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  • ECNEC approves 11 projects of various sectors – RADIO PAKISTAN

    1. ECNEC approves 11 projects of various sectors  RADIO PAKISTAN
    2. Ishaq Dar emphasizes quality and transparency in medical education in PAMI meeting  24 News HD
    3. ECNEC approves 11 projects, including PC-1 for Dasu Hydropower and youth training…

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  • Audio dramas: Lack of funding in Northern Ireland is ‘wild’

    Audio dramas: Lack of funding in Northern Ireland is ‘wild’

    Phil Ramsey, a lecturer in the School of Communication and Media at Ulster University, said arts councils across the UK and Ireland have “relatively small pots of money” and lots of demand.

    “In Northern Ireland, we don’t have enough funding going…

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  • Meta targets 2026 launch for new image and video AI models

    Meta targets 2026 launch for new image and video AI models

    Meta is fully focused on developing new AI models through its superintelligence lab, now led by Scale AI co-founder Alexandr Wang. According to The Wall Street Journal, the company is working on an image and video model called “Mango” and a new text-based model internally known as “Avocado.”

    The tech giant plans to launch these models in the first half of 2026. The roadmap was revealed during an internal Q&A at Meta on Thursday by Wang and Chief Product Officer Chris Cox.

    Wang stated that Meta aims to improve the text-based model’s coding abilities while exploring new “world models” that can understand visual information, reason, plan, and act without needing training on every possible scenario.

    The push comes as Meta attempts to catch up with competitors like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google.

    The company’s AI division underwent significant restructuring this year, including leadership changes and aggressive recruitment of researchers from rival firms. However, retention has been an issue, with several researchers who joined Meta Superintelligence Labs (MSL) having already left.

    In a major blow to the division, the company’s chief AI scientist, Yann LeCun, revealed in November that he is leaving to create his own startup.

    While usage figures for Meta’s AI assistants are high—boosted by integration into the search bars of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp—the company has yet to launch a truly successful, standalone AI product.

    This raises the stakes significantly for the first projects emerging from MSL, as Meta looks to prove it can lead the next wave of AI innovation.

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  • Australian lifeguards fall silent for Bondi Beach victims – Dawn

    1. Australian lifeguards fall silent for Bondi Beach victims  Dawn
    2. A swim for unity at Bondi beach, the scene of Sydney’s darkest day. But on land tensions fray  The Guardian
    3. Police confirm Bondi gunman was from India’s Hyderabad; family claims no…

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  • Riverdance 30: Young dancers mark 30 years with anniversary production in Belfast

    Riverdance 30: Young dancers mark 30 years with anniversary production in Belfast

    For Youcef Belouazani, 20, from west Belfast, Riverdance has been part of his life ever since childhood.

    “When I was younger I would watch it on tape,” he said.

    “My granny and granda had it. It would be something I’d watch in the living room and…

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  • ‘Federal govt ensures timely transfer of funds to KP’ – RADIO PAKISTAN

    1. ‘Federal govt ensures timely transfer of funds to KP’  RADIO PAKISTAN
    2. Finance ministry says provincial shares under NFC released fortnightly, no outstanding liabilities exist after KP CM’s accusation of stalled funds  Dawn
    3. K-P’s case for a…

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  • Court restores Elon Musk’s disputed $56 billion Tesla payday – The Washington Post

    1. Court restores Elon Musk’s disputed $56 billion Tesla payday  The Washington Post
    2. Elon Musk’s Delaware Court Victory Makes Him The First Person Ever Worth $700 Billion  Forbes
    3. Musk wins US court appeal of $56bn Tesla pay package  Business Recorder
    4. Elon Musk gets his $139 billion pay package from 2018 restored after a yearslong battle with a Delaware judge  CNN
    5. Elon Musk becomes world’s first $700B billionaire after Tesla pay deal restored  TRT World

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  • Taiwan attacker planned assault that killed 3 and injured 11, authorities say

    Taiwan attacker planned assault that killed 3 and injured 11, authorities say

    TAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwanese authorities said Saturday the suspect who killed three people and injured 11 others in knife and smoke-grenade attacks in the island’s capital had planned the assaults and set fires at other locations earlier in the…

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  • Former Pak PM Imran Khan, wife Bushra Bibi sentenced to 17 years in Toshakhana corruption case

    Former Pak PM Imran Khan, wife Bushra Bibi sentenced to 17 years in Toshakhana corruption case

    Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan and wife Bushra were awarded 10 years’ rigorous imprisonment under Section 409 (criminal breach of trust) of the Pakistan Penal Code and seven years under different Sections of the Prevention…

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