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RSV vaccine access expanded to some people in their 50s, according to CDC website
The Trump administration appears to be expanding RSV vaccinations to some adults starting at age 50, down from 60, following the advice of a recently fired panel of government vaccine advisers.
The decision appears on a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention webpage but as of Wednesday wasn’t on the agency’s official adult immunization schedule.
RSV, or respiratory syncytial virus, typically is a coldlike nuisance, but it can be severe, even life-threatening, for infants and older adults. The CDC recommends vaccination for certain pregnant women and a onetime shot for everyone 75 or older. But people as young as 60 with health problems that increase their risk can also get it.
In April, the CDC’s influential Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommended expanding RSV vaccination to high-risk adults as young as 50, too. But the CDC lacks a director to decide whether to adopt that recommendation and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. didn’t immediately act.
Last month, Kennedy fired all 17 members of that panel and handpicked seven replacements that include several vaccine skeptics.
The new panel alarmed doctors’ groups last week by ignoring settled science on a rarely used flu vaccine preservative and by announcing a probe of the children’s vaccine schedule. It didn’t revisit RSV vaccination for older adults.
Kennedy already had taken the unusual step of changing COVID-19 vaccine recommendations without consulting the committee.
On Wednesday, a page on CDC’s website said that on June 25, Kennedy had adopted the ousted panel’s recommendation to expand RSV vaccination to high-risk 50-somethings and it is “now an official recommendation of the CDC.”
That move was first reported by Endpoints News.
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Apple Music celebrates 10 years with launch of new global hub to foster creativity and connection
Apple Music marks its 10th anniversary this year by unveiling its most ambitious creative project to date: a brand-new state-of-the-art studio space in Los Angeles dedicated to artist-driven content, innovation in audio, and deeper fan connection.
Opening this summer, Apple said the new studio represents a major milestone in its continued mission to support artists at every level by giving them the tools, platform, and creative freedom to tell their stories in entirely new ways. More than just a studio in the traditional sense, the new space is a creative campus that reflects a decade of Apple Music’s commitment to high-quality sound, authentic storytelling, and artist-first experiences.
“Apple Music Radio has always been a home for storytelling and artistry, serving as a space for bold conversations and surprising moments,” said Rachel Newman, Apple Music’s co-head. “With this new studio we are furthering our commitment to creating a space for artists to create, connect, and share their vision.”
Designed with artists in mind, Apple Music’s new studio space in Los Angeles is a three-story, over-15,000-square-foot facility.
Global Vision, Local Roots
Apple Music’s new Los Angeles studio will anchor a global network of creative hubs already active in places including New York, Tokyo, Berlin, Paris, and Nashville, with additional studios coming soon. With this launch, the service continues to innovate, not just in how music is streamed, but also in how it’s made, experienced, and shared. From radio to live performance, to fan engagement and content creation, this new studio will serve as a creative home for the next decade of music.
The Power of Apple Music Radio
Since its inception, Apple Music Radio has been a defining feature of the service, a place where fans and artists meet in real time. From global premieres and intimate interviews, to in-depth specials and surprise performances, Apple Music Radio has distinguished itself through expertly curated, artist-led storytelling that makes listeners feel closer to the music they love. Apple Music Radio streams 24/7 and is available for free around the world.
“When we first launched Beats 1 it was a leap of faith, the first live global radio station for a digital world,” said Zane Lowe, Apple Music’s global creative director and radio host. “We knew we wanted to build something special where artists could come and tell their stories and fans could feel connected. Ten years on, Apple Music Radio is everything we hoped it would be. It’s a place where we can eventize music, a place where music comes first, always. I’m just as excited for what’s to come as I was on day one.”
Apple Music is also launching Replay All Time, a special version of the annual Replay experience that allows listeners to see and stream the songs they’ve played the most since joining Apple Music. With Replay All Time, subscribers can stream this Replay playlist from the Home tab in Apple Music.
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Mastering AI at work: a practical guide to using ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and more
However, getting ahead of the game and implementing AI into your work routine is often easier said than done—especially for those who don’t even know where to start. In fact, getting up and running is one of the biggest challenges in today’s AI era, according to Jules White, a computer science professor at Vanderbilt University.
“The main problem is that most people don’t know where to start when confronted with a blank generative AI canvas,” White tells Fortune. “The limit isn’t the technology, the limit is our ability to creatively use it in our work and daily lives.”
