UK leads 40-Nation initiative to restore access to Strait of Hormuz

UK leads 40-Nation initiative to restore access to Strait of Hormuz

An online meeting of foreign ministers, chaired by Cooper, was held to discuss these steps. LONDON: British Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper said that 40 countries are exploring coordinated measures to prevent Iran from controlling the global economy and to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. According to a international media, an online meeting of foreign ministers, chaired by Cooper, was held …

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Denmark sets global example by ending mother-to-child HIV

Denmark sets global example by ending mother-to-child HIV

According to WHO, Denmark met all targets between 2021 and 2024. COPENHAGEN: Denmark has become the first European Union country to completely eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV, a milestone officially confirmed by the World Health Organization. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus described the achievement as a major public health breakthrough, demonstrating that strong government commitment and sustained investment in healthcare …

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Microsoft takes on AI rivals with three new foundational models | TechCrunch

Microsoft takes on AI rivals with three new foundational models | TechCrunch

Microsoft AI, the tech giant’s research lab, announced the release of three foundational AI models on Thursday that can generate text, voice, and images. The release signals Microsoft’s continued push to build out its own stack of multimodal AI models — and compete with rival AI labs — even though it remains tied to OpenAI. MAI-Transcribe-1 transcribes speech across 25 …

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IPL 2026: Abhishek Sharma left fuming after Varun Chakravarthy’s disputed catch denies SRH opener a blazing fifty against KKR

IPL 2026: Abhishek Sharma left fuming after Varun Chakravarthy’s disputed catch denies SRH opener a blazing fifty against KKR

Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) opener Abhishek Sharma found himself at the heart of a heated moment during IPL 2026 as his promising innings against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) ended in dramatic fashion at Eden Gardens. Just when he looked set for a well-deserved half-century, a disputed catch brought his knock to a frustrating halt, leaving both the batter and fans stunned. …

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PSL Technical Committee rejects Fakhar Zaman’s appeal

PSL Technical Committee rejects Fakhar Zaman’s appeal

The committee has upheld the referee’s ruling, confirming that Zaman will serve a two-match suspension. KARACHI: The Pakistan Super League (PSL) Technical Committee has rejected Fakhar Zaman’s appeal against his two-match suspension imposed for altering the condition of the ball during a recent match between Lahore Qalandars and Karachi Kings. The incident occurred when match referee Roshan Mahnama penalized Zaman …

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Russia closes loophole to fully block payments for Apple services

Russia closes loophole to fully block payments for Apple services

Russia has closed a loophole that allowed its citizens to pay for Apple digital services. “As of April 1, 2026, payment processing is no longer available for purchases made on the App Store or other Apple Media Services in Russia,” the company wrote in a support document (via 9to5Mac). The change affects all Apple services. However, the company says iCloud+ …

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Exclusive: Money transfer app Duc exposed thousands of driver’s licenses and passports to the open web

Exclusive: Money transfer app Duc exposed thousands of driver’s licenses and passports to the open web

A publicly accessible Amazon-hosted storage server allowed anyone with a web browser to access potentially hundreds of thousands of people’s personal data without needing a password. This included driver’s licenses, passports, and other personal information collected by the Duc App, a money-transfer service owned by Toronto-based Duales. The Canadian fintech company said it resolved the data exposure on Tuesday after …

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Google releases Gemma 4, a family of open models built off of Gemini 3

Google releases Gemma 4, a family of open models built off of Gemini 3

When Google released Gemini 3 Pro at the end of last year, it was a significant step forward for the company’s proprietary large language models. Now, the company is bringing some of the same technology and research that made those models possible to the open source community with the release of its new family of Gemma 4 open-weight models. Google …

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Google now lets you direct avatars through prompts in its Vids app | TechCrunch

Google now lets you direct avatars through prompts in its Vids app | TechCrunch

Google on Thursday added new features to its video editor app Vids, including directing and customizing avatars through text prompts, Veo 3.1 support, the ability to export videos to YouTube, and recording with a Chrome extension. Users will be able to use natural language prompts to direct avatars to “act” in a scene. This can include the avatar interacting with …

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