Chinese AI startup DeepSeek’s latest AI model, set to be released as soon as next week, was trained on Nvidia’s most advanced AI chip, the Blackwell, a senior Trump administration official said on Monday, in what could represent a violation of US export controls. The US believes DeepSeek will remove the technical indicators that might […]
A US-based team of climbers is preparing an attempt on a new route up Baintha Brakk II, better known as the Ogre II, in Pakistan’s Karakoram range. According to the website Explorersweb, Alaska’s Ethan Berkeland will be joined by August Franzen, a recent Piolet d’Or recipient, and Vitaliy Musiyenko for the expedition to the 6,960m peak. […]
Meta executives proceeded with a plan to encrypt the messaging services connected to its Facebook and Instagram apps despite internal warnings that it would hinder the social media giant’s ability to flag child-exploitation cases to law enforcement, according to internal company documents filed in a New Mexico state court case. “We are about to do […]
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has directed all its lawmakers to ensure mandatory attendance as the party prepares to hold daily protests outside the Supreme Court of Pakistan from February 23, as part of a campaign seeking a complete medical checkup of its jailed founder Imran Khan. According to an official party memo, made public on Tuesday, […]
In a significant ruling addressing both prison overcrowding and constitutional safeguards, the Supreme Court has urged courts across the country to decide bail applications with heightened sensitivity and ensure the swift disposal of trials, warning that the country’s prisons are operating far beyond capacity. The observation came in a five-page judgment authored by Justice Muhammad […]
The Senate was informed on Monday that the government had repeatedly invited the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) to engage in dialogue, but the opposition had remained reluctant to sit at the negotiating table. Speaking in the Senate, Prime Minister’s Adviser on Political and Public Affairs Rana Sanaullah emphasised that political progress and national stability could be […]
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has ruled that the court’s chief justice is the “Master of the Roster” and has exclusive authority to constitute benches and allocate cases. In a written verdict, issued by a four-member bench hearing intra-court appeal against an earlier IHC order directing the issuance of contempt of court notices to Prime […]
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is set to meet the Amir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, on Tuesday (today) with a wide-ranging agenda that includes the latest escalation in tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan, the Gaza peace plan, US-Iran standoff and other pressing regional developments. This marks the third visit of the prime […]
PTI Central Information Secretary Sheikh Waqas Akram has alleged that nine million additional people have been pushed into poverty in Punjab, while the government spent Rs11 billion on a luxury aircraft. He warned that the country’s economic freefall would continue until the public mandate is restored. In a hard-hitting statement, Sheikh Waqas claimed that a […]
A visit from a romantic partner of infamous cartel boss Nemesio Oseguera, known as “El Mencho”, led to his capture and death, Mexican authorities said in an assessment of Sunday’s operation, after which 25 members of the National Guard military police were killed in retaliatory violence. Oseguera, Mexico’s most-wanted cartel leader, was the mastermind of […]