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Pax Silica program aims to protect tech supply chains, critical minerals, and allied cooperation China hawks in Washington warn that advanced AI chips could accelerate Beijing’s military capabilities, the reason the Biden administration first imposed export limits. PHOTO: PIXABAY Qatar and the United Arab Emirates will soon join a US-led initiative to secure AI and … Read more
PUBLISHED January 11, 2026 KARACHI: The phone is already in her hand when the question forms. Not a complicated one, not something that needs research. Just a small uncertainty, the kind that appears in the middle of an ordinary day. She could ask someone. She could read. Instead, her thumb moves almost on its own. … Read more
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Horticulture Development & Export Company (PHDEC), in collaboration with the Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP), organised an interactive Zoom session titled “Russia Market Re-Opening for Pakistani Potatoes: Current Issues and Way Forward,” focusing on reviving exports to the Russian market amid a bumper domestic crop. According to a statement issued on … Read more
Ocean heat rose ~23 zettajoules in 2025, equal to nearly 40 years of global energy use Ocean warming is not uniform, with some areas warming faster than others. PHOTO: PIXABAY The world’s oceans absorbed a record amount of heat in 2025, an international team of scientists said Friday, further priming conditions for sea level rise, … Read more
MiniMax’s team includes researchers who previously worked for tech giants such as Google and Microsoft as well as China’s Alibaba and DeepSeek. PHOTO: South China Morning Post Shares in Chinese AI startup MiniMax soared 109 percent as it went public in Hong Kong on Friday, raising US$619 million in a sign that strong investor demand … Read more
Meta covers full energy costs for its data centers, easing concerns over rising consumer bills The Facebook parent company signed agreements with Vistra, TerraPower and Oklo to extend existing nuclear plant operations .PHOTO: REUTERS Tech giant Meta announced Thursday major agreements with three US nuclear energy companies that it says will add up to 6.6 … Read more
Late Thursday, Mr. Musk’s chatbot, Grok, limited requests for A.I.-generated images on X to paid subscribers of the social media site amid an outcry from victims and regulators.
“This is a story about how a tool can be used to try to affect politics and in particular to minimize women, denigrate them and push them out of the conversation.”
The restrictions, signed into law by Gov. Philip D. Murphy on Thursday as one of his final acts in office, will take effect during the 2026-2027 school year.
Robots wear boxing gloves as they exchange punches during the Ultimate Fighting Bots (UFB) competition at the BattleBots Arena on the sidelines of the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada on January 6, 2026.AFP Robots mirroring movements of their human “pilots” exchange punches during the Ultimate Fighting Bots competition on the sidelines … Read more