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FDA advisors for COVID shots left in the dark over how they’ll be regulated
At the outset of the meeting, the FDA's new top vaccine regulator, Vinay Prasad, said he and FDA leaders wanted to "give people a little more time to digest the policy." He said that the FDA is still ...
CDC can no longer help prevent lead poisoning in children, state officials say
On April 1, the staff of the CDC's Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program was terminated as part of the agency's reduction in force, according to NPR. The staff included epidemiologists, ...
SteamOS 3.7 brings Valve’s gaming OS to other handhelds and generic AMD PCs
Valve is releasing version 3.7 of SteamOS to the general public, and among the routine updates and changes is a big one: This is the SteamOS release that finally adds official support for some kinds ...
US solar keeps surging, generating more power than hydro in 2025
Despite the rise in coal use, the fraction of carbon-free electricity held steady year-over-year, with wind/solar/hydro/nuclear accounting for 43 percent of all power put on the US grid. That occurred ...
Glass redux: Google aims to avoid past mistakes as it brings Gemini to your face
It's been 13 years since Google announced its Google Glass headset and 10 years since it stopped selling the device to ...
What I learned from my first few months with a Bambu Lab A1 3D printer, part 1
But I could never quite imagine myself using one consistently enough to buy one. Then, this past Christmas, my wife forced the issue by getting me a Bambu Lab A1 as a present. Since then, I've been ...
Destructive malware available in NPM repo went unnoticed for 2 years
Researchers have found malicious software that received more than 6,000 downloads from the NPM repository over a two-year span, in yet another discovery showing the hidden threats users of such open ...
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Grok apparently wasn't an option. Grok apparently wasn't an option. Grok apparently wasn't an option.
Trump threatens Apple with 25% tariff to force iPhone manufacturing into US
Donald Trump woke up Friday morning and threatened Apple with a 25 percent tariff on any iPhones sold in the US that are not manufactured in America.
FAA: Airplanes should stay far away from SpaceX’s next Starship launch
The Federal Aviation Administration gave the green light Thursday for SpaceX to launch the next test flight of its Starship ...
The Pentagon seems to be fed up with ULA’s rocket delays
ULA retired its Delta IV Heavy rocket in April 2024, and the handful of Atlas V rockets that remain are committed to other missions. This has left the Air Force dependent on SpaceX, with its Falcon 9 ...
Why console makers can legally brick your game console
While console makers routinely ban players and consoles from online play and services, remotely bricking a game console's offline capabilities for EULA violations seems exceedingly rare in practice.