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Inside the complex anatomy of agency AI bills

From AI subscriptions to metered token usage, agencies are grappling with a more complicated cost structure and who pays.

  • AI costs are rising, with metered model usage gaining traction
  • Companies allocate AI spending to current technology budgets
  • Three agency executives declined to disclose specific AI expenditure figures

World

PMDC directive for collecting question paper after MDCAT questioned

LAHORE: A fresh directive from the Pakistan Medical & Dental Council (PMDC) asking all universities conducting the Medical & Dental College Admission Test (MDCAT) to collect question papers from candidates immediately after the examination, has raised serious questions over transparency and candidates’ right to challenge the disputed…

AI

The era of AI warfare has arrived

Autonomous systems are being rapidly integrated on the battlefield, as models advance in ways even their creators cannot fully predict

Business

Beyond Yoga stresses performance offerings in new NYC pop-up

Beyond Yoga is playing up its new Glowzone fabrication as it broadens its presence on the East Coast, starting with a new New York City pop-up.

  • Beyond Yoga emphasizes performance offerings in NYC pop-up.
  • Pop-up features Glowzone, the brand's latest high-sweat performance line.
  • Second NYC pop-up follows 2024 edition as part of Club Beyond experience.

AI

Huawei to launch two new AI chips in 2027

Huawei Technologies will launch two new artificial-intelligence semiconductors in 2027, rotating chairman David Wang said on Thursday, as the tech giant builds up its AI computing business and seeks…

Tech

Levoit Sweet Dream Series – Sleep better, wake brighter

We all know the feeling. You crawl into bed exhausted, but sleep won’t come. The AC is blasting, the air feels dry, and the room is stuffy. In the UAE, where we spend our nights sealed indoors against the heat and desert dust, the quality of our sleep environment is often the missing link between restlessness and recovery.

Tech

Google-Pakistan deal raises data privacy concerns

ISLAMABAD: Media watchdog Freedom Network has penned an open letter to Google and the government, seeking to know what safeguards will ensure that the tech giant’s recent partnership with Pakistan strengthens the country’s digital economy without creating a backdoor for surveillance, censorship or unrestricted access to citizens’ personal…

Tech

Adafruit's New CircuitPython 'Turbo' Brings Native Code To Tiny Boards

Targeting students and beginners, Adafruit released "CircuitPython" in 2017 (as a derivative of the MicroPython microcontroller-optimized programming language). Now Adafruit managing director Phillip Torrone (also long-time Slashdot reader ptorrone) brings this update: Adafruit has published CircuitPython Turbo, a workflow that compiles…

  • Adafruit introduces CircuitPython Turbo for native code on tiny boards.
  • Turbo feature boosts computation speed by 19.71x on Metro RP2040.
  • Turbo accelerates Python code, not sensor or display connections.
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