SpaceX intends to offer Starlink satellite broadband service starting in 2020 – TechCrunch

SpaceX will look to launch its Starlink service for consumers sometime next year, SpaceX President and COO Gwynne Shotwell confirmed at a media roundtable meeting at the company’s offices in Washington during the International Astronautical Congress this week (via SpaceNews). Shotwell, who also appeared on stage at the event to share some updates around SpaceX’s…

Siemens to buy US edge software startup Pixeom to expand digital factory offer

Germany industrial giant Siemens has announced a deal to acquire US startup Pixeom for an undisclosed fee, in a move to boost its industrial automation and digitalization division.  Pixeom, responsible for the original Raspberry Pi-based personal cloud platform back in 2014, offers a software-defined edge computing platform to enterprises which runs on commodity hardware. Siemens…