The Download: the CDC’s vaccine chaos

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. A pivotal meeting on vaccine guidance is underway—and former CDC leaders are alarmed This week has been an eventful one for America’s public health agency. Two former leaders […]

China introduces new rules to curb monks’ and clergy’s use of livestreaming and AI for unlicensed online preaching and commercial activities, following scandals (Financial Times)

Financial Times: China introduces new rules to curb monks’ and clergy’s use of livestreaming and AI for unlicensed online preaching and commercial activities, following scandals  —  Rules to curb online activities of money-minded monks and clergy follows scandal at world-renowned Shaolin Temple

Michael’s Miscellany: The gegenschein

If your observing site has a limiting magnitude of 6 or better, you have an opportunity to see an elusive sight known as the gegenschein. Simply look toward whatever constellation of the zodiac is opposite the Sun, once that constellation has risen past about 25° altitude. Astronomers call this location the antisolar point. […]

A Beacon to Space

In this infrared photograph taken on June 2, 2025, the Optical Communications Telescope Laboratory at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s Table Mountain Facility near Wrightwood, California, beams its eight-laser beacon to the Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) flight laser transceiver aboard NASA’s Psyche spacecraft. At the time, when Psyche was about […]

Pamela Hackenburg, Pennsylvania gambling addict, sentenced for $532k local authority fraud

Pamela Hackenburg, a former secretary and treasurer for Gregg Township in Pennsylvania, has been sentenced to prison time for the… Continue reading Pamela Hackenburg, Pennsylvania gambling addict, sentenced for $532k local authority fraud The post Pamela Hackenburg, Pennsylvania gambling addict, sentenced for $532k local authority fraud appeared first on ReadWrite.