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Investigation finds millions in US internet subsidies spent on abandoned Alaska homes and empty Navy base
On an island in the Bering Sea 1,200 miles from Anchorage, Alaska, sits an abandoned house on an abandoned Navy base. There is no furniture, and the wind blows through broken windows.
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Leaked documents expose secret Russia-China plan to destroy Starlink and jointly develop advanced weapons
Secret documents from a series of clandestine Russian-Chinese military forums reveal a joint plan to defeat Elon Musk’s Starlink and a weapons development partnership far deeper than either country will admit.
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Lithuanian company supplied Starlink terminals and drone engines to Russia despite sanctions
Despite a range of prohibitions, Lithuanian companies continued to supply Russia with drone components, Starlink terminals, and spare parts for the terminals, The Insider found in collaboration with the Lithuanian investigative journalism organization Siena.
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Inside Asia’s scam factories where trafficking victims are tortured into stealing millions from Westerners
Carol was thrilled two years ago when she heard that, after several interviews, she had landed an office job in Thailand working as a typist.
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Scam factories in Myanmar used American AI to target 50,000 victims in a single month
The instructions were clear: He had four days to make each victim fall in love. And there were a lot of victims. Online, Safeer Mohammed Koorimannil, who was trafficked to a scam center in Myanmar, impersonated a 28-year-old Singaporean woman named Ella.
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SpaceX soars past $2 trillion in Nasdaq debut and makes Elon Musk world’s first trillionaire
SpaceX shares jumped 19% in their Nasdaq debut on Friday, sending the company’s value past $2 trillion to make it the sixth-biggest U.S. company by value and turning Elon Musk into the world’s first trillionaire.
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Elon Musk set to become world’s first paper trillionaire as SpaceX launches record IPO
Elon Musk’s SpaceX has raised 75 billion US dollars (£56 billion) ahead of its record-breaking 1.8 trillion US dollar (£1.3 trillion) US stock market debut on Friday as it looks set to become the biggest flotation of all time.
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Pentagon–SpaceX standoff: Starlink price battle intensifies during Iran war
As U.S. kamikaze drones guided by Elon Musk’s Starlink network began to make noticeable progress in the conflict with Iran, senior SpaceX officials concluded that the Pentagon should pay more for access to their satellite Wi-Fi network.
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SpaceX unveils plans for historic IPO with $1.75 trillion valuation
SpaceX revealed its plans to list on the US stock market on Wednesday, presenting its investor prospectus and detailing its financials for the first time.
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Millions in federal subsidies flow to Alaska telecom run by convicted tax evader
At the beginning of his three-year federal prison sentence for felony tax evasion, Roger Shoffstall lost his telephone privileges when a guard caught him running his small Alaska phone company from behind bars.
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Turkmenistan police raid rooftops in hunt for Starlink terminals amid crackdown on restricted internet access
Police are reportedly inspecting rooftops across Turkmenistan in search of Starlink satellite internet terminals, as residents attempt to bypass slow and heavily restricted internet connections.
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Russia’s shadow fleet exposed: how Starlink and crypto keep sanctioned oil flowing
To counter toughened Western sanctions imposed in 2022 on Russian oil exports in response to the country’s invasion of Ukraine that year, the Kremlin vastly expanded what has become known as its “shadow fleet” of oil tankers, made up of old vessels bought cheaply because destined for decommissioning, whose ownerships are disguised by registrations in African countries via shell companies (or are not registered at all).
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Amazon in complex talks to buy Globalstar with Apple stake complicating $9bn deal
Ecommerce giant is trying to catch up with SpaceX’s low Earth orbit internet service.
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British court sentences man behind Wagner-inspired London arson to 17 years
The ringleader of an arson attack on a Ukrainian-owned business in London last year was jailed for 17 years on Friday for what prosecutors called a “sustained campaign of terrorism and sabotage” on British soil.
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Myanmar junta raids scam hub powered by Elon Musk’s Starlink
Myanmar’s junta conducted a raid on one of the country’s most infamous internet scam centres and confiscated Starlink devices, it announced on Monday, following an investigation that uncovered a surge in their usage in the multibillion-dollar illegal industry.
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SpaceX launches 10,000th Starlink satellite, now controls two-thirds of active satellites
SpaceX has launched the 10,000th Starlink into orbit after successfully delivering another batch of 56 satellites on Sunday.
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Court documents reveal Chinese money on SpaceX’s shareholder list
Elon Musk’s SpaceX has received funds directly from Chinese investors, according to previously sealed testimony, raising new questions about foreign ownership interests in one of the United States’ most significant military contractors.
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Millions in Afghanistan left isolated as Taliban enforces internet shutdown
Afghanistan experienced a significant internet blackout on Tuesday after the ruling Taliban pledged to cut off access as part of a crackdown on “immoral activities,” raising concerns about further isolation for millions living under their increasingly strict rule.
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SpaceX launched two rockets in six hours
Elon Musk’s company SpaceX has conducted 55 Falcon 9 launches in 2025, with 38 of those missions dedicated to building the Starlink constellation, the world’s largest satellite internet network.
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Donald Trump ‘blackmailing’ Ukraine for a $500,000,000,000 share of minerals
Donald Trump has never been one for subtlety, but his latest claim beats them all.
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SpaceX Starlink mission lands rocket off the coast of The Bahamas for the first time
Our new collaboration for landing with The Bahamas will allow Falcon 9 to launch on new orbital trajectories.
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Sanctioned Russian oligarch held stake in Musk’s SpaceX via trust
Citigroup administered Heritage Trust and decided it didn’t need to block the trust’s assets after Suleyman Kerimov was sanctioned in 2018, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
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The First Cyberpunk War: Ukraine conflict melds modern and ancient weaponry
In the Russian-Ukrainian war, advanced technologies are bizarrely mixed with century-old inventions.
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