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Dario Amodei, co-founder and chief executive officer of Anthropic, at the World Economic Forum in 2025.Stefan Wermuth | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesAnthropic on Wednesday announced Claude Haiku 4.5, a small artificial intelligence model that’s available as a lower-cost offering for all of the company’s users. The model is fast and can outperform other larger models that were considered cutting edge just months ago, Anthropic said. Claude Haiku 4.5 is better at using computers than Claude Sonnet 4, for instance, which is a midsized model the company launched in May. It performs similarly to Claude Sonnet 4 and OpenAI’s most recent model, GPT-5,…

Aurangzeb outlines agri-finance reforms, climate resilience to drive private sector growth, exports In Washington, during the sidelines of the IMF World Bank Annual Meetings, Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb addressed a high-level World Bank panel titled “AgriConnect: Farms, Firms, and Finance for Jobs,” spotlighting Pakistan’s push to modernize its agricultural sector while confronting climate risks. Aurangzeb began by underscoring agriculture’s central role in Pakistan’s economy, contributing nearly one quarter of GDP and supporting millions of smallholder farmers owning less than five hectares. He stressed that policy would shift from direct control to facilitation, allowing the private sector to drive growth in…

The upgraded Apple Vision Pro features the powerful M5 chip, the comfortable Dual Knit Band, innovative features with visionOS 26, and all-new spatial apps and Apple Immersive content.Courtesy: Apple Inc.Apple announced new MacBook Pro, iPad Pro and Vision Pro models on Wednesday with an updated M5 chip that allows them to run faster than their predecessors.The new MacBook Pro models start at $1,599. The 11-inch iPad Pro starts at $999. The latest Apple Vision Pro, which includes a Dual Knit Band, starts at $3,499.The new devices are available to preorder now in most markets and go on sale Oct. 22.…

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, a Republican from South Dakota, left, and US House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Republican from Louisiana, during a news conference at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, Oct. 10, 2025. Valerie Plesch | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesThe government shutdown stretched into its third week on Wednesday as Republican and Democratic senators continued to dig in their heels on dueling stopgap funding proposals.The Senate is set Wednesday afternoon to vote for the ninth time on competing short-term funding resolutions that have failed in eight previous votes.Republicans insist on a “clean” continuing resolution that…

Chris Ryan | Ojo Images | Getty ImagesThe Spanish-language TV audience is growing, and advertisers are taking notice.Over the past few years, the Hispanic population in America has seen significant growth in TV viewership, according to experts, becoming one of the most valuable demographics for media companies and advertisers. And as these consumers diversify how they’re consuming shows and other content, there’s been an increase in specialized advertising targeting them, with top networks like Telemundo and Univision drawing more attention and ad dollars.Hispanic consumers currently make up roughly 20% of the U.S. population and wield more than $4.1 trillion in…

He said no other country had such an efficient system to help citizens during crises KARACHI: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said that Sindh is not competing with any city or province in Pakistan but with the developed nations of the world, asserting that the province’s progress represents a collective national success. Speaking at a ceremony at the Arts Council in Karachi to launch a book authored by Senator Raza Rabbani, Bilawal said that authors and thinkers live on in history, recalling that former prime minister Shaheed Benazir Bhutto also wrote several books. “I urge senior…

Walmart is deploying millions of ambient Internet of Things battery-free sensors throughout its massive supply chain in the U.S.The retail giant is using technology from Wiliot in what the IoT vendor is calling the first large-scale deployment of ambient IoT in the retail sector and one of the largest such implementations to date.Ambient IoT is a class of IoT devices mainly powered by harvesting ambient energy from radio waves, light, motion, heat, or other viable ambient energy sources. It’s an evolution of legacy IoT and radio frequency identification technologies that promise lower costs and high scalability.Walmart will be using the…

Sign on facade at Kendra Scott retail store on Santana Row in the Silicon Valley, San Jose, California, December 14, 2019.Smith Collection | Archive Photos | Getty ImagesKendra Scott, a jewelry brand best known for its single-pendant necklaces, is becoming the latest company to join the Western wear trend.The company on Wednesday announced its debut boots collection in an expansion outside of the accessories market. The brand will offer three styles, available in men’s and women’s, as part of the Yellow Rose by Kendra Scott line focused on Western style.”A lot of folks don’t know, but in the other half…

This photo taken in October 2024 by Xie Chaoqing, a local guesthouse owner, shows the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge under construction in southwest China’s Guizhou Province. (Photo by Xie Chaoqing/Xinhua)GUIYANG, Oct. 15 (Xinhua) — As the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwest China’s Guizhou Province stood veiled in morning mist, Xie Chaoqing, a local guesthouse owner, flew his drone past its tallest tower, capturing anew the majestic stature of the world’s highest operational bridge, a structure he said has completely transformed his life.The bridge, soaring 625 meters above the Beipan River in Guizhou’s mountainous terrain, is nearly nine times the…

ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court judge Jamal Khan Mandokhail has said he cannot understand how an article of the Constitution, Article 191-A, can be ignored while hearing the petitions challenging the 26th Constitutional Amendment. Article 191-A, introduced by the 26th Constitutional Amendment, outlines a new process for the Supreme Court’s practice and procedure, particularly concerning the constitution of benches. “How any constitutional article be sidelined?” Justice Manokhail, who is a part of an eight-member constitutional bench (CB) of the Supreme Court hearing petitions filed against the amendment, said on Tuesday. Justice Ayesha Malik, however, noted that there are legal precedents in this…