Sep 21
Ron DeSantis Rules Out Funding COVID Boosters If He Becomes President
Posted in: UncategorizedCOVID hospitalizations are rising across the U.S., but Florida has urged people under 65 to skip the latest booster.
Sep 21
MGM Resorts says it resumed full operations on Wednesday, a full 10 days after hackers took over its system. The cyberattack caused mayhem at several of its locations across the country, affecting hotel reservations, and credit card processing, while guests complained they lost access to their hotel rooms when their…
Sep 21
Ballerina director Len Wiseman teases Ana de Armas’ turn in the John Wick spinoff. The cast and crew of Saw X talk about bringing back a horror legend. Netflix teams up with Takeshi Miike for a new Onimusha anime. Plus, what’s coming on the last episodes of Fear the Walking Dead. Spoilers, away!
Sep 21
Microsoft announced Copilot for shopping at its 2023 Surface event on Thursday. The company plans to make Copilot a part of all its flagship products like Windows, Edge and more. Copilot for Shopping will help you decide on a style, locate a specific item and buy it, according to the company.
But the new launch may be more about playing catch up with its competitors than innovating product. Google Lens, for example, lets you find products to buy by just snapping a picture of them.
Follow all of the news live from Microsoft’s 2023 Surface event right here.
This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/microsoft-wants-its-copilot-ai-to-be-your-personal-shopper-143639505.html?src=rss
Sep 21
Annoyingly Oversized Satellite Facilitates First 5G Call to a Regular Cellphone
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As part of its efforts to create a space-based cellular broadband network, AST SpaceMobile made the first ever 5G phone call between its prototype satellite and a Samsung Galaxy S22.
Sep 21
Microsoft Surface 2023 liveblog: Live updates on the Surface Pro, Laptop, Studio and AI
Posted in: Today's ChiliIt’s been an AI-heavy year for Microsoft, following the explosive launch of Bing’s ChatGPT-powered AI chat. Today, Microsoft has even more AI news to drop alongside its annual refresh of Surface PCs. While the hype may be low, we’re expecting to see the a lot of new hardware today. Judging from the most recent batch of rumors, we’ll be hearing about the Surface Laptop Studio 2, Surface Laptop Go 3 and Surface Go 4 today. It’s also a great time for Microsoft to update the Surface Pro with Intel’s latest chips (and perhaps deliver a better 5G option than the Arm-powered Surface Pro 9).
Microsoft’s Surface event kicks off at 10AM Eastern today, and we’re here in attendance, ready to bring you every announcement as it happens, so follow along with our live coverage below! Unfortunately, there’s no livestream, but the company says there will be a recording of the event available later today.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/microsoft-surface-2023-liveblog-live-updates-130031998.html?src=rss
Sep 21
“Any other defendant would be required to attend his or her initial appearance in person,” U.S. Magistrate Judge Christopher Burke wrote. “So too here.”
Sep 21
The Jaime Reyes DC era continues to blast off with Blue Beetle getting a digital release next week.
Sep 21
The United States government is once again providing free COVID-19 tests following a summer that saw cases spike and the cost of at-home tests fall on individuals. Starting Monday, September 25, every household can request four free COVID-19 tests through the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) site COVID.gov. The tests are intended for use through the end of 2023, with the HHS noting that previously distributed tests have extended expiration dates displayed here.
A previous program to supply free COVID-19 tests stopped in May following the end of the public health emergency. In that time, the government claims to have been restoring its stockpile. However, $600 million is now going towards the manufacturing of COVID-19 tests and subsequent purchase of 200 million for at-home use. HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra announced the free tests and further investment while getting his COVID-19 booster at an event in Washington, DC. “These critical investments will strengthen our nation’s production levels of domestic at-home COVID-19 rapid tests and help mitigate the spread of the virus,” Becerra said in a statement.
COVID-19 cases across the US started to increase in early July after months of decline. In the week of September 3 to 9, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported hospital admissions increased by 7.7 percent to 20,538, and deaths due to COVID-19 increased by 4.5 percent to 2.3 percent.
Two-plus months after the spike began, the HHS has acted and addressed the common sentiment of being “done” with the virus — despite its continued existence. “We know, if past is prologue, it’ll circulate to a higher degree and spread, and cases will go up in the fall and winter seasons,” Dawn O’Connell, the assistant secretary for preparedness and response at HHS, said in a statement. “Anticipating that that would be true again, or something similar, we want to make sure the American people have these tools.” The new COVID-19 boosters are also rolling out across the country, with the CDC recommending everyone six months or older get the latest shot.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/us-brings-back-free-at-home-covid-19-tests-as-cases-continue-to-spike-122441678.html?src=rss
Sep 21
India Suspends Visa Services In Canada As Rift Widens Between The Countries
Posted in: Today's ChiliIndia’s visa processing center in Canada says it has suspended services as a rift widened between the countries.
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