There’s no question: AI can make the lives of workers easier and more productive—whether it’s to summarize long documents, generate slideshows, analyze speaker notes, or something much more advanced. Here’s what you need to know to make it happen—and effectively prompt generative AI chatbots like ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and Copilot in the workplace:
- Follow the golden rule of prompting
- Treat AI like fostering a relationship
- Use more than just the chat function
- Don’t overthink it
Follow the golden rule of prompting
Growing up, you probably were told that the golden rule was to treat others the way you want to be treated. And in a sense, AI operates in the same way: treat the technology just like you’d ask someone for something—making sure it has enough context to know what’s going on.
Anthropic sums it down to the “golden rule of clear prompting:”
“Show your prompt to a colleague, ideally someone who has minimal context on the task, and ask them to follow the instructions. If they’re confused, Claude will likely be too.”
In practicality, there are four main areas of focus when writing a prompt, according to Google’s Prompting Guide 101: Persona, Task, Context, and Format. Here’s a simple example it cites:
“I’m a PR manager. (Persona) I need to create a press release with a catchy title. (Task) Include quotes from (Format) @[Document name] (Context).”
Not every prompt must include the four areas, but providing effective context helps move the needle when it comes to the response, according to Maggie Vo, head of user education at Anthropic—the company behind Claude.
“Instead of ‘Write a summary of quantum computing,’ try ‘I’m preparing for a job interview at a quantum computing startup. I have a physics background but no quantum experience. Help me speak intelligently about key concepts,’” she suggests. “That context completely transforms the output.”
Following the golden rule also might mean you are tempted to be polite to AI by saying please and thank you—something OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has said is costing his company “tens of millions of dollars.” But in actuality, there’s little indication social niceties significantly improve outputs.
The persona pattern—meaning assigning the AI a specific hat or writing style—in particular is a great gateway into learning how different AI is, White says; in fact, it’s the very first thing he teaches in his class, “Prompt Engineering for ChatGPT,” a Coursera class that’s been started by more than 450,000 individuals.
“The persona goes way beyond things like ‘act as a professor of computer science,’” he tells Fortune. “You can ask Generative AI to ‘act as a computer that has been the victim of a cyber attack’ and it can simulate how that computer might work.”
Above all, Google notes that including a verb or command as part of your task is the “most important component of a prompt.” Unlike a traditional Google search, which might assume you want to purchase “cat food” if that’s all you type, typing the phrase into AI might leave you will more questions that answers:
Treat AI like a fostering a relationship
Even with a seemingly great prompt, chatbots may not give you the response you will be looking for. While this might feel especially frustrating after utilizing a deeper reasoning model that took several minutes to process, it shouldn’t necessarily be a reason to slam your laptop shut.
Rather, use it as a learning experience. Though not all AI have persistent memory—and will learn from your interactions—your prompting expertise will only improve with practice.
As Google states, “Fine-tune your prompts if the results don’t meet your expectations or if you believe there’s room for improvement.” But this doesn’t mean you necessarily have to start a new session and copy your old question over again. Instead, “use follow-up prompts and an iterative process of review and refinement to yield better results.”
In practice, this also means you should point out errors or lapses in judgment from the responses because while hallucinations are not as prevalent as they once were, perfect AI accuracy is not guaranteed.
Say you ask for the AI to give you the estimated population of 50 cities in the U.S., and the output mistakes Portland, Maine, with Portland, Oregon—or it skips a city altogether. Instead of just repeating the prompt again until it gets it right, you could simply point out that it skipped over two entries—and the AI will realize its mistake.
In a sense, interacting with AI should not feel like a monotonous, copy and paste-type relationship, White says. Instead, use it like a partner.
That can include you asking the AI questions. For example, “I need help writing a marketing email, what details would be helpful for me to supply?”
And as Ethan Mollick, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School—who is known for his prolific AI research and analysis on LinkedIn—points out, don’t be afraid to push the AI to its limits.
“Ask for 50 ideas instead of 10, or thirty options to improve a sentence,” Mollick suggested on his Substack. “Then push the AI to expand on the things you like.”
Mollick did not respond to Fortune’s request for comment.
