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FAA reportedly ordered staff to find millions of dollars to fund Starlink deal


Sources cited by Rolling Stone said they were given the orders verbally on Friday, following an earlier report that the FAA may cancel its deal with Verizon.

According to Rolling Stone, employees with the Federal Aviation Administration were told on Friday to “begin finding tens of millions of dollars for a Starlink deal,” after The Washington Post reported that the FAA may cancel its $2.4 billion contract with Verizon to overhaul the US’s airspace management systems and go with Elon Musk’s company instead. A charity games bundle that's supporting wildfire relief efforts in Southern California includes hundreds of titles, such as Tunic, Octodad: Dadliest Catch, Hidden Folks and SkateBird. In the latest edition of Engadget's weekly deals roundup, we found discounts on gear from Apple, Anker, Samsung and Rad Power ebikes.

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