Meta is doubling down on its subscription offerings. On Wednesday, the social networking giant announced it’s now rolling out its consumer subscription plans globally for its flagship apps, Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp, and beginning tests of new subscriptions for businesses, creators, and Meta AI users. For a few dollars per month, consumers subscribing to Instagram…
Tennis player Alexander Zverev in the quarter finals of the French Open against Spanish opponent Rafael Jodar. Photo: AFP PARIS: Alexander Zverev breezed past Rafael Jodar to stay on course for an elusive Grand Slam title at the French Open, while Jakub Mensik halted Joao Fonseca’s scintillating run in the quarter-finals on Tuesday. Zverev, the highest-ranked player left in the men’s…
Lower prices for weight-loss pills from Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly are prompting patients to switch from compounded medications to branded Wegovy and Foundayo, according to Reuters interviews with nine US doctors. Prices for the lowest doses of both Novo’s oral Wegovy and Lilly’s Foundayo tend to be lower than for their injected obesity medicines,…
Canada is ready to set aside its reputation for politeness, at least during the World Cup. With a chance to make history at home, after decades of World Cup disappointment, Canada’s players are talking less about manners and more about mentality. “I don’t think it’s always a bad thing to play with arrogance,” midfielder Niko…
The U.S. Federal Reserve kept its key rate unchanged Wednesday yet almost half the central bank’s policymakers said they could support a rate hike later this year, an unexpectedly aggressive outcome that would disappoint U.S. President Donald Trump and suggests heightened concerns about persistent inflation. In an unusually short statement after their two-day meeting, Fed…
The Securities and Alternate Fee has charged a Texas man with operating a crypto fraud scheme that raised $12.3 million from roughly 150 buyers by falsely claiming to make use of AI-powered buying and selling bots to generate assured returns. Nathan Fuller, a resident of Cypress, Texas, operated the scheme by his firm Privvy Investments,…
In 2026, you cannot pry AI coding tools out of developers’ vise grip, researchers have discovered. But while AI is undoubtedly helping coders produce code faster, it may not be producing better code, other researchers warn. And that could cause problems down the road for them. Specifically, in February 2026, respected AI research lab METR…
What happens when artificial intelligence enters the heart of cosmetic science? L’Oréal has unveiled a major research breakthrough by integrating advanced AI systems developed with NVIDIA into its beauty laboratories. The initiative enables scientists to simulate molecular interactions at an atomic scale before conducting physical trials, marking a significant shift in how skincare products are…
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday hailed the “true and particular relationship” between Pakistan and the USA, which has spanned practically eight a long time and covers bilateral pursuits in safety, counter-terrorism, power and science, amongst different fields. Addressing an occasion marking the US 250th anniversary, PM Shehbaz famous that Islamabad and Washington had “labored…
RAWALPINDI: Safety forces killed six suspected militants throughout an intelligence-based operation within the Panjgur district of Balochistan province. In accordance with the Inter-Providers Public Relations (ISPR), the operation was carried out throughout the night time of June 3-4 after studies concerning the presence of militants within the space. Safety forces engaged a number of militant…
