Science & Technology

AFP Beijing: China launched a new crew of three astronauts — including its youngest-ever spacefarer — and four laboratory mice to the Tiangong space station early Saturday, marking another milestone in the country’s ambitious space…

AFP/APP Paris: An AI-generated video claiming to show one of the football stadiums for the 2034 FIFA World Cup in Saudi Arabia went viral on social media this week—but it has no connection to the kingdom’s official plans. The video,…

News Desk  Beijing: China has announced plans to send a Pakistani astronaut on a short-term space mission to its Tiangong Space Station, marking a historic step in China-Pakistan cooperation in space exploration. According to China’s…

AFP/APP SAN FRANCISCO: Google parent Alphabet reported its first-ever $100 billion quarterly revenue on Wednesday, powered by strong growth across its core search business and rapidly expanding cloud division buoyed by artificial…

AFP/APP Washington: Microsoft cloud customers faced major service disruptions on Wednesday after the company said an "inadvertent configuration change" affected its widely used Azure platform. The issue, which began around 1600 GMT,…

News Desk  Islamabad: Gmail users have been warned of a major security breach that may have left as many as 183 million email accounts vulnerable. The leaked data, which includes both email addresses and associated passwords, could…

AFP/APP San Francisco: Amazon plans to lay off tens of thousands of office workers as the e-commerce and technology giant seeks to trim costs while ramping up investments in artificial intelligence (AI), according to US media reports.…

AFP/APP Riyadh: Saudi Arabia is welcoming heads of state and global business leaders at a major investment conference this week as it seeks backing for its vast “gigaprojects” and ambitious artificial intelligence (AI) plans. Chinese…

News Desk  Islamabad: American multinational technology company Meta has officially launched Meta AI in Urdu for users in Pakistan, marking a major step toward making artificial intelligence tools more inclusive and locally accessible.…

 AFP/APP Sanfranciso: Popular internet services ranging from streaming platforms to messaging apps and banking networks were offline for several hours on Monday due to a major outage in Amazon’s cloud network, highlighting the world’s…