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It’s finally happening: Google Assistant in the home is getting its Gemini glow-up. “Gemini for Home” is an all-new voice assistant for Google Home, set to arrive later this year, the company announced today. This new voice assistant, powered by Google’s Gemini artificial intelligence, will eventually replace Google Assistant on Google’s Nest smart speakers and displays for hands-free control of …

Chiefs coach Andy Reid will play his healthy starters in Friday night’s preseason finale against the Bears. He said they need the work before the season opener, which comes exactly two weeks after the last exhibition game. “Yeah, there’s just a little bit longer wait here in between this game and the next game,” Reid said Wednesday, via Charles Goldman …

At Made by Google 2025, Google detailed “Gemini for Home” and briefly showed what appears to be a new first-party smart speaker.  Compared to Google Assistant, “Gemini for Home” is said to be “more powerful and easier to use” thanks to “advanced reasoning, inference and search capabilities of our most capable models.” The “Hey Google” hotword is unchanged, but Google …

–Enhances offering for Pro customers—–Increases Pro Penetration1—–Positions Company for Long-Term Sustainable Sales Growth and Profit Expansion– MOORESVILLE, N.C., Aug. 20, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Lowe’s Companies, Inc. (“Lowe’s” or the “Company”) (NYSE: LOW) today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement (the “Agreement”) to acquire Foundation Building Materials (“FBM”) for approximately $8.8 billion. FBM is a leading North American distributor of …

Nebraska Republican Gov. Jim Pillen announced plans Tuesday for an immigration detention center in a farming area in the state’s southwest corner as President Trump’s administration races to expand the infrastructure necessary for increasing deportations. Pillen said he and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem had agreed to use an existing minimum security prison work camp in rural McCook to house …

Trump’s Transportation Secretary Announces Investigation into Deadly Florida Truck Crash, Shares Preliminary Findings  Department of Transportation (.gov) How did truck driver in fatal Turnpike crash get license if not legal resident?  yahoo.com White House gets key facts wrong as it blames California for 3 traffic deaths in Florida  San Francisco Chronicle Trump administration says driver in Florida crash was in US illegally, faults …

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska announced plans Tuesday for an immigration detention center in the remote southwest corner of the state as President Donald Trump’s administration races to expand the infrastructure necessary for increasing deportations. The facility will be dubbed the “Cornhusker Clink,” a play on Nebraska’s nickname of the Cornhusker State and an old slang term for jail. The …

Naomi is pregnant and relinquishing her Women’s World championship in WWE. The WWE star, 37, made the announcement during “Monday Night Raw” on Netflix, following speculation that she and her husband, Jimmy Uso, were expecting, after news emerged that she was not medically cleared to compete in her scheduled match against Iyo Sky last week.   This is Naomi and Uso’s …

Black Myth: Wukong developer GameScience has revealed a sequel, Black Myth: Zhong Kui, at Opening Night Live 2025. On-stage at gamescom, host Geoff Keighley described Zhong Kui as “the ghost-catching god who wanders between hell and earth.” Despite Zhong Kui’s announcement, Keighley insisted Black Myth: Wukong won’t end here, suggesting DLC is still on the way. “Set against the backdrop …

John Wall averaged 18.7 points and 8.9 assists per game in his NBA career. John Wall is retiring after 11 NBA seasons. Wall, 34, played most of his career with the Washington Wizards after they made him the first overall pick in the 2010 draft out of Kentucky. The five-time All-Star point guard finishes his NBA career with averages of …