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Finance & Markets

SPI-based inflation up 0.49pc WoW

ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI)-based inflation increased by 0.49 percent Week on Week (WoW) basis for the week ended August 20, mainly driven by higher prices of onions, which hiked by 14.17 percent, petrol by 3.77 percent, chicken by 3.35 percent, and garlic by 2 percent.

Finance & Markets

VASPs licence process kicks off

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has formally opened the licensing process for Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASPs), marking a major step towards integrating the country with the global digital asset economy under a regulated framework.

World

What to Do When Wildfires Trigger Trauma

Psychologists say post-traumatic stress disorder caused by disasters including wildfires is serious but can be treated if people seek help.

  • Wildfires in Germany increased, 2023 had most land burned in 2 decades
  • 1,500 firefighters battled Hürtgen Forest blaze for a week
  • PTSD risk three times higher among firefighters vs general population

Tech

The Sinking City 2 Review

The Sinking City 2 feels inescapably like off-brand Resident Evil, but it's a praiseworthy imitation of its main inspirations wrapped in the Cthulhu mythos.

Tech

Secure Infrastructure, Precursor to Closing Digital Divide, Says Expert

Omolabake Fasogbon Quomodo Systems Africa has stressed the need for stronger investment in secure digital infrastructure to sustain efforts in bridging digital divide in the country.

  • Bolstering secure digital infrastructure crucial to closing Nigeria's digital divide
  • Robust cybersecurity systems and resilient technology infrastructure needed for digital inclusion

AI

Nscale Targets $3 Billion IPO as AI Data Center Demand Soars

Nscale, a developer of artificial intelligence (AI) data centers, aims to raise as much as $3 billion in an initial public offering that could take place as soon as September, Bloomberg reported Friday (Aug. 21), citing unnamed sources. Deliberations are ongoing, and the details could change, according to the report.

Health & Medicine

PBS airs our glyphosate reporting

“They’re taking away the choice of being surrounded by a toxic chemical,” says Tahoe resident and three-time Olympian Hannah Teter about the US Forest Service’s spraying of herbicide around her home town. The Supreme Court decided last month that the maker of Roundup, the world’s most widely used weed killer, can’t be held responsible for…

  • PBS airs report on glyphosate spraying
  • Tahoe resident Hannah Teter concerned
  • Glyphosate usage in US forests quadrupled
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