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Rocket Lab plans to acquire Iridium for $8B and combine Rocket Lab's launch services with Iridium's satellite-based communications network to rival SpaceX (Emma Roth/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/science/958891/rocket-lab-iridium-…

Rocket Lab is buying Iridium’s satellite network for $8 billion to take on SpaceX
Rocket Lab is acquiring the satellite-based communications company Iridium for $8 billion. The deal will put RocketLab in charge of Iridium’s constellation of 66 satellites.

Rocket Lab is buying Iridium’s satellite network for $8 billion
to take on SpaceX
Rocket Lab
-- the space company best known for its small satellite launcher Electron,
-- has announced plans to acquire Iridium Communications for $8 billion.
The deal will combine Rocket Lab’s launch services and spacecraft manufacturing
with Iridium’s satellite-based communications network,
putting it in a better position to challenge SpaceX.
Iridium offers comm…

Rocket Lab is buying Iridium’s satellite network for $8 billion to take on SpaceX
Rocket Lab is acquiring the satellite-based communications company Iridium for $8 billion. The deal will put RocketLab in charge of Iridium’s constellation of 66 satellites.

Rocket Lab to acquire #Iridium in $8bn deal that reshapes space communications market: https://aerospaceglobalnews.com/news/rocket-lab-iridium-acquisition-space-communications/ - if completed, the deal would combine Rocket Lab’s launch, satellite manufacturing and space systems capabilities with Iridium’s global low Earth orbit communications network, L-band spectrum and established customer base.

"Why poetry is a powerful form of climate communication"
#Climate #ClimateChange #Poetry

Why poetry is a powerful form of climate communication
In poetry, speculation might help us make sense of what it means to live with an uncertain climate future.

Ebola shows how Trump’s health policies are going global — and coming home - Salon.com
https://www.salon.com/2026/05/30/how-americas-health-policies-are-reverberating-around-the-world-and-coming-home/

Raiders coach Klint Kubiak addresses the media as camp commences — WATCH LIVE https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/raiders/raiders-coach-klint-kubiak-addresses-the-media-as-camp-commences-watch-live-3856054/…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
Jungle Fire:
🎵 Comencemos (Let's Start)
#JungleFire
https://matasunarecords.bandcamp.com/track/jungle-fire-comencemos-renegades-of-jazz-remix
https://open.spotify.com/track/44kT6XsCkSGb9wNQ5qGXvg

„In the pilot NodeNet: Meshnetworks for Emergency Communication, Waag, in collaboration with the Municipality of Amsterdam, investigates the technical feasibility of mesh network technology using a set-up of 30 devices hosted by citizens from Amsterdam.“ #meshtastic #meshcore

Waag | NodeNet
NodeNet is a pilot project in which Waag examines mesh network technology as a solution in case the traditional communication infrastructure in Amsterdam fails. The research focuses on both technical feasibility and the user perspective on the basis of various scenarios.

Anthropic releases Model Hardware Standard, a framework to help AI agents use physical systems like microscopes, quantum computing hardware, and robot arms (Will Knight/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/anthropic-standard-ai-agents-coming-to-the-physic…

This Is How Anthropic Thinks AI Agents Should Navigate the Physical World
The potential for AI to automate scientific research and manufacturing must be balanced with new risks, Anthropic says.