In this issue

As Apple continues to expand its music service and offer consumers more functionality than ever, the company’s Apple Music Voice Plan, which rolls out with iOS 15.2, sets a precedent for content consumption. It sees Apple pivot to a future that’s both seamless and screenless.

FAA: NO MORE COMMERCIAL ASTRONAUT WINGS, TOO MANY LAUNCHING

Heads up, future space travelers: No more commercial astronaut wings will be awarded from the Federal Aviation Administration after this year.

1 min

NASA CRAFT ‘TOUCHES' SUN FOR 1ST TIME, DIVES INTO ATMOSPHERE

A NASA spacecraft has officially “touched” the sun, plunging through the unexplored solar atmosphere known as the corona.

1 min

‘The Internet's On Fire' As Techs Race To Fix Software Flaw

A critical vulnerability in a widely used software tool — one quickly exploited in the online game Minecraft — is rapidly emerging as a major threat to organizations around the world.

3 mins

Voice Plan

Putting Siri at the heart of Apple Music

6 mins

PROPOSED NEBRASKA MINE MIGHT PRODUCE MORE RARE ELEMENTS

The company working to build a mine in southeast Nebraska to extract a rare element used to make steel lighter and stronger said that it may also be able to produce some of the key ingredients needed to make the powerful magnets used in electric vehicles and other high-tech products.

3 mins

HARRIS UNVEILS PLAN FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING NETWORK

The Biden administration released an ambitious federal strategy to build 500,000 charging stations for electric vehicles across the country and bring down the cost of electric cars with the goal of transforming the U.S. auto industry.

2 mins

HARLEY TO TAKE ELECTRIC MOTORCYCLE COMPANY PUBLIC VIA SPAC

Harley-Davidson will take its electric motorcycle division public through a blank-check company, valuing the enterprise that has been part of the Harley for 10 years at $1.77 billion.

1 min

TIME MAGAZINE'S “PERSON OF THE YEAR” IS ELON MUSK

Calling him a “clown, genius, edgelord, visionary, industrialist, showman,” Time magazine has named Tesla CEO Elon Musk as its Person of the Year for 2021.

2 mins

EU PLAN FOR SWEEPING UPDATE OF BIG TECH RULES GAINS MOMENTUM

The European Union’s ambitious plan to update its pioneering internet rules gained momentum Tuesday after a key committee passed measures requiring technology companies to better police content and lawmakers prepared to vote on regulations to rein in Big Tech.

2 mins

UK ANTITRUST WATCHDOG INVESTIGATES MICROSOFT'S NUANCE DEAL

British antitrust regulators are opening an investigation into Microsoft’s $16 billion acquisition of speech recognition company Nuance in the latest sign they’re tightening scrutiny of big technology deals.

1 min

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