The CDC would like parents to talk to a doctor about the shots
The Trump administration’s decision to remove the COVID-19 vaccine from the list of vaccines it recommends for children and pregnant women means that insurance companies may no longer cover it. According to a report, insurance companies may no longer cover the vaccine because it will cost hundreds of dollars out of pocket. It could also make it much harder for parents to get their kids vaccinated.
There is an opinion on the differences between men and women
The third stanza of Shrinks and Wise Folks’ poem, ‘This Be the Verse’, offers the logical conclusion of the earlier two. People aren’t having children because it’s too expensive, they can’t find the right partner so they aren’t having kids, they want to prioritise their careers because of climate change and the idea of bringing a child onto this broken planet is too depressing.
The spaceship lost altitude control on its 9th launch
SpaceX has launched its Starship X-ray booster again for a test flight, this time from US’ Texas. The rocket lost control of its altitude due to a leak, making a controlled landing unlikely, SpaceX announcers said during the flight’s livestream. The rocket will be flying around Earth for less than an hour, doing numerous tests, including launching dummy satellites.
Jony Ive and Sam Altman are building a building
Microsoft on Thursday announced its artificial intelligence (AI) platform, Azure AI, for use in Ray-Ban glasses. The platform will be powered by OpenAI, which also has its own AI-powered glasses, and is available to users for a fee. The platform will let users create their own smart glasses using the cloud and it will be able to recognise sights and sounds.
Emails containing the words Palestine are blocked by Microsoft after employee protests
Microsoft employees are being barred from sending emails with the words “Palestine”, “Gaza” and “Genocide” in the body of their messages because of the company’s stance on the issue. “Emailing large numbers of employees about any topic not related to work is not appropriate,” Microsoft said. This comes days after Microsoft acknowledged its cloud and artificial intelligence contracts with Israel.
Publishers were not given more choice to opt out of the search
Google didn’t want to give publishers the choice to keep their content out of AI Search results, Bloomberg reported quoting an internal document. “It’sevolving into a space for monetisation,” the document said. Publishers in the US have threatened to quit Google’s search engine if it doesn’t give them control over its use of their website data.
Microsoft has ties to the Israeli government, according to composer Brian Eno
Microsoft’s annual developer conference was disrupted by a group of protesters, including former employees. A former Microsoft employee interrupted CEO Satya Nadella’s keynote address on Monday, shouting, “How about you show Israeli war crimes are powered by Azure?” and a Palestinian tech worker interrupted an executive’s presentation on Wednesday. The protests also came after Microsoft admitted it has contracts with Israel’s Ministry of Defence.
Warby Parker and Gentle Monster are partners of Android XR
Google on Wednesday announced that its smart glasses will be compatible with eyewear brands Meta and Gentle Monster. It added that users will be able to control the glasses through a smartphone or tablet app. Google also announced that it is launching a ‘Google Beam’ tool that will create a 3D image of the person on a video call.
Project Aura smart glasses forANDROID XR is teased by Xreal
Google on Tuesday unveiled ‘Android XR’, a smart glasses device with an AI assistant that can help interpret the world around users. The augmented reality device will have a camera, microphone, and speakers so that its AI assistant can help people interpret the world around them. Google first unveiled ‘Android Astra’, a smart glasses device in 2017, at Google I/O.
Future access could be limited by a stricter FDA policy for COVID vaccines
The new vaccine approval process for people aged 65 and older, who have health problems that putting them at high risk, has been reported in The New England Journal of Medicine. People who have weak immune systems, such as older family members and those with weak immune systems, may want to get vaccinated to protect other people, the report said.