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Elon Musk is turning up the pressure in India, vowing to bring affordable Starlink satellite internet to the country just days before Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Jio launches what's being called India's largest-ever IPO. The timing is pointed. Musk and Ambani have been trading barbs over spectrum policy for months, and this latest pledge lands squarely in Jio's backyard.
Shifting gears, a writer named Dave Rupert has published a quiet but resonant piece called "I Wish You the Best in the Offline" — a reflection on stepping away from the always-connected web. It's gathered early attention on Hacker News, tapping into a growing conversation about digital exhaustion and what it actually costs us to stay permanently plugged in.
And on a different kind of search, Recoll is getting a fresh look as a powerful open-source tool for finding documents buried deep on your local machine. In an era where cloud storage dominates, it's a reminder that plenty of people still want their data close, private, and retrievable without asking a server somewhere for permission.
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