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An ESA satellite obeyed voice commands to play DOOM. Science & Climate
The Verge • 4d ago

An ESA satellite obeyed voice commands to play DOOM.

The European Space Agency’s OPS-SAT PRETTY wasn’t designed to understand and carry out spoken voice commands until Tanagra Space uploaded new software that enabled it to launch the classic shooter after detecting a radio transmission. It isn’t the first satellite to play DOOM, but receiving voice commands was the real achievement here anyway. [Link: First Voice Command of a Satellite Achieved Through ESA’s OPS-SAT Space Lab | https://tanagraspace.com/press/first-voice-command-of-a-satellite/ | Tanagra Space]

What will it take for SpaceX to launch its “major” mobile network? Science & Climate
The Verge • 1w ago

What will it take for SpaceX to launch its “major” mobile network?

Bloomberg has a breakdown of how Starlink Mobile will operate — and what SpaceX still needs to do to get its hybrid 5G network up and running. [Link: How Musk Plans to Shake Up the US Wireless Industry | https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-11-05/how-musk-s-starlink-can-challenge-at-t-verizon-and-t-mobile?srnd=phx-technology | Bloomberg]

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