Monthly Archives: October 2024
Photo: Bright Side/ YouTube Have you noticed how various optical illusion personality tests have become quite popular on social media these days? These tests, as the name suggests, are weird images with one or more elements that can be interpreted in different ways. And based on what a person notices first, a lot can be […]
The first innings ended with Pakistan scoring 556 runs against England within 149 overs on the second day of the first Test at the Multan Cricket Stadium on Tuesday. The innings was over after Abrar Ahmed (3) was caught by Duckett while Salman Ali Agha stood till the end after making 104 runs off 119 […]
World Food Programme has voiced concern over Lebanon’s ability to feed itself, saying thousands of hectares of farmland across the country’s south has been destroyed or abandoned due to Israeli attacks. “Agriculture-wise, food production-wise, (there is) extraordinary concern for Lebanon’s ability to continue to feed itself,” Matthew Hollingworth, WFP country director in Lebanon, told a […]
Remember those ancient clay structures from history class? Well, clay is making a grand re-entrance into the world of construction, and it’s undergone a high-tech makeover. Thanks to a cutting-edge process called impact printing, clay might just be the building material of the future. GET SECURITY ALERTS, EXPERT TIPS – SIGN UP FOR KURT’S NEWSLETTER […]
Female Polio worker administering polio drops to children at Warsak road during anti-polio vaccination campaign in Peshawar on September 9, 2024. — APP The country’s poliovirus tally for the year reached 32 as four more children were paralysed by the viral disease amid a continuous uptick in the cases. Pakistan is one of the two […]
Getty Images The announcement was made in Stockholm, Sweden The Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to two scientists, Geoffrey Hinton and John Hopfield, for their work on machine learning. British-Canadian Professor Hinton is sometimes referred to as the “Godfather of AI” and said he was flabbergasted. He resigned from Google in 2023, and […]
The shoes that look good may not be the ones that feel good, and choosing style over comfort can sometimes cause pain. Ingrown toenails are one of the most common side effects of picking footwear that doesn’t really fit your feet. An ingrown nail curves down and into the surrounding skin as it grows, causing […]
The high-stake assembly election in Haryana is finally coming to a close, with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) set to win a third term in the state with a bigger seat tally. The party was leading in 50 constituencies, comfortably above the 46 majority mark, as per the Election Commission of India data at 4.00 […]
TikTok launched a new artificial intelligence (AI) platform on Monday to help advertisers easily create and deploy ads on the app. Dubbed Smart+, the AI-powered platform automates the entire ad campaign journey starting from the creative development to delivering the ad to the right audience. The platform is focused towards performance marketing and lets clients […]
Getty Images People waiting for an Uber should be patient enough to wait a few minutes longer for an electric car, the boss of the ride-hailing firm has said. “A couple of minutes isn’t going to kill anyone,” Dara Khosrowshahi told the BBC in an interview. Uber has options to encourage customers to choose electric […]