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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.

"Peter Thiel realizes he has planted the seeds of society's destruction and is getting out while he can."
Eschaton: I Did Not See That Coming
https://www.eschatonblog.com/2026/05/i-did-not-see-that-coming.html

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/…

Google announces new performance thresholds for Android apps including memory-use limits, citing the AI-induced memory crunch (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/27/ais-memory-crunch-is-coming-for-android-apps/

AI's memory crunch is coming for Android apps | TechCrunch
Google is setting new memory-use limits for Android apps as AI data centers contribute to hardware shortages that could leave lower-cost phones with less memory.

Anthony Scaramucci,
— who lasted about eleven days as Donald Trump's communications director in 2017,
says he finally understands a children's story that puzzled him as a boy
— thanks to the man he once worked for.
In a post shared with his followers, the former White House aide turned vocal Trump critic offered a blunt assessment of the president's fitness,
writing that Trump "is not well and he's probably too old for the job."
Sc…

'I get it now': Anthony Scaramucci reveals epiphany he had thanks to 'not well' Trump
Anthony Scaramucci, who lasted about eleven days as President Donald Trump's communications director in 2017, says he finally understands a children's story that puzzled him as a boy — thanks to the man he once worked for.In a post shared with his followers, the former White House aide turned vocal ...

The ABC television network on Thursday issued a rigorous defense of its right to broadcast,
accusing the Federal Communications Commission of threatening its station licenses as part of a campaign of
“unconstitutional retaliation and coercion.”
Its accusation came in a formal response to a highly unusual move by the F.C.C. in April
ordering ABC to apply to renew its broadcasting licenses years before they are set to expire.
The request from the agency raised th…

ABC Accuses Media Regulator of Threatening Its Licenses
The TV network slammed the Federal Communications Commission, saying the regulator was targeting its station licenses in a campaign of “unconstitutional retaliation.”

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.