Use more than just the chat function
AI innovation has surpassed just text-based interaction. You can upload spreadsheets, slideshows, and markup files for analysis. Say, for example, you have a spreadsheet full of recent sales data—instead of spending time trying to create pivot tables—AI can be asked directly, “Which sales region had the highest revenue growth over the last two quarters?”
Certain chatbot models, like ChatGPT and Midjourney, also have the ability to create graphs, slideshows, and pictures—or analyze ones you upload.
“My wife can snap a picture of the random ingredients left in our fridge and get 10 recipes that she could make with them,” White says. “She can turn around and have it plan meals for a week.”
And if you aren’t a fan of typing, many chatbots have voice capabilities that could be a gamechanger in the business world by allowing you to not only have a seemingly natural conversation—but also share your screen or view your camera and react in real time.
“I’ve used it to identify plants on hikes, solve a problem on my screen, and get cooking tips while my hands were covered in flour,” Mollick wrote. “This multimodal capability is genuinely futuristic, yet most people just use voice mode like Siri. You’re missing the best part.”
Don’t overthink it
Practice makes perfect when it comes to AI technology. Becoming an expert prompter or “AI whisper” is no longer a skill with a large barrier to entry. In fact, in today’s era, the most effective tactics revolve around using natural language, just like you’d use when asking a co-worker for help.
And worse-case scenario, the best way to learn how to prompt is asking the AI itself.
“AI can literally teach you how to communicate with it better,” Vo says. “It’s surprisingly effective and saves you from memorizing prompt templates.”
Lastly, make sure to ask your employer if there’s any guidance around using AI at work. If not, ask, why not?
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FaceTime in iOS 26 will freeze your call if someone starts undressing
iOS 26 is a packed update for iPhone users thanks to the new Liquid Glass design and major updates for Messages, Wallet, CarPlay, and more. But another new feature was just discovered in the iOS 26 beta: FaceTime will now freeze your call’s video and audio if someone starts undressing.
New FaceTime safety feature for child accounts in iOS 26 seems to apply to adults too
When Apple unveiled iOS 26 last month, it mentioned a variety of new family tools coming for child accounts.
One of those announcements involved a change coming to FaceTime to block nudity.
Communication Safety expands to intervene when nudity is detected in FaceTime video calls, and to blur out nudity in Shared Albums in Photos.
However, at least in the iOS 26 beta, it seems that a similar feature may be in place for all users—adults included.
As discovered by iDeviceHelp on X, FaceTime in iOS 26 freezes your call’s video and audio when it detects nudity.
The app will then show the following warning message:
As you can see, FaceTime provides the option of immediately resuming audio and video, or ending the call.
It’s unclear whether this is an intended behavior, or just a bug in the beta that’s applying the feature to adults when it should only apply to child accounts.
While this feature might raise privacy concerns for some, here’s how Apple’s existing Communication Safety features work:
Communication Safety uses on-device machine learning to analyze photo and video attachments and determine if a photo or video appears to contain nudity. Because the photos and videos are analyzed on your child’s device, Apple doesn’t receive an indication that nudity was detected and doesn’t get access to the photos or videos as a result.
In other words, everything happens on-device so Apple has no idea about the contents of your call.
We’ll keep you posted with any discoveries or new information we learn related to the FaceTime feature in iOS 26.
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How NASA’s SPHEREx Mission Will Share Its All-Sky Map With the World
NASA’s newest astrophysics space telescope launched in March on a mission to create an all-sky map of the universe. Now settled into low-Earth orbit, SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization, and Ices Explorer) has begun delivering its sky survey data to a public archive on a weekly basis, allowing anyone to use the data to probe the secrets of the cosmos.
“Because we’re looking at everything in the whole sky, almost every area of astronomy can be addressed by SPHEREx data,” said Rachel Akeson, the lead for the SPHEREx Science Data Center at IPAC. IPAC is a science and data center for astrophysics and planetary science at Caltech in Pasadena, California.
Rachel Akeson
SPHEREx Science Data Center Lead
Other missions, like NASA’s now-retired WISE (Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer), have also mapped the entire sky. SPHEREx builds on this legacy by observing in 102 infrared wavelengths, compared to WISE’s four wavelength bands.
By putting the many wavelength bands of SPHEREx data together, scientists can identify the signatures of specific molecules with a technique known as spectroscopy. The mission’s science team will use this method to study the distribution of frozen water and organic molecules — the “building blocks of life” — in the Milky Way.
