The Super 8 stage of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 heads to a high-stakes encounter in Pallekele. For Pakistan, this is a do-or-die mission. After a washout against New Zealand and a bruising defeat to England, Salman Ali Agha’s men are clinging to semi-final hopes by a thread. They need a convincing win here and a favourable result …
Read More »FCC approves the merger of cable giants Cox and Charter
The Federal Communications Commission has given the go ahead for two of the US’ biggest cable providers, Charter Communications and Cox Communications, to merge. Charter announced its intention to acquire Cox for $34.5 billion in May 2025, with specific plans to inherit Cox’s managed IT, commercial fiber and cloud businesses, while folding the company’s residential cable service into a subsidiary. …
Read More »OpenAI fires employee for using confidential info on prediction markets | TechCrunch
OpenAI has fired an employee over the employee’s activity on prediction markets, including Polymarket, the company confirmed to Wired. The employee used confidential OpenAI information in connection with the trades made, the company alleges. OpenAI didn’t release the name of the employee. However, a spokesperson said that such actions violated a company policy that bans workers from using inside information …
Read More »Washington is primed to let Rivian and Lucid sell EVs directly to consumers
The Rivian showroom at University Village in Seattle in 2025. (GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser) With the threat of a ballot initiative looming, a slate of auto dealers in Washington have come out in support of EV makers Rivian and Lucid Motors in their pursuit of direct sales to consumers. Electric automakers have fought for years to change the state …
Read More »Trump orders federal agencies to drop Anthropic services amid Pentagon feud
President Donald Trump has ordered all US government agencies to stop using Claude and other Anthropic services, escalating an already volatile feud between the Department of Defense and company over AI safeguards. Taking to Truth Social on Friday afternoon, the president said there would be a six-month phase out period for federal agencies, including the Defense Department, to migrate off …
Read More »Paramount agrees to buy Warner Bros. Discovery, pays Netflix $2.8 billion for breakup
Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery are officially merging. The studio paid Netflix the $2.8 billion termination fee it was owed for breaking its original deal to buy Warner Bros. earlier today, and the historic film studio has now formally accepted Paramount’s offer. Along with the deal, which values Warner Bros. Discovery at $31 per share, Paramount is making several …
Read More »Pentagon moves to designate Anthropic as a supply-chain risk | TechCrunch
In a post on Truth Social, President Trump directed federal agencies to cease use of all Anthropic products after the company’s public dispute with the Department of Defense. The president allowed for a six-month phase-out period for departments using the products, but emphasized that Anthropic was no longer welcome as a federal contractor. “We don’t need it, we don’t want …
Read More »President Trump orders federal agencies to stop using Anthropic after Pentagon dispute | TechCrunch
In a post on Truth Social, President Trump directed federal agencies to cease use of all Anthropic products after the company’s public dispute with the Department of Defense. The president allowed for a six-month phase-out period for departments using the products, but emphasized that Anthropic was no longer welcome as a federal contractor. “We don’t need it, we don’t want …
Read More »Dollar marks first monthly gain since October amid rising economic resilience
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Read More »Griekspoor to face Medvedev in Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships final
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Read More »The PS5 Pro is getting upgraded upscaling tech in March
After suggesting a version of AMD’s FSR 4 could be ported to the PS5 Pro last year, it looks like Sony is finally rolling out an update with the upscaling tech in March. Mark Cerny, the lead architect of the PS4, PS5 and PS5 Pro, shared via a blog post that the PS5 Pro will be updated with a new …
Read More »Noura Al Kaabi participates as Special Guest at 50th CARICOM Heads of Government Meeting, advancing UAE–Caribbean cooperation
Noura Al Kaabi participates as Special Guest at 50th CARICOM Heads of Government Meeting, advancing UAE–Caribbean cooperation Source link
Read More »Google and OpenAI employees sign open letter in ‘solidarity’ with Anthropic
Hundreds of employees at Google and OpenAI have urging their companies to in its standoff with the Pentagon over military applications for AI tools like Claude. The letter, titled “We Will Not Be Divided,” calls on the leadership of both companies to “put aside their differences and stand together to continue to refuse the Department of War’s current demands for …
Read More »Musk bashes OpenAI in deposition, saying ‘nobody committed suicide because of Grok’ | TechCrunch
In a newly released deposition filed in Elon Musk’s case against OpenAI, the tech executive attacked OpenAI’s safety record, claiming that his company, xAI, better prioritizes safety. He went so far as to say that “Nobody has committed suicide because of Grok, but apparently they have because of ChatGPT.” The comment came up in a line of questioning about a …
Read More »Anthropic vs. the Pentagon: What’s actually at stake? | TechCrunch
The past two weeks have been defined by a clash between Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth as the two battle over the military’s use of AI. Anthropic refuses to allow its AI models to be used for mass surveillance of Americans or for fully autonomous weapons that conduct strikes without human input. At the same time, …
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