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Meta Ray-Ban Gen 2 AI glasses during the Meta Connect event in Menlo Park, California, US, on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesEssilorLuxottica said a healthy amount of its revenue growth in the third quarter was due to its partnership with Meta, primarily from its Ray-Ban brand, to develop and sell smart glasses.”Clearly there is a lift coming from Ray-Ban Meta wearables as a product category,” CFO Stefano Grassi said on the company’s third-quarter earnings call.The European eyewear company said sales in in the quarter grew 11.7% year-over-year to 6.9 billion euros (about $8…

Several offices, mosques sealed in Lahore, Rawalpindi, and Islamabad over use of pulpits to incite hate or violencePolice, TLP workers clash paralyzes life in Lahore on Friday. Screengrab from Express footage The Punjab government and the Islamabad Capital Territory administration launched a crackdown against Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan, sealing several of its offices, mosques, and seminaries amid heightened tensions ahead of the group’s planned protests. The coordinated operation follows days of violence and comes just before the TLP’s scheduled countrywide demonstrations on Friday. Officials said the crackdown aims to curb unrest and prevent the misuse of religious platforms to incite violence and…

Former National Security Adviser John Bolton speaks to reporters after speaking in a panel hosted by the National Council of Resistance of Iran – U.S. Representative Office (NCRI-US) at the Willard InterContinental Hotel on Aug. 17, 2022 in Washington, DC.Anna Moneymaker | Getty ImagesFederal prosecutors in Maryland are expected to ask a grand jury there on Thursday to indict John Bolton, a former national security advisor to President Donald Trump, according to multiple media reports.If he is indicted, Bolton would be the third high-profile Trump foe in recent weeks to be criminally charged.Grand juries in Virginia separately indicted former FBI…

CEO of United Airline Scott Kirby speaks during the Semafor 2025 World Economy Summit at Conrad Washington on April 24, 2025 in Washington, DC. Alex Wong | Getty ImagesUnited Airlines CEO Scott Kirby said the federal government shutdown could hurt bookings if it continues.Despite the funding impasse, essential federal employees including Transportation Security Administration officers and air traffic controllers are required to work without pay. The shutdown started Oct. 1 as Congress failed to pass a funding bill.Speaking on an earnings call on Thursday, Kirby said the shutdown so far hasn’t impacted the carrier’s business.”I think that at least for…

Every weekday the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer holds a “Morning Meeting” livestream at 10:20 a.m. ET. Here’s a recap of Thursday’s key moments. 1. The U.S. stock market pushed modestly higher Thursday, buoyed by a strong revenue forecast from Taiwan Semi , which shifted Wall Street’s focus from escalating trade tensions with China. President Donald Trump threatened the world’s second-largest economy Tuesday with a cooking oil trade ban . This follows Trump’s threat last Friday of an extra 100% traffic on China — in retaliation for China putting export restrictions on rare earths, which are key elements in…

Thomas Fuller | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesSpotify announced Thursday that it will be partnering with Sony Music Group, Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group, as well as independent licensing agency Merlin and digital music company Believe, to create “responsible” artificial intelligence products.Although the company did not confirm any specific AI tools in development, Spotify said in a release that it is making “significant investments in AI research and product development,” including a new AI research lab and product team.”AI is the most consequential technology shift since the smartphone, and it’s already reshaping how music is created and experienced,” co-president Gustav…

ISLAMABAD: Public discord among Supreme Court judges has intensified following the passage of the 26th Constitutional Amendment, sparking concerns that the growing rifts could further undermine the authority and independence of the country’s top court. On Tuesday, a heated exchange between two members of the Constitutional Bench – Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail and Justice Ayesha Malik – laid bare the simmering tensions within the apex court during the hearing of the 26th Amendment case. The disagreement centred on the approval of the Supreme Court Rules 2025. Justice Ayesha Malik is among the four judges who objected to the rules being…

The FlockOS software in use within law enforcement, and where the Ring Community Requests will originate.Flock SafetyAmazon’s Ring security cameras are moving deeper into law enforcement work in a new deal with Flock Safety that will allow citizens who own Ring cameras to share footage that can assist in crime investigations, making the video available to law enforcement that use Flock’s software.It’s the second recent deal bringing the Amazon Ring security tech into the law enforcement market in new ways, with Ring also recently announcing a similar effort with Axon Enterprise.Flock, a direct Axon competitor, works with an estimated 6,000…

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker stands with other elected officials to discuss federal deployments in Chicago, Sept. 29, 2025.E. Jason Wambsgans | Tribune News Service | Getty ImagesIllinois Gov. JB Pritzker made more than $1.4 million from gambling in 2024, his federal tax returns showed.Pritzker, a Democrat who is widely seen as a possible presidential contender in 2028, and his wife reported nearly $10.7 million in total income that year, according to state and federal filings shared by his gubernatorial campaign with news outlets on Wednesday.The governor collected the gambling money after playing blackjack at a casino in Las Vegas during…

A man sits next to trucks parked at the Torkham border crossing, after Pakistan closed border crossings with Afghanistan, following exchanges of fire between the forces of the two countries, in Torkham, Pakistan, October 12, 2025 Photo: Reuters Sunday morning, for the second time this year, we woke to the news that Pakistan was at war again. This time it was with Afghanistan. Videos of Pakistani soldiers standing on top of Afghan border posts flying the Pakistan flag circulated on WhatsApp. Why was this happening? Weren’t our relations with Afganistan warming? We had agreed to a train from Peshawar to…