Elon Musk did not launch a ‘Tesla Pi Phone’ — the viral video is a digitally fabricated hoax, according to a full fact‑check. The Spark That Started the Frenzy A widely shared TikTok-turned-WhatsApp-turned-X video claims Elon Musk unveiled a revolutionary ‘Tesla Pi Phone’ that requires no SIM card or Wi‑Fi—because it allegedly connects directly to…
What Happened: T-Mobile just flipped the switch on a new “Text-to-911” service that works using satellites. This is a huge deal. It’s designed to help you in an emergency when you’re in a remote area with zero cell service. They’ve teamed up with SpaceX’s Starlink to make this happen, and it already covers a massive…
By Gianluca Lo Nostro and Leo Marchandon (Reuters) -Elon Musk’s Starlink, a subsidiary of SpaceX, secured its largest direct-to-cell deal yet with telecoms group Veon, granting access to over 150 million potential customers, both companies said on Thursday, as competition in satellite-to-smartphone connectivity intensifies. Direct-to-cell technology allows smartphones to connect to satellite networks in space…
It looks like Elon Musk is finally beaming his next big idea to India, quite literally. SpaceX’s satellite internet venture, Starlink, has begun crucial security tests in the country, marking one of the final steps before launching its commercial broadband services. If all goes smoothly and regulators move quickly, Musk could be selling high-speed satellite…
SpaceX launched another of its mammoth Starship rockets on a test flight on Monday, striving to make it halfway around the world while releasing mock satellites as it did the last time. Starship – the biggest and most powerful rocket ever built – thundered into the evening sky from the southern tip of Texas just…
A federal judge in New York has ordered the Trump administration to disclose the security clearances held by Elon Musk during his brief tenure leading the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), intensifying scrutiny of the billionaire’s unusual role at the center of U.S. national-security operations. The ruling follows earlier calls from Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.)…
Elon Musk’s Starlink satellites are falling back to Earth, with up to four burning up in the atmosphere each day, according to space trackers. Jonathan McDowell, an astronomer at the Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, told EarthSky that he has recorded “an average of between one to two Starlink satellites deorbiting each day in 2025.” That…
T-Mobile said that its T-Satellite Starlink data service will hit phones in October, and it has now made good on that promise with a drastic phone model support expansion. T-Satellite launched its data service ahead of schedule on select handsets like the Google Pixel 10 series, or the Samsung Z Fold 7 and the Z…
T-Mobile just announced that its T-Satellite with Starlink service . These include AllTrails, AccuWeather, X, WhatsApp and several others. Certain native apps also now integrate with the service, like Google Messages, Apple Music and Samsung’s weather app. It’s important to note that users won’t always have access to the full app experience here, as satellite…
Key Facts: NASA’s Artemis II crew named their Orion capsule “Integrity” [1]; SpaceX launched 28 more Starlink satellites on Sept. 28 (booster B1063’s 28th flight) [2]. Europe’s ESA unveiled plans for a life-hunting mission to Saturn’s moon Enceladus [3] and rolled out “Pulse”, a new control system for all ESA satellites [4]. China on Sept….