Multiple users have been sharing a video on social media platforms X and Facebook on Wednesday, claiming that it shows Lionel Messi winking at a referee during the Argentina vs Egypt match on July 7. However, the video is from the Argentina-Cape Verde contest, which took place on July 4. Messi and Argentina received backlash…
Kevin Weil, a veteran tech executive known for stints at Twitter, Meta, Planet Labs and OpenAI, has joined the board of Stoke Space, a well-funded Seattle startup building reusable rockets to compete with SpaceX. “It’s real simple for me,” Stoke CEO Andy Lapsa told TechCrunch of meeting Weil when he cofounded Stoke in 2020 and…
SBI VC Trade reported rising institutional demand for BTC and XRP as Japanese firms adjust treasury strategies amid continued yen weakness. Corporate demand for Bitcoin and XRP is increasing in Japan as a weaker yen prompts companies to diversify their treasury holdings, according to crypto exchange SBI VC Trade. The crypto arm of Tokyo-based SBI…
In the weeks before a NATO summit in Turkey begins on Tuesday, the Turkish authorities blocked websites that criticized the military alliance; jailed scores of people for alleged links to terrorism; arrested a comedian who had joked about President Recep Tayyip Erdogan; and barred a cruise for gay men from calling at Turkish ports. The…
KARACHI: A local court granted bail to accused Agha Shaheer on Wednesday in Clifton firing incident in Karachi in which an FBR official was injured. Sessions Judge-South granted bail to the accused and ordered him to submit Rs 1.5 Lac security bonds in the court. In a road rage incident in Karachi’s Clifton area turned…
“I was never supposed to develop feelings, but you kept treating me like I already had them.” So says an AI-animated female character in a black turtleneck, with dark, purple-streaked hair. The video was posted to Instagram on June 17 by one Erik von Markovik, the infamous pickup artist and life coach better known by…
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), a key EU regulator supporting the implementation of the Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) framework, is launching a dedicated process for reviewing crypto custody providers. ESMA plans to conduct a common supervisory action (CSA) focused on the operational resilience of crypto-asset service providers (CASPs), with a specific emphasis on…
Oil prices spiked on Wednesday to the highest level in weeks and stocks dropped after President Trump said that he thought the Iran cease-fire was “over” amid a volatile 24 hours in the Persian Gulf region. The Trump administration launched a series of strikes on Iran and revoked a waiver that had allowed Iran to…
KARACHI: The Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OICCI) on Tuesday released its Security Survey 2026, cautioning that deterioration in Karachi and continued security challenges in the country’s western regions are weighing on investor confidence and business operations despite improvements in parts of Pakistan. The annual OICCI Security Survey 2026, conducted in June among…
Meta on Tuesday unveiled Muse Image, its new AI image generator built by Meta Superintelligence Labs, the company’s dedicated AI unit. The feature, which was internally code-named Mango, is now available for free through the Meta AI app, as well as on Instagram Stories and WhatsApp. Unfortunately, the new model is already causing controversy. What…
