Most smartphone connections work by bouncing signals between cell towers. There are loads of cell towers around the world, but they’re limited in rural areas, out in the ocean, or in countries with less infrastructure to detect signals. The goal of satellite internet is to connect directly from the satellite to the device on the ground. To do that, you need a line of sight to a satellite. Which means you need more of them in orbit to see everything. That’s why companies like Amazon and SpaceX’s Starlink want thousands of satellites in low Earth orbit. The more that are up there, the more groun
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… He says more recent research reveals that data points like age and gender can be identified via the voices interacting with Alexa devices, and that is being used for ad personalization. “This is not a consumer device company that takes privacy very seriously,” Gamero-Garrido says. …
… Amazon will also control Globalstar's licensed access to wireless spectrums that enable signals to be sent from a satellite “direct-to-device.” This will likely give Amazon the ability to launch satellites that connect directly to devices sooner, rather than having to go through its own country-by-… …
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