SpaceX's Starlink is getting significantly faster across the U.S., while also attracting more customers from traditional DSL, cable, and fixed wireless providers, according to a new Ookla report. Highlights: • Starlink urban users are also growing faster than rural users. • Median upload speeds surged 42% year-over-year, from 14.63 Mbps in 1H 2025 to 20.73 Mbps in 1H 2026, and improved in all 50 states and D.C., with gains ranging from 25% to 70%. • The number of Starlink Speedtest users testing in urban areas grew at more than twice the rate of rural users from 1H 2025 to 1H 2026. Urban users grew faster than rural users in every state but Alaska and Hawaii. • Starlink latency improved in nearly every state. Median multi-server latency improved year-over-year in 49 states and Washington, D.C. SpaceX's next-gen Starlink V3 sats will help improve speeds and latency significantly. Full report:

𝟏𝟏-𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐇-𝐎𝐋𝐃 𝐊𝐎𝐀𝐇 𝐒𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐏𝐄 𝐅𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃 𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐀𝐅𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝟐𝟒 𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐒 𝐁𝐔𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐃 𝐈𝐍 𝐀 𝐃𝐎𝐆 𝐂𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐈𝐍 𝐒𝐎𝐔𝐓𝐇 𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐎𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐀 𝐖𝐎𝐎𝐃𝐒 Koah Sharpe was taken from his mother's home in Lexington County, South Carolina, on Monday by his father, 𝟐𝟓-𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫-𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐞𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐫, while the boy's mother briefly stepped out. By the next day, he was missing and a search was underway across the county. Searchers found freshly disturbed dirt about 50 yards into the woods near Comer's father's property. Underneath it was a wire dog crate, wrapped in a towel, with Koah still inside -- 𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞, 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐲 𝟐𝟒 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝. Lexington County Sheriff Jay Koon said the towel likely “𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘪𝘳 𝘱𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘵” that kept the boy breathing. “𝘞𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘒𝘰𝘢𝘩,” Koon told reporters, describing the rescue as nothing short of a miracle. Koah was rushed to the hospital clinging to life. Comer was taken into custody and remains held at the 𝐋𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐲 𝐃𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫. His own mother, Patricia Comer, told WACH she had long been worried about her son, saying he had been diagnosed with 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘻𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘤 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 amid ongoing conflict with the boy's mother, who holds full custody. Authorities say more charges are expected. No system flagged this before it happened. A mother stepped away for a few minutes, and a search team found her son twenty-four hours later under three feet of dirt, still breathing. 𝐀 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐤𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠. Source: CNN

Amazon dropped the price of the upcoming Magic: The Gathering Star Trek Play Booster Box by 40% just days before launch, bringing packs down to effectively $4.17 each ahead of the Black Friday sales: