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Apple is interested in tapping generative artificial intelligence to help speed up the design of the custom chips at the heart of its devices, its top hardware technology executive said in private remarks last month. Johny Srouji, Apple’s senior vice president of hardware technologies, made the remarks in a speech in Belgium, where he was receiving an award from Imec, an independent semiconductor research and development group that works closely with most of the world’s biggest chipmakers. In the speech, a recording of which was reviewed by Reuters, Srouji outlined Apple’s development of custom chips from the first A4 chip…

A host of Pakistani cricket stars have been picked up by various franchises for the upcoming 2025 season of Australia’s Big Bash League (BBL), including top names such as Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Rizwan, Hasan Ali, and Shadab Khan. Shaheen Afridi, Mohammad Rizwan, Haris Rauf, and Shadab Khan have all been selected in the prestigious Platinum category, confirming their status as some of the most sought-after international players in T20 cricket. Shaheen Afridi has been picked by Brisbane Heat Haris Rauf will once again represent the Melbourne Stars Mohammad Rizwan has joined the Melbourne Renegades Shadab Khan will feature…

ISLAMABAD : Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Senator Ishaq Dar, held a telephone conversation with the Foreign Minister of Uzbekistan, Bakhtiyor Saidov. The two leaders discussed a range of bilateral and regional matters of mutual interest, the Foreign Office said in a press release. They exchanged views on the agenda for the upcoming meeting of the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM), scheduled to take place in Istanbul from 21–22 July. Both leaders also agreed to meet on the sidelines of the OIC CFM. A day earlier, Dar received a telephone call from the UK Foreign Secretary, David Lammy. During…

An Iranian ballistic missile struck Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba on Thursday morning, causing significant damage as air raid sirens wailed across Israel during a large-scale missile attack launched from Iranian territory. The IDF identified Thursday morning at 7:03am that between 20 and 30 missiles were launched from Iran toward Israeli territory. As per Israeli this is the largest barrage launched from Iran in the past 48 hours. There are reports of at least seven impact sites, including three in Gush Dan and one at Soroka Hospital in Be’er Sheva, which sustained a direct hit. So far, over 50 individuals…

ISLAMABAD (DI NEWS) : Mr. Awais Raoof, Chairman of the Board of Governors at the University of Lahore (UOL) along with Mr. Khalid Taimur Akram, Executive Director of the Pakistan Research Center for a Community with Shared Future (PRCCSF) Islamabad and Mr. Hiu David Chu, CEO of Precise Development (HK) Limited, China visited Institute for Community with Shared Future (ICSF), Communication University of China (CUC) and met with Mr. Li Xinjun, Vice President of Communication University of China (CUC), Beijing, China. The meeting was also notably attended by several key figures from the Communication University of China (CUC). These included…

RAWALPINDI : Chief of Army Staff (COAS) of Pakistan, Field Marshal Asim Munir, met with President of the United States, Donald J. Trump, at the White House,  the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a press release on Thursday. The high-level engagement was scheduled at the Cabinet Room over Luncheon followed by a visit to the Oval Office. President Trump was accompanied by Secretary of State Senator Marco Rubio, and Mr. Steve Witkoff, the U.S. Special Representative for Middle Eastern Affairs. Field Marshal Asim Munir was joined in by Pakistan’s National Security Advisor. It said a detailed exchange of…

Buying returned to the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX), with the benchmark KSE-100 Index gaining over 1,100 points during the opening hours of trading on Thursday. At 9:40am, the benchmark index was hovering at 121,629.44 level, an increase of 1163.51 points or 0.97%. Buying was observed in key sectors including automobile assemblers, cement, commercial banks, fertilizer, oil and gas exploration companies, OMCs, power generation and refinery. Index-heavy stocks including HUBCO, PSO, WAFI, MARI, OGDC, PPL, MCB, MEBL, NBP and UBL traded in the green. United States President Donald Trump on Wednesday said that he was “honoured” to meet Field Marshal Syed Asim…

GAZA CITY: Gaza’s civil defence agency said 33 people were killed by Israeli fire in the Palestinian territory on Wednesday, including 11 who were seeking aid. Civil defence spokesman Mahmud Bassal told AFP that 11 people were killed and more than 100 wounded “after the occupation forces opened fire and launched several shells… at thousands of citizens” who had gathered to queue for food in central Gaza. The military told AFP that its forces operating in central Gaza identified “a group of suspicious individuals” approaching “in a manner that posed a potential threat to the forces.” It said its troops then fired “warning shots”,…

The foreign ministers of Germany, France and Britain plan to hold nuclear talks with their Iranian counterpart on Friday in Geneva, a German diplomatic source told Reuters. The ministers will first meet with the European Union’s top diplomat, Kaja Kallas, at Germany’s permanent mission in Geneva before holding a joint meeting with the Iranian foreign minister, the source said. The European initiative comes amid fears of a spiralling conflict in the Middle East after Israel launched wide-ranging military strikes on its arch-enemy Iran last week and Iran sent waves of missiles at Israeli targets in response. President Donald Trump has…

Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has resumed its direct flight service from Lahore to Paris after a five-year suspension, marking a major development in the national carrier’s efforts to restore its European network. According to a PIA spokesperson, the first weekly flight PK-733 departed from Lahore’s Allama Iqbal International Airport at 12 noon on Wednesday, carrying 276 passengers to the French capital. This resumption follows years of limited European connectivity due to operational and regulatory challenges. A grand ceremony was held at the airport to commemorate the relaunch of the route. Airline officials and passengers participated in the event, celebrating the…