Tech giants Meta and TikTok have confirmed they will comply with Australia’s new social media age restriction law, which bans users under the age of 16 from accessing major platforms. However, both companies have warned that the law will be difficult to enforce and could carry unintended consequences. The legislation, set to take effect from…
As global cloud adoption accelerates, cybersecurity has become the defining challenge of 2025. From Karachi to London, organisations are embracing hybrid and multi-cloud infrastructures — yet many remain dangerously underprepared for the new wave of digital threats. Recent reports show that while 78% of organisations now use two or more cloud providers, security maturity hasn’t…
Long-awaited “Watch History” feature now lets you find Reels you’ve already viewed Instagram has finally rolled out one of its most requested features ever — a “Watch History” option for Reels — allowing users to revisit videos they’ve already watched. The feature, announced by Instagram head Adam Mosseri on Friday, is designed to fix one…
I know the headline of this article isn’t fancy, but I’ve tried to do something here. Initially, I thought of calling it “AI vs Me: Part II” — a gleeful nod to all the bad press AI has been getting lately. But I didn’t want to start a series built on animosity. There are two…
MENLO PARK (California): Facebook parent company Meta Platforms Inc. is reportedly laying off around 600 employees from its artificial intelligence division, as part of ongoing efforts to streamline operations following years of rapid expansion, according to reports from The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times. The job cuts come after Meta’s extensive hiring…
A new study by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has found that artificial intelligence assistants such as ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini, and Perplexity are currently unreliable for accessing accurate news, with nearly half of their responses containing factual or contextual errors. The extensive analysis — conducted between late May and early June by 22 public media…
OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, is taking unprecedented steps to secure its position in the global artificial intelligence hardware race, ordering hundreds of billions of dollars’ worth of chips despite its revenues being a fraction of that amount. According to industry reports, OpenAI has committed to purchasing 26 gigawatts of high-end data processors from major…
Pakistan’s large-scale manufacturing (LSM) sector registered a 4.44% growth during the first two months of the fiscal year 2025–26, according to the latest data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS). The increase reflects modest progress in industrial activity despite challenges such as fluctuating input costs and uneven global demand. The report highlighted that…
Germany’s federal cabinet has approved a set of key economic measures, including extended tax exemptions for electric vehicles (EVs) and working pensioners, as part of Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s economic revival strategy. The move follows two consecutive years of recession and is aimed at stimulating growth while easing pressure on both consumers and industries. The new…
Authorities in Italy have uncovered one of the most shocking disability fraud cases in recent memory, accusing a 70-year-old man from Vicenza of pretending to be completely blind for more than five decades in order to collect state benefits totaling over €1 million. According to reports, the man first began receiving disability payments 53 years…