SpaceX says that Starlink user terminals for moving vehicles will be ruggedized to withstand "harsh environments" with extreme levels of heat and cold. SpaceX has been seeking Federal Communications Commission permission to deploy terminals on moving vehicles since March and provided new details on its plan in an application filed Tuesday.
Compared to Starlink satellite dishes deployed at homes, the new Earth Station in Motion (ESIM) "has been ruggedized to handle harsher environments so that, for example, it will be able to continue to operate at greater extremes of heat and cold, will have improved snow/ice melt capabilities, and will withstand a greater number of thermal cycles," SpaceX told the FCC.
The standard Starlink user terminals go into "thermal shutdown" once they hit 122° Fahrenheit, which has caused outages for some beta users. While ruggedized terminals for moving vehicles won't solve the problem for home-Internet users, SpaceX will presumably try to make the next version of its home terminal more resistant to heat and cold.
Microsoft’s built-in Windows Defender has had a feature that blocks installation of Potentially Unwanted Apps, (PUAs) since May, 2020. But up until now, it’s been disabled by default, which means users who wanted that protection would have…
Microsoft’s built-in Windows Defender has had a feature that blocks installation of Potentially Unwanted Apps, (PUAs) since May, 2020. But up until now, it’s been disabled by default, which means users who wanted that protection would have to opt-in by flipping a few switches in their Windows Security settings. Now Microsoft says it’s going to […]
A new “Wireless Streaming Device” from Google showed up at the FCC today, and there’s a good chance that means a next-gen Google Chromecast is coming soon. It could be a follow-up to last year’s Chromecast with Google TV, which…
A new “Wireless Streaming Device” from Google showed up at the FCC today, and there’s a good chance that means a next-gen Google Chromecast is coming soon. It could be a follow-up to last year’s Chromecast with Google TV, which passed through the FCC website in August, about a month before it was officially launched […]
HTC has become a bit player in the Android smartphone space since selling most of its phone business to Google in 2017. And I can’t even remember the last time the company released a tablet. But it looks like a new HTC-branded tablet may be on t…
HTC has become a bit player in the Android smartphone space since selling most of its phone business to Google in 2017. And I can’t even remember the last time the company released a tablet. But it looks like a new HTC-branded tablet may be on the way… although it’s unclear if it’s actually made […]
Half of new vehicles must be zero-emissions by 2030, Biden will order.
Enlarge/ The Biden plan does not include a requirement that all new vehicles be zero-emissions at any point in the future. (credit: Richard Newstead/Getty Images)
On Thursday, President Joe Biden announced that by 2030, half of all new cars and light trucks should be zero-emissions vehicles—a mix of battery-electric vehicles, plug-in hybrid EVs, and hydrogen fuel cell EVs. But the White House still sees a future for burning hydrocarbons, as the executive order will also develop new long-term fuel-efficiency standards, and there is no mention of phasing out internal combustion engines for new vehicles at any point in the future.
Additionally, the Environmental Protection Agency and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration are expected to announce new fuel-efficiency rules through model year 2026. The US had a relatively ambitious goal of reaching a corporate average fuel economy target of 54 mpg (4.3 l/100 km) in 2025 under President Obama, but President Trump took a wrecking ball to that plan in 2020.
The EPA and NHTSA will likely adopt the framework recently put together by California's Air Resources Board and BMW, Ford, Honda, Volkswagen Group, and Volvo. The plan would reduce emissions from new vehicles by 17 percent by MY2026.
Der TV-Stick als Alternative zum Fire TV Stick oder Chromecast stammt aus Großbritannien. Nun soll er auch nach Deutschland kommen. (Roku, Eingabegerät)
Der TV-Stick als Alternative zum Fire TV Stick oder Chromecast stammt aus Großbritannien. Nun soll er auch nach Deutschland kommen. (Roku, Eingabegerät)
Die Ransomware-Gruppe Lockbit sucht auf ungewöhnliche Weise nach Insidern, die ihr Zugangsdaten übermitteln sollen. (
Noch vor dem Finale der ersten Staffel hat Disney eine zweite Staffel von Star Wars: Bad Batch angekündigt - für 2022. (
Was am 5. August 2021 neben den großen Meldungen sonst noch passiert ist, in aller Kürze. (
Der TV-Stick als Alternative zum Fire TV Stick oder Chromecast stammt aus Großbritannien. Nun soll er auch nach Deutschland kommen. (
