- SpaceX (Elon Musk) is pushing Starlink into the cellphone market with satellite-to-phone service plus millions of rooftop "femtocell" units, saying it can win customers by eliminating dead zones.
- T-Mobile CFO Peter Osvaldik laughed off the idea as no real wireless threat, saying "everybody in the know" is laughing and that satellites can't beat building penetration or basic physics.
- Analysts say Starlink could help remote coverage but faces big hurdles in cities where cell towers and urban infrastructure outperform satellites.
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- Pentagon fired Stars and Stripes editor Erik Slavin and reporter Lara Korte — and dismissed publisher Max Lederer — after they publicly objected to potential military censorship, officials calling it insubordination.
- The Defense Department recently installed an active-duty Navy captain as deputy publisher and says it wants to "custom tailor" the paper to warfighting topics, raising concerns about the outlet’s editorial independence.
- Journalists and some lawmakers have protested the actions as an attack on press freedom; the paper’s ombudsman was also fired earlier and senators have demanded answers.
- The Pentagon fired the editor-in-chief of Stars and Stripes — along with its publisher and a reporter — after the editor publicly objected to the idea of military censorship, raising questions about the paper’s editorial independence.
- The moves come as the Pentagon has installed an active-duty deputy publisher and the Trump administration has grown more confrontational with the press, prompting senators to ask questions about the change.
- Longtime publisher announced retirement and the paper’s ombudsman was previously fired, suggesting a broader pattern of leadership changes and tightening control over the military newspaper.
- FCC Chairman Brendan Carr defends the agency’s probe of ABC, saying broadcasters get public airwaves and must “operate in the public interest.”
- ABC accuses the FCC (and by extension the Trump administration) of retaliating over political content, calling the early license review unprecedented and a threat to press freedom.
- The fight has drawn public attention—more than 140,000 comments (mostly pro-ABC)—and involves disputes over shows like The View and late-night hosts.
- There are roughly 7,500 languages today — English, Mandarin, Hindi, Spanish, Arabic and French are the most widely spoken.
- Researchers estimate ancient human societies may have spoken tens of thousands of languages (peaking perhaps 30,000–75,000), far more than now.
- Language loss from empires to colonialism has accelerated decline — about half of today's languages are endangered, and 90% of people speak just 10% of them.
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