Elon Musk's internet satellites have been a game changer for people in rural areas, but scientists are alarmed that plans to launch thousands more will be perilous for our skies.

Providing connectivity in areas where it’s never been available before will be incredibly useful for a lot of people.

A perk included in the newest iOS update, iOS 18.3, introduced Starlink satellite access to iPhones without the need to point your phone at the sky for a connection. This part of the latest update ...

T-Mobile used the stage provided by Sunday’s Super Bowl to introduce T-Mobile Starlink, a wireless service delivered by Starlink’s array of satellites ... sand the satellite-based WEA service ...

T-Mobile broadcast that message Sunday with a Super Bowl ad spotlighting its partnership with Starlink ... via satellite in areas cellphone signals can't reach. "If you can see the sky, you ...

Fortunately, that should be less of a worry with T-Mobile and Starlink's collaboration to bring direct-to-device satellite service ... All you need is an open sky. The service is yet to be ...

T-Mobile said it was throwing open the doors to its satellite messaging beta test — powered by Elon Musk’s Starlink — for free until July. The twist? You don’t even need to be an existing ...

There’s another major difference between the two services: The current Apple feature requires users to point their iPhone to the sky to find a satellite. The Starlink option, meanwhile ...

and with it you can send and receive text messages even when you don't have service -- as long as you have a clear view of the sky. In December, T-Mobile opened up the Starlink satellite service ...

Unlike Starlink, Apple users need to point their device at the sky to connect to a satellite. As for Android, T-Mobile says its Starlink service will work with "most smartphones from the last four ...

Starlink is becoming a household ... of low-orbiting satellites on the night sky is not uncommon. In 2019, shortly after Starlink's first broadband satellite deployment, the International ...