Pakistan’s cybercrime agency has arrested 26 people in two raids on call centres in Lahore. The NCCIA Lahore Zone detained 17 women and nine men in two separate operations on Thursday. One raid targeted an alleged online honey trap network. The other hit a call centre accused of defrauding people abroad. Both cases are now…
Veteran Indian actor Nana Patekar has died at the age of 75. He suffered a cardiac arrest at his Goa residence on Thursday morning, according to Indian media reports. Over a career of nearly five decades, Patekar became one of the most recognisable faces in Hindi and Marathi cinema. He won three National Awards and…
Lionel Messi has played his last game for Argentina, and he scored in it. Messi hit his 126th and final international goal and set up two others as Argentina beat Benin 3-0 in Buenos Aires. Argentina played the friendly on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026. Messi teared up as the Argentine anthem played, and fireworks lit…
The US Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) wants help finding Faheem Akram, a 33-year-old Pakistani national. It is offering up to $100,000 (about Rs. 2.8 crore) for information leading to his arrest and conviction. US prosecutors say he ran a website that sold millions of fake postage labels. They estimate the losses to the US Postal…
A lab worker at a Siberian anti-plague institute has died, and nearly 200 people are now under medical watch. Officials haven’t said what killed her. Several reports point to suspected pneumonic plague. Almost 200 people are under observation in Siberia after the death of a 28-year-old lab worker who may have been exposed to pneumonic…
Alphabet unveiled Gemini 4 Argon on Wednesday, September 30, 2026, calling it its most advanced AI model so far. Google’s own headline for the launch is “next era of frontier intelligence.” The model is built for coding, professional knowledge work, and cyber defense. There is a catch. Argon is rolling out first to a set…
OpenAI has introduced Dots, a new kind of AI agent that keeps working in the background even when you are not chatting with it. CEO Sam Altman launched the product at OpenAI DevDay on Tuesday. Dots are not a new chatbot window. They are meant to pursue goals you set continuously, with minimal oversight, and…
WhatsApp is working on a new look for its Android app, and Meta AI is a big part of it. An early beta shows a rounder, oval-shaped bottom bar with more transparency and a dedicated spot for Meta AI. The change has not reached everyone. It is in early internal development and not yet available…
Meta just showed its most ambitious eyewear yet. At Connect 2026, the company launched three new pairs of smart glasses: its first Meta VR Glasses, the camera-free Ray-Ban Meta Audio, and the third-generation Ray-Ban Meta. There was also a surprise gadget for your keychain. The headline is the $1,299 Meta VR Glasses, a VR headset…
Getting verified for trade services in Pakistan used to mean a trip to a Nadra centre. That step just became optional. The Pakistan Single Window (PSW) has integrated its platform with Nadra’s PakID mobile app, letting users complete mandatory biometric verification straight from their smartphones. No more mandatory visit to an e-Sahulat Centre just to…
