Brynn Putnam, the founder behind the connected fitness startup Mirror, is back with a new startup: a tech-powered gaming console that combines the best of board games and video games, called Board. After selling Mirror to Lululemon for $500 million in 2020, Putnam returned to entrepreneurship to create an entirely new product, which she unveiled Tuesday for the first time …
Read More »Netflix CTO says more vertical video experiments are coming, but streamer is not competing with TikTok | TechCrunch
Netflix is looking to vertical video as a way to experiment with new content types, said CTO Elizabeth Stone, speaking at the TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 conference on Tuesday. The exec noted the company didn’t want to compete directly with apps like TikTok or other short-form drama apps, but did acknowledge there are more ways that Netflix can take advantage of …
Read More »Horror as ‘over 2000 killed’ in just 48 hours as militia goes ‘house to house’
Horrific reports are emerging of ethically motivated mass killings and other atrocities from Sudan after paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) took control of El Fasher in the country’s western Darfur region over the weekend. Now, Sudan’s army has claimed that more than 2,000 civilians were brutally massacred at the hands of these paramilitary forces in just 48 hours. The RSF …
Read More »Steven Bartlett’s fortune soars as new $425m valuation cements his status among richest Dragons
Steven Bartlett, the entrepreneur and Diary of a CEO host, has revealed his business empire has been valued at $425 million (£320 million) following a major eight-figure investment — a deal that cements his position as one of the richest entrepreneurs ever to appear on Dragons’ Den. The 33-year-old investor, who joined the BBC show in 2022, announced the new …
Read More »Elon Musk launches Grokipedia to rival ‘left-biased’ Wikipedia
Elon Musk’s company xAI has launched a website called Grokipedia to compete with online encyclopaedia Wikipedia, which he and others on the American right-wing have accused of ideological bias. The site, dubbed version 0.1, had more than 885,000 articles by Monday evening after its launch, compared to Wikipedia’s more than 7 million in English. The launch came with the promise …
Read More »Sam Altman says OpenAI will have a ‘legitimate AI researcher’ by 2028 | TechCrunch
OpenAI says its deep learning systems are rapidly advancing, with models increasingly able to solve complex tasks faster. So fast, in fact, that internally, OpenAI is tracking towards achieving an intern-level research assistant by September 2026, and a fully automated “legitimate AI researcher” by 2028, CEO Sam Altman said during a livestream Tuesday. The ambitious timeline comes on the …
Read More »پہلا ٹی 20: جنوبی افریقا نے پاکستان کو 55 رنز سے ہرا دیا – Sports
راولپنڈی کرکٹ اسٹیڈیم میں کھیلے گئے پہلے ٹی20 میچ میں جنوبی افریقا نے پاکستان کوشکست دے دی۔ پاکستان نے ٹاس جیت کر جنوبی افریقا کو پہلے بیٹنگ کی دعوت دی تھی۔ پاکستانی کھلاڑیوں کی ناقص بلے بازی کے باعث ٹیم 195رنزکا ہدف حاصل کرنے میں ناکام رہی، بابر اعظم کم بیک میچ میں بغیر کوئی رن بنائے آؤٹ ہوئے۔ سلمان …
Read More »https://www.rt.com/business/627074-amazon-mass-layoffs-ai/Amazon announces mass layoffs amid AI push
US retail and tech giant Amazon has announced thousands of job cuts, citing a need to restructure and a focus on AI. The company will cut about 14,000 corporate jobs, a 4% reduction in its office workforce, according to a statement published on Tuesday, adding that AI is “enabling companies to innovate much faster than ever before.” Staff in the …
Read More »کابل دہلی کے اشاروں پر چل رہا ہے، افغان حکومت کے پاس مذاکرات کا اختیار نہیں: خواجہ آصف – Pakistan
وزیرِ دفاع خواجہ آصف نے کہا ہے کہ کابل پر اثر و رسوخ رکھنے والے بیرونی عناصر دراصل دہلی کے حکم پر کام کر رہے ہیں اور کابل کے پاس خود مذاکراتی اختیار موجود نہیں۔ افغان طالبان سے مذاکرات کے حوالے سے خواجہ آصف نے کہا کہ کابل کا پتلی تماشہ دہلی سے کنٹرول ہو رہا ہے، مذاکرات کا اختیار …
Read More »VC Vinod Khosla says the US government could take 10% stake in all public companies to soften the blow of AGI | TechCrunch
Vinod Khosla has a bold vision for how society could be reconfigured to share the abundance created by AI technology. Speaking at the TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 conference on Tuesday, the Khosla Ventures founder suggested the U.S. government could take a 10% stake in all public corporations and redistribute that corporate wealth to the public at large. As Khosla put it, …
Read More »Former CIA Station Chief on the Trump Administration’s Caribbean Strategy
The strikes come amid a major U.S. military buildup in the region, most recently bolstered by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth’s order last week for the USS Gerald Ford aircraft carrier and its escorts to deploy from the Mediterranean to Latin America. President Trump says he is also considering military action against land targets in Venezuela, a sentiment echoed recently …
Read More »نیتن یاہو نے غزہ پر ایک بار پھر ’فوری حملے‘ کا حکم دے دیا – World
اسرائیلی وزیراعظم نیتن یاہو نے ایک بار پھر غزہ پر حملے کا حکم دے دیا ہے۔ الجزیرہ کی رپورٹ کے مطابق اسرائیلی وزیرِاعظم بنیامین نیتن یاہو نے اپنی فوج کو غزہ پر فوری ”طاقتور حملہ“ کرنے کا حکم دے دیا ہے۔ اسرائیلی وزیرِاعظم کے دفتر سے جاری کردہ بیان کے مطابق یہ فیصلہ اس وقت سامنے آیا جب نیتن یاہو …
Read More »WATCH: Taskin Ahmed’s mighty ‘six’ turns into a bizarre ‘hit wicket’ during BAN vs WI 1st T20I
During the 1st T20I between Bangladesh and the West Indies in Chattogram, an unusual and unfortunate incident occurred involving Bangladesh’s bowler, Taskin Ahmed, as he attempted to hit the last ball of Bangladesh’s innings out of the park. Taskin, looking to reduce the margin of defeat, faced a bizarre turn of events that resulted in his dismissal in a way …
Read More »پنجاب میں افغان باشندوں کو پراپرٹی کرائے پر دینے والوں کے خلاف مقدمات کا حکم – Pakistan
وزیراعلیٰ پنجاب مریم نواز کی زیرِ صدارت امن و امان سے متعلق چھٹے اجلاس میں صوبے بھر میں غیر قانونی طور پر مقیم افغان باشندوں سمیت غیر ملکیوں کے خلاف فیلڈ سروے کرانے کا فیصلہ کیا گیا ہے۔ اجلاس میں ہدایت دی گئی کہ افغان باشندوں سمیت کسی بھی غیر ملکی کو پراپرٹی کرائے پر دینے والوں کے خلاف فوری …
Read More »Women’s World Cup 2025: What happens if the ENG vs SA Semi-Final 1 in Guwahati is washed out?
With a dozen of matches in the group stage already abandoned due to persistent rain, the knockout stages of the ICC Women’s World Cup 2025 are fraught with tension, as the weather poses a significant threat to the upcoming semi-finals. The playing conditions set by the ICC will be critically important in determining which team advances to the final. The …
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