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Stanford report highlights growing disconnect between AI insiders and everyone else

AI experts and the public’s opinion on the technology are increasingly diverging, according to Stanford University’s annual report on the AI industry, which was released Monday. In particular, the report noted a growing trend of anxiety around AI and, in the U.S., concerns about how the technology will impact key societal areas, such as jobs, medical care, and the economy. The report’s findings follow growing negative sentiment about AI, with Gen Z reportedly leading the way, a...

FBI announces takedown of phishing operation that targeted thousands of victims

The FBI announced on Monday that it “dismantled” a global phishing operation, which allegedly helped hackers target more than 17,000 victims worldwide. The website of the operation, known as W3LL, displayed a notice saying it has been seized by the FBI. The bureau said it worked with Indonesia’s police in the takedown operation, which resulted in the detention of the alleged W3LL developer — only identified as G.L. — and the seizure of “key domains.”

PTCL says repair work on submarine cable to begin from Tuesday, internet users may face service degradation in evening

The Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) on Monday announced that one of its submarine cables would be undergoing a repair from April 14, and the maintenance work could last till April 20. The users may face service degradation in the evening during this time, PTCL said. The state-owned telecom giant manages three undersea optical fibre cable networks that provide international internet connectivity to Pakistan. The combined capacity o...

‘I thought it was me as a doctor’: Trump on AI image of himself as Jesus-like figure

US President Donald Trump said on Monday that a picture that he posted on Truth Social, which depicted him as a Jesus-like figure and has now been deleted, was actually supposed to show him as a doctor. “I did post it, and I thought it was me as a doctor, and had to do with the Red Cross, as a Red Cross worker there, which we support. “And only fake news could come up with that one. I just heard about it, and I said how did they come up with that. It’s supposed to be me as a doctor, making peopl...

CNN Hires New York Times Chief Data Scientist Chris Wiggins to Head AI Team

CNN has tapped Chris Wiggins, who has served as chief data scientist at the New York Times for more than a decade, for a newly created role as head of machine learning and AI science. Wiggins’ hiring was announced in an internal memo to CNN staff Monday. At the news outlet, he will lead a […]

Kerala Murder Convict Arrested In Mumbai, Was Posing As Ragpicker: Cops

A murder convict from Kerala, who escaped from a hospital last year and was hiding in Mumbai disguised as a ragpicker, was arrested from near a train station by the Railway Protection Force (RPF), a police official said on Monday.

Booking.com confirms hackers accessed customers’ data

Booking.com confirmed Monday that hackers may have accessed customers’ personal data, including names, emails, physical addresses, phone numbers, and booking details. The global travel and hotel reservation giant notified customers this past week of the breach, according to several online posts.  “We’re writing to inform you that unauthorized third parties may have been able to access certain booking information associated with your reservation,” read the notificaiton to customers, a...

EU launches operations of critical minerals procurement platform

The European Union on Monday launched ⁠the critical minerals ⁠section of its energy and materials ⁠procurement platform, which aims to give more power to regional buyers and cut dependence on dominant producer China by aggregating their purchases. The platform is part of the bloc’s RESourceEU strategy, announced in December ‌to develop its supply chains for rare earths and other strategic minerals needed for the energy transition and defence applications. China controls up to 90 per cent of...

WhatsApp Class Action Raises Questions Over Meta Encryption Promises

Casablanca – A new class action lawsuit filed in California federal court is putting one of WhatsApp’s biggest promises under fresh scrutiny, with plaintiffs alleging that private messages may have been accessed by Meta employees and outside contractors despite years of assurances that chats are protected by end-to-end encryption. Filed by Brian Y. Shirazi and Nida Samson in the US District Court for the Northern District of California, the case names Meta Platforms, WhatsApp LLC, Accenture PLC,...

Data Centers Offer a Potential $10 Billion Windfall for Insurers

Soaring demand for insurance coverage related to data center construction is creating a “meaningful growth opportunity” for the industry, outstripping some traditional insurance markets, according to S&P Global Ratings.

