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VIRGIN GALACTIC GETS FAA'S OK TO LAUNCH CUSTOMERS TO SPACE

Virgin Galactic finally has the federal government’s approval to start launching customers into space from New Mexico.

NSA DISCLOSES HACKING METHODS IT SAYS ARE USED BY RUSSIA

U.S. and British agencies disclosed on Thursday details of methods they say have been used by Russian intelligence to break into the cloud services of hundreds of government agencies, energy companies and other organizations.

NAVY DITCHES FUTURISTIC RAILGUN, EYES HYPERSONIC MISSILES

The U.S. Navy pulled the plug, for now, on a futuristic weapon that fires projectiles at up to seven times the speed of sound using electricity.

HOW IS TECHNOLOGY AIDING MIAMI RESCUERS' SEARCH?

Search teams have been using drones, sonar, highly sensitive microphones and a range of other new and established technologies to help search for people in the oceanside condominium building near Miami that collapsed into a smoldering pile of rubble.

DIGITAL TRAVEL PASS KICKS OFF EU-WIDE AS VACATIONS GAIN PACE

As the European summer vacation season hit its stride Thursday with a new EU-wide travel pass in place, the bloc’s medical office and a top airline chief issued reassuring messages on traveling, despite the threat of the surging delta coronavirus variant.

BRANSON'S VIRGIN ORBIT LAUNCHES 7 SATELLITES FROM 747 PLANE

Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit delivered satellites from three countries into space Wednesday, its second successful rocket launch from a plane.

CALIFORNIA TESTS OFF-THE-GRID SOLUTIONS TO POWER OUTAGES

When a wildfire tore through Briceburg nearly two years ago, the tiny community on the edge of Yosemite National Park lost the only power line connecting it to the electrical grid.

ROBINHOOD PAYS $70 MILLION TO SETTLE RANGE OF ALLEGATIONS

Robinhood Financial will pay nearly $70 million to settle a wide range of allegations, including that it gave customers misleading information and improperly allowed some users to make riskier trades after they lied about their trading experience.

MAINE LAW RESTRICTS FACIAL RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY STATEWIDE

A bill touted as the country’s strictest statewide regulation on the use of facial recognition technology has become law in Maine.

NO ET, NO ANSWERS: INTEL REPORT IS INCONCLUSIVE ABOUT UFOS

A long-awaited U.S. government report on UFOs released makes at least one thing clear: The truth is still out there.

HONDA CHANGING COURSE, WILL BUILD ITS OWN ELECTRIC VEHICLES

Although General Motors will build Honda’s first two fully electric vehicles for North America, the Japanese automaker plans to change course and manufacture its own later this decade.

BOEING'S NEXT AIRPLANE LIKELY TO BE DELAYED BY FAA CONCERNS

Federal regulators have indicated they likely won’t certify Boeing’s next airliner until 2023 because of questions about changes the aircraft manufacturer is making in software and hardware on a new version of the two-aisle 777 jet.

BREAK THEM UP? 5 WAYS CONGRESS IS TRYING TO REIN IN BIG TECH

Groundbreaking legislation is advancing in Congress that would curb the market power of tech giants Facebook, Google, Amazon and Apple and could force them to untie their dominant platforms from their other lines of business.

CHINA'S DIDI TOUTS TECH SPENDING AHEAD OF WALL ST DEBUT

Chinese ride-hailing service Didi says it lost $5.5 billion over the past three years ahead of its U.S. stock market debut Wednesday but it’s highlighting its global reach and investments in developing electric and self-driving cars.

COSMIC GULP: ASTRONOMERS SEE BLACK HOLE SWALLOW NEUTRON STAR

Talk about a heavy snack. For the first time, astronomers have witnessed a black hole swallowing a neutron star, the most dense object in the universe — all in a split-second gulp.

JAPAN'S SOFTBANK SAYS PEPPER ROBOT REMAINS ‘ALIVE' AND WELL

Japanese technology company SoftBank denies it’s pulling the plug on its friendly, talking, bubble-headed Pepper robot.

PANDEMIC-ERA MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS TECH FAIR KICKS OFF

A major wireless technology trade fair kicked off in Barcelona this week with scaled-back attendance and beefed-up health and safety measures, changes that reflect the new reality for industry conventions in the pandemic era.

MICROSOFT EXEC: TARGETING OF AMERICANS' RECORDS ‘ROUTINE'

Federal law enforcement agencies secretly seek the data of Microsoft customers thousands of times a year, according to congressional testimony Wednesday by a senior executive at the technology company.

LIAM NEESON'S BACK, FIGHTING ON THIN ICE (LITERALLY)

It’s intriguing to imagine Liam Neeson’s management team, contemplating his next film. Perhaps “Uber Express”? Maybe “Lyfted Up”?

UK WATCHDOG PROBES AMAZON, GOOGLE FOR FAKE REVIEWS OF GOODS

U.K. regulators said that they’re investigating Google and Amazon over concerns the online giants aren’t doing enough to stop fake reviews of products and services on their platforms.

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