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As Google moves the last remaining Nest devices into the Home app, it’s also looking at ways to make this smart home hub easier to use. Naturally, Google is doing that by ramping up Gemini integration. The company has announced new automation capabilities with generative AI, as well as better support for third-party devices via the Home API. Google AI will also plug into a new Android widget that can keep you updated on what the smart parts of your home are up to. The Google Home app is where you interact with all of Google’s smart home gadgets, like…

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[SINGAPORE] Lim Ming Yan, the chairman of the Singapore Business Federation (SBF), has ended his term early and will be succeeded by his predecessor with immediate effect, the chamber said in a surprise announcement on Tuesday (May 20) evening.The news comes less than a year after Lim, 62, was re-elected last June for a third consecutive two-year term.The leadership transition was done in view of Lim’s recent appointment as chairman of Changi Airport Group (CAG) with effect from Apr 1, said SBF.A Ministry of Finance press release dated Dec 27, 2024, noted that Lim was “well-positioned” to lead CAG as…

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Apple tested an M3 Ultra variant of the MacBook Pro, according to an iOS 18 code leak. Details about an unreleased MacBook Pro configuration have surfaced on Chinese social media, suggesting that Apple may have evaluated a version with the M3 Ultra chip. The current 14-inch MacBook Pro and 16-inch MacBook Pro are available with Apple’s M4 line of chips, including the M4, M4 Pro, and M4 Max. The same can be said for their M3 series counterparts, but a new leak suggests there may have been a fourth configuration planned. On Friday, a post on the Chinese website BiliBili detailed a…

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It was alarming news when air traffic controllers directing planes coming and going around one of the nation’s busiest airports repeatedly lost their radar and radio communications, but pilots, independent air safety experts and the Federal Aviation Administration say other redundant systems kept planes from colliding.“I think the risk of a collision or an incident was increased, but not significantly because of the redundancy in the aviation system,” said Jeff Guzzetti, a former accident investigator for the FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board.Crashes like January’s deadly collision between a passenger jet and an Army helicopter usually have different causes…

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HONG KONG — Shares in CATL, the world’s largest maker of batteries for electric vehicles, jumped more than 16% Tuesday in its Hong Kong trading debut after it raised about $4.6 billion in the world’s largest initial public offering this year. The solid reception for the Chinese company, Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., in Hong Kong suggests there is still an appetite among international investors for leading Chinese manufacturers despite trade tensions between Beijing and Washington. It sold more than 135 million shares at their maximum offer price, 263 Hong Kong dollars ($33.6) each. Its shares rose after they started trading…

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Guatemalan migrants arrive at La Aurora Air Force Base on a deportation flight from the U.S., in Guatemala City, Guatemala, January 20, 2025. Cristina Chiquin | ReutersA federal judge ordered the Trump administration on Friday to facilitate the return of a gay Guatemalan man who said he was deported to Mexico despite fearing he would be persecuted there, after officials acknowledged an error in his case.U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy in Boston issued the order days after the Justice Department notified him that its claim that the man had expressly stated he was not afraid of being sent to Mexico was…

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[TAIPEI] US export controls on artificial intelligence (AI) chips to China were “a failure” as they have cost American companies billions of US dollars in lost sales, Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang said on Wednesday (May 21).Huang’s comments were levelled at the Biden administration’s AI diffusion rule that sought to curb exports of sophisticated AI chips by dividing the world into three tiers, with China blocked entirely. The Trump administration has said it is going to modify the rules. “All in all, the export control was a failure,” Huang said adding, “The fundamental assumptions that led to the AI diffusion rule…

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GALWAY, Ireland, May 23, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Medtronic plc (NYSE: MDT), a global leader in healthcare technology, today announced it will participate in Bernstein’s 41st Strategic Decisions Conference on Thursday, May 29, 2025. Geoff Martha, Medtronic chairman and chief executive officer, will make a formal presentation beginning at 11:00 a.m. EDT (10:00 a.m. CDT). Immediately following the presentation, Martha will be joined by Thierry Piéton, Medtronic executive vice president and chief financial officer, to answer questions about the company. A live webcast of the presentation and Q&A session will be available on May 29, 2025, by clicking on the Events link…

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