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431 сюжетовApple and LG co-develop smart home devices including doorbell, lock and thermostat
Bloomberg reports that Apple and LG have co-developed a line of smart home devices, including a video doorbell, thermostat, smart deadbolt lock, indoor and outdoor security cameras and a floodlight camera. The products are expected to carry…
Hyundai launches 2027 Sonata The Edge with new Black N Line trim
Hyundai Motor launched the facelifted 2027 Sonata The Edge on Oct. 7, adding a Black N Line design trim based on the top Inspiration grade, with a black Hyundai emblem, black name lettering and 19-inch matte black wheels. The S trim gains a…
Trump signs order allowing tax-free red-dyed diesel on highways
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday temporarily allowing off-road red-dyed diesel to be used for highway driving and deferring the federal excise tax on that fuel through the end of 2026 without interest or penalties.…
Tropical Depression Nine forecast to become Hurricane Isaias, threaten Gulf Coast
Tropical Depression Nine formed in the southwestern Gulf with 35 mph winds and is forecast to become Tropical Storm Isaias and then a hurricane on Thursday, CNN reported. It is expected to reach Category 2 strength with 100 mph winds as it …
Defense minister: arts, sports military service exemption to be cut and abolished
South Korea's defense minister said on Oct 7 that the goal is to gradually reduce the arts and sports military service exemption and ultimately abolish it, after controversy over remarks by Asian Games football gold medallists about the exe…
Thailand flood death toll reaches 60; Bangkok and 27 provinces affected
Thailand's Interior Ministry disaster agency said on Oct 7 that flooding has killed 60 people and affected more than 1.48 million households, or 4.19 million people. The country has seen repeated heavy rain and widespread flooding since Sep…
Hoban Construction develops AI design tech to auto-apply per-unit buyer options
Hoban Construction said it developed AI-based design technology that automatically reflects apartment buyers’ option contract choices in each unit’s building information model (BIM). The technology was developed jointly with building and in…
South Korea unveils 1,000 trillion won green transition plan to 2035
South Korea announced a “Korean-style Green Transition” (K-GX) strategy on Oct 7, pledging about 1,000 trillion won over ten years to 2035 — 200 trillion won in fiscal support and more than 790 trillion won in climate finance through five p…
Тайфун № 27 смещается на север вблизи Огасавара, формируются тайфуны № 28 и № 29
Тайфун № 27, описанный Японским метеорологическим агентством как крупный и очень сильный, смещался на север над водами вблизи островов Огасавара, и прогнозировалось, что он приблизится к островам с очень сильной интенсивностью с вечера 5 ок…
South Korea's Lee orders CPTPP talks restarted from the beginning amid farm concerns
President Lee Jae-myung instructed at a cabinet meeting on Oct 6 that the government should not fix a conclusion on joining the CPTPP and should “restart dialogue from the beginning,” saying the pact's strategic value is cited alongside ver…
Jaguar представил электрический GT Type 01 в Нью-Йорке по цене от около $130 000
Jaguar представил Type 01 — свой первый полностью электрический автомобиль и серийную версию концепта Type 00 — на мероприятии в Нью-Йорке во вторник. Четырёхдверный гранд-турер стартует от примерно $130 000 в Северной Америке, что Jaguar п…
Тропический шторм «Изаиас» сформировался у берегов Мексики; прогнозируется, что он достигнет побережья Мексиканского залива США как ураган
Тропический шторм «Изаиас» сформировался рано утром в среду в тёплых водах у восточного побережья Мексики; максимальная устойчивая скорость ветра достигала 40 миль в час, и Национальный центр по ураганам заявил, что ожидается его усиление д…
Apple and LG Electronics jointly develop smart home devices under LG brand
Apple and LG Electronics are jointly developing smart home devices — a camera-equipped video doorbell, a smart door lock, a security camera and a smart temperature sensor and thermostat — to be sold under the LG brand, according to Bloomber…
Turkey's Aselsan announces Astralink network of 198 low-orbit satellites
Aselsan CEO Ahmet Akyol said at the International Astronautical Congress in Antalya that Turkey is building Astralink, a low-orbit satellite constellation of 198 spacecraft, with the first launch planned within two years. Akyol said work be…
FT: EU weighs universal corporate levy to raise taxes on US tech giants
The European Commission is considering a new mechanism to raise more tax revenue from large US technology companies without singling them out as a separate category, the Financial Times reported, citing unnamed sources. Under discussion is …
Армейское исследование показало, что электрошоковые перчатки ICE вызывают боль, покорность и страх, сообщает AP
Ранее не публиковавшееся армейское исследование показало, что электрошоковые перчатки, которые сейчас закупает Иммиграционная и таможенная полиция США (ICE), вызывали сильную боль, немедленную покорность и страх повторных ударов током во вр…
S. Korea farm minister says minor farmland survey violations won't be punished
Agriculture minister Song Mi-ryung told a parliamentary audit on Oct 7 that most ordinary, customary violations found in the government's full farmland survey would not be punished, and that the government has no plan or reason to confiscat…
Японское метеорологическое агентство сообщает о трёх активных тайфунах у берегов Японии, тайфун 27 движется на север
Японское метеорологическое агентство объявило 5 октября, что сформировались тайфун 28 (Ноло) и тайфун 29 (Когу́ма), в результате чего у берегов Японии стало три активных тайфуна вместе с тайфуном 27 (Чой-ван). Тайфун 27 был крупным и очень с…
Korea's top individual tax delinquent Kwon Hyuk to pay 393.8 billion won
The National Tax Service said on Oct 7 that Kwon Hyuk, chairman of Sido Group and the country's largest individual tax delinquent, has submitted a plan to pay his personal back taxes of 393.8 billion won in full, 15 years after the tax was …
Land minister says Gangnam, Yongsan home prices have turned negative
Land, Infrastructure and Transport Minister Hong Ji-seon told a National Assembly audit on Oct 7 that home prices in Seoul's Gangnam three districts and Yongsan have turned negative, and said price growth should ease with the market stabili…