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SpaceX's Starlink internet public beta is giving some users blistering download speeds of more than 210 Mbps, including in rural Montana insider@insider.com (Kate Duffy) © REUTERS/Steve Nesius SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. REUTERS/Steve Nesius SpaceX's public beta test of its Starlink satellite-internet service is giving some users download speeds of more than 210 megabits per second (Mbps) — faster than 95% of US connections, according to the speed-test provider Ookla. Nearly 900 Starlink satellites are beaming internet down to Earth as part of the beta. A list compiled by Reddi...

Wall Street braces for trading surge as Tesla joins S&P 500 The Associated Press © Provided by NBC News Adding a company to the benchmark S&P 500 stock index is typically a mundane exercise — except when it comes to a company like Tesla. The market value of the electric car maker, led by Elon Musk, has soared to around $600 billion, making it the largest company ever to be added to the S&P 500. It’s inclusion on Dec. 21 is expected to trigger a torrent of trading by institutional investors and a spike in volatility. Index funds designed to mirror the holdings of the S&P ...