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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Voice Plan

Putting Siri at the heart of Apple Music

Cognizant Ceo Discusses Fierce Battle for Technology Talent

Digital services have become more important than ever since the pandemic began in early 2020, and that’s meant big business for major technology companies.

2021 Gift Guide

Ideas for the tech lovers in your life

5 Must-Have Features on New Cars

One of the perks of buying a new vehicle is that it offers features that promise a safer and more convenient driving experience.

JAPANESE TOURISTS DOCK AT INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION

A Japanese billionaire and his producer rocketed to space on Wednesday and reached the International Space Station several hours later, the first visit by self-paying space tourists to the orbiting outpost in more than a decade.

MAJOR OUTAGE AT AMAZON DISRUPTS BUSINESSES ACROSS THE US

A major outage in Amazon’s cloud computing network Tuesday severely disrupted services at a wide range of U.S. companies for more than five hours, the latest sign of just how concentrated the business of keeping the internet running has become.

STELLANTIS WANTS TO OUTFIT CARS WITH AI TO DRIVE UP REVENUE

Carmaker Stellantis announced a strategy this week to embed AI-enabled software in 34 million vehicles across its 14 brands, hoping the tech upgrade will help it bring in 20 billion euros ($22.6 billion) in annual revenue by 2030.

TRUMP MEDIA PARTNER SAYS IT HAS LINED UP $1B IN CAPITAL

Donald Trump’s new social media company and its special purpose acquisition company partner say the partner has agreements for $1 billion in capital from institutional investors.

EUROPEAN ACTIVISTS FIGHT FOR RIGHT TO REPAIR ELECTRONICS

At a table scattered with tools and wires, volunteer repairers sit across from the owners of an assortment of inoperable electronics.

INSTAGRAM LAUNCHES TOOL URGING TEENS TO TAKE A BREAK

Instagram launched a feature that urges teenagers to take breaks from the photo-sharing platform and announced other tools aimed at protecting young users from harmful content on the Facebook-owned service.

Q&A: EXPLAINING THE FAST GROWTH OF STABLECOINS

Among the fastest-growing forms of cryptocurrency are stablecoins, which use blockchain technology like Bitcoin and ethereum.

ROHINGYA SUE FACEBOOK FOR $150B, ALLEGING ROLE IN VIOLENCE

Rohingya refugees sued Facebook parent Meta Platforms for more than $150 billion over what they say was the company’s failure to stop hateful posts that incited violence against the Muslim ethnic group by Myanmar’s military rulers and their supporters.

STEVEN SPIELBERG'S ROUSING ‘WEST SIDE STORY' REVIVAL

We’re so rife with reboots and remakes today that it can take a moment to gauge just what Steven Spielberg’s “West Side Story” is.

‘Buy Now, Pay Later' Catches on Just in Time for Holidays

As Americans shop for the holidays, they will likely see a swarm of offers to get their gifts now but pay for them later in fixed monthly installments.

Health The growing influence of Apple on healthcare

In a 2019 interview with Mad Money’s Jim Cramer, Apple CEO Tim Cook said: “If you zoomed out into the future, and you look back, and you ask the question, ‘What was Apple’s greatest contribution to mankind?’” After a short pause, he answered his own question: “It will be about health.” Two years on, his vision is already becoming a reality for the company.

COLLINS DICTIONARY PICKS NFT AS WORD OF THE YEAR 2021

Collins Dictionary has chosen the term NFT as its word of the year after surging interest in the digital tokens that can sell for millions of dollars brought it into the mainstream.

NEW TWITTER CEO STEPS FROM BEHIND THE SCENES TO HIGH PROFILE

Newly named Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal has emerged from behind the scenes to take over one of Silicon Valley’s highest-profile and politically volatile jobs.

NISSAN INVESTING IN ELECTRIC VEHICLES, BATTERY DEVELOPMENT

Nissan said this week it is investing 2 trillion yen ($17.6 billion) over the next five years and developing a cheaper, more powerful battery to boost its electric vehicle lineup.

MISSISSIPPI UNVEILS MOBILE ID PROGRAM: AN APP FOR PHONES

Mississippi is unveiling a new app that’s designed to store someone’s driver license on their phone.

OUTDOOR DECORATING TRENDS: NATURAL, COZY, SUSTAINABLE

Home, as we know, has become more central to many of us during the pandemic, and that means outdoors as well as in. This holiday season, designers and retailers have suggestions for updating window, door and yard decorations.

OMICRON UNRAVELS TRAVEL INDUSTRY'S PLANS FOR A COMEBACK

Tourism businesses that were just finding their footing after nearly two years of devastation wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic are being rattled again as countries throw up new barriers to travel in an effort to contain the omicron variant.

SPACE JUNK FORCES SPACEWALK DELAY, TOO RISKY FOR ASTRONAUTS

NASA called off a spacewalk Tuesday because of menacing space junk that could puncture an astronaut’s suit or damage the International Space Station.

3 Times You Need Money Advice from a Human

You can now manage most aspects of your money without ever consulting another human being. You can budget, borrow, save, invest, buy insurance, prepare your tax return and create a will — among many other tasks — by using apps, websites and software.