Marvell to buy Lumentum in $115 billion deal, one of the biggest of 2026, in a huge bet on AI data centres
Shares in both companies fall as analysts ask whether the chipmaker is paying too much amid growing doubts over AI spending
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NASA images show a grinning ‘skull’ in the ice on Antarctica’s Vega Island, and melting could change its face
Landsat photographs reveal large areas of bare ice after a warm winter, which a glaciologist says will wear away the skull’s jawline and eye socket
AI now ‘mostly smarter’ than top scientists, Sam Altman tells ADIPEC as ADNOC signs OpenAI deal
OpenAI chief says there must be “no room for debate” over human control, and names energy as the one challenge he faces today
Pakistan’s cybercrime agency to prosecute foreigners caught at illegal call centres instead of deporting them
Those convicted will serve their sentences in Pakistani prisons before going home, officials say, after raids on seven centres last month led to more than 600 arrests.
Pakistan’s National Incubation Centers win Commonwealth digital policy award in London
Ignite’s startup programme takes the top prize in its category, and Pakistan also wins silver and bronze honours at the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation awards.
Lahore’s air quality index crosses 530 and Gujranwala hits 675 as hazardous smog spreads across Punjab
Satellites detected more than 13,000 fire spots in Punjab in October, most of them on farmland, as five of the province’s cities ranked among Pakistan’s six most polluted.
NASA’s Swift space telescope to fall back to Earth around Friday after rescue mission failed
The observatory tracked gamma-ray bursts for more than 20 years. Its re-entry will be uncontrolled, but most of it is expected to burn up.
National CERT urges TeamViewer users in Pakistan to update now over high-severity flaw
The bug can let attackers crash the app or run malicious code if a user connects to a compromised computer. Version 15.83 fixes it.
Alibaba’s Qwen AI to power Apple Intelligence on iPhones in China from December
Testing starts on November 4, and an expert calls it the first time a major global hardware maker has used a Chinese AI model as its main system-level AI in China.
Intel plunges 30% and Nasdaq hits two-month low as AI spending fears hit tech stocks
Intel was on course to lose over $130bn in value, Reddit fell 26% and Roblox nearly 20% as worries about the cost of the AI race spread a day after Alphabet’s $500bn slide.
