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Discord cuts ties with Persona after verification code found tied to US surveillance efforts
1+ hour, 25+ min ago (193+ words) Discord cut ties with the Peter Thiel-backed verification software after researchers flagged publicly accessible files "We didn't even have to write or perform a single exploit, the entire architecture was just on the doorstep," the researchers wrote, adding that the…...
Glof threat
12+ hour, 30+ min ago (374+ words) Glof threat'The Express Tribune Pakistan is home to over 13,000 glaciers " the largest concentration outside the polar regions. Yet nearly 10,000 in Chitral and Gilgit-Baltistan are receding. The PMD has recently warned that sustained above-normal temperatures in the northern regions could sharply…...
US AI giants accuse Chinese rivals of mass data theft
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (373+ words) 16 million exchanges used to siphon AI model capabilities US artificial intelligence company Anthropic said Monday it had uncovered campaigns by three Chinese AI firms to illicitly extract capabilities from its Claude chatbot, in what it described as industrial-scale intellectual property…...
Endangered guitarfish caught off Gwadar coast
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (277+ words) An extremely rare and critically endangered bowmouth guitarfish was caught in Gwadar's East Bay on Monday, raising fresh concerns among conservationists about the declining state of marine biodiversity along Pakistan's coastline. According to fishermen, the specimen was retrieved from a…...
NASA chief rules out March launch of moon mission over technical issues
3+ day, 13+ hour ago (275+ words) NASA chief Jared Isaacman on Saturday ruled out a March launch for Artemis 2, the first crewed flyby mission to the Moon in more than 50 years, citing technical issues. Workers detected a problem with ... NASA chief rules out March launch of…...
WhatsApp adds option to share past group messages with newcomers
4+ day, 10+ hour ago (207+ words) Feature gives administrators control over whether new members can access recent chat history Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp has begun rolling out a long-awaited update that allows new group chat members to see recent conversation history sent before they joined the…...
Being and Becoming
5+ day, 13+ hour ago (826+ words) Modern cosmology often presents itself as the most triumphant extension of physics: a discipline that has traced the history of the universe from fractions of a second after the Big Bang to the ... Modern cosmology often presents itself as the…...
Shark discovered in Antarctica’s deep waters for the first time on camera
6+ day, 1+ hour ago (341+ words) A sleeper shark was filmed deep in Antarctica's icy waters, marking a rare and unexpected sighting A massive sleeper shark has been caught on camera in the icy waters of the Antarctica,marking what researchers believe is the first recorded…...
India AI summit stumbles as Bill Gates pulls out, chaos mounts
6+ day, 9+ hour ago (491+ words) AI Impact Summit marred by cancellations, protests and planning lapses Bill Gates pulled out of India's AI Impact Summit hours before his scheduled keynote address on Thursday, dealing another blow to a flagship event already marred by organisational lapses, a…...
Karachi to enjoy fair skies and moderate temperatures
1+ week, 1+ hour ago (242+ words) Daytime highs are expected to reach between 28C and 29C Karachi is expected to experience mild and pleasant weather on Wednesday, the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) said. After rainfall on Tuesday, the city enjoyed favourable conditions that provided a comfortable environment for…...