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Microsoft Executive Vice President and Consumer Chief Marketing Officer Yusuf Mehdi speaks at company headquarters in Redmond, Wash., on May 20, 2024. Microsoft unveiled a new category of PC that features generative artificial intelligence tools built into the Windows operating system. Microsoft estimates that over 50 million AI PCs will be sold over the next 12 months, given the appetite for devices powered by ChatGPT-style technology.Jason Redmond | AFP | Getty ImagesOn Tuesday, Microsoft stopped supporting Windows 10, the operating system it introduced 10 years earlier. The software company is enticing people to upgrade their PCs with a slate of…

* In China, scientific field management and modern agricultural infrastructure have helped to inject new vitality into farming and soil protection.* The country’s self-reliance in food supply for its 1.4 billion people serves as its commitment to stabilizing global food markets.* Nationwide, there are more than 66.7 million hectares of high-standard farmland.HARBIN, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) — As China marked World Food Day on Thursday, fleets of crawler harvesters cut through fields in the country’s major grain-producing areas, racing to gather a bountiful harvest as growers battled weather challenges that threatened to spoil crops.Powered drying facilities for harvested corns are seen…

ISPR warns any aggression will be dealt with swift, resolute and intense responsePakistan Rangers (R) and Indian Border Security Force personnel take part in the daily flag lowering ceremony at their joint border post of Wagah near Lahore PHOTO:REUTERS RAWALPINDI: Expressing grave concern over Indian military leadership’s irresponsible statements under immense political pressure, Pakistan Army has warned that “every act of aggression will be dealt with a swift, resolute and intense response” that will be remembered by posterity. The ISPR said in a statement that the Indian armed forces and its political masters must realise that Pakistani people and their…

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaking at the CNBC Invest In America Forum in Washington, D.C. on Oct. 15, 2025.Aaron Clamage | CNBCThis is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox.Here are five key things investors need to know to start the trading day:1. Tariff troublesAs the U.S.-China rare earth dispute reignites fears of a trade war, tariffs are back in the spotlight for both investors and policymakers. Stocks have oscillated in recent days as traders make bets on whether President Donald Trump will back off his threats — following the “TACO” playbook, as some have called…

Pakistan would defend its national sovereignty, territorial integrity at all costs ISLAMABAD: Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir on Wednesday called on President Asif Ali Zardari at Aiwan-e-Sadr and briefed him on the evolving security situation, including Pakistan’s “measured and befitting response” to the Taliban’s aggression. The president expressed full confidence in the armed forces, praising their “vigilance and professionalism” in defending Pakistan’s borders. “The nation stands united with its military in safeguarding the country’s sovereignty at all costs,” he said. “President Zardari expressed full confidence in the strength, valour, capacity, and preparedness of Pakistan’s armed forces,”…

Drazen_ | E+ | Getty ImagesA version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Inside Wealth newsletter with Robert Frank, a weekly guide to the high-net-worth investor and consumer. Sign up to receive future editions, straight to your inbox.Over the next 25 years, more than $120 trillion in wealth will be passed down to inheritors, according to Cerulli Associates.Only 27% of these future beneficiaries — primarily widows and children — plan to keep their benefactor’s wealth advisor, per Cerulli’s survey of investors with at least $250,000 in financial assets. The share drops to 20% for those who have already inherited their riches,…

A Long March-8A carrier rocket carrying the 12th group of low-orbit internet satellites blasts off from the Hainan commercial spacecraft launch site in south China’s Hainan Province, Oct. 16, 2025. The rocket lifted off at 9:33 a.m. Thursday. It successfully placed the payloads into preset orbit. (Xinhua/Zhang Liyun)BEIJING, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) — China’s Long March rocket series achieved its 600th space launch on Thursday, with a Long March-8A successfully deploying internet satellites into orbit.Serving as China’s backbone launch vehicles, the Long March rockets have delivered nearly 1,400 spacecraft into orbits and conducted over 86 percent of the country’s space launch…

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and President Asif Ali Zardari. Photo: APP/AFP LAHORE: President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif met at Aiwan-e-Sadr on Wednesday and held wide-ranging discussions on political, security and regional developments, agreeing to continue political consultations on matters of national importance amid growing tension between their allied parties – the PPP and PML-N. According to the President’s House, the meeting was also attended by Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar, Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal, Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi, Law Minister Azam Nazir Tarar and Minister for Inter-Provincial Coordination Rana Sanaullah. The PPP delegation…

A Paypal logo is seen displayed on a smartphone next to cryptocurrency coins. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesPaxos, the blockchain partner of PayPal, mistakenly minted $300 trillion worth of the online payment giant’s stablecoin on Wednesday in what the company called a “technical error.” Market watchers had spotted the enormous injection of the PayPal PYUSD stablecoin on Etherscan — a block explorer and analytics platform for the Ethereum blockchain.Paxos had mistakenly minted the stablecoins as part of an internal transfer, before it “immediately identified the error and burned the excess PYUSD,” the company said in a social media statement. “This…

Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Governor Faisal Karim Kundi administers the oath to PTI’s Sohail Afridi as chief minister at the Governor House in Peshawar on Wednesday, Oct 15, 2025. Photo via X PESHAWAR: Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s new Chief Minister Muhammad Sohail Afridi finally took the reins on Wednesday, stepping into office amid a storm of celebration and emotion at the Governor House, where the party’s imprisoned founder Imran Khan’s presence still loomed large over the proceedings. Governor Faisal Karim Kundi administered the oath after days of political wrangling and judicial pressure. Afridi’s elevation to the province’s top slot came after the Peshawar High Court (PHC)…