The Chinese government’s recent announcement of more export controls on rare earth-related items marks a significant shift in global economic statecraft. The new measures, covering a spectrum of rare earth elements, other critical materials and relevant processing technologies, have been justified as measures to safeguard national security and fulfil non-proliferation obligations. The controls aim to deny the use of the …

Snapchat is making its new “Imagine Lens,” the company’s first open prompt image-generation AI Lens, available to all users for free. The Lens was initially launched in September but only for paid subscribers. With the Lens, users can edit their own Snaps using custom prompts or generate their own. For instance, you could prompt the app “turn me into an …

Ukrainian drones have sown chaos and panic across Russia after a series of lethal strikes caused massive damage to energy infrastructure and military-industrial sites. The devastating attacks occurred in the early hours of Wednesday morning in Dagestan and Mordovia. Ukraine has stepped up its aerial bombardments of Russia in an attempt to disrupt supplies of fuel and ammunition to Putin’s …

AI labs are racing to build data centers as large as Manhattan, each costing billions of dollars and consuming as much energy as a small city. The effort is driven by a deep belief in “scaling” — the idea that adding more computing power to existing AI training methods will eventually yield superintelligent systems capable of performing all kinds of …

OpenAI reportedly asked the Raine family — whose 16-year-old son Adam Raine died by suicide after prolonged conversations with ChatGPT — for a full list of attendees from the teenager’s memorial, signaling that the AI firm may try to subpoena friends and family.   OpenAI also requested “all documents relating to memorial services or events in the honor of the …

Donald Trump furiously denied lifting major restrictions on Ukraine’s use of Western long-range missiles, but left a cryptic message in doing so. The US president took to his Truth Social in response to a bombshell report by The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday night. Trump has effectively washed his hands of responsibility over Zelensky’s use of long-range missiles, which is …

Several people have been killed in the blast, the governor of Chelyabinsk Region has said At least four people have been killed after a major explosion rocked a manufacturing plant in the Russian city of Kopeysk on Wednesday, according to Aleksey Teksler, the governor of Chelyabinsk Region. The incident appears not to be linked to any drone attacks, the governor …

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بلوچستان کے ضلع مستونگ کی تحصیل دشت میں نامعلوم مسلح افراد نے 9 مزدوروں کو اغوا کر لیا۔ یہ مزدور علاقے میں ایک زیر تعمیر عمارت پر کام کر رہے تھے۔ اغوا ہونے والے مزدوروں کا تعلق پنجاب اور سندھ کے مختلف علاقوں سے بتایا جاتا ہے۔ لیویز ذرائع کے مطابق مزدوروں کو کام ختم کرکے واپس جاتے ہوئے پک …

وزیراعلیٰ پنجاب مریم نواز شریف کی زیرِ صدارت امن و امان پر مسلسل تیسرے غیر معمولی اجلاس میں ریاست کے خلاف سرگرم عناصر اور غیر قانونی مقیم غیر ملکیوں کے خلاف سخت کارروائی کا فیصلہ کیا گیا۔ صوبے میں قانون کی بالادستی یقینی بنانے کے لیے متعدد تاریخی اقدامات کی منظوری دی گئی۔ لاہور میں وزیراعلیٰ پنجاب مریم نواز کی …

OpenAI unveiled its AI browser ChatGPT Atlas during a livestream on Tuesday. There have been other AI browsers such as The Browser Company’s Dia, Opera’s Neon, Perplexity’s Comet, and General Catalyst-backed Strawberry. OpenAI’s launch is notable because of the sheer scale of reaching potentially 800 million of its weekly ChatGPT consumers. For the company, the browser is much more about …

Amazon announced on Wednesday that it’s developing AI-powered smart glasses for its delivery drivers. The idea behind the glasses is to give delivery drivers a hand-free experience that reduces the need to keep looking between their phone, the package they’re delivering, and their surroundings. The e-commerce giant says the glasses will allow delivery drivers to scan packages, follow turn-by-turn walking …

قومی سائبر کرائم اتھارٹی (NCCIA) نے کارروائی کرتے ہوئے تحریکِ انصاف کی رہنما اور سابق رکنِ اسمبلی شاندانہ گلزار کے خلاف ریاست مخالف مواد پھیلانے پر مقدمہ درج کر لیا۔ شاندانہ گلزار نے سوشل میڈیا پر وزیراعظم سے متعلق جعلی تصویر اور غلط معلومات شیئر کیں۔ جھوٹی خبر میں وزیراعظم پر اسرائیلی وزیرِاعظم سے ملاقات کا الزام لگایا گیا تھا۔ …

نیشنل سائبر کرائم ایجنسی نے اسلام آباد میں بڑی کارروائی کرتے ہوئے چائلڈ ابیوز مواد کی تحقیقات میں مرکزی ملزم عاصم محمد قاسم کو گرفتار کرلیا ہے۔ ملزم ساتھی ملزمان کے ساتھ واٹس ایپ، ٹیلی گرام اور دیگر پلیٹ فارمز سے غیر اخلاقی مواد پھیلانے میں ملوث تھا۔ ذرائع کے مطابق نیشنل سائبر کرائم ایجنسی کو بین الاقوامی نیٹ ورک …

Also, the micromobility startup spun out of Rivian, has landed a commercial deal with Amazon to supply the e-commerce company with thousands of its new pedal-assist cargo quad vehicles that are big enough to carry more than 400 pounds of packages and small enough to use a bike lane. Under the multi-year collaboration, the two companies will work on customizing …