NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang quits amid affair, spy scandal

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NVIDIA experienced a leadership shakeup today as Jensen Huang, the technology company's chief executive officer and co-founder, stepped down following public revelations of his extramarital affairs. Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Colette Kress will serve as interim CEO and retain her existing roles until the company names a permanent successor.

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Apple Health app adds more language support

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Apple redesigned its Health app to add more languages after introducing new features that provide a more comprehensive view of a user's long-term well-being. The app now supports global English, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), French, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Turkish, and Vietnamese, with additional languages expected in the future.

The revamped Health app brings new features, including an Insights tab that offers "timely, holistic" summaries covering heart, sleep, readiness, fitness, vitals, and cycle tracking data throughout the day.

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Google launches a new agentic shopping experience

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Starting today, Canadian consumers can now purchase from eligible Canadian retailers—including lululemon, select Shopify merchants, Shoppers Drug Mart and Simons—while researching in AI Mode in Google Search and the Gemini app in Canada. Google is bringing Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP)-powered checkout, a new agentic shopping experience.

As 59% of holiday shoppers in Canada plan to use an AI tool to help them shop this season, this experience allows Canadians to shop their favourite brands with ease, without the need for 10 tabs open at one time – sound familiar? 

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Apple finally unveils a touchscreen MacBook Pro with OLED and Dynamic Island

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Apple has officially unveiled a redesigned MacBook Pro featuring its new PROLED XDR tandem OLED display and, for the first time on a Mac, built-in touchscreen capabilities and the Dynamic Island. Available in 14- and 16-inch models, the updated laptops feature thinner and lighter designs—weighing 3 and 4 pounds, respectively—alongside slimmer display borders and up to 24 hours of battery life. The new display offers up to 2,000 nits peak brightness, a 10,000,000:1 contrast ratio, ProMotion refresh rates up to 120Hz, and a wider colour gamut covering both P3 and Adobe RGB.

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