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Europe takes on Starlink with $11.5 billion IRIS² satellite constellation

Network World

The project will be jointly developed by the European Space Agency (ESA) and SpaceRISE, a consortium of satellite industry leaders, and positions itself as Europes strategic alternative to commercial networks such as SpaceXs Starlink. It offers satellite internet to businesses, military agencies, and rural regions. billion ($11.1

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Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellite network sets up logistics site and training program

GeekWire

Project Kuiper is Amazon’s $10 billion effort to build and launch more than 3,000 satellites that will offer high-speed internet access to tens of millions of people around the world. Amazon Photo) Project Kuiper is far behind SpaceX’s Starlink network when it comes to providing high-speed internet access from low Earth orbit.

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Facebook’s satellite connectivity team switches over to Amazon’s Project Kuiper

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Facebook has struck a deal to have more than a dozen of its wireless internet experts move over to Amazon to work on its Project Kuiper satellite broadband network, The Information reported today. not far from where SpaceX has its Starlink satellite development and manufacturing facilities. Amazon Graphic).

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Gartner: Top 10 strategic technology trends for 2025

Network World

Post-quantum cryptography Gartner predicts that by 2029, advances in quantum computing will make most conventional asymmetric cryptography unsafe to use. Asymmetric encryption is in almost all software, billions of devices worldwide, and most of the communications over the internet.

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Further explanation and answers to 6 questions on the Newspaper Extinction Timeline after one million views

Trends in the Living Networks

Tablets will be given away for free (with strings attached) very soon, and digital paper will supplant paper by the end of the decade in many developed countries. In developed countries newspapers have largely lost classifieds revenue, are experiencing rapid decrease in display advertising, and are losing readers apace.

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Radio astronomers are looking to the future as satellite mega-constellations light up the sky

GeekWire

There are plenty of astronomers who worry that the thousands of satellites that are being launched into low Earth orbit for global broadband internet access will cast a pall over their scientific observations. By 2029, more than 5,000 satellites could be above the horizon at any given time, according to NSF’s NOIRLab.

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Minnesota Passes Data Privacy Law, Joining Growing State Movement

SecureWorld News

Narrow consumer privacy bills that address a range of issues—including protecting biometric identifiers and health data or governing the activities of specific entities like data brokers or internet service providers—have been introduced in several states, as well. For many, it will require a renewed look at privacy staffing and governance.

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