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
The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) has long been the global stage for tech breakthroughs, where the future unfolds amid flashing lights and buzzing crowds in Las Vegas. But CES 2026 marked a pivotal shift: China didn’t just show up – it commanded the spotlight. Gone are the days when Chinese firms were seen as mere … Read more
Cast AI, a cloud optimization platform, has reached a valuation exceeding $1 billion with the launch of its new GPU marketplace and a strategic investment from a major Korean conglomerate. The company unveiled OMNI Compute on Monday, a unified control plane that automatically discovers and integrates compute resources, including GPUs, across multiple cloud providers and … Read more
LAS VEGAS — Captify, a startup developing smart glasses that provide real-time captions and translations, won the grand prize in the AgeTech After Dark pitch competition at CES 2026, the AgeTech Collaborative from AARP announced. The victory highlights Captify‘s technology aimed at improving accessibility for people who are deaf or hard of hearing by delivering … 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
Pakistan’s largest information technology and telecommunications exhibition, the 27th ITCN Asia, is set to open Jan. 17 at the Expo Centre Lahore, bringing together thousands of industry professionals, government officials, startups and international investors amid growing efforts to position the country as a regional digital hub. This year’s edition of ITCN Asia is presented with … 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
Cristiano R. Amon, the president and CEO of semiconductor giant Qualcomm Incorporated, said that artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming robotics into a scalable reality, positioning it as the company’s next major frontier for edge AI. In an interview with CNBC’s Jon Fortt, Amon drew parallels between Qualcomm’s success in the automotive sector and its ambitions … 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
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. took center stage at the CES 2026 in Las Vegas to showcase its evolution from a century-old tire maker into a cutting-edge mobility and technology innovator, unveiling AI-powered tire intelligence systems, strategic partnerships, and smart EV products that position the 125-year-old company at the forefront of the connected-vehicle ecosystem. Long … 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
Strategy’s escape from a proposed MSCI index exclusion in January 2026 has turned out to be a reprieve rather than the end of the issue. MSCI decided in January not to implement a proposal that could have removed Strategy and other digital asset treasury companies from its Global Investable Market Indexes during the February review. … 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
Samsung Electronics plans to double the number of its mobile devices equipped with artificial intelligence features to about 800 million this year, expanding the reach of its Galaxy AI platform as competition intensifies among global technology companies. The South Korean electronics giant had deployed Galaxy AI capabilities across roughly 400 million smartphones and tablets by … Read more