Starlink-Konkurrenz: Amazon will Globalstar übernehmen
Amazon übernimmt den Satellitenkommunikationsanbieter Globalstar, der zu 20 Prozent Apple gehört. Damit beschleunigt Amazon seine Leo-Satellitenpläne.
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Amazon agrees to buy satellite operator Globalstar, set to close in 2027, to expand Leo; Amazon and Apple agree for Leo to power some iPhone and Watch services (About Amazon)
https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/company-news/amazon-globalstar-apple
Bellingcat about the destruction in Lebanon.
https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/05/14/satellite-imagery-shows-ongoing-demolitions-across-southern-lebanon/
Radiative Forcing and Ozone Depletion of a Decade of Satellite #Megaconstellation Missions: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2025EF007229 -> Satellite launch pollution rapidly accumulating in the upper atmosphere: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2026/may/satellite-launch-pollution-rapidly-accumulating-upper-atmosphere
Amazon agrees to pay $11.57B to acquire Globalstar, or $90 per share; the deal requires Globalstar to meet certain HIBLEO-4 replacement satellite milestones (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-tel
Uber testet Lucid-Robotaxis in San Francisco
Anfang des Jahres stellten Lucid Motors, Nuro und Uber eine Robotaxi-Version des Lucid Gravity vor. Jetzt testen Uber-Beschäftigte das Fahrzeug.
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AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon sign an "agreement in principle" to form a joint venture aiming to end wireless dead zones in the US, without giving many details (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/tech/930336/att-t