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A study published in The BMJ finds that October-born children have higher flu vaccination rates and lower flu diagnosis rates, underscoring October as the optimal month for vaccinating young children against influenza, in line with existing health recommendations.A new study indicates that October is the best time for young children to have annual flu shot.A study recently published in The BMJ reveals that children born in October have a higher likelihood of receiving influenza vaccinations and a lower likelihood of being…

Astroscale Japan is closer than any other company to creating a working space junk solution. The first test of the solution is currently ongoing, with a spacecraft crucial to the plan reaching orbit earlier this week.ADRAS-J is a small satellite that will attempt to catch a defunct upper state of a Japanese H-IIA rocket, which has been spinning through Earth orbit since 2009. The maneuvers required to put ADRAS-J near enough to space trash to catch it aren’t anything new. In fact, spacecraft to the International…

Pokemon fans have something to look forward to, as the next Pokemon Presents is coming our way on February 27, just a few days after the Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase. You can watch the event at 06:00 AM PST on the official Pokemon YouTube channel (which I recommend keeping an eye on for all Pokemon-related news whether it be for the video games or TCG). The event is being held to celebrate Pokemon Day which commemorates the launch of the first games in Japan in 1996. Hence, it’s not unusual for the franchise to have…

LockBit, one of the world’s most infamous cybercrime gangs, has been disrupted by the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) and international law enforcement agencies including Europol and the FBI. The gang is known for holding victims’ data to ransom and providing ransomware-as-a-service, whereby it licenses malware to other hackers. LockBit has seen rapid growth since its emergence in 2019. According to Europol, in 2022, it was the most deployed ransomware in the world — causing billions of euros…

New EV registrations in the US were up 23% in December as adoption continues to grow. Although Tesla’s 11% growth lagged behind the market, the automaker still dominated with 56% of US EV registrations in 2023. Meanwhile, several smaller players, including Hyundai and Rivian, saw promising growth. The US electric vehicle market is still growing Despite some media claims that electric car sales are “falling,” EV registrations rose 23%, accounting for a near-record of 8.8% of the US light vehicle…

From a new musical based on a classic ’80s movie to a tribute to Paul Robeson in Oakland and San Jose Jazz’s Winter Fest concert series, there is a lot to see and do in the Bay Area this week. Here’s a partial roundup. A slice of musical nostalgia When “Mystic Pizza” premiered in 1988, it might not have seemed like it would have much of a legacy. But with a stellar young cast — Julia Roberts, Annabeth Gish, Lili Taylor, Vincent D’Onofrio and Matt Damon in his very first film — the enjoyable romantic comedy/drama following…

The Pokemon Center pop-up shop is coming back to the UK this April. Selling exclusive Pokemon items and merchandise, the Pokemon Center will be open for a limited time during the upcoming Pokemon Europe International Championships at the ExCeL in London. The Pokemon pop-up shop will be open from Thursday, April 4 until Sunday, April 7. The shop opens from 10am until 6pm GMT UK time on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, and from 10am until 4pm on Sunday.There is, however, a bit of a catch. Anybody hoping to visit the Pokemon…

D4 Enterprise has made good on its promise, and the original PC-88 version of Ys is being released on Switch as part of their EggConsole line. It releases on February 15, 2024. Don’t get too excited just yet. We had already heard the D4 planned on releasing Ys on console, but it was uncertain how they would navigate the licensing issues around the series in North America. Furthermore, PC-88 Ys was never translated and released in North America on account of the PC-88 being a largely Japan-only home computer. Would they…

Andy Boxall / Digital Trends The date is set for the arrival of Nothing’s next phone. The British upstart’s upcoming flashy gizmo — the Nothing Phone 2a — will arrive on March 5, right after the Mobile World Congress 2024 consumer tech fest concludes. In a short hype film that dropped earlier today, Nothing teased that the device could be cheaper than the Nothing Phone 2, which chased flagship credentials. Once again, a standout design will be the key selling point, but the looks will be married to meaningful tricks.…

Dutch police have a new weapon in their battle against high-speed and high-power electric bicycles: a roadside testing platform to catch hot-rodded e-bikes. The device is similar to a dynamometer typically used to measure the performance of vehicles like cars and motorcycles. In this case though, the Dutch police have rolled out nearly 250 smaller versions that are appropriately sized for doing tests on bicycles. To operate the test, an officer first locks the bike’s front wheel into the…