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'Avoid paying' with BBC expert's passport renew tip 'you may not know about'
'Avoid paying' with BBC expert's passport renew tip 'you may not know about'People can save an extra bit of money by following the 'online' adviceCommentsTravelCharlotte Smith Senior Lifestyle Content Editor14:04, 13 Apr 2026View 2 ImagesThe finance expert appeared on an epsiode of Morning Live on Monday(Image: BBC)TV money personality and personal finance expert Laura Pomfret has shared a money-saving tip for anyone with a passport. Speaking on today's (A...
Roblox introduces age-based accounts amid child safety concerns
MoneyWatch Roblox to introduce age-based accounts in latest effort to shore up safety measures .chip { background-image: url('/fly/bundles/cbsnewscore/images/chip-bgd/chip-bgd-moneywatch.jpg'); } By Mary Cunningham Mary Cunningham Reporter, MoneyWatch Mary Cunningham is a reporter for CBS MoneyWatch. She previously worked at "60 Minutes," CBSNews.com and CBS News 24/7 as part of the CBS News Associate Program. Read Full Bio Mary Cunningham Updated on: April 13, 2026 / 9:01 AM EDT / CBS News Add...
Nielsen Names Roberto Ruiz Head of Measurement Science
Roberto Ruiz, who spent nearly two decades at Univision and TelevisaUnivision in senior research roles, has been named head of measurement science at Nielsen, which has been grappling with the recent launch of new technology it believes will count a broader range of viewer activity across different media platforms. Ruiz will spearhead the strategy and […]
Punjab Govt Free Solar Panel Scheme deadline extended
LAHORE: The Punjab government has extended the deadline to apply for the free solar panel scheme 2026 for people of the province. Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz has announced the extension. Not only this, but the provincial government has also increased the budget to facilitate more families across the province amid rising electricity costs. Reports said the CM of Punjab has extended the deadline for the CM Punjab Free Solar Panel Scheme till December 2026, urging citizens to get registered...
Bezos-backed EV firm Slate Auto raises $650 million
Electric vehicle company Slate Auto on Monday said it has raised $650 million in a Series C funding round, as the Jeff Bezos-backed firm gears up to deliver its first vehicles late this year. The company has touted its pickup trucks as being affordable and hopes to capitalize on the lower price tag to draw in customers grappling with high cost of living. Slate did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment on its valuation. The company will enter the EV market at an uncerta...
While the world focused on the Islamabad Talks, some Pakistanis made creepy AI videos of Gharidah Farooqi
At the Islamabad Talks this weekend, there was a lot to talk about. The occasion was historic — the first bilateral meeting between the US and Iran since 1979 — the stakes were incredibly high and the coffee was “expertly brewed”. Yet, despite our nation’s capital hosting its most important diplomatic event in recent history, some Pakistanis, true to their old habits, were more concerned about what female journalists reporting on the event were wearing. In a sickening, regressive display of just...
Roblox defends expanded age‑checks after parents raise concerns over errors
Roblox defends expanded age‑checks after parents raise concerns over errors14 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleShiona McCallumSenior Tech Reporter Bloomberg via Getty ImagesRoblox has defended a major expansion of its child safety system, despite complaints from parents that the game's user-age estimation can misclassify children and put them into less-protected versions of the service.The gaming company, which says it has 144 million daily users worldwide, is extending its tec...
Dubai's RTA upgrades 5 marine transport stations with air-conditioning, Wi-Fi
Dubai: Dubai's Roads and Transport Authority has upgraded five more marine transport stations across the emirate, bringing air-conditioning, digital amenities and improved accessibility to some of the city's busiest waterfront transit points.The second phase of the marine station upgrade programme covered the Sheikh Zayed Road, Al Fahidi, Bluewaters, Baniyas, and Al Seef stations. The works were designed to blend Dubai's traditional maritime heritage with modern urban needs, with a focus on pass...
Roblox to Launch ‘Kids’ Accounts for Users Ages 5-8, New Game Rating System
Roblox is again expanding its safety protocols for younger users with the launch of “Kids” accounts for those ages 5-8 and “Select” accounts for the 9-15 age range. The new age-locked tiers will launch in June and utilize the facial-estimation, age-check technology that Roblox began rolling out last year amid multiple lawsuits and complaints about […]
Roblox introduces ‘Kids’ and ‘Select’ accounts for age-appropriate access to games and chat
Roblox is introducing new account types designed to give kids and younger teens age-appropriate access to chat and games, the company announced on Monday. The move comes as Roblox implemented mandatory age checks in January for all users who want to access chats. The same age-check technology will be used to assign users to these new accounts. As part of the changes, users who haven’t completed age checks will only be able to play a selection of games rated for younger audiences.
