Elon Musk Ventures: Neuralink, Telsa Smartphone and Starlink - Lynnwood Times

SpaceX received support to motorboat 7,500 Starlink satellites by the Federal Communications Commission connected December 1st. The FCC lone partially approved SpaceX’s application, arsenic the institution aims to motorboat 30,000 “Gen2” Starlink satellites into debased Earth orbit. 

“Our enactment volition let SpaceX to statesman deployment of Gen2 Starlink, which volition bring adjacent procreation outer broadband to Americans nationwide, including those surviving and moving successful areas traditionally unserved oregon underserved by terrestrial systems,” the FCC wrote.

This support by the FCC is captious for the precocious announced concern betwixt SpaceX and T-Mobile backmost successful August. Dubbed “Coverage Above & Beyond,” the 2 companies purpose to utilize Starlink’s Gen2 satellites with T-Mobile’s mid-band spectrum — which astir equates to their 3G network.

Note, connectivity volition beryllium 2 to 4 Mbits per compartment zone, truthful volition enactment large for texting & dependable calls, but not precocious bandwidth

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 26, 2022

As Elon Musk indicates, these speeds are chiefly lone utile for texting and dependable calls, but has the imaginable to destruct mobile dormant zones successful “over fractional a cardinal quadrate miles of the U.S.”  

“The important happening astir this is that it means determination are nary dormant zones anyplace successful the satellite for your compartment phone,” Musk said. “We’re incredibly excited to bash this with T-Mobile.”

A spokesperson for T-Mobile besides clarified connected this substance with The Washington Post.

“We’re not claiming to screen agrarian America with this,” the T-Mobile spokesperson said. “This concern is astir going beyond the limitations of cellular networks and the wireless manufacture contiguous to destruct mobile dormant zones which are often a effect of land-use restrictions, terrain limits and America’s sheer vastness.”

According to the announcement, “the immense bulk of smartphones already connected T-Mobile’s web volition beryllium compatible with the caller work utilizing the device’s existing radio. No other instrumentality to buy. It conscionable works.”

The feature, according to T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert, volition beryllium included connected the company’s “most popular” wireless plans. 

Tesla Smartphone

On the taxable of compartment phones and Musk, the Twitter CEO precocious claimed that Apple was threatening to region Twitter from their App Store. 

Apple has besides threatened to withhold Twitter from its App Store, but won’t archer america why

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 28, 2022

This was cleared up a mates days later, with Elon Musk tweeting that the “misunderstanding” had been “resolved.”

Good conversation. Among different things, we resolved the misunderstanding astir Twitter perchance being removed from the App Store. Tim was wide that Apple ne'er considered doing so.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 30, 2022

The contention — if it tin beryllium called that — did bring up an absorbing sentiment that Musk replied to: making his ain smartphone. 

I surely anticipation it does not travel to that, but, yes, if determination is nary different choice, I volition marque an alternate phone

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 25, 2022

Rumors person been circulating since aboriginal 2021 astir a Tesla smartphone, often referred to arsenic the exemplary Pi oregon Pi phone. Tesla and Musk person been notably quiescent connected the subject, but that hasn’t stopped enthusiasts from speculating connected the features. Some look likely, specified arsenic outer internet, conveyance power features connected Tesla models, and adjacent astrophotography — almighty cameras aided by AI to photograph the nighttime sky. Other speculations are arguably a spot much farfetched: star charging, crypto mining, connection with settlers connected Mars, and Neuralink enactment to sanction a few.

Neuralink: Interfacing with the brain

Neuralink is different 1 of Musk’s ventures — implants that would let the quality encephalon to link to a computer. Neuralink is seeking authorities support to statesman investigating connected quality subjects. The institution tested the implants connected monkeys astatine the University of California, Davis Primate Center (UC Davis) earlier this year. 

Neuralink highlighted a monkey playing the machine crippled “Pong” successful April with the implant but were forced to respond to accusations of carnal cruelty aft a US non-profit sent a missive to the US Department of Agriculture. Neuralink did corroborate that monkeys had died during investigating but maintained nary carnal cruelty occurred and that “all caller aesculapian devices and treatments indispensable beryllium tested successful animals earlier they tin beryllium ethically trialed successful humans.”

Twitter whitethorn beryllium taking connected YouTube

Another manufacture too compartment telephone manufacturers that Musk whitethorn beryllium entering is video hosting. Twitter presently lone allows video files of up to 512MB and requires longer videos to beryllium trimmed down to 2 minutes and 20 seconds. A presently unverified source, “Wong,” has stated that Twitter Blue volition summation these limits to 2GB and 2 hours — leaving immoderate to question if Musk intends to spell up against the juggernaut that is YouTube. 

Source: Wong

— T(w)itter Takeover News  (@TitterTakeover) November 30, 2022

Twitter Blue Labs — an aboriginal entree investigating programme — does database longer video uploads among its features astatine 10 minutes agelong but whitethorn spot a important boost to that clip if “Wong” is correct. 

Regardless of speculation connected what manufacture Musk is entering next, his astir caller venture, Twitter, is attempting to woo backmost companies aft losing fractional of its apical advertisers successful the weeks aft helium took over. Advertising accounts for astir 90% of Twitter’s revenue, leaving the societal media institution small prime but to incentivize brands to return.

According to the Wall Street Journal, Twitter’s caller program is to lucifer advertiser spending with a “100% worth add” for those that walk betwixt $500,000-$1 cardinal until the extremity of the year. Basically a “buy one, get 1 free” for advertisement abstraction connected Twitter.