Huawei Morocco Pushes Vertical AI for Government, Defense at GITEX Africa 2026

Marrakech – Huawei Morocco leveraged its fourth consecutive participation in GITEX Africa in Marrakech to showcase a sweeping and expanding portfolio that moves decisively beyond telecommunications, unveiling AI-driven, cloud, and digital infrastructure solutions aimed at transforming key sectors across the continent. The Chinese tech giant’s presence at this year’s edition – held from April 7 to 9 and drawing more than 1,500 exhibitors and over 55,000 visitors – centered on what it terms...

Trump Deletes Post With Image Depicting Himself as Jesus After Backlash

President Donald Trump’s Truth Social account removed an image depicting him as a Christ-like figure, after the post generated a wave of outrage from those across the political spectrum including some conservatives who deemed it blasphemous. The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Late Sunday evening, Trump posted an apparently […]

Vercel CEO Guillermo Rauch signals IPO readiness as AI agents fuel revenue surge

While many startups founded prior to the emergence of ChatGPT are struggling to position themselves for the AI era, Vercel, a 10-year-old dev tool and website hosting platform, is benefiting from the explosion of AI-generated apps and agents. “When I started this company, only tens of millions of people could deploy,” Vercel CEO Guillermo Rauch told the audience at the HumanX conference in San Francisco last week. “Now we’re seeing that everybody in the world can create an app.”

Slate Auto Aims to Reinvent EV Affordability

Slate Auto CEO Peter Faricy joined Bloomberg Open Interest to reveal how his startup plans to disrupt the EV market with a $20K electric pickup. By stripping down manufacturing, offering extreme customization, and focusing on affordability over incentives, Slate aims to bring EVs to the mass market,  even as overall demand faces uncertainty. (Source: Bloomberg)

AI is now powering cyberattacks, Microsoft warns

Artificial intelligence promised to make life easier. Write emails faster. Build software quicker. Analyze huge datasets in seconds. Unfortunately, cybercriminals noticed those benefits too.A new report from Microsoft Threat Intelligence reveals that attackers are now using AI across nearly every stage of a cyberattack. The technology helps them move faster, scale operations and lower the technical skill required to launch attacks. In simple terms, AI has become a powerful assistant for hackers....

Senator questions delay in satellite internet

Prolonged delay in issuing licences for satellite-based internet services will be debated in the Senate as a senator has submitted a call attention notice seeking explanation from the federal minister for information technology. "I would like to draw the attention of the federal IT minister to the prolonged delay in issuing licences required for launching satellite-based internet services," Senator Sarmad Ali said in his call attention notice, adding that the delay was affecting compa...

Musk's XChat set for App Store debut

Hack at Anodot leaves over a dozen breached companies facing extortion

Hackers have reportedly stolen data from at least a dozen companies following a breach at business monitoring software maker Anodot, leaving its customers exposed to extortion and at risk of having their data published online. Bleeping Computer, among the first to report the Anodot breach, and BBC News both reported that the ShinyHunters hacking group was threatening to release the stolen data if its ransom demands were not met.

Digital surveillance

The initiative on the part of Sindh Police to opt for digitisation to improve the law and order situation, and to monitor crime, mobs and traffic through electronic surveillance is worth appreciating. Such a concept in today's modern urbanisation is known as 'safe cities', and is a highly recommended aspect in governance affairs. It not only helps police and other law-enforcement agencies keep a tab on unscrupulous elements, but also provides the necessary datafication to legislator...

WhatsApp hacked? Here’s how you can get your account back

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has issued an advisory outlining steps for users to recover hacked WhatsApp accounts and strengthen their digital security. In its statement, the PTA urged users not to panic if their WhatsApp account is compromised and instead follow a set of simple recovery measures. According to the authority, affected users should immediately uninstall and reinstall the WhatsApp application, then re-register their account using their mobile number. Th...