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In this illustration, taken on June 23, 2023, AI letters are placed on the computer’s motherboard. – Reuters SAN FRANCISCO: In the battle for AI supremacy, US tech giants have the capital and the chips, but their ambitions now face a new barrier: electrical energy. “The biggest problem we face now isn’t a surplus of…

Representative image of Chromebook.— Google In a major step to make Pakistan a regional IT hub, Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunications Shaza Fatima Khawaja said on Saturday that Google will produce around 600,000 Chromebooks in the country annually. Speaking to media, she said that Google has completed its registration in Pakistan and plans…

This illustration shows a message that says “AI artificial intelligence”, a keyboard and robot hands. – Reuters Nearly 28% of Americans confessed to pursuing “intimate or romantic” connections with AI chatbots, a survey shows. The Vantage Point Counseling Services survey found that at least 54% of respondents believe AI was a colleague, friend or even…

The “Grand Theft Auto VI” logo and main characters can be seen on computer screens in this image. —AFP Take-Two Interactive said Thursday it expects to launch “Grand Theft Auto VI” on Nov. 19 next year, in the latest delay for the gaming industry’s most anticipated title after the blockbuster success of its predecessor. Shares…

Teenagers pose for a photo while holding smartphones in front of a WhatsApp logo in this illustration taken on September 11, 2025. – Reuters Millions of users around the world were left without connections on Tuesday after WhatsApp suffered a major outage that disrupted messaging services on both mobile and web platforms. According to Downdetector,…

People play online games in an internet cafe. – Reuters The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence in game development has game makers on edge as machines begin to invent characters and worlds for the next generation of video games. “Generative AI is already being used in commercial game development a lot more than people realise,…

Astronauts for China’s Shenzhou-21 space mission Commanders Zhang Lu (R), Wu Fei (C) and Zhang Hongzhang (L) walk during a departure ceremony before boarding a bus to take them to the Shenzhou-21 spacecraft at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert of northwest China on October 31, 2025. – AFP A Chinese crew…

An astronaut works outside the International Space Station (ISS) on November 19, 2009. – Reuters BEIJING: China will send a Pakistani astronaut on a short-term mission to its space station, state news agency reported Xinhua reported on Thursday. Under the plan, two Pakistani candidates will train alongside Chinese taikonauts, the China Manned Space Agency said…

Amazon’s logo is pictured at the company’s logistics center in Carquefou near Nantes, France, October 15, 2024. – Reuters SAN FRANCISCO: Amazon will lay off tens of thousands of office workers as the e-commerce and technology giant cuts costs amid ramped-up investment in artificial intelligence, according to US media reports. About 30,000 positions will be…

The Meta AI logo can be seen in this illustration. — Reuters/File Meta has rolled out an Urdu version of its artificial intelligence platform, Meta AI, to users in Pakistan, aimed at promoting digital inclusivity. The launch took place during the ‘Future in Focus: AI and Innovation’ event organized in collaboration with the Ministry of…

The image shows Anthropic written on a mobile phone screen. – AFP/file SAN FRANCISCO: Artificial intelligence giant Anthropic said Thursday it is expanding its use of Google cloud computing and specialized chips in a deal worth tens of billions of dollars. The deal includes Anthropic purchasing as many as one million Tensor Processing Units (TPUs),…

Words that read “Artificial Intelligence AI”, miniature of robot and toy hand are depicted in this illustration taken on December 14, 2023. – Reuters Artificial intelligence assistants distort or misrepresent information in almost half of their responses, according to research released on Wednesday by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and the BBC. The study assessed…