Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Confirms Someone Burned Starlink Antennas Near Sofia
Image: Starlink Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev confirmed in parliament on Wednesday that Starlink antennas near Sofia were set on fire, according to The Sofia Globe. He gave almost no details, saying the investigation is being worked on with partner services, is "extremely intensive" and should produce a result soon. He also asked the head...
Grok Bot Can Now Split Its Inbox Into Plus Aliases
Image: SpaceXSI Grok Bot now supports plus aliases for email, according to Sam Sokolin, who lists himself on X as building @bot at SpaceXSI. In a post on Wednesday afternoon, he wrote that you can "send and receive email using dedicated aliases, or set up routines that only trigger for mail to a specific alias."...
Elon Musk Says the US Government, Not SpaceX, Controls Starshield Limits
Image: Support Forces of Ukraine Command Elon Musk says Starshield is owned and controlled by the US government, and that any limits on how it is used, including speed, are set by the US military and ultimately the President, not by SpaceX. Musk made the point in a post on Wednesday, drawing a clear line...
Tesla Wants a Second Giga Berlin Hall More Than Twice the Size of the First
Image: Michael Wolf / Wikimedia Commons Tesla is planning a second production hall at Giga Berlin that would be more than twice the size of the one it already runs, according to a Tesla statement and details first reported by German public broadcaster rbb. The new building would sit north of the current plant in...
Starlink Just Switched On in Another Caribbean Island Nation
Image: Starlink SpaceX's Starlink satellite internet service is now available in Curaçao, the Dutch Caribbean island off the coast of Venezuela. The company shared the news on X on Wednesday morning. Starlink announced the launch with a short post promising its "high-speed, low-latency internet" and pointing to a new Curaçao page on its website. The...
The AI Answering Starlink’s Phones Just Got a Major Upgrade
Image: SpaceXSI SpaceXSI released Grok Voice 3.0 on Wednesday, a new speech-to-speech model that it calls the most intelligent voice model in the world. The company says it answers in under a second, costs less than rival frontier models and already handles conversations in Tesla vehicles and Starlink call centers. SpaceXSI announced the model on...
Tesla Is Coming to Oman in 2027 and Is Already Hiring in Muscat
Image: Tesla Tesla is officially expanding into Oman in 2027, with the company already hiring employees for its first store in Muscat. Pawel Trzpis, Tesla's Market Lead for the Middle East, confirmed the plans in an October 13 LinkedIn post, marking the automaker's latest expansion into the Gulf region. "I am thrilled to share some...
Nightpeak Energy Brings 300 MW Tesla Megapack Site Online in Texas
Nightpeak Energy has completed a 300 MW battery storage project in Southeast Texas using Tesla Megapack systems, adding more capacity to the state’s electricity grid as demand continues to grow. The company announced on October 13 that its Bocanova 2 project in Brazoria County, near Houston, reached commercial operation on September 17, 2026. The new […]
Tesla Just Opened the Q3 Earnings Question Box
Image: Tesla Tesla has opened its shareholder question box for the third-quarter 2026 earnings call, giving investors about a week to submit and upvote the questions they most want management to answer when the company reports results on October 21. Questions are being collected on Say, where Tesla says it "invites shareholders to ask and...
Ukraine Says SpaceX Quietly Capped Starshield Speeds Overnight
Image: Starlink SpaceX has introduced a speed limit on military Starshield terminals used by Ukraine's forces, according to Serhii "Flash" Beskrestnov, an adviser to Ukraine's Ministry of Defense, who says the cap took effect overnight without warning and disrupted several missions. Beskrestnov made the claim on Telegram, and Interfax-Ukraine reported his full statement. "I confirm...
Tesla’s FSD Lite Just Reached Older Model S and X Owners
Image: Tesla Tesla has started rolling out FSD Lite to Model S and Model X vehicles with the older Intel infotainment computer, bringing the newer driver assistance build to a group of flagship owners who had been left waiting while other Hardware 3 cars moved ahead. The news came from Tesla's own X post on...
Tesla Will Finally Stream the New Roadster Live This Thursday
Image: Tesla Tesla's Roadster event will stream live this Thursday, October 15, at 7:55 p.m. Central, which works out to 5:55 p.m. Pacific and 8:55 p.m. Eastern for anyone planning to watch from home. The company posted the schedule on X with a short line and a matching graphic: "Roadster event streaming live this Thursday...
Vietnam’s Cat Hai Islands Switch On Starlink for Disaster Response
Image: Cat Hai Special Zone People's Committee Vietnam's Cat Hai special zone, the island district off Hai Phong that takes in Cat Ba, has put Starlink satellite internet into official use at its government headquarters, ferry piers and remote stations. The service is meant to keep local officials connected for day-to-day administration and for disaster...
SpaceX Moves Ship 40 Into Megabay for Heatshield Data
Image: SpaceX Ship 40, the first Starship ever to come back to its launch site after flying, is now standing upright inside a Megabay at Starbase, Texas, where SpaceX plans to pull data from its flown heatshield, Raptor engines and avionics. SpaceX shared the update on X Tuesday afternoon along with new photos of the...
RSS-Linked Group Urges India to Block Starlink Over Security
Image: Starlink/X Swadeshi Jagran Manch, an economic-nationalist group affiliated with the RSS, urged India's central government on Tuesday to deny Starlink permission to launch commercial satellite broadband, citing national-security concerns and condemning Elon Musk's recent attacks on Mukesh Ambani. The call came in a statement from SJM national co-convenor Ashwani Mahajan, carried by the PTI...