This animation shows how NASA’s SPHEREx observatory will map the entire sky — a process it will complete four times over its two-year mission. The telescope will observe every point in the sky in 102 different infrared wavelengths, more than any other all-sky survey. SPHEREx’s openly available data will enable a wide variety of astronomical studies. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech The SPHEREx science team will also use the mission’s data to study the physics that drove the universe’s expansion following the big bang, and to measure the amount of light emitted by all the galaxies in the universe over time. Releasing SPHEREx data in a public archive encourages far more astronomical studies than the team could do on their own.
“By making the data public, we enable the whole astronomy community to use SPHEREx data to work on all these other areas of science,” Akeson said.
NASA is committed to the sharing of scientific data, promoting transparency and efficiency in scientific research. In line with this commitment, data from SPHEREx appears in the public archive within 60 days after the telescope collects each observation. The short delay allows the SPHEREx team to process the raw data to remove or flag artifacts, account for detector effects, and align the images to the correct astronomical coordinates.
The team publishes the procedures they used to process the data alongside the actual data products. “We want enough information in those files that people can do their own research,” Akeson said.
During its two-year prime mission, SPHEREx will survey the entire sky twice a year, creating four all-sky maps. After the mission reaches the one-year mark, the team plans to release a map of the whole sky at all 102 wavelengths.
In addition to the science enabled by SPHEREx itself, the telescope unlocks an even greater range of astronomical studies when paired with other missions. Data from SPHEREx can be used to identify interesting targets for further study by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, refine exoplanet parameters collected from NASA’s TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite), and study the properties of dark matter and dark energy along with ESA’s (European Space Agency’s) Euclid mission and NASA’s upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope.
The IPAC archive that hosts SPHEREx data, IRSA (NASA/IPAC Infrared Science Archive), also hosts pointed observations and all-sky maps at a variety of wavelengths from previous missions. The large amount of data available through IRSA gives users a comprehensive view of the astronomical objects they want to study.
“SPHEREx is part of the entire legacy of NASA space surveys,” said IRSA Science Lead Vandana Desai. “People are going to use the data in all kinds of ways that we can’t imagine.”
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Carlos Alcaraz prevails over Oliver Tarvet in British qualifier’s ‘most special day of my life’
The Olympic silver medallist looked far more assured and assertive from his five-set encounter two days earlier, in a result which extends his career-best run to 20 victories on the bounce.
Alcaraz headed to Court 18 after his match to get a look at his next opponent, either fellow Paris 2024 medallist Felix Auger-Aliassime of Canada or World number 125 Jan-Lennard Struff, who the Spaniard has defeated in three straight encounters.
Wimbledon 2025 – Oliver Tarvet, the qualifier who went toe-to-toe with defending champion Alcaraz
In the space of nine days, 21-year-old Tarvet has made it through the qualifying rounds at Roehampton, won on his major main drew debut and faced up against five-time Grand Slam winner Alcaraz.
“Obviously there were a lot of nerves,” he said post-match. “I’ve said before that I try and treat every match as the same, try and play the ball, not the player or the situation. As much I tried to do that today, I woke up a couple times in the night from the adrenaline. In the car, my heart rate was going quicker than it usually does.
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Paolini falls to Rakhimova, fourth Top 5 seed to lose at Wimbledon
Defending finalist Jasmine Paolini wasn’t able to avoid the upset bug that’s come for many of tennis’ top players in the first two rounds at Wimbledon.
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The fourth-seeded Italian was a set up against Kamilla Rakhimova in the second round on Wednesday, but couldn’t close the door in what was eventually a 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 defeat.
Runner-up to Barbora Krejcikova last year, Paolini is the fourth Top 5 seed to lose in the first two rounds at the All England Club this week. No. 2 Coco Gauff, No. 3 Jessica Pegula and No. 5 Zheng Qinwen all lost in the first round on Tuesday — and No. 9 seed Paula Badosa was bundled out by Katie Boulter on Monday.
Fifteen of the 32 seeds lost over the first three days in all.
World No. 62 Rakhimova entered the match 0-7 against Top 10 players in her career, and had won just one set in those matches. But she turned the tide in the match by saving four break points in her first service game of the second set when trailing 6-4, 1-0.
She never lost serve in sets two and three, and made a break of Paolini’s serve to start the decider stand up until the end of the 2 hour, 19-minute affair.
