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China’s deep dive for data. Literally. Underwater data centre being developed by Chinese maritime technology company Highlander is seen under construction at a shipyard in Nantong, in China’s eastern Jingsu province. Source: x.com/japantimes China’s really gone off the deep end with this one. They’re building a server pod near Shanghai that will be submerged underwater to reduce the power needed for cooling by a whopping 90%, so they say. Highlander, the Chinese company behind this, is expected to sink the servers this month, and they will operate commercially with China Telecom being among the first customers. Naturally, salt and electronics…
RAWALPINDI: Pakistan Army has warned India over provocative statements, cautioning that its fresh round of hostilities would lead towards cataclysmic devastation as Pakistan will not hold back but respond without any worries. “We caution that a future conflict might lead to cataclysmic devastation. In case a fresh round of hostilities is triggered, Pakistan will not hold back. We shall resolutely respond without qualms or restraint,” said the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) on Saturday. The statement added that the Army has noted with grave concern the delusional, provocative and jingoistic remarks coming from the highest levels of the Indian security establishment.…
Day three of the federal government shutdown came and went Friday, with no end in sight. The stock market saw more all-time highs before the rally ran out of steam. The S & P 500 on Friday eked out a fractional gain for its 29th record-high close since the market’s tariff lows in early April. The Nasdaq fell modestly Friday. The record close on Thursday was the Nasdaq’s 30th since early April. They both logged four positive weeks out of the past five, getting the new month off to a solid start after strong September and third-quarter performances. Jim Cramer…
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday categorically said that Pakistan neither recognise the Israeli state nor maintain diplomatic ties with it. The prime minister held a telephonic conversation with Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Ameer Hafiz Naeemur Rehman, during which the two leaders discussed the situation in the Middle East, with a particular focus on the urgent need for a ceasefire in Palestine, a Prime Minister’s Office news release said. The prime minister also highlighted the government’s active role in ensuring the safe return of Pakistani nationals detained by Israel after their participation in the Global Sumud Flotilla, including former Senator Mushtaq…
MUZAFFARABAD: The government’s negotiating committee, formed on the directive of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, and the Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC) reached consensus on an agreement on Friday, with the final document expected to be signed soon. Federal Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Dr Tariq Fazal Chaudhry confirmed that the concluding round of talks was underway, saying that “public interest and peace remain our foremost priorities”. Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal hailed the breakthrough as a “victory for the people of Azad Jammu and Kashmir and for democracy”. He said that under the supervision of the minister for Kashmir affairs, a…
Samuel Boivin | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesOpenAI launched short-form video app Sora this week, and users have flooded the platform with artificial intelligence-generated clips of popular brands and animated characters.The startup could soon face a deluge of copyright lawsuits, experts told CNBC.”A lot of the videos that people are going to generate of these cartoon characters are going to infringe copyright,” Mark Lemley, a professor at Stanford Law School, said in an interview. “OpenAI is opening itself up to quite a lot of copyright lawsuits by doing this.” Sora allows users to create short videos for free by typing in a…
An aerial drone photo taken on Oct. 3, 2025 shows tourists enjoying a molten iron fireworks show at a scenic area in Tancheng County of Linyi City, east China’s Shandong Province. Tourist destinations across China are witnessing a surge in visitors as the country’s eight-day National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holiday began on Wednesday. (Photo by Zhang Chunlei/Xinhua)An aerial drone photo taken on Oct. 4, 2025 shows tourists enjoying the scenery on bamboo rafts along the Lijiang River in Yangshuo County, south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Tourist destinations across China are witnessing a surge in visitors as the country’s…
ISLAMABAD: The 20-point Gaza peace plan unveiled by US President Donald Trump this week does not align with the draft proposed by a coalition of Arab and other Islamic countries, according to Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar. Delivering a policy speech on the floor of the National Assembly on Friday, Dar, however, clarified that eight Muslim countries, including Pakistan, have endorsed Trump’s plan, viewing it as the only viable option to halt the ongoing bloodshed in Gaza under the current circumstances. The US president announced the 20-point Gaza peace plan alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday, which was immediately…
Retail investors’ fear of an “AI bubble” appears to have fallen off after spiking this summer. It could mean the stocks have further to balloon before they ultimately top out. The number of U.S. and worldwide web searches for the term “AI bubble” peaked on Aug. 20 and Aug. 21, respectively, according to Google Trends data spanning the past three years. Searches for the term dramatically outpaced searches for “stock market bubble,” “AI boom” and “crypto bubble” at the time. Peak interest in AI bubble searches came shortly after a Massachusetts Institute of Technology report found that 95% of organizations…
Hamas has agreed to release all the remaining Israeli hostages but has said it wants further negotiations on a number of key points outlined in the US peace plan. In a statement the movement said it agreed “to release all Israeli prisoners, both living and dead, according to the exchange formula contained in President Trump’s proposal” — if field conditions for the exchanges were met. But it appears to suggest it is seeking further negotiation on other issues regarding the future of the Gaza Strip and the rights of the Palestinian people saying that they are still being discussed. The Hamas…