AJK Govt approves Health Card launch and restoration of ministers' funds Source link

Anti-encroachment operation conducted across key city markets Source link

President Zardari reaffirms commitment to institutional facilitation to partner enterprises Source link

Starbucks is reporting early signs of progress from its operational overhaul, with transaction growth turning positive for the first time in two years. (Starbucks Photo) The “mosh pit” at Starbucks is getting less intense. That’s the term former CEO Howard Schultz used for the peak morning chaos at Starbucks, caused by the company’s mobile ordering system getting out of sync …

Following its recent AI makeover of Gmail, Google is bringing more Gemini-powered tools to Chrome. Starting today, a host of new features are rolling out for the browser, with more to come over the next few months. The first of the new features is a sidebar. Available to all Gemini in Chrome users, the interface allows you to chat with …

Abu Dhabi Archery Club approves participation of six female athletes in Arab Clubs Championship Source link

2025 was the year when a swarm of AI browsers from companies like OpenAI, Perplexity, Opera, and The Browser Company launched with an aim to replace Chrome with features like sidebar assistants and automated tasks. Now, Google is flexing its own AI muscles by adding similar features to Chrome, the world’s largest browser by market share. While Google had introduced …

Creator platform Patreon is taking issue with Apple’s new mandate that forces all creators to move to a subscription billing model, which now has a new transition deadline of November 1, 2026. While the coming changes will only impact the 4% of creators who are still using Patreon’s legacy billing models, the company’s announcement stressed that Apple’s lack of consistency around …

NAB Multan engages college students to launch 2026 Anti-Corruption awareness campaign Source link

US Treasury Secretary ‍Scott Bessent said on Wednesday that the United States and ‍Canada were likely ‍to end up in a “good ‌place” on trade but warned ‍Ottawa not to start a ‌political ⁠fight ahead of coming talks on the US-Mexico-Canada ‌free trade deal. Speaking in a CNBC ⁠interview on Wednesday, Bessent also said he ‍was disappointed by Europe’s major …

When deciding which video game to buy, “Is it fun?” is no longer the only consideration. Given the state of the industry, “Do I want to support this company?” is arguably more important. Take, for example, Ubisoft, where things seem to unravel more each day. After the floundering publisher floated even more layoffs this week, workers at its Paris headquarters …

Windscribe isn’t a VPN for everybody, and it’s not trying to be. Despite its high-achieving free plan, it didn’t quite make my list of the best VPNs, largely due to alienating interface choices and swingy download speeds. Its iconoclastic approach to everything from design to pricing to its online knowledge base will likely win some customers for life and turn …

Many in the industry think the winners of the AI model market have already been decided: Big Tech will own it (Google, Meta, Microsoft, a bit of Amazon) along with their model makers of choice, largely OpenAI and Anthropic.  But tiny 30-person startup Arcee AI disagrees. The company just released a truly and permanently open (Apache license) general-purpose, foundation model …

Shivam Dube’s explosive lone-warrior act proved insufficient as New Zealand snapped India’s winning streak with a decisive 50-run victory in Visakhapatnam. Chasing a mammoth target of 216, the Indian top order crumbled early under the lights, leaving the middle order with a mountainous task against a disciplined Kiwi attack. Despite Dube’s historic 15-ball half-century, the lack of support from the …

ExpressVPN is back on sale again, and its two-year plans are up to 78 percent off right now. You can get the Advanced tier for $101 for 28 months. This is marked down from the $392 that this time frame normally costs. On a per-month basis, it works out to roughly $3.59 for the promo period. We’ve consistently liked ExpressVPN …