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Vandals have sparked travel disruption for thousands of passengers across France after setting fire to cables along key train lines between Paris and the popular south coast. High-speed TGV services between the capital and cities, including Marseille, Avignon, Montpellier and Nice, were thrown into chaos, leaving travellers stranded during the busy half-term holidays. France’s transport ministry and national rail operator …

Waymo co-CEO Tekedra Mawakana believes other companies working on autonomous vehicles need to do more to prove their technology is safe, she said during an interview at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025. Mawakana had just been asked who she considered to be on the list of companies trying to make roads safer during Monday’s interview. “I don’t know who’s on that list, …

Amazon could be implementing the largest job reduction at the company since 2023.  As reported by Reuters on Monday, people familiar with the matter said that up to 30,000 corporate positions may be eliminated starting Tuesday. The job cuts are expected to affect various sectors, including human resources, devices and services, and operations, and others. Amazon hasn’t eliminated this many …

OPINION — Precision U.S. airstrikes against Iran’s nuclear program last June demonstrate American technological prowess built on decades of 20th Century Cold War Era investment and innovation. Today, the U.S. continues to originate new technology, yet it finds itself in a race with rivals such as China and Russia to dominate AI, quantum computing, robotics, semiconductors, cyber, and other frontier …

OpenAI released new data on Monday illustrating how many of ChatGPT’s users are struggling with mental health issues and talking to the AI chatbot about it. The company says that 0.15% of ChatGPT’s active users in a given week have “conversations that include explicit indicators of potential suicidal planning or intent.” Given that ChatGPT has more than 800 million weekly …

Fitbit’s new Gemini-powered health coach, announced back in August, is becoming available as a public preview to Premium subscribers in the U.S. on Android starting tomorrow. It expands to iOS later this year.  As the AI race heats up, Google is counting on the Gemini AI assistant to help Fitbit stand out from the crowd. Called “Coach,” this feature is …

US President Donald Trump said on Monday that he underwent an MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) scan during his most recent visit to Walter Reed National Military Medical Centre but he declined to provide details about the reason for the scan. The comments marked the first time Trump, 79, has offered an explanation for his second medical exam this year. The …

سعودی عرب میں وزیراعظم شہباز شریف کی سعودی ولی عہد شہزادہ محمد بن سلمان سے ملاقات ہوئی ہے جس میں پاکستان و سعودی عرب کے مابین تجارت، سرمایہ کاری، توانائی اور افرادی قوت کے شعبوں میں تعاون کے مزید فروغ پر گفتگو ہوئی ہے۔ قصرِ یمامہ ریاض پہنچنے پر شہزادہ محمد بن سلمان نے وزیراعظم اور پاکستانی وفد کا پُرتپاک …

This is the moment that a cruise ship sailing near the southern coast of Majorca rescued a small migrant boat with 19 people on board, including three children. While sailing in the waters near the Cabrera sub-archipelago – a group of 19 uninhabited islands and islets off the southern coast of Majorca – passengers aboard the MSC Splendida recorded videos …

When Demetri Maxim was seven years old, his mother’s kidneys stopped working. She was put on dialysis, which meant that she had to go to the hospital four times a week to have her blood filtered by a machine since her own kidneys could no longer function independently. Two years later, Maxim’s mother received a kidney transplant. Although the surgery …

پاکستان اور بنگلہ دیش تعلقات میں اہم پیش رفت سامنے آئی ہے۔ پاکستان کی جانب سے بنگلہ دیش کو کراچی پورٹ ٹرسٹ کے استعمال کی پیشکش کی گئی ہے۔ دونوں ممالک میں دوطرفہ اقتصادی اور ترقیاتی تعاون مضبوط بنانے میں اہم سنگ میل طے ہوا ہے۔ اعلامیے کے مطابق ڈھاکہ میں 20 سال بعد پاک بنگلہ دیش نواں جوائنٹ اکنامک …

The crisis has reached a “point of maturity” and can be resolved through talks, the Brazilian president has said Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has said the time is right to end the Ukraine conflict, arguing that the fighting between Moscow and Kiev has reached a “point of maturity.” He called on the world powers to support renewed …