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A screen displays the the company logo for Goldman Sachs on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., May 7, 2025. Brendan McDermid | ReutersChanges to the American labor market brought on by the arrival of generative AI are already showing up in employment data, according to a Goldman Sachs economist.Most companies have yet to deploy artificial intelligence in production cases, meaning that the overall job market hasn’t yet been significantly impacted by AI, said Joseph Briggs, senior global economist of Goldman’s research division, in a podcast episode shared first with CNBC.But there…

Listen to article Islamabad rejected on Tuesday “baseless and unfounded” allegations of involvement of Pakistani nationals in the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine. The Foreign Office (FO) said that Pakistani authorities have not been formally approached by the Ukrainian government, nor has any verifiable evidence been shared to substantiate the claims. “The Government of Pakistan will take up the matter with Ukrainian authorities and seek clarification,” the statement added. 🔊PR NO.2️⃣3️⃣0️⃣/2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣5️⃣Pakistan Rejects Baseless and Unfounded Allegations of the Involvement of Pakistani Nationals in the Conflict in Ukraine.🔗⬇️https://t.co/rB5S3osGTs pic.twitter.com/w4hKfRMNgi — Ministry of Foreign Affairs – Pakistan (@ForeignOfficePk) August 5, 2025 President Volodymyr…

Rick Smith, CEO of Axon Enterprises.Adam Jeffery | CNBCAxon Enterprise’s stock popped 16% after the TASER maker surpassed Wall Street’s estimates and boosted its guidance due to robust demand for its security solutions.”Demand for new technology from our customers is accelerating, and it’s outpacing even my most optimistic expectations,” said CEO Rick Smith on an earnings call with analysts. “There’s now one breakout product driving conversations. It’s everything.”The security solutions company also hiked guidance for the year, saying it now expects revenue of $2.65 billion to $2.73 billion. That’s up from prior revenue guidance of $2.60 billion to $2.70 billion.Revenues for the period jumped 33% from a year ago to about $668.5 million and…

Listen to article LAHORE: Supporters of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) staged widespread demonstrations across the country on Tuesday, marking the second anniversary of party founder Imran Khan’s imprisonment. The rallies, described by PTI as part of a national movement to restore democracy, drew sizeable turnouts despite sweeping security measures, mass arrests, and a heavy police crackdown, particularly in Punjab. The protests were held in response to a call by Khan himself, who, through party channels, urged peaceful resistance to what he described as the erosion of democratic norms. “The movement that begins on August 5 will continue until democracy is restored in its…

The Coinbase logo is reflected on a cellphone screen in London, England, on Nov. 9, 2021.Leon Neal | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesCoinbase shares slid on Tuesday after the company announced a $2 billion private offering of convertible senior notes.Shares were last down more than 5%. The decline occurred as investors adopted a risk-off stance on Tuesday and the three major averages declined.Stock Chart IconStock chart iconCoinbase shares over the past monthCoinbase is now off more than 30% from its all-time high of $444.65, reached on July 18. Shares popped in mid-July as legislators voted on a series of…

State broadcaster Pakistan Television on Tuesday announced that it had secured domestic broadcasting rights to all Asian Cricket Council (ACC) events from 2025 to 2027. “PTV Sports proudly announces the acquisition of television rights in Pakistan for all ACC events from 2025 to 2027!” it said in a post on Instagram. It said the events included in the package were the Men’s Asia Cup 2025 and 2027, Women’s Asia Cup 2026 and the U19 and Emerging Asia Cup tournaments. The Men’s Asia Cup is scheduled to be held from September 9 to 28 at its new venue — the United…

A Roku remote in an arranged photograph in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, on May 2, 2021.Bloomberg |Getty ImagesRoku announced Tuesday it has launched Howdy, a commercial-free streaming service that costs $2.99 a month, in a shift for the company that has long been known for free, ad-supported viewing.The streaming platform is expected to feature 10,000 hours of movie and TV content from Lionsgate, Warner Bros. Discovery and FilmRise, as well as its own, exclusive programming known as Roku Originals. The service is available across the U.S. beginning Tuesday.”With the launch of Howdy, Roku is making beloved content from our catalog accessible to…

Listen to article Salt crusts crackle underfoot as Habibullah Khatti walks to his mother’s grave to say a final goodbye before he abandons his parched island village on Pakistan’s Indus delta. Seawater intrusion into the delta, where the Indus River meets the Arabian Sea in the south of the country, has triggered the collapse of farming and fishing communities “The saline water has surrounded us from all four sides,” Khatti told AFP from Abdullah Mirbahar village in the town of Kharo Chan, around 15 kilometres (9 miles) from where the river empties into the sea. As fish stocks fell, the 54-year-old turned…

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang speaks to the media at a hotel in Beijing, China July 16, 2025. Alessandro Diviggiano | ReutersNvidia on Tuesday rejected Chinese accusations that its data center GPUs for artificial intelligence include a hardware function that could remotely deactivate the chips, which is commonly called a “kill switch.””NVIDIA GPUs do not and should not have kill switches and backdoors,” wrote Nvidia’s Chief Security Officer David Reber in a blog post on Tuesday.The blog post comes after the Cyberspace Administration of China said last week that it needed Nvidia to provide documents about what it called security vulnerabilities…

Elon Musk, during a news conference with President Donald Trump, inside the Oval Office at the White House in Washington on May 30, 2025.Tom Brenner | The Washington Post | Getty ImagesThe Trump administration plans as soon as Tuesday to formally axe a program launched by billionaire former Trump adviser Elon Musk requiring federal employees to summarize their five workplace achievements from the prior week, two people familiar with the matter said.The Office of Personnel Management, the federal human resources agency that implemented Musk’s push to slash the federal workforce, plans to announce the end of the “five things” email…