PARIS: Facebook’s parent company Meta said on Monday it was launching one of the world’s most powerful supercomputers to boost its capacity to process data, despite persistent disputes over privacy and disinformation. The US tech giant said the array of machines could process images and video up to 20 times faster than their current systems. The supercomputer, built from thousands of processors, will be used to “seamlessly analyse text, images, and video together; develop new augmented reality tools; and much more”, the firm said in a blog post written by two of its artificial intelligence (AI) researchers. They envisage developing AI tools…
Author: Hasnain Abid Khanzada
Healthcare startup Find my Doctor has raised $5 million in a pre-Series A funding round that will be utilised to open dark stores, improve technology and hire new talent, a statement issued by the company said. The funding was raised from TPL e-Ventures, the investment arm of TPL Corp as well as TPL Insurance. The startup, which currently offers its services in Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Multan, Peshawar and Hyderabad, plans to expand its operations to 10 more cities by the end of this year. Find My Doctor CEO and founder Saad Siddiqui was quoted in the statement as saying:…
MELBOURNE: Tetchy title favourite Daniil Medvedev was pushed to the limit before reaching the last eight of the Australian Open on Monday but women’s world number two Aryna Sabalenka crashed out after an epic that finished on the stroke of midnight. Men’s fourth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas survived a late-night fright to reach his third Australian Open quarter-final after a pulsating day of marathon matches, frayed tempers and searing heat at Melbourne Park. Tsitsipas was staring at defeat, trailing two sets to one before clawing back to beat the 20th seed Taylor Fritz of the US 4-6, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4…
GILGIT: The first five-day national ice sports competitions concluded in Ghulkin village of the Upper Hunza area on Sunday. The Altit SCARF team became the National Ice Hockey, 2022, champion defeating the Ghulkin Winter Club 2-0. The SCARF won all its matches. It defeated the Ghulkin Winter Club 2-0, Yasin Janbaz 3-0 and GB Scouts 3-0. The event was organised by the Ghulkin Winter Club in collaboration with the Pakistan Winter Sports Federation. A total of 20 teams of men and women from Punjab, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, GB Scouts, PAF, Skardu, Yasin Ghizer, Khalti Ghizer, Nagar,…
HARARE: Former Zimbabwe cricket captain Brendan Taylor revealed on Monday in a tweet he took cocaine, a $15,000 bribe from an Indian businessman to fix matches and that he faces a multiple-year ban from international cricket. “The ICC (International Cricket Council) are taking the decision to impose a multi-year ban on my international cricketing career,” tweeted the national great, adding he did not fix any match. The 35-year-old batsman said in October 2019 he was invited by an Indian businessman to discuss “sponsorships and the potential launch of a T20 competition in Zimbabwe and was advised that I would be…
CAPE TOWN: A 3-0 drubbing in South Africa is a timely reminder that India need to overhaul their approach to One-day International cricket and head coach Rahul Dravid says the problem lies in how they fared in the middle overs — both with bat and ball. With regular skipper Rohit Sharma among a slew of players laid low by injuries, the team led by KL Rahul were whitewashed after their four-run loss in Cape Town on Sunday. With India also missing all-rounders Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, and Washington Sundar due to injury, Dravid said the series was an “eye-opener” and…
KARACHI: Since its inception in 2016, the HBL Pakistan Super League has proved to be a brilliant platform for the cricketers from around the world to ply their trade. The foreign contingent of cricketers in successive HBL PSL seasons have made no secret of their admiration for the young local talent and, since the leagues homecoming in 2020, they have thoroughly enjoyed the Pakistani culture, said a PCB communique on Monday. After spending time in the country and witnessing the hospitality of the nation, these foreign players have emerged as Pakistan’s ambassadors. The upcoming HBL PSL 7 starting at the…
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Tuesday reacted to a report carried by Sydney Morning Herald claiming Cricket Australia was in talks with the PCB for holding the upcoming Test series in Pakistan at a single venue, clarifying that “no such suggestion in under discussion”. Australia are set to arrive in Pakistan in March this year for the first time since 1998. The visitors are scheduled to play three Tests, three one-day internationals (ODIs) and one Twenty-20 international (T20I) match in a month-long series commencing from March 3. The Test matches are to be played in Karachi, Rawalpindi and Lahore from…
Former England football Michael Owen arrived in Pakistan on Tuesday to participate in various football related initiatives and meet high-level officials. PTV Sports, in a tweet, welcomed Owen to Islamabad, saying he will promote international football in the country in collaboration with Global Soccer Ventures (GSV). The state broadcaster added that Owen will attend a dinner hosted by President Dr Arif Alvi and a meeting with Army Chief Gen Qamar Bajwa is expected as well, while a press release issued by GSV said the former footballer would meet Prime Minister Imran Khan too. Owen, who played for Liverpool, Real Madrid…
KARACHI: Hascol Petroleum Ltd (HPL) said on Monday it’s been “fully cooperating” with the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), which is looking into its past activities. “Much of the information being assessed by the FIA is based on facts, which the company has already chosen to disclose to the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX),” according to a press release. It said the current board and management “should not be included in any allegations”. In a separate notice to the PSX on Monday, the oil marketing company reported that the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan has appointed a chartered accountancy firm as…
