Welcome to The Daily Aus - join Sam and Zara every weekday for a five-minute entree to your news diet. They'll cover the news of the day in your language and take a deep dive into the biggest story of the day so that you’re armed with talking points when you meet your blind date, get caught chatting in the coffee line or have to face the in-laws. The Daily Aus is one of the most popular news pages in Australia on Instagram, and now they're hitting your headphones.

In the news today: a COVID-19 update, RBA looks to the future and some good news about vaccines in Italy. For today's deep dive, we take a look at the space race between tech billionaires.

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