To boost or not to boost... With 65% of US adults fully vaxxed and Delta cases surging, President Biden hoped to start distributing Pfizer booster shots this week. But on Friday, scientists overwhelmingly advised the FDA not to recommend boosters for the general public — only for people 65 and older, and those at high risk. Third shots are already controversial since many countries still don’t have first shots. The FDA’s final decision on boosters is expected this week, and it usually follows scientists’ counsel.
Nemo’s loving the WiFi... Google just completed a 3.9K mile-long undersea internet cable between the US and Europe. Since 98% of global web traffic flows through undersea cables, e-giants like Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft, and Huawei pay big bucks for bandwidth on shared cables. But Google’s cable is Google-exclusive, and can handle more traffic than all existing cables combined. As the cloud computing boom continues, internet giants will either compete to buy more bandwidth — or to build it.