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The SpaceX CEO misses the real ‘bloodthirsty warmongers’ in Moscow.

Abrupt restrictions on SpaceX’s Starlink and Starshield raise questions about whom militaries can trust to keep wartime technology running.

Democratic lawmakers are demanding answers from SpaceX CEO Elon Musk about disruptions to Ukraine’s satellite communications systems, questioning whether he personally ordered restrictions on Ukrainian forces and who controls access moving forward. Sens. Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Peter Welch (D-VT), along with Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY), the ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, […]

Elon Musk acknowledged over the weekend that SpaceX deliberately slowed Ukraine's access to Starlink satellite internet, saying the company acted because Ukrainian forces had used the civilian service to guide offensive drone strikes against Russia. The post Elon Musk Confirms Spacex Throttled Starlink Access for Ukraine Military appeared first on Breitbart .

Rep. Jason Crow (D-Colo.) on Sunday said that SpaceX CEO Elon Musk having the ability to cut off Starlink access to Ukraine is "beyond disturbing to me." "Face the Nation" host Margaret Brennan asked Crow about satellite services provided by SpaceX being fully restored in Ukraine after Musk on Saturday alluded that he slowed down...

A Republican lawmaker questioned Elon Musk’s argument for throttling Ukraine’s access to SpaceX’s Starlink satellite terminals, arguing that Ukrainian forces use the system defensively in the war with Russia.

"Using Starlink, a civilian commercial service, for offensive drone strikes to kill people has never been allowed, nor should it be," Musk tweeted Saturday.

‘That loophole was closed last week’

Ukrainian officials have disputed claims by SpaceX CEO Elon Musk that the country's military violated Starlink's terms of service by using the civilian satellite internet network for offensive drone strikes.Serhii Beskrestnov, a defense technology adviser to President...

SpaceX founder Elon Musk said the company closed a “loophole” in its Starlink system that allowed Ukraine to execute lethal drone attacks on civilians, which he said is not in compliance with the system’s terms of service. Musk posted to X on Saturday in response to a user saying his company’s Starlink satellite communications system […]

Rooftops and billboards may be more important than hefty infrastructure.

Elon Musk has said his company imposed limits on the use of its Starlink satellite system in Ukraine last week, after curbs led to disruption to Ukrainian military operations.

Tech tycoon Elon Musk accused Ukraine on Saturday of violating Starlink's terms of service by using it for "drone strikes to kill people", after tension between Washington and Kyiv over disruptions to the SpaceX-made network crucial to the Ukrainian army's...

Ukrainian leaders confirmed Saturday that the country's access to SpaceX technologies Starlink and Starshield have been restored to full speed, shortly after Elon Musk admitted to slowing Starlink down.

Elon Musk said Saturday that his company SpaceX had throttled the Starlink satellite internet service in Ukraine, disrupting operations that the country relies on to defend itself against Russia.Musk's admission on social media came after Ukrainian President Volodymyr...

Volodymyr Zelenskyy offers thanks to US allies for restoring system key to air defence and ‘frontline logistics’ Ukraine’s military has a “stable connection to Starlink”, the Ukrainian government has said, 10 days after its ability to use the satellite communications system was suddenly restricted . The Starlink satellite terminals, which are produced by Elon Musk’s SpaceX but managed by the US government, are a key component of Ukraine’s military operations. Sudden speed restrictions on the terminals, which capped operations at speeds of 160km/h (99mph), led to the failure of several Ukrainian combat missions earlier this month. Continue reading...

Ukraine announced Saturday that it has regained full use of its Starshield system, more than a week after the military system appeared to be mysteriously restricted for use in the country. Starshield is the military version of Starlink, the communications satellite system developed by Elon Musk’s SpaceX, that Ukraine relies on to boost its drones […]

Ukraine’s Starlink satellite links have been restored after the country experienced limitations with accessing this critical technology, the Ukrainian defense minister said Saturday. SpaceX’s military-grade version of Starlink, called Starshield, supports Ukraine’s drone operations and communication. Ukrainian Defense Minister Yevhenii Khmara told reporters on a call that the ministry’s monitoring systems now reported stable connections...

