The US state of Virginia saw some 50% of the nation’s Civil War casualties. Now, mass construction of AI data centres is encroaching on historic lands, the environment and local communities. As the gunner of the Bull Run Legion lifts the explosive charge from its container and carries it up to the cannon, dozens of…
Astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla, who created history by becoming the first Indian ever to set foot on the International Space Station (ISS),is on his way back. A live broadcast showed the Axiom-4 (Ax-4) mission undocking from the orbiting laboratory with its four-member crew on Monday. It isexpected to splash down in just under 24 hours. Led…
The SNGPL players dominated the Westbury National Tennis Championship U18 event Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) players Ahtisham Humayon and Hasan Usmani emerged as the 21st KC Westbury National Tennis Championship Juniors Under 18 Singles second round. Ahtisham defeat Inam Qadir 6-0,6-0, while Hasan outplayed Haziq Areejo 6-3,6-3. Meanwhile, Zohaib Afzal who is visiting…
Commercial therapy chatbots like 7cups and Character.ai perform worse than base models and lack proper oversight The study also found commercial mental health chatbots, like those from Character.ai and 7cups, performed worse than base models and lacked regulatory oversight, despite being used by millions. AI chatbots like ChatGPT are being widely used for mental health…
Martin Tiser, Zayn Malik’s brother-in-law, has been jailed for four years over county lines drug dealing in Bradford. Zayn found fame with his former boy band One Direction. Martin Tiser, the brother-in-law of former One Direction star Zayn Malik, has been sentenced to four years in prison for his role in a county lines drug…
She is favoured to join the next Bond film thanks to her ties with director Denis Villeneuve and Jezz Bezos. Sydney Sweeney is reportedly the leading contender to become the next Bond girl, with her name now sitting at the top of the casting sheet for the upcoming James Bond film. The Euphoria and White Lotus star has a…
Actor questions dress-code policy after incident goes viral Actor and director Yasir Hussain has raised his voice against discriminatory treatment reported at some of Karachi’s upscale clubs and restaurants, where patrons wearing traditional attire are allegedly being denied service. In an Instagram Story posted on Friday, Hussain responded to reports that a man was turned…
Global concert raised millions and questions of representation “It’s 12 noon in London, 7AM in Philadelphia, and around the world it’s time for Live Aid.” This television announcement on July 13, 1985, heralded over 16 hours of music broadcast from Wembley Stadium in London and John F Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia that united close to…
When the living fail to protect the dignity of the dead, can they claim the right to construct their afterlives? When I was writing my Master’s dissertation, a friend pursuing his PhD introduced me to Nicola Wright’s work on the Digital Afterlife – a body of research that examines what happens when rituals, practices and…
