Americans get go-ahead for COVID boosters, T-Mobile breach hit 48M customers
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Speaker 1: This is CNET. And here are the stories that matter right now, Americans will now be eligible for COVID 19 booster shots starting the week of September 20th in a joint statement issued by the us department of health and human services experts, including the heads of the CDC. And FDA said current vaccine protections could diminish in the answer ahead and boosters would maximize and prolong protection. The plan is subject to FDA approval and is for those who received the Pfizer and Moderna [00:00:30] vaccines, but experts expect more data on Johnson and Johnson boosters in the coming weeks. T-Mobile has confirmed hackers stole data on 48 million customers in its latest data reach in an update on Wednesday. The company confirmed the personal information of more than 40 million former and prospective customers were stolen, including names, dates of birth driver's license details and social security numbers. The names, phone numbers, and account pins of a further 7.8 million current postpaid customers [00:01:00] were also stolen. The breach, which was revealed on Sunday is one of at least four to hit T-Mobile since 2015. And finally Pokemon unite is coming to mobile devices on September 22nd. The team based battle game launched on Nintendo switch in July, but mobile players can. Now pre-register through the app store or Google play store to get the game on iOS and Android devices stay up to date with the latest by visiting CNET.