NHTSA Opens Probe Into 1.2 Million Teslas
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced on July 31 that it has opened a preliminary investigation into about 1.2 million Tesla Model 3 and Model Y vehicles, after 156…
SpaceX Wins $1.6 Billion Space Force Launch Contract
The U.S. Space Force has awarded SpaceX a $1.6 billion contract covering 18 Falcon 9 missions to deploy sensing and targeting satellites by 2027, according to Reuters, the latest in…
Apple’s Record June Quarter Meets a Cool Reception
The numbers were among the best of Tim Cook’s tenure. Apple Inc. reported record revenue and profit for its June quarter Thursday, with iPhone sales up 22% and Mac sales…
Kumamoto Quake Leaves Japan’s Chip Heartland Dark
The machines that make the world’s camera sensors and power chips fell silent this week. Two days after a 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck Kumamoto prefecture, factories across the region’s semiconductor heartland…
Zoox Clears a Federal Hurdle for Driverless Taxis
Amazon’s self-driving car unit received a federal exemption on Thursday that lets it deploy up to 5,000 steering-wheel-free robotaxis in the United States, the latest sign that regulators are warming…
Starship Lands in One Piece, and the FAA Moves to Speed Up Launches
The video SpaceX released Wednesday shows the ship doing something no Starship had done before: settling into the ocean and floating. The clip, shot from a drone above the Indian…
Kumamoto Quake Halts TSMC and Toyota Lines in Japan’s Chip Heartland
The earthquake hit Tuesday evening, a 7.1-magnitude shock centered near the coast of Kumamoto prefecture in southwest Japan. In the town of Kikuyo, where Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. built its…
Lyft and Baidu Apollo Launch Robotaxi Trial in London
London became the newest front in the global robotaxi race on July 28, when Lyft and Baidu’s Apollo unit began a public trial of driverless ride-hailing in the city. The…
EU Fines Google About $1 Billion Under Digital Markets Act
The European Union fined Google approximately $1 billion on July 28 for violating the Digital Markets Act, the bloc’s flagship competition law, in its Google Play app store and search…
Xbox Live Goes Dark, and Even Single-Player Games Stop Working
The error message appeared on millions of screens on July 27: a failed sign-in, a license check that would not complete, a game that refused to launch. Xbox Live, Microsoft’s…
