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More than 80 young men and women presented innovative business ideas during the regional round of the World Startup Championship 2026 in Gilgit, organizers said. The pitching session, held at uFusion Pvt. Ltd., brought together aspiring entrepreneurs from across Gilgit-Baltistan as part of SEE Pakistan’s efforts to empower the next generation of innovators. The World … Read more
Following the successful events in Abu Dhabi, Riyadh is preparing to take center stage in the global artificial intelligence ecosystem as it gears up to host the Global AI Show 2026, a major international gathering that will bring together policymakers, tech leaders, researchers, startups, and investors from around the world. Scheduled to take place from … Read more
TikTok, the popular short-form video app owned by China’s ByteDance, has finalized an agreement to create a new U.S.-based entity that will operate the platform in the United States under majority American control, a move designed to avert a nationwide ban that had loomed for years. The deal establishes TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC, which … Read more
Autodesk Inc. shares climbed more than 3% Thursday after the design software company said it will cut about 7% of its global workforce — roughly 1,000 jobs — to accelerate investment in artificial intelligence and cloud computing initiatives. The layoffs, which Autodesk said will mostly affect customer-facing sales teams, mark the final phase of its … Read more
The Gates Foundation and OpenAI have launched a $50 million partnership aimed at helping African countries use artificial intelligence to strengthen health care systems, starting with Rwanda. The initiative, called Horizon1000, will work with African governments and health leaders to identify how artificial intelligence can be applied effectively in public health, particularly in countries facing … Read more
Udemy President and Chief Executive Officer Hugo Sarrazin said employees are “racing to develop AI mastery,” while employers remain focused on entirely different skill sets — a misalignment that could shape hiring outcomes and career prospects in the years ahead. According to new research from Udemy conducted in partnership with Indeed, workers around the world … Read more
Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk has filed a federal lawsuit seeking $134 billion from OpenAI and Microsoft, arguing the companies reaped “wrongful gains” from his early financial and strategic support during OpenAI’s founding. According to Reuters, In the filing, Musk estimated that OpenAI benefited between $65.5 billion and $109.4 billion from his contributions, while Microsoft benefited … Read more
Pakistan signed an agreement with World Liberty Financial, a crypto company connected to U.S. President Donald Trump’s family, to pilot its stablecoin for cross-border payments. The Pakistan Virtual Asset Regulatory Authority (PVARA) said in a statement that the memorandum of understanding with SC Financial Technologies — described as an “affiliated entity” of World Liberty — … Read more
Australian government has deactivated nearly 4.7 million social media accounts belonging to children under 16 in the first month after the nation’s groundbreaking age-based ban took effect, government data shows. The eSafety Commissioner said the figure reflects platforms’ efforts to comply with a law that took effect Dec. 10 and requires major social networks to … Read more
U.S. senators late Monday unveiled draft legislation aimed at creating a regulatory framework for cryptocurrency that could clarify which financial regulators oversee the fast-growing sector, potentially boosting adoption of digital assets. The proposed law would define when crypto tokens are considered securities, commodities, or other asset types, providing the long-sought legal clarity the industry has … Read more
More artificial intelligence is being embedded into Gmail as Google seeks to evolve the world’s most widely used email service into a versatile personal assistant capable of refining writing, condensing scattered inbox information and generating daily task lists. The enhancements, unveiled Thursday, could mark a significant shift for Gmail, which revolutionized email communication upon its … Read more
Three U.S. Democratic senators have urged Apple and Google to remove Elon Musk’s X and Grok apps from their app stores, citing a surge in nonconsensual sexualized deepfake images generated by Musk’s AI tool that have drawn international scrutiny and investigations. In a letter dated Jan. 9 to Apple CEO Tim Cook and Google CEO … Read more
China is moving ahead with an ambitious plan to build a solar power station in space capable of transmitting enough electricity to dramatically reduce global reliance on fossil fuels. The proposed plant would sit in geostationary orbit about 36,000 kilometers above the equator and collect sunlight 24 hours a day, avoiding weather disruptions and the … Read more
China’s Ministry of Commerce said Thursday it will assess and investigate Meta Platforms Inc.’s acquisition of the artificial intelligence startup Manus, marking a rare instance of Chinese scrutiny of a major U.S. tech company’s AI deal amid rising geopolitical tensions. The review, announced by ministry spokesperson He Yadong, will examine whether the transaction complies with … Read more
Shares of Strategy Inc., the cryptocurrency-heavy firm led by billionaire Michael Saylor, climbed Wednesday after global index provider MSCI announced that it will not go ahead with earlier plans to remove digital asset treasury companies from its major stock indexes. The decision spurred a rebound in Strategy’s stock, which surged in premarket trading as investors … Read more
NVIDIA on Monday unveiled its next-generation AI computing platform, Rubin, at the Consumer Electronics Show, introducing a suite of six purpose-built chips designed to power advanced artificial intelligence systems for global data centers. In a press release, NVIDIA said that the Rubin platform integrates the NVIDIA Vera CPU, Rubin GPU and four networking and storage … Read more