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April 26, 2024

NEW YORK: Alphabet and Microsoft sparked a rally in tech stocks on Friday with earnings that showed big AI investments were driving growth, allaying doubts that their expensive bets will take time to pay off after a soft forecast from Meta Platforms . After pouring billions of dollars into the infrastructure needed to support artificial intelligence applications, both Alphabet and Microsoft reported quarterly revenue growth that beat expectations as more users turn to services like AI assistant Copilot and chatbot Gemini. Artificial intelligence services accounted for 7 percentage points of the 31% revenue growth at Microsoft’s Azure cloud-computing platform between

March 24, 2024

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Sports

Like driving with the handbrake on

MELBOURNE: Three-time world champion Max Verstappen said he felt like he was driving “with the handbrake on” after retiring from Sunday’s Australian Grand Prix with smoke billowing from his Red Bull. The Dutchman started from pole and was heavily favored to win for the third time this season after emphatic wins in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia. But it went horribly wrong almost immediately when he was passed by Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz on the second lap before his brakes failed and his race was over. “What we can see so far from the data is that once the lights went out

March 18, 2024

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International

Zac Goldsmith has been banned from driving for a year for speeding offences

Zac Goldsmith broke the speed limit seven times between April and November 2023. — Reuters/File Goldsmith was caught speeding on two freeways as recently as December. He is the latest big name to be prosecuted under a single legal process. The former minister was fined £5,500, ordered to pay a £2,000 victim surcharge. Former Environment Secretary Jack Goldsmith has been banned from driving for a year after breaking the speed limit multiple times in 2023. The brother of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan’s ex-wife, Jemima Goldsmith, broke the speed limit seven times in his Volkswagen Golf hybrid on the

February 18, 2024

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Lifestyle

OpenAI’s text-to-video model, Sora, is driving the internet crazy

In a groundbreaking announcement, Microsoft-backed OpenAI unveiled its latest venture into the world of artificial intelligence with the introduction of Sora, cutting-edge software designed to create minute-long videos based on text messages. The reveal on Thursday sparked a whirlwind of reaction online, with users expressing awe and amusement at the possibilities this futuristic technology offers. According to the company’s statement, Sora is currently available for red teaming, a process that involves identifying potential flaws in the AI system. Additionally, visual artists, designers and filmmakers can use Sora to get feedback on the model’s capabilities, opening the door to a new

February 12, 2024

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Lifestyle

Jonny Sins, Ranveer Singh are driving the internet crazy

In an unexpected collaboration that sent the Internet into overdrive, Bollywood actor Ranveer Singh recently joined forces with American adult star Johnny Sins for a hilarious ad about men’s sexual health. The unconventional ad, which puts an informative spin on the over-the-top saas-bahu Indian soap format, has garnered over 450,000 likes on IG. Shared as a collaborative post by Ranveer and sexual health company Bold Care, the ad marks Sins Indian’s ad debut and has sparked a frenzy on social media, with users expressing a mix of surprise, amusement and praise for the bold approach on a sensitive subject. IG

February 1, 2024

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International

Is toxic masculinity driving Gen Z boys and men to oppose feminism?

Gen Z boys, men are said to be putting women’s safety at risk by looking at ‘absolutely misogynist’ Andrew Tate Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan Tate leave a court in Bucharest, Romania. — AFP/File Gen Z boys and men are more likely than older baby boomers to believe that feminism has done more harm than good, according to data that suggests a “real risk of a fractious divide among this next generation. According to a survey of more than 3,600 people, one in four UK men between the ages of 16 and 29 think it’s harder to be a

January 4, 2024

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Business

Traders are driving the Chinese county boom

BEIJING: More Pakistani traders are settling in Tashikurgan Autonomous County Tajikistan Kashgar in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of China to tap the business potential. As the county is close to their homes, they said it was easy to get around and interact with the local community. A booming tourism benefits their businesses. Pakistani jeweler Murad Shah said his gem shop in the county “receives about 100 to 200 tourists a day after it reopened in April.” He pointed out that his business had started to recover after China successfully implemented its Covid-19 policies. “There are many tourists. The county has

Alphabet, Microsoft earnings show big AI bets are driving growth

Like driving with the handbrake on

Zac Goldsmith has been banned from driving for a year for speeding offences

OpenAI’s text-to-video model, Sora, is driving the internet crazy

Jonny Sins, Ranveer Singh are driving the internet crazy

Is toxic masculinity driving Gen Z boys and men to oppose feminism?

Traders are driving the Chinese county boom

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