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Omicron is trouncing the argument for “natural immunity” to COVID

Enlarge / A 13-year-old celebrates getting the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in Hartford, Connecticut, on May 13, 2021. (credit: Getty | JOSEPH PREZIOSO ) So-called “natural immunity” against COVID-19 has always been a dodgy argument for avoiding vaccination during the pandemic. But amid omicron, natural immunity is clearly rubbish. Unvaccinated people who have recovered from an […]

US spending money to spur domestic battery production

Enlarge / Batteries roll through an automated assembly line. (credit: xPACIFICA/Getty Images) On Monday, the US Department of Energy announced that it was releasing over $3 billion in funds to stimulate the production of batteries within the country. The funding is divided into two chunks, one intended to spur the processing of battery materials and manufacturing […]

YouTube and YouTube TV Endured a two-hour International outage last night

Expand / Popular”can it be me?” Website DownDetector shows a large spike of consumer testimonials of YouTube outages. The website itself (and related apps) stayed operational, but movies didn’t perform successfully throughout the outage. (credit: Jim Salter) Last night involving 7:10pm and 9:13pm Eastern Time, YouTube has been unavailable to its customers. The outage doesn’t […]