A rendering of Amazon’s proposed satellite processing facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. The 100,000-square-foot facility will be used to prepare satellites for its Internet constellation Project Kuiper for launch aboard rockets from ULA and Blue Origin. On Friday, online retail giant amazon will join members of Space Florida to reveal its plans for a … Read more
Maryland Governor Wes Moore delivers a speech July 18 at the Michael E. Busch Annapolis Library. Photo by William J. Ford. Earlier this year, Don Graves visited Coppin State University to award a nearly $4 million grant to the school to help provide Internet access to West Baltimore residents. Graves, the U.S. assistant secretary of … Read more
AT THE HEIGHT OF THE PANDEMIC, IT WAS ESSENTIAL FOR FAMILIES TO HAVE COMPUTERS AND, BESIDES THIS, INTERNET CONNECTIONS. THERE ARE 100,000. MARYLAND RESIDENTS WHO DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO HIGH SPEED INTERNET. WE TACKLE THE PROBLEM FROM EVERY ANGLE, LEAVING NOBODY BEHIND MEANS PUTTING EVERYONE ON THE LINE. IT’S A CONTINUING PROBLEM. THE STATE … Read more
Maryland is trying to help more people afford broadband Internet with the help of a national nonprofit focused on connecting people to the Internet and with hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding, state and federal officials said Tuesday. By working with EducationSuperHighway, which has connected schools across the country to broadband and is … Read more
Nigeria had 159.5 million active internet subscriptions across landlines, mobiles and VOIP, in May 2023, according to data from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). This means that there was an 8.6 percent growth from the 158.2 million registered in April 2023. The NCC revealed that mobile network operators (MTN, Airtel, Globacom and 9mobile) maintained their … Read more
Did you miss the excitement of the GamesBeat Summit? Don’t worry! Tune in now to follow all live and virtual sessions here. Embrace, which has a suite of tools to help mobile developers build better games and apps, has raised $20 million in funding. Headquartered in Culver City, California, the company was founded by CEO … Read more
Image credits: Akio Kon/Bloomberg/Getty Images Artificial intelligence has been a major theme in the world of health and medical research, and particularly in the area of ​​drug discovery. Today, another hopeful in space announces a funding round to expand its contribution to the field. Causaly, a London startup that has built an AI platform to … Read more
THE THEME: Savage Communications, Inc., was recently awarded a $1,271,835 grant from the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development to expand broadband in Carlton County. BACKGROUND: The funds were awarded by DEED through the Border-to-Border Broadband Development Grant Program, which began in 2014, according to the DEED website. The 2023 grant dollars will help … Read more
CARLOS Gardonville Cooperative Telephone Association will provide Internet to hundreds of homes and businesses in Carlos and the Buckskin neighborhood after beating out competitors for a state grant. The Brandon-based telecommunications provider will receive just over $1.5 million from the Minnesota Border-to-Border Broadband Development Grant Program. It was among 15 companies awarded a total of … Read more
Image credits: Ole_CNX/Getty Images This morning, Vellum.ai said it closed a $5 million seed round. The company declined to share who its lead investor was for the round, other than noting that it was a staged firm, but told TechCrunch that Rebel Fund, Eastlink Capital, Pioneer Fund, Y Combinator and several angels they took part … Read more