Google owner Alphabet loses $500 billion in a day as AI search eats into ad sales
Alphabet shares fell almost 13% to a six-month low as profits dropped 25% and Google said AI summaries in search were hurting ad revenue.
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Binance freezes assets after $6.3 billion breach in what may be biggest crypto heist ever
The exchange suspended deposits and withdrawals and says it will cover all losses, as an analytics firm blames North Korea’s TraderTraitor unit and bitcoin slides to a six-week low.
Lahore ranked world’s most polluted major city as smog thickens, AQI hits 296
Punjab’s environment agency blames easterly winds carrying pollution from across the Indian border, as Cairo and Delhi follow in IQAir’s ranking.
Lahore ranks second most polluted city in the world as smog spreads across Punjab
IQAir put Lahore’s air quality index at 199 on Monday, with Dera Ghazi Khan, Multan and Pakpattan also badly hit and no rain forecast to bring relief.
AI courtroom simulator launched in Dubai lets trainee lawyers cross-examine virtual witnesses
Legaline Platform’s Meta Legal Space, unveiled at the Dubai AI Festival, puts law students in front of AI judges, witnesses and opposing counsel under UAE, DIFC and ADGM rules.
Binance brings tokenised US stocks to UAE users through Abu Dhabi’s ADGM
bStocks let eligible UAE users trade tokens tracking Tesla, NVIDIA and other US shares around the clock from $5, under prospectuses approved by Abu Dhabi Global Market’s regulator.
Abu Dhabi is quietly becoming one of medicine’s more interesting frontiers
Between an AI programme for diagnosing multiple sclerosis, a planned heavy-ion cancer therapy centre and a new Arab genomic reference, Abu Dhabi's hospitals had an unusually productive start to 2026.
UAE unveils the probe for its boldest mission yet: a seven-asteroid odyssey
The UAE Space Agency has shown off the spacecraft for an eight-year journey past seven asteroids, the latest marker of a space programme that has gone from a standing start to a serious regional power in under two decades.
Apple unveils iPhone Duo, its first foldable iPhone
Apple has unveiled the iPhone Duo, its first-ever foldable iPhone, featuring a 7.6-inch display Apple calls the largest and most immersive iPhone screen ever. The launch, presided over by new CEO, starts at $1,999, with preorders opening October 16.
India’s AI summit humiliated by a “Chinese Robot” moment
A robot dog clip has derailed India’s AI summit after online users identified the device as a Chinese-made model. Congress and Rahul Gandhi seized on the claim, turning it into a credibility crisis for the event.
