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Billionaire Carlos Slim cancels $22 billion in Starlink orders due to Elon Musk’s outburst
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Carlos Slim’s telecom giant, América Móvil, canceled $22 billion in planned Starlink orders after Elon Musk insinuated Slim had ties to drug cartels.
The decision, made within hours of Musk’s tweet, costs Musk his main partner in 25 countries and shifts business to Chinese and European competitors, further reducing U.S. commercial influence.
Musk’s increasing political entanglements and conspiracy-laden posts are alienating key business partners and consumers, with potential ripple effects on Tesla sales.
Billionaire Carlos Slim Reportedly Cancels $22 Billion in Starlink Orders Due to Elon Musk's Outburst - CleanTechnica
Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! Update: I should note that any original plans or contracts have not been verified and any cancellation of these plans or contracts have not been verified.Zachary Shahan (CleanTechnica)
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European countries deny claims Trump could cripple air force with F-35 ‘kill switch’
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European nations refute claims that the U.S. has a "kill switch" for F-35 fighter jets, despite concerns raised after Trump suspended military aid and intelligence support to Ukraine.
While no evidence confirms such a switch, experts warn the U.S. could limit access to crucial software updates.
Belgium and Switzerland assert their F-35s remain autonomous but acknowledge reliance on U.S. data systems.
Set to receive 35 F-35s in 2026, some German politicians are questioning whether the purchase should have been made amid these concerns.
Do American F-35 jets have a ‘kill switch’? European countries forced to deny claims Trump could cripple air force
Reports Ukraine could soon be unable to properly use its US-supplied F-16 fighter jets have left Europeans concerned the same could happen to themTom Watling (The Independent)
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We're just weeks away from Germany canceling the order followed by a same day announcement by Trump that Russia has agreed to purchase 150 of the F35s to replace those illegally lost to Ukraine.
Clip from the press conference in front of an American flag draped over the Statue of Liberty:
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Trump: Many people say it's the biggest bestest deal in US history. Strong men, brave men in the Panagon have come up to me, tears in their eyes, saying to me 'Sir, we have never seen such amazing deal making in our lives, never could have imagined it!'
Never give up - one Gaza boy's story trying to survive in Gaza : Consider This from NPR
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"With data center construction on the rise and utility costs top-of-mind for many Americans, the Harvard Electricity Law Initiative reviewed 40 special contracts that state regulators have approved between utilities and data centers. If these contracts offer discounted electricity rates to data centers, and new power grid infrastructure is needed to serve them, other customers may end up paying for the shortfall through higher utility bills."
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Big Tech's secret energy deals may raise costs for families: Harvard
Data centers are spiking electricity demand, and some worry states are striking deals that mean households will pay the cost.Catherine Boudreau (Business Insider)
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in reply to gon [he] • • •Nowhere did I claim that billionaires are good. I’m saying which type are the most dangerous.
It’s like saying “which tiger is more dangerous, the hungry one or the hungry AND rabid one?” Obviously both are existential problems to us, but one is still worse the others.
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in reply to Pennomi • • •True, but not good enough. Eventually there will come a billionaire who is even more psychopathic than all the others, probably some Nepo-baby who thinks he's a super-villain-genius because he was smart enough to be born with money. That guy will truly wreck the world more than the current batch of billionaires will.
If we don't end this power grab by the billionaires, and eliminate them from existence, now and in the future, it will ONLY get worse and worse, until it is the end of civilization.
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in reply to MicroWave • • •Well, at least he's not also pissing off China and Europe as well...
Oh, that's right, everyone hates Musk
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in reply to xc2215x • • •Did he have hints from anonymous?
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in reply to suoko • • •barneypiccolo
in reply to suoko • • •Musk just makes shit up, we all know that. Slim has held the title of World's Richest Man in past years, and Musk is probably just jealous and feeling threatened, so he's lashing out.
He does childish things like that all the time. Back when he seemed like he was just an amazing tech innovator, before we knew who he really was, he offered to send a submarine to help rescue those Thai soccer kids who were stuck in a cave. It was impossible, there were pathways where it was nearly impossible for one person to navigate, there was no way for a submarine to do it.
