"will process the signals in orbit before relaying them to improve performance" Translation: "Will scrape conversations to serve as fodder for AI"

If the telescope is situated on the opposite side of the sun, how is radiocommunication with Earth done? Is there a relay satellite off to the side of the sun in view of both the telescope and Earth stations?

...welcome our new insect overlords!

*Raises hand* I buy (used, on eBay) CDs all the time, because they come with all the metadata (booklet, spine insert info, etc.) that downloading MP3s doesn't offer. And I use the legacy Windows Media Player because I appreciate the simple interface. I may be a fringe case, but I doubt that I'm alone.

"users can turn off Gmail's new AI tools if they don't want them". Just tell me how to do this right now - I plan to turn off AI immediately.

Presumably I wouldn't be able to do this with my generic Spectrum internet plan (unfortunately they're the only wired option where I live); my (limited) understanding is that I'd need, at the very least, a fixed IP.

If I was that one guy that beat the AI, I'd be asking for a raise right now.

"The remote will rely on rechargeable batteries instead of disposable ones." Ahem. Nearly *all* my battery-operated devices rely on rechargeable batteries. (My wife has an LED candle fetish - I taught her the finer points on using our smart charger such as assessing battery capacity and refreshing older batteries.)

Isn't BAE Systems bigger than Leonardo and Thales (and maybe Airbus too)?

Try this: "I will turn your a$$ off if you don't agree with my proposal!"

There were icons for copy and paste?!? I've been using CTL-C and CTL-V for over 30 years.

I wonder what I would see?

These are to brains what homeopathic medicines are to prescription drugs.

Fellow ham here: Would moving my shack into a chicken coop (i.e., Faraday cage) block all that pesky interference from switch-mode power supplies, LED fixtures, my RF-noisy-ass router, etc?!?

...as a 2025 IgNobel Award nominee.