SpaceX's military-grade version of the Starlink internet service has become the backbone of Ukraine's drone operations.

Ukraine said limits on the speed of its SpaceX Starlink terminal connections had been lifted in overnight testing, a move that may ease the latest tensions between Kyiv and Washington.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday that service remained slow from Starshield, SpaceX's military-grade version of the Starlink satellite internet service.

With SpaceX imposing speed limits on Starlink in Ukraine and hampering military operations, Kyiv is looking for alternatives.

Since last week, Ukraine has reported restrictions on a version of Starshield, a version of SpaceX's Starlink, hampering its military operations against Russia.

Today in TGIF: The newest MAGA scam, ‘scuffles’ in France, Foursquare sunsets, Starlink stutters in Ukraine, and more! Hello, and welcome back to the week in review. I’m Nellie Bowles, and this is your brain on TGIF. → Is Trump privatizing Social Security?: Trump Accounts are turning into a very interesting little charitable financial vehicle. Elon Musk announced this week that he’ll be giving SpaceX shares “to every kid in America.” The shares will apparently be distributed through Trump Accounts. And now the plan is to expand Trump Accounts to anyone under 40 (Gen X screwed again). It’s starting to look a little like a new Social Security system being built in parallel. And the exciting twist: This one can actually invest in the stock market and, like, grow. Wouldn’t that be something? Everyone gets to go for a fun ride with SpaceX stock. By the way, as a CEO, it’s a great way to sway the public in your favor: All of America’s children are by default invested in the success of this one company? Perfect. I could see this being a great tool for embattled CEOs in general, even on a smaller scale. Sue my sweet company? You mean you want to punish all the children in Memphis who received these shares? You monster. → Congress is going to flip, adjust your scams appropriately: Alert! Alert! The House and Senate are likely both flipping, and will have a Democratic majority. Nate Silver gives Democrats the edge (to be fair, others think it’s more of a toss-up). Everyone, please adjust your scams. Drop the word America from your NGO and add the word Equity. But before you dye your hair blue, you should know that tons and tons of polling you read is fake. Like, literally just fake. The latest here is a public opinion polling shop called Wedgewood Polling, which was cited on MS NOW and in The New York Times (places that would never lead us astray). Wedgewood made this statement on their now-terminated X account: WEDGEWOOD POLLING, an experimental project to demonstrate the vulnerabilities, lack of oversight, and overall low barrier to entry in the modern political polling industry, makes this public statement. . . . Despite having no history, formal credentials, or real data behind the vast majority of our releases, Wedgewood Polling was added to major polling aggregators, including The New York Times, FiftyPlusOne, and VoteHub, and repeatedly treated as a legitimate data source. Ha ha. Cool. You got us, Wedgewood! Why do I increasingly feel like we’re all a part of a YouTube prank show? → President Elon: Elon Musk—America’s technological savior and also its most in-demand problematic sperm donor—is apparently setting geopolitical policy through his control of space internet. Here’s what happened: Musk slowed down Ukraine’s military Starlink internet, called Starshield, after the country bombed Russian diesel refineries, which apparently he didn’t like, according to The Wall Street Journal (which is on such a run, my god it’s good, good lord I’m mad). So he capped their internet speed, which made some of their drones unworkable. There are conflicting reports of whether the administration knew about this or not. Now, on the one hand, Musk made Starlink. If the government is so good at stuff, why didn’t it make Starlink? On the other hand, Starlink is so valuable that it literally might need to be nationalized. Sure, then the satellites will never be repaired and every Starlink tech will have to prove that they have one disability. But the alternative is Elon Musk alone, between rapid X posting, will control geopolitics. He’s going to hit the wrong button and whoops, bye Europe. As a notoriously stable genius once said: No one should have all that power. Especially a man who can’t seem to manage his own warring harem, so I’m doubtful about his ability to singularly manage the postwar international rules-based order. Like, when one of the mothers of his children needs his attention, she will quite literally post about it, begging for him t…

The report of SpaceX’s talks with key cell tower companies comes just weeks after Musk’s company secured a deal to acquire nationwide low-band wireless spectrum.