On Friday, Anthropic launched its Opus 5 model, the newest version of its long-standing heavyweight model. While smaller than Fable 5, the model will be both cheaper and less restrictive than Fable, likely making it preferable in most use cases. Notably, Opus 5 actually outperforms Fable 5 on a number of benchmarks included in the…
France was preparing to use a massive specially adapted cargo aircraft to dump flame retardants Saturday on a wildfire that has forced the evacuation of tens of thousands of people, including from some suburbs of the wine region city of Bordeaux. Including some 70,000 people evacuated in central Spain, wildfires in southern Europe this week…
LAHORE: On the directives of Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawaz Sharif, relief operations are continuing in areas affected by a landslide near Jhika Gali in Murree. Rescue 1122 teams and Scouts personnel are carrying out relief activities under the supervision of Deputy Commissioner Murree, Zaheer Abbas Shirazi. The chief minister has sought a report on…
The District Health Authority Rawalpindi has announced new employment opportunities under the Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) for dedicated healthcare staff. Applications are invited from qualified male and female candidates for 25 temporary positions of Vaccinator on an 89-day contingent paid basis to strengthen immunization coverage and public health initiatives across Rawalpindi district. Candidates possessing…
Shaheen Afridi’s Test selection in doubt. Photo: PCB KARACHI: Controversies continue in the Lanka Premier League (LPL) as Pakistan T20I captain Shaheen Afridi has lodged a complaint with the Anti-Corruption Unit after being “dropped” during a match. The upset Pakistani fast bowler was about to return home, but franchise officials and organizers apologized and persuaded…
A power line went down outside of Washington, DC, this week. Normally, the grid would only need a few seconds to recover from such an event. But this one took more than 10 minutes because more than 3 gigawatts of data centers stopped drawing power nearly simultaneously. The event caused voltage across the PJM grid…
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By The Canadian Press The Canadian Press Posted July 25, 2026 8:20 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size WINNIPEG – Two men who are cycling across Canada to raise awareness for men’s mental health had their bicycles stolen while making a pit stop in Winnipeg. Val Duquenne and Thomas…
The disruption had a significant impact on businesses that rely on OpenAI’s technology. SAN FRANCISCO: OpenAI experienced a global service outage on July 25, disrupting ChatGPT, the OpenAI API and Codex for users across multiple countries. The company confirmed the issue on its status page and said engineers were investigating the incident as users reported…
ZAGREB: A Croatian Olympic Committee official arrested over alleged corruption has quit, the body said Friday in the latest fallout from a graft scandal at the country’s ski federation. The arrest comes as investigators seek the extradition of former alpine ski director Vedran Pavlek, who is currently held in Kazakhstan, over allegations that he led…
