Why Farmers and Brazil’s Government Are Divided Over Musk’s Starlink

WSJ Tech News Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

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🗓️ 29 July 2024

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite internet service has connected Brazil’s vast rural and jungle expanses to the web. That has made Musk very popular in Brazil’s Amazon and farming regions, but less so with Brazil’s government. WSJ reporter Samantha Pearson joins host Zoe Thomas to explain Starlink’s impact. Plus, zoos have a dilemma, gorillas and screen time. Sign up for the WSJ's free Technology newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:27.0	Welcome to Tech News Briefing. It's Monday July 29th. I'm Zoe Thomas for the Wall Street Journal.
0:37.0	Too much screen time can be a problem for many of us.
0:40.0	And it turns out it can be an issue for Great Apes too.
0:44.0	We'll tell you about the dilemma facing zoos.
0:47.0	And then, in Brazil's agricultural heartland
0:50.0	and the Amazon rainforest, it's hard to get internet access or cell phone
0:55.0	reception. But satellite internet from Elon Musk's Starlink is changing that.
1:01.0	Our reporter Samantha Pearson is going to explain the impact that's having on
1:04.9	having on farmers and the political tension it's creating.
1:07.6	But first, across North America, Zeus are grappling with, and sometimes embracing,
1:16.7	primates taking an interest in watching videos.
1:20.1	Guerrillas, it seems, enjoy looking at photos and videos held up for them on smartphones and tablets.
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