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Starlink Mobile Buys 800 MHz to Challenge Carriers
Friday, October 09, 2026SpaceX has agreed to buy a nationwide block of low-band airwaves that could move Starlink Mobile from a dead-zone backup toward a direct rival for AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile. On October 8, 2026, the company announced a deal to acquire Grain Management's entire nationwide 800 MHz license portfolio, which SpaceX describes as up to 14 megahertz of paired spectrum. Elon Musk shared the announcement on X that afternoon, calling it a "very big deal," and in a separate post he called the spectrum "the last critical piece of the spectrum puzzle" for complete phone coverage in America. Neither company disclosed a price, although Reuters, citing The Wall Street Journal, reported that SpaceX will pay about $8 billion in cash. The sale still needs FCC approval.... Read More
Ship 40 Comes Home as the First Recovered Starship
Thursday, October 08, 2026SpaceX's Ship 40 is back in Texas, and it is the first Starship upper stage ever brought home intact after a trip to space. The semi-submersible heavy-lift vessel Forte carried the scorched, 171-foot spacecraft into the Port of Brownsville, near Starbase, on October 7, 2026. Its arrival came 75 days after the ship splashed down in the Indian Ocean at the end of Starship Flight 13.... Read More
Powershare Home Backup Reaches Tesla Model 3 and Model Y
Wednesday, October 07, 2026Tesla has opened Powershare Home Backup to the Model 3 and Model Y, which means its two highest-volume cars can now help power a house during a grid outage. Until now, only the Cybertruck could do it. Tesla Energy announced the change on October 6, 2026, saying the feature is available for new Model 3 and Model Y vehicles paired with a Powerwall 3 and can extend home backup by over two days.... Read More
Dell PowerEdge Servers Get a Critical System Fix
Tuesday, October 06, 2026Dell published security advisory DSA-2026-324 on October 1, 2026, to fix five vulnerabilities in Dell System Update, the command-line tool that many IT teams use to install BIOS, firmware, and driver updates on PowerEdge servers. Every version of the tool before 2.3.0.0 is affected. The encouraging news is that the fix is ready to install today. BleepingComputer also reports that Dell has not flagged any of the five flaws as actively exploited.... Read More
Windows 11 2026 Update Arrives as a Quick Install
Monday, October 05, 2026Microsoft announced the Windows 11 2026 Update, also known as Windows 11 version 26H2, on September 29, 2026, and for eligible PCs already running versions 24H2 or 25H2 the path forward is refreshingly light. Microsoft is delivering 26H2 as a small enablement package that activates features already present through monthly servicing on a shared codebase, so the download stays modest, the install feels closer to a monthly update than a rebuild, and the device needs only a single restart to finish the move.... Read More
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