Shana Ford improves her welding skills with Forge FX, emphasizing muscle memory in welding, while small business owners learn to manage finances with a high-yield business bank account like QuickBooks Money. The chapter also touches on Starlink, SpaceX's global internet coverage project, emphasizing its reach to remote areas and certain limitations.
SpaceX’s Starlink satellite program touts itself as a source of reliable internet in hard-to-reach places. But there are some countries where Starlink’s services aren’t licensed, or where the company can’t do business because of US sanctions. And a Bloomberg investigation has found that Starlink kits are appearing in many of those markets anyway – with geopolitical consequences.
On today’s Big Take podcast, Bloomberg senior editor Alan Crawford traces the burgeoning black market for Starlink terminals, from Sudan to Venezuela. And national security reporter Dan Flatley breaks down why US government officials are taking notice – and the hurdles to shutting the black market down.
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