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Amazon adds AI muscle to connected home lineup
Amazon adds AI muscle to connected home lineup
by  AFP

Amazon on Tuesday unveiled the latest generation of connected products, featuring enhanced artificial intelligence capabilities designed to make interactions with AI more frequent and natural. Amazon believes in "ambient" AI, in Panay's words, which "lives naturally in the products themselves."

Trump announces Pfizer deal he says will lower certain drug prices
Trump announces Pfizer deal he says will lower certain drug prices
by  AFP

The Trump administration on Tuesday announced a deal granting Pfizer a three-year reprieve on planned tariffs as the pharmaceutical giant vowed to voluntarily lower the prices of unspecified drugs for US purchase. Asked Tuesday about the timeline for fresh tariffs, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said the Trump administration plans to allow negotiations with companies to play out. bur-mdo/mlm

Board of Spain's Sabadell bank rejects improved BBVA takeover bid
Board of Spain's Sabadell bank rejects improved BBVA takeover bid
by  AFP

The board of Spanish bank Sabadell on Tuesday rejected larger national rival BBVA's improved hostile takeover bid as 10 days remain for shareholders to make a final decision. BBVA raised its takeover offer by 10 percent last week, but Sabadell said its board had met on Tuesday and, "taking into account all the terms and characteristics of the offer, rejects the offer".

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