Yearly Archives: 2025
X (formerly Twitter) will offer financial and streaming services in 2025, the company CEO announced on Wednesday. This move builds upon the microblogging platform’s ambitions of becoming an “everything app” and competing against other platforms such as China’s WeChat under the leadership of Elon Musk. The official also highlighted X’s efforts to allow users to […]
OpenAI, in May, announced a new machine learning (ML) tool that could enable creators to specify whether they wanted OpenAI to train its artificial intelligence (AI) models on their content or not. Dubbed Media Manager, the tool was said to identify copyrighted text, images, audio, and videos across multiple sources and could reflect creators’ preferences. […]
The New York Police Department (NYPD) reassured the public that it was “not a terrorist attack” after 10 people were shot outside the Amazura nightclub in Jamaica, Queens on New Year’s Day – the same day a terror attack was carried out in New Orleans. Officers received multiple 911 calls around 11:18 p.m. for “several […]
Getty Images UK house prices ended 2024 some 4.7% higher than at the start of the year, according to the Nationwide. Property prices and housing market activity remained “remarkably resilient” despite affordability challenges facing buyers, the lender said. The average home in the UK cost £269,426 at the end of December, its figures show. Despite […]
(Bloomberg) — Somalia is considering reversing a decision to exclude Ethiopian troops from a multinational force battling Islamist insurgents, another sign that diplomatic tensions between the two countries are easing. Ethiopian Defense Minister Aisha Mohammed Mussa traveled to the Somali capital, Mogadishu, for talks on Thursday about her country’s participation in the mission, Somali Minister […]
Saquon Barkley addressed his team’s decision to rest him in the last game of the season, causing him to miss out on a chance to break the NFL single-season rushing record. The Philadelphia Eagles star told reporters on Wednesday that he was “down,” amid a chance to break the league rushing record against his former […]
New Delhi, Jan 2 (PTI) Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Thursday accused the Delhi government of depriving farmers of benefits under central schemes and urged Chief Minister Atishi to keep political differences aside in matters of farmer welfare. In a letter to Atishi, Chouhan said the AAP government has failed to implement major […]
The wreckage of the Jeju Air aircraft that went off the runway and crashed at Muan International Airport lies near a concrete structure it crashed into, in Muan, South Korea, December 30, 2024. — Reuters Plane crash kills everyone except two flight attendants pulled from ruins. “Search, seizure operation is being conducted at three locations,” […]
The capital market continued its bullish momentum into the second trading session of the New Year crossing 118,000-point mark for the first time in history. The rally was driven by easing inflation, strengthening macroeconomic fundamentals, and renewed optimism over the government’s ambitious reform agenda. The upbeat momentum was further helped by the government’s revenue collection […]
Listen to article The National Academy of Performing Arts (NAPA) recently hosted the launch of the bilingual coffee table book, Three Tales from Gulistan-e-Saadi. The event, organised in collaboration with the Joy of Urdu initiative, aimed to promote the Urdu language through literary works. The book was conceived by Zarminae Ansari, the founder of Joy of Urdu, […]