The US decides on vaccine approvals and boosters, more institutions add mandates, and drugmakers navigate international distribution. Here’s what you should know: Want to receive this weekly roundup and other coronavirus news? Sign up here! Headlines The US announces new decisions on vaccines and boosters Last week, the Biden... Read more

The Transform Technology Summits start October 13th with Low-Code/No Code: Enabling Enterprise Agility. Register now! Boston Dynamics is known for the flashy videos of its robots doing impressive feats. Among Boston Dynamics’ creations is Atlas, a humanoid robot that has become popular for showing unrivaled ability in jumping over... Read more

The Rockirobot is one of those delightful inventions that bring nothing but joy. With the Rockirobot — never again will you be sitting at work or on a trip, worried about your pet. Years ago, I boarded my beloved Springer and went on a trip, only to come home... Read more

Technizo Concept in collaboration with LetsGoDigital Phone fans, start your engines. We’re anticipating some exciting new reveals from Apple, Samsung, Google and more. Are we pumped for the iPhone 13? You bet. The Pixel 6‘s new design and Tensor chip? Absolutely. And Samsung may have recently Unpacked its foldable phones (the... Read more

Police around the country have drastically increased their use of geofence warrants, a widely criticized investigative technique that collects data from any user’s device that was in a specified area within a certain time range, according to new figures shared by Google. Law enforcement has served geofence warrants to... Read more

A new GamesBeat event is around the corner! Learn more about what comes next.  On this week’s episode of GamesBeat Decides, the crew talks about playing Psychonauts 2. GamesBeat editors Jeff Grubb and Mike Minotti also discuss Gamescom news including Halo’s date, Horizon’s delay, and the reveal of Marvel’s... Read more

Enlarge / Cosmos DB is a managed database service offering—including both relational and noSQL data structures—belonging to Microsoft’s Azure cloud infrastructure. Cloud security vendor Wiz announced yesterday that it found a vulnerability in Microsoft Azure’s managed database service, Cosmos DB, that granted read/write access for every database on the... Read more

It’s becoming increasingly well documented that knowledge workers across the country are leaving their jobs. For some, it’s a case of plain old burnout, while for others, it’s a matter of re-prioritizing. In March 2021, Microsoft’s Work Trend Index report found 41% of workers globally thought about quitting their... Read more

Amazon is rolling out a new pay later option.  James Martin/CNET Amazon has joined forces with Affirm to offer a flexible payment option at checkout, the companies said Friday. The new feature is currently in testing, and Amazon says it “plans to make Affirm more broadly available to its... Read more

On Wednesday, the Tampa Bay water utility announced a rather bizarre side effect of Florida’s out-of-control Covid surge: It wasn’t getting enough deliveries of liquid oxygen to treat its water. More than 17,000 Covid patients—who require supplemental oxygen to stay alive—are now hospitalized across the state, and there isn’t... Read more