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Hospitals often discharge homeless patients back to the streets, leading to recurring health issues. Dr. Richard Bryce highlights this cycle, noting the high costs of indigent care, which exceeds $70 million annually in Denver, with costs rising due to a new sales tax for hospital funding.

Tamil Nadu gains investment boost as Tata Electronics forms JV with Pegatron for iPhone production, holding 60%. Key drivers include production-linked incentives, special investment packages, and employment generation. Tata will manage operations, with Pegatron providing technical support. This move accelerates Tata's iPhone manufacturing plans, intensifying competition with other manufacturers. The JV awaits Competition Commission of India approval.

Warner Bros. Discovery's Max streaming platform expands to seven more East Asian territories, replacing HBO Go. JB Perrette, WBD's streaming president, highlights Asia Pacific's growth potential. Max offers upgraded content and tech improvements, adapting launch strategies to local markets, including mobile-only plans in Indonesia and the Philippines. The platform considers local content relevance, avoiding past mistakes of over-investing in local productions. Future launches in Australia and South Korea are crucial for Max's global expansion.

Divcon Controls appoints Molly Ward, former Apple executive, as VP of sustainability to advance environmental stewardship in mission-critical facilities.

BioIntelliSense received FDA approval for its BioButton Multi-Patient wearable and BioDashboard system, enhancing virtual care and extending patient monitoring into homes. This marks a significant advancement in remote patient monitoring (RPM), which became crucial during the Covid-19 pandemic. GlobalData forecasts the RPM market to grow from $548.9m in 2020 to $760m by 2030, with major players including Boston Scientific, GE Healthcare, and Medtronic. BioIntelliSense's solution automates vital sign collection and delivers real-time data, prioritising patient safety and enhancing clinical outcomes.

Apple plans to release a wall-mounted display, codenamed J490, in March next year. The device will control home appliances, handle video conferencing, and use AI for app navigation, focusing on the Apple Intelligence platform for device control, Siri interaction, and FaceTime intercom. It will also feature web browsing, news, music, and photo slideshow capabilities.

Biotech is expanding beyond healthcare to become a major methodology for delivering non-biotech products and services. The global bioeconomy is valued at $4 trillion and projected to grow to $30 trillion, representing a third of global economic value. Companies need biotech strategies to avoid missing out, with innovations like climate tech, AI, fashion, food, and agriculture powered by biotech. Biotech strategies will be crucial for decarbonization and addressing biosecurity issues. Educational institutions must adapt to meet the growing demand for skilled biotech workers.

Sky's Black Friday sale offers discounts on TV packages, broadband, and mobile plans, including £168 off a TV and Netflix bundle, 150Mbps broadband at its lowest price, and savings on Apple, Samsung, and Google devices with Sky Mobile's reduced data plans.

UK's Competition and Markets Authority's revised merger review process speeds up decision-making; first Phase II probe finds a merger of two major UK corporate travel services anticompetitive. Apple faces a fine for non-compliance with the Digital Markets Act, and two banks lose appeals against EU SSA bond trading cartel decision.

An Apple Watch Series 10 user recounts how the device's Wrist Temperature feature recorded a fever during a bout of food poisoning, highlighting the importance of setting up Sleep Focus mode for accurate readings. The watch did not predict the illness but provided valuable health data, emphasizing the need for proper thermometers for accurate daytime readings and cautioning against using the watch as a diagnostic tool.