Sonos said to have nixed streaming box that could rival Apple

A top CDC expert, Lakshmi Panagiotakopoulos, resigned Tuesday amid controversy following health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s unilateral changes to COVID-19 vaccine recommendations, which limited access for children and pregnant individuals. Panagiotakopoulos, a pediatric infectious disease specialist and co-leader of the CDC's working group on COVID-19 vaccines, informed her colleagues via email. Her resignation precedes a scheduled meeting of CDC experts to evaluate vaccine data, a process disrupted by Kennedy's recent actions. Full Article

Father's Day is an opportunity for dads to relax and enjoy themselves, and one enjoyable way to do this is through gaming. The article highlights a selection of gaming-related gifts perfect for dads who love to immerse themselves in different worlds, including controllers, handheld consoles, board games, and coffee table books. These thoughtful gift ideas cater to various interests within the gaming community, ensuring that every dad can find something he’ll appreciate and enjoy. Full...

The James Webb Space Telescope has identified the most distant galaxy, MoM z14, existing just 280 million years post-Big Bang, surpassing the previous record holder, JADES-GS-z14-0, by 20 million years. MoM z14 is approximately 50 times smaller than the Milky Way and shows unusual emission lines, indicating a young galaxy with a rapid star formation rate and a surprising lack of surrounding neutral hydrogen gas. The presence of carbon and nitrogen suggests that earlier galaxies...

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has issued security updates to fix up to eight vulnerabilities in its StoreOnce data backup and deduplication solution. These vulnerabilities pose risks such as authentication bypass and remote code execution, which could be exploited remotely, leading to potential information disclosure and server-side request forgery. HPE emphasizes the importance of applying these updates to safeguard against these security threats. Full Article

Summary Windsurf, a popular vibe coding startup, is reportedly being acquired by OpenAI. CEO Varun Mohan announced on X that Anthropic has significantly reduced Windsurf's first-party access to its Claude 3.7 Sonnet and Claude 3.5 Sonnet AI models, providing minimal notice for this abrupt change. As a result, Windsurf is now faced with adapting to new operational challenges due to these restrictions imposed by Anthropic. Full Article

Luca Guadagnino is in negotiations to direct "Artificial," a film about Sam Altman's firing and subsequent reinstatement at OpenAI in 2023, produced by Amazon-MGM. The movie is expected to feature Andrew Garfield as Altman, Monica Barbaro as chief technology officer Mira Murati, and Yura Borisov as co-founder Ilya Sutskever, with production potentially starting this summer in San Francisco and Italy. The script is penned by Simon Rich, who will also produce alongside David Heyman and...