If you look at how AI deals are conducted these days, it seems AI companies and their investors are imitating the circle of life. Only, it’s a circle of profit that ensures the money eventually comes back to their own coffers. Case in point: SoftBank, which is investing tens of billions into OpenAI and committing dozens more to build AI …

Over the last year, Google has added multiple AI-powered features to Maps to improve discovery and enable users to ask questions about places. Now the company is upgrading the app with Gemini to let users ask its AI bot questions while driving, improve navigation, and perform more tasks. While driving, users can now ask Gemini to answer questions about places …

Sir Charlie Mayfield says ill-health is driving millions out of work, costing employers and the economy billions — but the problem is “not inevitable.” Britain is at risk of an “economic inactivity crisis” as the number of sick and disabled people out of work continues to rise, according to a government-commissioned review led by Sir Charlie Mayfield, the former John …

Carmakers say Rachel Reeves’ plan to tax employee vehicle ownership schemes will backfire — cutting sales, jobs and Treasury revenue. Britain’s leading carmakers have warned that a Treasury plan to impose company car tax on employee car ownership schemes (Ecos) could cost the Exchequer £500 million in lost revenue and threaten thousands of manufacturing jobs. The Society of Motor Manufacturers …

خصوصی سافٹ ویئر کے ذریعے ڈھائی لاکھ سے زائد افراد کے شناختی کارڈ جعلی ہونے کا انکشاف ہوا ہے، جعلی شناختی کارڈ رکھنے والوں میں زیادہ تعداد افغان باشندوں کی نکلی۔ ذرائع کے مطابق ملک میں مقیم غیر قانونی افغان باشندوں کے خلاف گھیرا مزید تنگ ہوگیا، جعلی پاکستانی شناختی کارڈ رکھنے والے افغانی نادرا کے نشانے پر آگئے اور …

Since the start of the year, Tunisia has repatriated around 10,000 irregular migrants, the majority coming from sub-Saharan African countries, the country’s foreign minister has said. The North African nation is facing growing pressure from the European Union to stem the flow of migrants across the Mediterranean. According to Foreign Minister Mohamed Ali Nafti, the repatriations were carried out through …

Phoebe Gormley, founder of Savile Row’s first women’s tailoring house, launches Fit Collective — an AI-powered platform aiming to cut billions in clothing returns. The entrepreneur behind Gormley & Gamble, the first women’s tailoring business on London’s Savile Row, has raised £3 million for her new venture Fit Collective, a technology start-up using artificial intelligence to fix one of fashion’s …

Judgment in Getty Images v Stability AI seen as a setback for copyright owners as calls grow for new UK rules on AI training data A London-based artificial intelligence company has won a closely watched High Court case that tested whether AI developers can lawfully train their models using vast libraries of copyrighted material. Stability AI, whose board includes Avatar …

عالمی مالیاتی فنڈ (آئی ایم ایف) نے وفاقی حکومت کو نئے نیشنل فنانس کمیشن (این ایف سی) ایوارڈ میں تکنیکی معاونت کی پیشکش کردی ہے۔ ذرائع کے مطابق وفاق اور صوبوں کے درمیان وسائل کی تقسیم کا نیا فارمولا تیار کرنے کی کوششوں کی تناظر میں آئی ایم ایف نے بھی حکومت کو تیکنیکی معاونت کی پیشکش کردی۔ نئے این …

Officials and liquidators are pursuing businesses behind 21 movies that sought nearly £16 million in incentives from a joint HMRC and British Film Institute scheme. Businesses controlled by prolific film producer Alan Latham — whose films have featured stars including Elizabeth Hurley, Kelsey Grammer, and Bill Nighy — are being investigated by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) amid questions over …

Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) finally lifted their maiden Indian Premier League (IPL) trophy in 2025 after years of heartbreak and near misses. Under the leadership of Rajat Patidar, the Bengaluru-based franchise displayed remarkable consistency and resilience, blending experience with youthful flair. As the IPL gears up for its 2026 mega auction, every franchise will have to make some tough choices …

Cybersecurity is a massive sector, but startups in the category are more likely to be acquired than go public. Even Wiz, which for a time held the title of the fastest-growing startup, abandoned its IPO ambitions when it agreed to sell to Google earlier this year. In the past few years, there have been scant few significant cybersecurity listings:  SentinelOne IPO’d in 2021, Rubrik did …

A driver rammed into pedestrians and cyclists on France’s Oleron island off its Atlantic coast on Wednesday, Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said, and at least nine people were injured before he was arrested, according to local officials. The 35-year-old suspect shouted “Allahu akbar” [Arabic for God is Greatest] when arrested by police, the local prosecutor, Arnaud Laraize, told Sud Ouest …

The OLED looks great, but one of the benefits of OLED is HDR in gaming, thanks to the incredible contrast from being able to turn off individual pixels. OLED isn’t known for being bright, but lately, that’s improved on laptops and external monitors. The OLED display on the Lenovo Legion 7i Gen 10, for example, can be cranked up to …

Michael Burry, the investor famed for predicting the 2007 subprime mortgage collapse and inspiring The Big Short, has wagered $1.1 billion against two of the world’s most prominent artificial intelligence stocks — Nvidia and Palantir Technologies. Regulatory filings show that Burry’s hedge fund, Scion Asset Management, has bought put options — which profit when prices fall — on one million …