Oleh Kovalskyy thinks that Starlink terminals are built as if someone assembled them with their feet. Or perhaps with their hands behind their back. To demonstrate this last image, Kovalskyy-a large, 47-year-old Ukrainian, clad in sweatpants and with tattoos stretching from his wrists up to his neck-leans over to wiggle his fingers in the air...

This is today's edition ofThe Download,our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology. On the ground in Ukraine's largest Starlink repair shop Starlink is absolutely critical to Ukraine's ability to continue in the fight against Russia. It's how troops in battle zones stay connected with faraway...