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Google has announced the integration of its LearnLM model directly into Gemini 2.5, along with additional updates to its learning products. Ben Gomes, Chief Technologist for Learning & Sustainability at Google, said: “Making knowledge accessible to everyone has always been our highest priority, which is why people turn to our products each day to help them learn — for school, work or life. With AI, we can do this at a speed and scale never before possible, and make the process of learning more active, engaging and effective. By building tools that enable you to keep pace with your own…
This year’s NBA “Final Four” is a bit of an unexpected one, especially if you take a look at the preseason title odds. Obviously, entering the 2024-25 campaign, the reigning champion Celtics topped the oddsboard at +300. Second to Boston was the 2023-24 NBA champs, the Denver Nuggets, at +750. Made perfect sense at the time. However, now that the conference finals are set to begin, neither Boston nor Denver are still in the running, with both having lost in the conference semis — the Celtics fell to the Knicks in six and the Nuggets lost to the Thunder in seven. The four teams…
Workers assemble electronic devices in China in 2016.Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesThis report is from this week’s CNBC’s “Inside India” newsletter which brings you timely, insightful news and market commentary on the emerging powerhouse and the big businesses behind its meteoric rise. Like what you see? You can subscribe here.Each weekday, CNBC’s “Inside India” news show gives you news and market commentary on the emerging powerhouse businesses, and the people behind its rise. Livestream the show on YouTube and catch highlights here. SHOWTIMES:U.S.: Sunday-Thursday, 23:00-0000 ETAsia: Monday-Friday, 11:00-12:00 SIN/HK, 08:30-09:30 India Europe: Monday-Friday, 0500-06:00 CETThe big storyU.S. President Donald Trump has never been the…
[SINGAPORE] As chief executive of Western Digital, a major hard disk drive (HDD) maker, Irving Tan keeps a tight schedule. Splitting his time between Singapore and San Jose, Tan is up from about 4.30 am and starts work within the hour. He steers the company through “extremely varied” issues, from discussions on tariffs and engineering roadmaps to setting out company values and engaging the media and investors. “There’s really no typical day, and that’s one of the exciting things about the job. Through a 12-hour day, you toggle across many different things,” said Tan, who is also chairman of inflight…
Fortnite Battle Royale featuring Darth Vader. Image: Epic Games eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. Actors’ union SAG-AFTRA has formally accused Llama Productions, a subsidiary of Epic Games, of violating labor rights by deploying AI to replicate James Earl Jones’ iconic portrayal of Darth Vader in Fortnite. The union filed an unfair labor practice complaint with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) as the strike by video game and voice actors continues into its ninth month. According to the BBC, SAG-AFTRA alleges that Llama…
Geoff Schwartz FOX Sports Betting Analyst Now that we’ve seen the 2025 NFL schedules for all 32 teams, we can better assess how successful — or how unsuccessful — these squads will be this upcoming season.There were three teams whose win totals stood out to me in particular: San Francisco, New York Giants and Carolina. And based on what we know about these teams from last year and how they moved in the offseason, I’m ready to throw down some cash on this trio.Let’s take a look at what I’m on so far for teams’ regular-season win totals.San Francisco 49ers Over/Under…
The economy will have to be “strong enough” for the government to U-turn on winter fuel payment cuts, the business secretary has said.Jonathan Reynolds, talking to Beth Rigby on the Electoral Dysfunction podcast, also said the public would have to “wait for the actual budget” to make an announcement on it. Sir Keir Starmer said on Wednesday he would ease the cut to the winter fuel payment, which has been removed from more than 10 million pensioners this winter after it became means-tested.He and his ministers had insisted they would stick to their guns on the policy, even just hours…
NEW YORK — Amber Salazar is the kind of idealist you just knew would end up running a bookstore — a lifelong reader who felt angered “to the core” as she learned of book bans around the country.A resident of Colorado Springs, Colorado, Salazar last year opened Banned Wagon Books, a pop-up store she sets up everywhere from wineries to coffee shops, featuring such frequently censored works as Maia Kobabe’s “Gender Queer,” Angie Thomas’ “The Hate U Give” and Toni Morrison’s “Beloved.”“I decided that no matter what it looked like, I was going to open a bookstore so that I…
Disney has taken another step into the hyper-competitive world of live sports broadcasting. According to , the entertainment conglomerate has secured a five-year deal to broadcast live Women’s Champions League soccer matches on Disney+ across multiple European broadcast territories, including the United Kingdom.From the to the , the broadcast rights to live events have become a hot commodity as streamers look to make inroads into one of cable TV’s biggest selling points. And in recent years, broadcast rights for have become more competitive as the .Amazon has been since 2021, and last year to broadcast the FIFA Women’s World Cup.…
New York Yankees’ Aaron Judge sneaked the shortest HR in career over right field fence.