If you’re willing to sign up for 12 months’ worth of Starlink, this new deal could be a great option for you. Elon Musk’s satellite internet provider just announced a deal that gets you the Starlink hardware for free as long as you commit to a 12-month residential service plan.
Normally, if you sign up for Starlink, you’ll be faced with a monthly plan, but also the price of the dish and the router. In the U.S., that price normally sits at $349, which can be considered a hefty upfront commitment. The new promotion brings the price of the hardware down to $0, although you’ll still need to sign up for 12 months of the Residential plan. This could either mean Residential Lite, priced at $80, which offers “unlimited deprioritized data,” or the Residential plan, which costs $120 per month and removes the “deprioritized” factor.
When signing up for the deal, you’ll get 30 days to test Starlink risk-free. After the 30-day full refund period, your 12-month commitment is fully in place and you can no longer back out of it.
$0 for the Standard Kit with 12-month residential service plan commitment, now available in select markets.
Reliable high-speed internet in even the most rural and remote locations.
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That hardware price might still catch up to you in certain situations, though, as per the Starlink promotion FAQ. If you change your service address, cancel your service, don’t pay your bill on time, transfer your Starlink to someone else, or cancel the service during your 30-day trial without returning the hardware, you’ll be hit with a so-called Change Fee. It’s a bit unclear how much the Change Fee really stands for — the FAQ says it differs by market — but it’s prorated over time. Some markets will also come with a $100 demand fee, which does not seem to be waived by this deal.
The deal is available in the U.S., but only in roughly half the states. It’s also up for grabs in parts of Australia, Canada, and the UK, as well as select European countries.
The absolutely absurd idea of putting a touchscreen display on a mouse isn't exactly new. Turtle Beach already did it with its Command Series MC7, which features a 2.25-inch control screen. But apparently, even that wasn't ridiculous enough for Arctic Fox Technologies. Its new Super Mouse looks like someone took the chunky old Atari ST mouse, slapped a touchscreen and scroll wheel on it, and called it an upgrade.
The result is a rather unusual-looking mouse that is now on Kickstarter, starting at $199. And as ridiculous as it looks, some of its features are genuinely intriguing.
Apple is less than a day away from launching its highly anticipated OLED MacBook Pro with a touch-sensitive screen. But it appears that the upgrade is going to cost a pretty penny. According to a report by Bloomberg, Apple is reportedly eyeing a starting price of $2,899 for the 14-inch MacBook Pro, while the 16-inch version could start at $3,399 in the US.
"At $2,899, the 14-inch model would mark the highest starting price for a new MacBook Pro model, surpassing the $2,799 Apple charged for a 17-inch version introduced in 2006," says the report. The report claims that Apple is targeting a minimum price hike of $400 for its upcoming redesigned 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models.
I've spent a good amount of time digging into the spec sheet of the new M6 MacBook Pro (14-inch), and for all intents and purposes, this is a classic Apple "chip and connectivity" refresh. It's not a full redesign. The chassis, Liquid Retina XDR panel, speakers, ports, and battery, all of them carry over unchanged.
However, the M6 brings more cores, stronger on-device AI, higher memory bandwidth on the larger configs, and modern wireless. Here’s the practical rundown of what actually improved, and whether those gains are worth your money.