On Aug. 23, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first COVID-19 vaccine, one made by Pfizer-BioNTech, for anyone 16 years and older. The vaccine requires two doses and according to company studies, is 91% effective in protecting people from COVID-19 disease, including from severe illness. The vaccine received the FDA’s emergency use authorization (EUA) in December, whi…
Read moreOn Friday morning, Facebook executives faced yet another painful news cycle. Three days earlier, the engineering team discovered a security issue affecting roughly 50 million user accounts. Out of an abundance of caution, the company said on Friday as it revealed the hack, Facebook took action to shore up security not only for those accounts but 40 million others as well.
The issue at han…
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(Bloomberg) — Nick Winke, a photographer in the Pacific northwest, was perusing internet forums when he came across a complaint that alarmed him: On certain Samsung Electronics Co. smartphones, users aren’t allowed to delete the Facebook app.
Winke bought his Samsung Galaxy S8, an Android-based device that comes with Facebook’s social network already installed, when it w…
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It was the summer of 1994, and my mom popped into my room to deliver a message: Pete Carril was on the phone. I walked out into the kitchen to grab the old landline receiver, nervous about what this conversation could possibly be about, and a bit awestruck that it was even going to happen.
By then Carril, the innovative Hall of Fame basketball coach who died, at 92, on Monday, was known t…
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GENEVA — Saudi Arabia is all but certain to host the men’s 2034 World Cup after the Australian soccer federation declined to enter the bidding contest.
FIFA had set a Tuesday deadline to submit a bid to host the tournament, but Australia’s decision to pull out leaves Saudi Arabia as the only declared candidate.
“We have explored the opportunity to bid to host the FIFA World…
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Taylor Swift performing onstage in Nashville, Tennessee.John Shearer/tas23 | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images
Coldplay, Ed Sheeran, and now Taylor Swift. Singapore is eyeing concert economics as its new growth driver, which is set to add hundreds of millions of dollars in tourism receipts.
Respiratory syncytial virus vial.Manjurul | Istock | Getty Images
Pfizer's vaccine against respiratory syncytial virus maintained protection for older adults across two full seasons of the disease in an ongoing late-stage clinical trial, the company announced Thursday.
The shot's ef…
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A health worker prepares a dose of the Novavax vaccine as the Dutch Health Service Organization starts with the Novavax vaccination program on March 21, 2022 in The Hague, Netherlands.Patrick Van Katwijk | Getty Images
Shares of Novavax closed more than 20% lower on Wednesday after the vaccine mak…
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Sandworms emerge on the desert planet Arrakis in Denis Villeneuve's "Dune: Part Two."Warner Bros. | Legendary Entertainment
After a two-month drought, "Dune: Part Two…
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Rocket LV0006 tilts during liftoff.Astra / NASASpaceflight
Space company Astra will go private in a cut-rate deal with its founders after a dismal run as a publicly-traded stock.
Astra co-founders Chris Kemp and Adam London – CEO and CTO, re…
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