Young tennis star honoured after ending 25-year ITF title drought for Pakistan

Muhammad Shoaib receives cash prize, standing ovation as officials lament crumbling sports infrastructure PESHAWAR: A hero’s welcome unfolded at the Peshawar Sports Complex on Wednesday as the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Tennis Association honoured Muhammad Shoaib, the province’s young tennis sensation who has ended Pakistan’s 25-year wait for an ITF International title. The 18-year-old was greeted with flower…

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Gen Z Is Pioneering a New Understanding of Truth

The polar bear video has millions of views. Set to a haunting piano score that’s become ubiquitous on TikTok, it shows a lone bear swimming between increasingly distant ice floes. The comments section overflows with teenage grief, rage, and helplessness. Beside my laptop screen lies the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report. Same…

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Cardano Founder Says Monero Is ‘What Bitcoin Should Have Been’

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson said Monero represents the kind of privacy-preserving cryptocurrency Bitcoin might have become if stronger cryptographic tooling had been available at the time, praising the project’s technical design and its refusal to dilute its cypherpunk principles. Speaking in an…

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Canadian football ready for World Cup

Bayern Munich star Alphonso Davies (right) heads a new generation of players who have lifted Canada up the global rankings. Photo: AFP LONDON: Exactly 150 years after Carlton Cricket Club and Toronto Lacrosse Club took part in the first recorded organised football match in Canada in 1876, Canadian soccer is finally ready for its coming…

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AI Promised the Audemars Piguet x Swatch Wristwatch. China Will Ship It

AI Promised the Audemars Piguet x Swatch Wristwatch. China Will Ship It

Laden with iconic Royal Oak design cues, most notably the octagonal case, eight-screw bezel, and Petite Tapisserie-patterned dial, the strapless design closely references 1979’s Royal Oak Pocket Watch reference 5691. Inside is a wholly new hand-wound model of Swatch’s Sistem51 caliber, a motion that’s utterly machine assembled. Swatch has 15 lively patents on this new…

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