The PhoneWorld Awards 2025 recognize smartphones that delivered outstanding performance, innovation, and value in Pakistan’s official smartphone market over the past year. Each device was evaluated on hardware specifications,…
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Gold prices dip despite big jump in 2025 – Pakistan
Local and international gold prices declined on Wednesday, with 10 grams becoming cheaper by Rs2,143 and a tola by Rs2,500, while the 10-gram price settled at Rs391,771 and the per-tola price at Rs456,962.
The global price fell by 25 dollars to 4,346 dollars per ounce.
During 2025, however, gold became expensive by Rs158,060 per 10 grams and Rs184,362 per tola, while the global price rose by 1,732 dollars per ounce.
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crows will come back for revenge after 17 years and will not forget
As the year comes to an end, we’re all about letting go of grudges, right? Holding on to the past sometimes just seems silly. But not if you’re a crow! These clever black birds are the ultimate grudge-holders and not just for themselves….
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Google Photos Locked Folder Comes Under Fire
Google Photos’ Locked Folder was meant as the sacred refuge for your more sensitive shots, but power users are growing increasingly incensed at how stripped-down the feature still is.
What started out as a layer of privacy has hardened into…
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NeuroVoices: David A. Hafler, MD, FANA, on Understanding MS as an Autoimmune and Neurodegenerative Disease | NeurologyLive
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a complex, genetically mediated autoimmune disease of the central nervous system in which anti–CD20–mediated B-cell depletion has demonstrated substantial efficacy, particularly in early disease. Although prior…
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SAP announced final transition period for compatibility packs
SAP has announced a final five months transition period for the usage rights of its Compatibility Packs for SAP S/4HANA on premise, moving the expiration date from December 31, 2025, to the end of May 2026.
Compatibility Packs provide temporary usage rights, allowing certain classical SAP ERP functionalities to operate within SAP S/4HANA, aiming to ease the migration and maintain business continuity for customers moving from SAP ERP to SAP S/4HANA.
For most of the Compatibility Packs, the usage rights end on December 31, 2025, which has been extensively communicated to customers, partners, and user groups and is documented in SAP Note 2269324.
To counter for the fact that despite the extensive communication several customers still need some more time to manage this transition, SAP is offering this final transition period in an effort to provide customers with greater choice and flexibility.
Accompanying this extension, SAP will offer tailored programs for customers that are moving to the respective SAP cloud solutions that replace the compatibility pack functionalities. We encourage affected customers to contact their SAP representative.
Stefan Steinle is EVP and head of Customer Support & Cloud Lifecycle Management at SAP.
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US stock market ends 2025 on a high note after volatile year
The technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite index is poised for a 21% gain this year, while the Russell 2000 index of smaller companies is roughly 12% higher year-to-date.
In early April, when Trump announced sweeping tariffs on US trading partners, the S&P 500 fell to the brink of bear market territory – Wall Street’s term for a drop of 20% from the latest high. Both the Nasdaq Composite and Russell 2000 indexes did briefly tumble into bear markets.
But major indexes quickly bounced back after Trump walked back his steepest tariffs, easing Wall Street’s fears about a tariff-driven economic slowdown.
Stocks have since surged to new highs.
That’s been in spite of persistent jitters about the economy, Robert Edwards, chief investment officer at Edwards Asset Management, said in a note.
“The market continues to climb the wall of worry into next year,” he said.
He added that 2026 “should be another year of record setting for stocks”, pointing in part to expectations for lower borrowing costs, which could boost corporate earnings and drive stock prices higher.
Strong earnings growth in corporate America has been a key driver of the stock market rally since the tariff-driven whiplash in the spring, said Parag Thatte, an equity strategist at Deutsche Bank.
At the same time, geopolitical tensions, Trump’s tariffs and expectations of interest rate cuts added to investor demand this year for safe haven assets, such as gold and other commodities. The price of gold is on track for a nearly 70% yearly increase.
Bitcoin, on the other hand, has struggled to keep up with strong returns across stocks and gold.
Despite getting a boost earlier in the year from the Trump administration’s support for digital assets, the world’s largest cryptocurrency is poised to end 2025 slightly lower, after a sharp decline from its record highs in October.
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Travis Head wants rivals to share drinks after Sydney Test
Australia batter Travis Head has said he hopes players from Australia and England can come together for drinks after the Ashes ends in Sydney, bringing back a long-standing tradition between the two fierce rivals. With Australia already retaining…
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‘They didn’t de-extinct anything’: can Colossal’s genetically engineered animals ever be the real thing? | Extinct wildlife
Death and taxes are supposed to be the things we can depend on in this life. But in 2025, the American entrepreneur Ben Lamm sold much of the world on the idea that death did not, after all, need to be for ever.
This was the year the…
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Cross-border rail passengers warned of new year disruption
Getty ImagesThe line closures will affect passengers travelling on Avanti West Coast trains Train passengers are being warned of disruption to cross-border services in the first week of the new year due to major engineering work.
Network Rail says the West Coast Mainline between Lockerbie and Carlisle will be closed from New Year’s Day for six days.
Replacement bus services transport passengers between the two stations.
Buses will also replace trains between Carlisle and Dumfries when the line is shut from Friday until 6 January.
The cross-border closure is part of a wider shutdown of the line to allow the installation of a new bridge at Clifton, near Penrith.
The 426ft (130m) bridge, which weighs 4,200 tonnes, will carry trains on the West Coast Main Line over the M6.
The removal of the previous bridge and the installation of the new structure begins on Hogmanay and will affect services on the line until 15 January.
Part of the M6 motorway will also be closed and Network Rail says it will use that opportunity to also replace more than 50 miles (80km) of overhead cables.
And it added that “significant work” will also take place on an ongoing £61m upgrade to signalling systems north of Carlisle.
Rail passengers are being warned that the West Coast Main Line will be closed:
- From 1-4 January through Preston, between Oxenholme and Carlisle, and Carlisle to Dumfries and Lockerbie
- From 5-6 January between Oxenholme and Carlisle, and Carlisle to Dumfries and Lockerbie. The line through Preston will be open.
- From 7-14 January the line north of Carlisle will be open. The line between Oxenholme and Carlisle will be closed until the early hours of 15 January.
Network RailEngineers will replace the bridge over the M6 near Clifton The M6 will be shut between junctions 39 at Shap and 40 near Penrith on two consecutive weekends.
The closures will take place between 20:00 on Friday 2 January and 05:00 on Monday 5 January, and between 20:00 on Friday 9 January and 05:00 on Monday 12 January.
William Brandon, Network Rail’s project manager, said: “This is a vital project which will improve journeys for passengers for decades to come.
He added: “We appreciate passengers’ patience while this work is completed, and I would urge anyone planning to travel in this period to check National Rail Enquiries in advance.”
Chris Liptrot, operations director at Avanti West Coast, said it would operate an amended timetable.
“Some journeys between the north-west, Carlisle, and Scotland will involve changes onto a shuttle service as well as rail replacement buses,” he added.
“We strongly advise customers to plan ahead and check their journey before travelling.”
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