Puerto Rico commits $8 million to rebuild Arecibo telescope

Posted on 31/12/2020 by Engadget

There’s a glimmer of hope for the collapsed Arecibo Observatory telescope as 2020 draws to a close. El Nuevo Dia reports that Puerto Rico Governor Wanda Vázquez has signed an executive order approving $8 million to help rebuild the radio telescope. I...

The Arecibo Observatory’s telescope has collapsed

Posted on 01/12/2020 by Engadget

The world-famous Arecibo Observatory has collapsed. The National Science Foundation (NSF), the agency that oversees the telescope, announced the unfortunate turn of events on Tuesday. At some point during the night, Arecibo’s receiver platform crashe...

Without the Arecibo telescope, our search for intelligent life is hamstrung

Posted on 20/11/2020 by Engadget

Structural engineers and repair crews have done all that they can but the end result is as we feared: the Arecibo radio telescope has to come down. The venerable space observatory has been out of commission since August when a cable atop Tower 4, whi...

Arecibo Observatory will be torn down because repairs are too dangerous

Posted on 19/11/2020 by Engadget

After 57 years of helping to expand human knowledge and understanding of the cosmos, the story of Puerto Rico’s world-famous Arecibo Observatory is coming to an unfortunate end. Following two cable failures in recent months, the National Science Foun...

FCC funding aims to guarantee 100 Mbps internet throughout Puerto Rico

Posted on 02/11/2020 by Engadget

On Monday, the FCC’s Wireless Competition Board announced that newly allocated financing part of Stage Two of the Uniendo a Puerto Rico fund will ensure that every location across Puerto Rico will have access to broadband internet with download speed...

Recent damage to the Arecibo telescope could keep it offline for months

Posted on 19/08/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

It could take several months to repair the recent damage to Arecibo Observatory, SpaceNews reports. During a NASA meeting earlier this week, Lindley Johnson, director of NASA’s Planetary Defense Coordination Office, said the massive radio telescope c...

Puerto Rico’s Arecibo radio telescope suffers serious damage

Posted on 12/08/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

The Arecibo Observatory -- the second-largest radio telescope in the world -- is in trouble again. Early this week, a support cable snapped, causing a 100-foot-long gash in the telescope’s reflector dish. It also damaged panels in a receiver called t...

Facebook’s gigabit wireless rolls out in Puerto Rico

Posted on 18/02/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Facebook's Terragraph WiFi technology is delivering high-speed broadband to San Juan, Puerto Rico. This week, AeroNet, Puerto Rico's internet service provider, announced a six-month Terragraph pilot meant to deliver reliable, affordable high-speed se...

After Math: Stunning figures

Posted on 16/02/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

The news just wouldn't stop dropping this week. First, Parasite absolutely dominated the Oscars, everyone was convinced Bill Gates bought a hydrogen-powered mega-yacht for a hot second (surprise, he didn't), Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu'...

Puerto Rico’s government lost $2.6 million to a phishing scam

Posted on 13/02/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

An email phishing scam duped the government of Puerto Rico into transferring more than $2.6 million into a fraudulent account, The Associated Press reports. A government agency transferred the funds on January 17th, but the incident was just discover...

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