The 23-year-old moves on to the third round of a Grand Slam event for the third time, having previously done so at the US Open in 2021, and Roland Garros in 2023.
Looking to reach the fourth round of a major for the first time, Rakhimova will next face No. 30 seed Linda Noskova, who also won a three-setter in her own second-round match against German Eva Lys 6-2, 2-6, 6-3. While Noskova reached the quarterfinals of the Australian Open last year, this is her first time past the second round at Wimbledon.
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Kate Middleton latest news today: Princess describes cancer, health journey as a ‘roller coaster’
COLCHESTER, England — Princess Kate is sharing new details about her recovery from cancer, describing the experience as a “roller coaster.”
“You put on a sort of brave face, stoicism, through treatment. Treatment’s done, and it’s like, ‘I can crack on, get back to normal again,’ but actually that phase afterwards is a really difficult time,” Kate said Wednesday during a visit to Colchester Hospital in Colchester, England, according to the Press Association.
“You’re not able to function normally at home as you were perhaps once used to,” added Kate, who shares three young children with her husband Prince William.
Kate, 43, announced in January that she is in remission from cancer.
She first announced her cancer diagnosis publicly in March 2024. Kate has not shared the type of cancer with which she was diagnosed or any details of her treatment beyond sharing that she underwent chemotherapy.
Kate’s visit to the hospital Wednesday is part of her gradual return to work that began late last year.
In speaking with cancer patients, Kate reflected on the recovery process, saying it’s not as straightforward as people expect.
“It’s a roller coaster. It’s not one smooth plain, which you expect it to be, but the reality is it’s not. You go through hard times, and to have a place like this, to have the support network, whether its through creativity and singing or gardening, whatever it might be, is so valuable, and it’s great that this community has it,” she said. “It would be great if lots of communities had this kind of support.”
While at the hospital, Kate visited the RHS Wellbeing Garden, where she took time to plant some roses.
In addition to meeting with cancer patients at the hospital, Kate also met with staff and volunteers, to whom she spoke more about the “life-changing” experience of a cancer diagnosis.
“It’s life-changing for anyone, through first diagnosis or post-treatment and things like that, it is a life-changing experience both for the individual patient but also for the families as well,” she said. “And actually, it sometimes goes unrecognized, you don’t necessarily, particularly when it’s the first time, you don’t appreciate how much impact it is going to have. You have to find your new normal, and that takes time.”
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These 10 States Could See Aurora Borealis Tonight
Topline
The northern lights might make an appearance in 10 states Wednesday night, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which has forecast similar auroral conditions for Thursday.
A northern lights showing in the Netherlands. (Photo by Sjoerd van der Wal/Getty Images)
Key Facts
NOAA forecasts a Kp index of four on Wednesday night, meaning there should be an increase in auroral activity that “can be quite pleasing to look at” for people in the right areas with good viewing conditions.
Much of the northern parts of the Midwest are above the forecasted view line, with chances of seeing the northern lights increasing the further north people are from the line.
Northern lights viewers who don’t catch the natural phenomenon Wednesday night will have another chance Thursday night, as the Kp index is expected to reach four once again.
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Where Will The Northern Lights Be Visible?
States and areas within or north of the viewing line include Alaska, northern Washington, northern Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, northern South Dakota, Minnesota, northern Wisconsin, northern Michigan and northern Maine.
Wednesday’s viewing line.
What’s The Best Way To See The Northern Lights?
Try and catch a look at the northern lights between the hours of 10 p.m. and 2 a.m., which usually provide the best light conditions for viewing. If possible, try to observe from vantage points and areas with clear skies and little to no light pollution.
What’s The Best Way To Photograph The Northern Lights?
Wide-angle lenses, low apertures and tripods for those with traditional cameras. Smartphone users looking to snap photos on their mobile devices should use night mode and not use flash. Tripods can also help smartphones capture photos.
Key Background
The northern lights have been particularly active in the last year or so thanks to a solar maximum—a term that describes the peak of the sun’s 11-year cycle characterized by increased solar flares and coronal mass ejections, which contribute to increased auroral activity. Fair to strong northern lights showings will likely continue into next year, according to NASA and NOAA scientists.
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Northern Lights Displays Hit A 500-Year Peak In 2024—Here’s Where You Could Catch Aurora Borealis In 2025 (Forbes)
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