polyakov has been under scrutiny from US government officials, who’ve objected to Polyakov – a Ukrainian and UK citizen – having control over the company, with fears that the launch technology developed by the company could make its way back to Ukraine and poses a national security threat.

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SpaceX, NASA announce date for next Crew Dragon astronaut launch

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In a strange decision, NASA also decided to uphold old plans to swap seats between Soyuz and Commercial Crew vehicles, allowing a Russian cosmonaut to fly on Crew Dragon as the country continues to commit war crimes, kidnap and expatriate vast numbers of legal citizens, and terrorize tens of millions more with its illegal war on Ukraine.

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Can Autonomous Weapons Be Compatible With International Humanitarian Law?

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Many groups are concerned that the existing laws don’t cover the myriad issues that recent and emerging technologies have created, and the International Committee of the Red Cross, the watchdog of IHL , has recommended new, legally binding rules to cover AWS. Your feedback will help us move toward this ultimate goal.

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Ricardo study predicts that BRIC automotive markets will be eclipsed by the “Rising-15”

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Ricardo’s Rising-15 automotive markets include: Argentina; Egypt; Indonesia; Iran; Malaysia; Mexico; Morocco; Nigeria; Peru; the Philippines; South Africa; Thailand; Turkey; Ukraine; and Vietnam. Nissan introducing new Datsun in Indonesia.

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