Energy minister says portions of Korangi Causeway Bridge, Shahrah-e-Bhutto set to open within two months People are stuck in a traffic jam caused by inundated roads after rain in the city on Thursday. Photo: express Karachi’s rain battered roads are set to undergo a major overhaul as Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah approved Rs25…
Product demos get all the attention, but software development more often involves things like debugging, quality assurance, and testing. It’s the dull but critical work that keeps software running the way it should, and as developers look to automate more of their workloads, it’s increasingly being done by AI. On Monday, the AI testing startup…
The UK government is promoting its plan for a new digital identity scheme as a way to streamline services, prevent fraud and ensure that welfare benefits reach only those entitled to them. The prime minister, Keir Starmer, has argued that digital ID is central to modernizing the welfare state and tightening immigration controls. On his…
As Australia’s ban on social media use for users under 16 looms, it appears Malaysia now plans to implement a similar system starting next year. The country’s communications minister, Fahmi Fadzil, reportedly said the administration is considering systems for implementing age restrictions on social media platforms, barring users under 16 years old from platforms like…
Drug maker Novo Nordisk says semaglutide, the active ingredient for the weight loss jab Wegovy, does not slow Alzheimer’s – despite initial hopes that it might help against dementia. Researchers began two large trials involving more than 3,800 people after reports the medicine was having an impact in the real world. But the studies showed…
Several U.S. banking giants and mortgage lenders are reportedly scrambling to assess how much of their customers’ data was stolen during a cyberattack on a New York financial technology company earlier this month. SitusAMC, which provides technology for over a thousand commercial and real estate financiers, confirmed in a statement over the weekend that it…
Short videos are in high demand. Across large platforms like Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and TikTok, users are watching billions of videos every day, with companies benefiting massively from this content explosion. For creators, this often means there is pressure to create more content than ever before to be relevant and make a living out of…
[This story contains spoilers from Wicked: For Good.] In “No Good Deed,” Elphaba’s big solo number in Wicked: For Good, Cynthia Erivo is shown flying through flames and flying monkeys while belting out the spellbinding song. In reality, Erivo was doing this while singing live in a harness, with actual flames surrounding her, and being…
Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold have been here before — quite recently, in fact. The partners in life and work are back in Los Angeles for another cycle of hybrid awards-release promotion, merely a year after their film The Brutalist made the same rounds — eventually going home with three Oscars in addition to a…
A father has told the BBC he felt powerless as he witnessed gunmen on motorbikes abduct dozens of children, including his son, after storming a Catholic boarding school in northern Nigeria in the early hours of Friday. The father said he was asleep when he was awoken by the noise of the gunmen as they…
