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Now it’s “Hey Google” not “OK Google” to trigger the assistant, which had started feeling a little left behind in terms of natural language processing and conversational AI to other OEM systems—sometimes even AAOS-based ones—that used solutions like those from Cerence running on their own private clouds. Gemini Going forward, “Hey Google” will fire up Gemini, as long as it’s running on the Android device being cast to the car’s infotainment system. In fact, we learned of its impending if unspecified arrival a couple of weeks ago, but today is the day, according to Google. Now, instead of needing to…

Violence against women remains one of the world’s most persistent and under-addressed human rights crises, with very little progress in two decades, according to a landmark report released today by the World Health Organization (WHO) and UN partners.Nearly 1 in 3 women – estimated 840 million globally – have experienced partner or sexual violence during their lifetime, a figure that has barely changed since 2000. In the last 12 months alone, 316 million women – 11% of those aged 15 or older – were subjected to physical or sexual violence by an intimate partner. Progress on reducing intimate partner violence…

Sam TigheNov 20, 2025, 03:52 AM ETCloseSam is a writer, broadcaster and podcaster for ESPN. He will write on the Premier League, scouting and transfers.In March 2025, we delivered the fourth installment of our Premier League MVP rankings, aimed at tackling a mighty question: Which players rank as the most important at the division’s top clubs?We used a simple combination of ability and tactical factors to assess how crucial the players were to their teams and ranked the top 15 accordingly. Naturally, the best, most consistent and most present players filtered toward the top, while also allowing room for the…

Matt McGrathEnvironment correspondent, at COP30 in Belém, BrazilChris McGrath/Getty ImagesTurkey has proposed holding the 2026 climate talks in AntalyaThe COP31 climate meeting is now expected to be held in Turkey after Australia dropped its bid to host the annual event.Under the UN rules, the right to host the COP in 2026 falls to a group of countries made up of Western Europe, Australia and others.A consensus must be reached but neither country had been willing to concede. Australia has now agreed to support the Turkish bid in return for their minister chairing the talks following negotiations at COP30, currently being…

Sparkling wine, Canterbury, KentStock up on festive fizz with a trip to the heart of Kent’s flourishing wine region. Start the tastings at Simpsons’ wine estate, 10 minutes’ drive from Canterbury, then head to Domaine Evremond, Taittinger’s UK vineyard, where its first release, Classic Cuvée Edition I, is available at the Cellar Door shop. Nearby, the medieval village of Chilham makes an ideal stop for lunch at the Woolpack Inn. Back in Canterbury, Corkk is a specialist English wine shop with more than 100 labels to try, and cheese and charcuterie platters to nibble on while you decide what to…

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California has extended the film production tax credit through June, 2030, increased the fund to $750 million, and liberalized various provisions. This article provides a summary of the entire credit program incorporating the new provisions. The capitalized words used in this article have the meanings set forth in the glossary at the end.1. Qualified Picture. The credit only applies to “Qualified Pictures,” which are audio-visual works (now including animated works) that are produced for distribution to the general public in any media and that are one of the following:a. A Feature with a minimum Budget of $1 million.b. A “new”…

Global share markets rose after Nvidia posted third-quarter earnings that beat Wall Street estimates, assuaging for now concerns about whether the high-flying valuations of AI firms had peaked.On Wednesday, all eyes were on Nvidia, the bellwether for the AI industry and the most valuable publicly traded company in the world, with analysts and investors hoping the chipmaker’s third-quarter earnings would dampen fears that a bubble was forming in the sector.Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of Nvida, opened the earnings call with an attempt to dispel those concerns, saying that there was a major transformation happening in AI, and Nvidia was…

BBCIt was the most momentous event in UK history since World War Two. As a new virus took hold, millions of us were told to stay at home and billions of pounds were spent propping up the country’s economy.The Covid inquiry will publish its second set of findings on Thursday, looking in detail at the huge political choices made at the time – including how lockdowns were introduced, the closure of businesses and schools, and bringing in previously unthinkable social restrictions. “Did the government serve the people well, or did it fail them?” asked the lead counsel at the start…

Sotheby’sAmerica, created by Italian conceptual artist Maurizio Cattelan, is a fully functional toiletA gold toilet that fetched $12.1m (£9.3m) at auction was bought by Ripley’s Believe It or Not!, after its first casting was stolen from Blenheim Palace in 2019.America, created by Italian conceptual artist Maurizio Cattelan, is a fully functional toilet, made from more than 15st 13lb (101.2kg) of solid 18-carat gold.The first version of the work was initially installed in a public bathroom at the Guggenheim museum in New York in 2016 but hit the news again three years later when a gang of thieves stole it from…