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The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has warned of heavy rainfall over the next two days in Rawalpindi, Islamabad, Gujrat, Gujranwala, and Lahore divisions, with intermittent showers also expected in Peshawar, Kohat, Bannu, Sargodha, Faisalabad, and Zhob. Rising river inflows are feared in upper catchment areas, raising the risk of fresh flooding. At present, Guddu Barrage is experiencing a medium-level flow of 500,000 cusecs, Sukkur Barrage is at high flood levels with 571,000 cusecs, and Kotri Barrage is under medium-level flow with possible flood risk. According to the  Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA ), water levels in the Indus, Jhelum,…

David Letterman takes part in the 2025 Atlantic Festival at PAC NYC on Sept. 18, 2025 in New York City.Michael Loccisano | Getty ImagesLate-night legend David Letterman on Thursday called ABC’s suspension of Jimmy Kimmel’s show “ridiculous,” saying, “You can’t go around firing somebody because you’re fearful or trying to suck up to an authoritarian criminal administration in the Oval Office.””I feel bad about this because we all see where this is going, correct?” Letterman told Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg at The Atlantic Festival in New York City.”It’s managed media,” said Letterman, who hosted shows on CBS and NBC for…

DUBAI: When the management announced, ‘The match is not happening, you can all go back to your rooms now’, all the Pakistani players’ faces fell.  They had come to the UAE to play cricket, and no one wanted their Asia Cup campaign to end like this. But the official instructions had to be followed. Simultaneously, the PPCB sent a WhatsApp message to the media, asking them to reach Gaddafi Stadium immediately for a press conference, with TV channels bringing DSNG vans for live coverage.  The match time was approaching and the team was still at the hotel, even though, they…

Jaque Silva | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesGoogle is adding more artificial intelligence into its Chrome browser as the search giant tries to fend off burgeoning competition from AI startups OpenAI and Perplexity.In a blog post Thursday, Google said it’s rolling out Gemini in Chrome to users of Mac and Windows computers in the U.S. as well as to mobile devices. Users will be able to ask Gemini for help understanding the contents of a particular webpage, work across tabs, or do more within a single tab, such as schedule a meeting or search for a YouTube video.”We are evolving the…

From left, Notion founders Akshay Kothari, Ivan Zhao and Simon Last.NotionOpenAI’s public launch of ChatGPT in November 2022 is widely viewed as the event that kicked off the generative AI boom, which remains the dominant theme in the tech industry almost three years later.Notion jumped on the bandwagon early.Two weeks before ChatGPT hit the market, the productivity software startup announced its own artificial intelligence feature using an OpenAI model. Notion AI was designed to be a “writing assistant” that could help a user with brainstorming, editing and summarizing, the company said.”We’re at an important inflection point,” CEO Ivan Zhao wrote…

KARACHI: Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem was looking to create another history for Pakistan with a gold medal at the final of the World Athletics Championship javelin throw event, but he was eliminated after the fourth round of throws at the Japan National Stadium in Tokyo. The final of the event features 12 throwers who qualified out of 37, featured in two groups on September 17. This is also the first time that the javelin throw event of the championship features athletes from 11 different countries, and it is beautiful to see the South Asians making an indelible mark at the event,…

Bees are critical for ensuring an abundant food supply year-round, but the bee population is in big trouble.More than one-third of the crops we eat are pollinated by bees, but 40% of bee colonies are collapsing each year, California-based Beewise said.One reason is climate change – specifically, stronger hurricanes, more frequent fires and the use of more pesticides.The wooden beehive was invented around 1850 for commercial pollination, but these basic boxes are not very protective and not at all nurturing.Startup Beewise is taking on the traditional beehive with AI and robotics. The company invented the BeeHome, a robotic, AI-directed beehive that growers can…

CrowdStrike logo is seen in this illustration taken July 29, 2024. Dado Ruvic | ReutersCrowdStrike shares popped more than 12%, a day after the cybersecurity firm issued better-than-expected long-term guidance at its investor day.The company on Wednesday said it expects net new annual recurring revenues to grow at least 20% in 2027, ahead of analysts’ expectations. CrowdStrike plans for ARR to hit $10 billion by 2031, and then double to $20 billion by 2036.Earlier this week, the firm said it was buying AI security platform Pangea and announced a partnership with Salesforce.”CrowdStrike is by far the most advanced security platform…

US President Donald Trump said Thursday he disagreed with Prime Minister Keir Starmer over Britain’s plan to recognise a Palestinian state, after the leaders discussed the war in Gaza. “I have a disagreement with the prime minister on that score — one of our few disagreements,” Trump said at a press conference with Starmer at the UK prime minister’s country residence Chequers on the second full day of his state visit. Starmer announced in July that Britain would take steps to recognise a Palestinian state at the UN General Assembly in September unless Israel met certain conditions including reaching a…

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang attends the “Winning the AI Race” Summit in Washington D.C., U.S., July 23, 2025. Kent Nishimura | ReutersNvidia CEO Jensen Huang said that the company’s $5 billion investment and technology collaboration with Intel comes after the two companies held discussions for nearly a year.Huang said that he communicated personally with Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan about the partnership. He called Tan a “longtime friend” on a Thursday call with reporters after the companies announced that Nvidia would co-develop data center and PC chips with Intel as part of the investment deal. On the call, Tan said he…