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Samsung just dropped the mic with their Unpacked event announcement, and the timing is chef’s kiss levels of petty. Scheduled for September 4th at 5:30 AM ET (because apparently sleep is for the weak), this virtual showcase lands exactly one day before IFA kicks off in Berlin—and conveniently steals thunder from whatever Apple’s cooking up for their annual iPhone circus. The Korean tech giant isn’t being subtle about their strategy here. While Tim Cook’s crew is probably still polishing their “revolutionary” camera bump designs, Samsung’s teasing some genuinely wild stuff. The event invitation is practically screaming “TRIFOLD PHONE” without actually…
[SINGAPORE] As the Global Asia Insurance Partnership’s (GAIP) new chief executive officer, Cheng Min Hung is on a mission to tackle one of the region’s most pressing challenges: a growing insurance protection gap.This gap means much of Asia lacks adequate insurance coverage for major risks, including healthcare expenses, financial protection for families in the event of death and losses from natural disasters.Cheng cited a recent report from reinsurer Swiss Re, which estimated that the region’s health protection gap stood at US$905 billion in 2023 across advanced and emerging Asia-Pacific markets. Measured in premium-equivalent terms to represent the uninsured portion of…
Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has decided to step down, local media reported on Sunday, as members of his ruling party seek to hold a new leadership race following disastrous upper house elections. The decision comes less than a year after the 68-year-old took the helm of the long-dominant Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). He has since lost his majority in both houses of parliament. Public broadcaster NHK said Ishiba made the decision to avoid a split in the party, while the Asahi Shimbun daily said he was unable to withstand the mounting calls for his resignation. The farm minister and…
Urban Meyer, Brady Quinn, and Joel Klatt reflect on the legendary Iowa Hawkeyes head coach Kirk Ferentz and share their deep respect for his legacy as he chases history this week.
WASHINGTON — WASHINGTON (AP) — LSD reduced symptoms of anxiety in a midstage study published Thursday, paving the way for additional testing and possible medical approval of a psychedelic drug that has been banned in the U.S. for more than a half century.The results from drugmaker Mindmed tested several doses of LSD in patients with moderate-to-severe generalized anxiety disorder, with the benefits lasting as long as three months. The company plans to conduct follow-up studies to confirm the results and then apply for Food and Drug Administration approval.Beginning in the 1950s, researchers published a flurry of papers exploring LSD’s therapeutic…
Britain’s biggest high street lender is closing in on a deal to buy Curve, a provider of digital wallet technology that its new owner hopes will give it an edge in the race to build smarter online payments systems.Sky News has learnt that Lloyds Banking Group could announce the acquisition of Curve for about £120m as soon as this week. City sources said this weekend that the terms of a transaction had been agreed, although a formal announcement could yet slip to later in the month.Lloyds has been in talks with Curve about a takeover for some time, with Sky…
Alabama’s upset loss to Florida State has just about all of Tuscaloosa panicking about the Crimson Tide. Mark Ingram isn’t ready to join that group yet, but he has some worries about how the Kalen DeBoer era is going so far.On Saturday’s “Big Noon Kickoff,” the Alabama icon said it was an “overreaction” to say that the Crimson Tide’s days as a title contender are over. However, Ingram acknowledged that DeBoer and Alabama have to turn things around fast. “Is there cause for concern? Yeah. Is all that frustration that you heard on the vignette justified? Yes. Was the last performance…
Starting September 9, Porsche and Audi will be the latest non-Tesla brands to utilize the Supercharger network. The two automakers announced that some of their owners will get adapters that allow them to charge via the NACS port, which Tesla developed and opened up to other automakers. The rollout comes after the Volkswagen Group, which owns both Porsche and Audi, announced that it would implement NACS compatibility for Volkswagen, Audi, Porsche and Scout Motors in December 2023.Porsche is kicking off its NACS adoption with a “soft launch,” where existing owners of Taycan and Macan Electric models have to reserve a…
Rolling NDA submission for zidesamtinib in TKI pre-treated advanced ROS1-positive NSCLC initiated under FDA’s RTOR program, with completion on track for the third quarter of 2025 CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sept. 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Nuvalent, Inc. (Nasdaq: NUVL), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on creating precisely targeted therapies for clinically proven kinase targets in cancer, today presented pivotal data for zidesamtinib, a novel investigational ROS1-selective inhibitor, in TKI (tyrosine kinase inhibitor) pre-treated patients with advanced ROS1-positive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) from its global ARROS-1 Phase 1/2 clinical trial as part of the Presidential Symposium at the IASLC 2025 World Conference on Lung Cancer (WCLC…
Japan’s prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba.Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesJapan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba announced Sunday he will step down from his post after weeks of mounting pressure for his resignation.Ishiba had faced calls for his resignation in recent weeks after the ruling Liberal Democratic Party failed to secure a majority in the lower house election on Oct. 27.It comes after Japan struggled to reach a trade agreement with the U.S. and protect its massive auto sector from high duties. U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday stateside to implement a trade deal with Japan, with 15% baseline tariffs on…