Economy & Technology
Notion of a safe zone in southern Gaza ‘farcical’
GENEVA: The United Nations insisted on Friday there was no safe place for Palestinians ordered to leave Gaza City, and that Israeli-designated zones in the southern Gaza Strip were “places...
PDMA on alert as India’s water release, heavy rains threaten Punjab’s rivers
LAHORE / JHELUM: Authorities have warned that water flow in Pakistan’s eastern rivers, Ravi, Jhelum, and Sutlej, may rise sharply as India is expected to release additional water amid forecasts...
Prime suspect Teefi Butt held in Dubai over Ameer Balaj Tipu murder
LAHORE: In a major breakthrough, Punjab Police have arrested the prime suspect in the murder of political and social figure Ameer Balaj Tipu. The accused, identified as Khawaja Tarif Gulshan,...
China criticizes US ‘reciprocal tariffs’ at WTO, calls for efforts to maintain order on global services trade
BEIJING: China criticized the US’ actions of unilateralism and protectionism, including so-called reciprocal tariffs and urged the US to abide by WTO rules and work with all parties to promote...
Pakistan to witness year’s first supermoon on October 7
The first full moon of 2025, a supermoon, will brighten skies across Pakistan on October 7, according to the Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (Suparco). The phenomenon occurs...
Sam Altman looks to boost OpenAI’s infrastructure in Asia and the Middle East
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has embarked on a global fundraising initiative spanning East Asia and the Middle East, seeking financing and manufacturing partners to meet the company's demand for its...
Underwater data centres, AI-produced toxic proteins and the looming computer memory disaster
China’s deep dive for data. Literally. Underwater data centre being developed by Chinese maritime technology company Highlander is seen under construction at a shipyard in Nantong, in China's eastern Jingsu...
Jeff Bezos says space-based data centres are possible
Amazon (AMZN.O) founder Jeff Bezos predicted on Friday that gigawatt-scale data centres will be built in space within the next 10 to 20 years and that continuously available solar energy...
OpenAI unveils copyright controls as Disney rejects Sora app
ChatGPT creator OpenAI will soon introduce controls allowing the owners of content rights to dictate how their characters are used in its AI video-generating tool Sora and plans to share revenue with those who permit such use. The artificial intelligence company...
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sentenced to over four years in prostitution-related case
Hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs was sentenced to 50 months in federal prison on Friday following his conviction on two prostitution-related charges involving his former girlfriends. The ruling comes after...
