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SpaceX could buy Boost Mobile as part of its big mobile carrier plans
SpaceX wants to become a major US mobile carrier.
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SpaceX wants to become a major US mobile carrier.
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The Hubble Space Telescope will come crashing to Earth sometime in the 2030s without a boost.
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The strange-looking Signature 27 — an Android flagship poised to rival the S26 Ultra, with a Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 chip and Bang & Olufsen speakers — is nearly here. Motorola says it’ll reveal the rest of the phone next week. Will we find out Graphene’s software support plans then too? [Link: motorola (@Moto) on X | https://x.com/Moto/status/2115783257912750474 | X (formerly Twitter)]
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Gas plants built for data centers are poised to undo more than a decade of climate action.
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Reuters reports that Finnish police said the criminal probe will look into “ambiguities and shortcomings in the drainage and water management at the construction site.” Google also reportedly cleared forests around the data center site near Muhos, Finland before completing required environmental impact assessments. [Link: Finland launches criminal probe of suspected environmental damage at Google data centre site | https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/finland-launches-criminal-probe-suspected-environmental-damage-google-data-2026-10-29/ | Reuters]
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The US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has successfully tested SpaceX’s disc-shaped Starfall reentry capsule in an effort to determine the viability of point-to-point rocket cargo deliveries. Starfall carried AFRL-developed cargo pods that were recovered after splashdown in the Pacific Ocean, containing essential survival kits that might be needed on real emergency missions. [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/HVGkGkWWAAArWxx.jpg?quality=90&strip=all] [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/AFRL-SpaceX-Starfall-test-photos.jpg?quality=90&strip=all]
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Virgin Galactic plans to launch Apeiron in mid-2027, over two years after its last commercial spaceflight.
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Starlink Mobile is coming for AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile
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Climate change is already shaping what the future will look like and plunging the world into crisis. Cities are adapting to more frequent and intense extreme weather events, like superstorms and heatwaves. People are already battling more destructive wildfires, salvaging flooded homes, or migrating to escape sea level rise. Policies and economies are also changing as world leaders and businesses try to cut down global greenhouse gas emissions. How energy is produced is shifting, too — from fossil fuels to carbon-free renewable alternatives like solar and wind power. New technologies, from next-generation nuclear energy to devices that capture carbon from the atmosphere, are in development as potential solutions. The Verge is following it all as the world reckons with the climate crisis.
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Scientists are blaming climate breakdown for that record figure, which is almost double 2025’s, and only covers city areas — meaning the real number of deaths is likely higher. According to this new mortality report, Malta, Italy, and Hungary had the hightest rates of people succumbing to the heat. [Link: Heat killed ‘staggering’ 50,000 people in Europe’s cities this summer, scientists warn | https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/oct/23/heat-killed-staggering-50000-people-european-cities-this-summer-experts | The Guardian]
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We already basically lost the Gros Michel to Panama disease in the 1950s. The Cavendish replaced it in our fruit bowls, but because it’s sterile and relies on propagation, it’s threatened by climate change and disease. According to the Guardian, scientists may have found a solution: > This month, Yelloway – a research collaboration between Chiquita, the world’s largest banana company, and the crop-improvement company KeyGene – announced it had developed a fully fertile Cavendish banana, meaning it may be possible, through cross-breeding, to create new banana varieties that are commercially viable and resistant to disease.
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Musk called the merger “a good idea,” though he cautioned it wasn’t a guarantee.