Amazon plans to launch its first two Project Kuiper prototype internet satellites in early 2023 on the new Vulcan rocket developed by Boeing and Lockheed Martin (Christian Davenport/Washington Post)

Michael Sheetz / CNBC:
SpaceX gets FCC approval to deploy up to 7,500 next-generation Starlink internet satellites in low Earth orbit; SpaceX had applied for nearly 30K satellites  —  – The FCC issued a key authorization to Elon Musk’s SpaceX, granting approval to launch up to 7,500 of its next-generation Starlink internet satellites.

Sandali Handagama / CoinDesk:
The European Central Bank selects Amazon, the European Payments Initiative, CaixaBank, Worldline, and Nexi to prototype digital euro user interfaces by Q1 2023  —  The European Central Bank plans to test how well the technology underlying a digital euro integrates with user interfaces developed by companies.

Miriam Gottfried / Wall Street Journal:
PE firm Advent agrees to buy Maxar, which operates a constellation of satellites that collects images used by Google Maps and others, for $6.4B, including debt  —  Including debt, the transaction is worth $6.4 billion  —  Advent International agreed to buy Maxar Technologies Inc. MAXR 122.47%increase …

The Verge:
At Tesla AI Day, Musk reveals a protoype of Optimus, a humanoid robot that uses Tesla’ AI and advanced driver assist features, expects to cost less than $20K  —  Tesla CEO Elon Musk revealed a prototype of a humanoid robot that he said utilizes the company’s AI software …

Liza Lin / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: on Tuesday, China’s internet regulator told Tencent, ByteDance, and others to grow censorship teams, focus on protest content, and censor info on VPNs  —  Online regulators tell big tech companies to expand censorship of information on protests and take steps to curb the virtual private networks used to bypass online controls

Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch:
New Zealand-based Partly, which maintains a database used by marketplaces like eBay of 50M+ car parts from 20K+ suppliers and OEMs, raised a $21M Series A  —  Car parts buyers require specific parts to fit specific vehicles, making for a supply-constrained environment.