Why Anthropic’s Google deal should make Nvidia and its CEO Jensen Huang nervous
Anthropic has signed one of the largest compute deals in AI history—committing to multiple gigawatts of TPU capacity from Google and Broadcom, potentially worth hundreds of billions of dollars. The agreement, running through 2031, is a major endorsement of Google's in-house chips over Nvidia's GPUs. As the AI industry shifts from model training to inference, purpose-built chips are getting cheaper and more competitive—and Nvidia is feeling the pressure from every direction.
Victory Giant joins IPO push by China’s circuit-board makers amid AI frenzy
Printed circuit boards (PCBs) – unsung core components in all electronic devices – are emerging as the latest source of excitement in China’s chip supply chain, as domestic companies capitalise on surging global demand for artificial intelligence infrastructure to pursue share listings. Victory Giant Technology, a PCB supplier to US chip champion Nvidia, kicked off bookbuilding in Hong Kong on Monday for an initial public offering (IPO) that aims to raise up to HK$17.49 billion (US$2.2...
Indian startup WeeDoo.in targets fragmented compliance systems with unified data platform
India’s compliance ecosystem, long characterised by multiple regulatory touchpoints and disconnected data systems, is beginning to see a shift toward integration as technology-led platforms attempt to streamline business processes. WeeDoo.in, an emerging player in this space, is positioning itself at the intersection of compliance execution and company intelligence.Businesses in India currently operate across a range of identifiers and regulatory databases, including those managed by the Ministr...
Elon Musk’s X cuts payments to users who post clickbait
Platform says it will reward original creators as it penalises ‘aggregators’ for flooding timelines with ‘stolen posts’Business live – latest updatesElon Musk’s X has reduced payments to users who post clickbait and recycle news stories as it warned account holders against “flooding the timeline” with low-quality content.Nikita Bier, X’s head of product, wrote on the social media platform that all “aggregators” – users who quickly repackage and repost news from other accounts – had received less...
VR Point launches the first 4D full-body VR experience in UAE
Dubai: Dubai has added a new attraction to its growing immersive entertainment sector with the launch of VR Point, a premium virtual reality (VR) arena offering the first full-body 4D VR experience in the UAE and MENA region.“Our goal was not to create another VR game, but to make people truly feel as if they have stepped into another world,” said Osman Korkmaz, owner of VR Point. “Since the opening in October, we've had guests take off the headset and say they forgot they were still in Dubai, t...
NARSA Warns SMS Links for Traffic Fine Payments Are Fraudulent
Marrakech – Morocco’s National Road Safety Agency (NARSA) has denied sending SMS messages containing links to its website for the payment of traffic fines, warning that the circulating messages are fraudulent. In a statement issued Sunday, the agency said it was responding to “the recent spread of voice messages” claiming that citizens received texts with a link to NARSA’s site for paying fines detected by fixed radars. NARSA confirmed it “does not offer any service of this type” and has “...
‘Common ignorance’: how China took the lead in global efforts to govern AI’s future
Governments, industry and the public are in “common ignorance” about the present and future of artificial intelligence, making both international collaboration and coordination between industry and policymakers necessary, experts have said. In a panel discussion at the inaugural Hong Kong Global AI Conference at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) on Saturday, Alibaba Group Holding policy lead Fu Hongyu said that China was now at the front lines of global efforts to introduce guardrails...
Bajaj Dominar 400 downsized to 350cc, price drops by Rs 37,000
Bajaj Dominar downsized to cc price drops by Rs
'Llama drama' as villagers battle with woman who wants to keep herd of alpacas at her home after coma ordeal
'Llama drama' as villagers battle with woman who wants to keep herd of alpacas at her home after coma ordealBy JOE ROSSITER, REPORTER Published: 11:47, 13 April 2026 | Updated: 11:51, 13 April 2026 e-mail View comments
Can London's electric vehicle charging network ever catch up with Amsterdam?
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