So he was turned down, but he was really counting on being the guy to save the day, so he got pissed, and publicly called the guy who was leading the rescue a Pedophile, claiming that he was only trying to save the kids so he could molest them!
That was the moment that I lost nearly all respect for Musk.
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in reply to Damage • • •Reminds me of the scene in citizen cane.
If you didn't watch, he buys media to set his own narrative and does not care he is losing tons of money Cause he has enough that he'll be long dead before he goes broke.
Life inmates art.
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in reply to Bizzle • • •Or a porn star. [wink wink]
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in reply to nova • • •Paul McCartney is a billionaire but he might be the only exception to this rule. If you just write some nice tunes and collect royalties on them for sixty years, that might do the trick.
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in reply to FlashMobOfOne • • •He is kicking himself in the dick.
Kinda reminds me of Kanye West TBH.
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in reply to brucethemoose • • •Yesterday someone posted a thread that claimed that was the actual intention. Awfully questionable but it’s a funny enough idea to spread anyway ……
The claim is some economic mastermind in the administration believes our entire problem is interest rates and the dollar is too strong. Ok as far as that goes, but the further claim is all the tariffs, flip flopping, broken contracts are just to persuade countries to kick us in the dick until we feel better. They may not have used those exact words
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in reply to AA5B • • •There's some merit to them purposefully tanking stocks. Prior to the flip-flopping, a lot of big money pulled out of the market significantly (which also contributed to it crashing and people freaking) As far as the dollar being too strong, it just has to stay stronger than the stockmarket so they can buy back cheap.
Of course, it'll cause a recession. fuck over everyone and just about every company in the country, but Elon doesn't care, he'll just grant himself a bunch of defense and aerospace contracts, maybe order a 30 billion in teslas for the government.
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in reply to brucethemoose • • •No, they said it right.
In this case, Elon is mouthing off like a bitch, and someone else kicked him in the dick for it (if it did really happen).
That's really really important, because usually these guys do shit, then no one kicks them in the dick. That's what allows them to continue doing the shit.
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in reply to MicroWave • • •And here I was feeling good about myself after I canceled an order of 4 units for work. But every magnitude matters, I guess.
EDIT: Because starlink customer support is awful. It is a good product in theory, but because of their lack of service update, such as when they change stuff that affects us, it cannot be relied upon in production environments. And in todays political climate I simply don't want him to get any more money from me. We managed with 2mbit VSAT before, and will do so again.
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in reply to DronePirate • • •In terms of what? Cost? No idea, that's some other departments problem.
As for use case, it is for outfitting two ships with internet access better than the usual 2-5mbit VSAT. Two antennae each to account for loss of coverage on one antenna due to the superstructure possibly getting in the way.
We use it to improve remote operation of offshore hardware, but starlink isn't as good as it used to be. When first installing it in January 2021 it was great, 150mbit+, but as more and more people bought starlink, performance dropped significantly.
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in reply to MicroWave • • •I have some doubts. Only small or weird outlets have any news on this and there is no good original source linked anywhere.
The Canadian Press explains a potential path by which this claim could have arisen, namely that Slim's company América Móvil had stated in an earnings call that they were going to invest 22 billion pesos (! not USD) in infrastructure over three years and they didn't have plans to invest it in Starlink, instead looking more towards two other satellite companies, and only for rural backbones where laying fiber would be more expensive.
No evidence Starlink, Walmart lost billions amid U.S.-Canada-Mexico tariff dispute
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in reply to Kazumara • • •I mean, Carlos Slim is not from the USA, so most news were in spanish:
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A Elon Musk le salió caro el ‘chiste’ de Carlos Slim: Su mensaje le costó a Starlink una inversión por $7,000 millones de dólares
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in reply to MicroWave • • •Author has updated the article to state, more or less, that they have no proof of this and are talking out their ass.
"Update: I should note that any original plans or contracts have not been verified and any cancellation of these plans or contracts have not been verified. Coverage of this is limited, indicating some traditional media don’t have enough proof to report on it. It should also be emphasized that this very high $22 billion figure is not concerning any short-term contract. My understanding from the reporting is that it was the amount Carlos Slim’s companies were expecting to spend on Starlink orders and services over the coming years (or decades) across Central and South America. But, again, I have not seen any official statement or report verifying any of this is definitely true."