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An illustration photo shows Sora 2 logo on a smartphone.Cfoto | Future Publishing | Getty ImagesThe Creative Artists Agency on Thursday slammed OpenAI’s new video creation app Sora for posing “significant risks” to their clients and intellectual property.The talent agency, which represents artists including Doja Cat, Scarlett Johanson, and Tom Hanks, questioned whether OpenAI believed that “humans, writers, artists, actors, directors, producers, musicians, and athletes deserve to be compensated and credited for the work they create.””Or does Open AI believe they can just steal it, disregarding global copyright principles and blatantly dismissing creators’ rights, as well as the many people…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Wednesday informed the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that its economy suffered Rs744 billion in losses due to floods, with 60% of the damage occurring in the agriculture sector and again sought adjustment of these losses against the programme targets. The preliminary damage assessment has been shared with the IMF, as Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb confirmed that the review talks concluded with the global lender on Wednesday. The talks were aimed at securing two loan tranches totalling around $1.2 billion under separate loan programmes. Aurangzeb said that the IMF had shared the Memorandum for Economic and Financial Policies…
People walk past a billboard advertisement for YouTube in Berlin, Germany, on Sept. 27, 2019.Sean Gallup | Getty ImagesYouTube is offering creators who were banned from the platform a second chance.On Thursday, the Google-owned platform announced it is rolling out a feature for previously terminated creators to apply to create a new channel. Previous rules led to a lifetime ban.”We know many terminated creators deserve a second chance,” wrote the YouTube Team in a blog post. “We’re looking forward to providing an opportunity for creators to start fresh and bring their voice back to the platform.”Tech companies have faced months…
If you blindfolded an American tourist and plopped them on the Cotai Strip in Macao, they might take one look at the Venetian hotel and the replica Eiffel Tower and assume they were in Las Vegas.Like Las Vegas, Macao — a special administrative region of China — is transforming itself with fresh entertainment, waterparks, spas, fine dining and sports.This week Las Vegas Sands is hosting two NBA games in Macao, a return for the basketball league after a six-year absence from China. The company’s president and chief operating officer, Patrick Dumont, owns the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks and was pivotal in…
In a major move to strengthen Pakistan’s public health infrastructure, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in partnership with the Government of Pakistan and the Global Fund, is spearheading a project to procure and install 36 oxygen generation plants in public hospitals across the country. The effort, running from March 2022 through December 2025, is backed by a total budget of $52 million. The project will be rolled out across all four provinces, Balochistan, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab and Sindh, as part of a strategic push to close critical gaps in medical oxygen supply, a vulnerability that was starkly revealed during the…
U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) holds a copy of the Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act as he speaks during a press conference, accompanied by Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) and other fellow Republicans, on the first day of a partial government shutdown, at the U.S. Capitol, in Washington, D.C., U.S., October 1, 2025. Nathan Howard | ReutersThe Senate on Thursday is set to vote for a seventh time to try to end the government shutdown, as the stalemate on Capitol Hill continues with no sign of a breakthrough.Now in its ninth day, more of the shutdown’s…
Matthew Ping, principal broker with Porcupine Real Estate in New Hampshire, recently came across a listing for a property online with a lawn so lush that it caught his eye, prompting him to click through to the full listing. Once he read the property description, however, he learned the lawn had been “virtually enhanced” in the photo. Then, he realized the roof and façade of the house had also been “virtually enhanced” by the lister. If a buyer wanted to make such changes to the property, it might cost up to $100,000, according to Ping.”So, why are you putting that on…
* From misty mountains to centuries-old towns, tourist destinations across China were teeming with visitors.* China’s National Day holiday, known as “Golden Week,” is one of the busiest periods on the country’s travel calendar.* The holiday unleashed a wave of consumer spending, injecting fresh momentum into the economy.CHANGSHA/SHANGHAI, Oct. 9 (Xinhua) — When a travel channel camera captured the sea of clouds, red cliffs and green meadows of Chenzhou in central China’s Hunan Province, Kim Min-jun, watching from his home in the Republic of Korea (ROK), was instantly captivated, and this October, he turned that spark of curiosity into reality.Unexpectedly,…
Afghanistan’s Taliban foreign minister arrived in India on Thursday for talks aiming to foster economic ties with New Delhi in the first such visit by a leader of the Islamist group since it seized power in 2021. The six-day trip by Amir Khan Muttaqi highlights the Taliban’s efforts to spur engagement with regional powers to secure eventual diplomatic recognition. He is set to meet Indian counterpart Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and other officials to discuss a range of political, economic and trade matters. “We look forward to engaging discussions with him on bilateral relations and regional issues,” foreign ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal…
Intel’s CEO Lip-Bu Tan speaks at the company’s Annual Manufacturing Technology Conference in San Jose, California, U.S. April 29, 2025.Laure Andrillon | ReutersIntel on Thursday announced its new PC chips slated to debut in laptops next year as the chipmaker battles to turn around its struggling business.The company said the new Panther Lake processor is made with its 18A technology and is the most advanced node made on U.S. soil.The new generation of chips will be made at Intel’s Fab 52 facility in Arizona, which the company said is now fully operational and set to ramp production.”The United States has…