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Rachin Ravindra and Kane Williamson struck brilliant centuries as New Zealand posted the highest-ever Champions Trophy total of 362-6 in their semi-final against South Africa in Lahore on Wednesday. Ravindra cracked a 101-ball 108 while Williamson hit 102 off 94 balls on a batting-friendly Gaddafi Stadium pitch after New Zealand won the toss and batted first. Daryl Mitchell clubbed 49 off 37 balls and Glenn Phillips smashed a 27-ball 49 not out as the Black Caps plundered 110 runs in the last 10 overs and 66 in the last five. The winners will face India in the final in Dubai…

NEW YORK (AP) — An insider account being billed as an “explosive dispatch” about “seven critical years” at Facebook/ Meta will be published next week. Flatiron Books announced Wednesday that “Careless People” is scheduled for Tuesday. The memoir is written by Meta’s former director of global public policy, Sarah Wynn-Williams, who left what was then Facebook in 2018.“‘Careless People’ takes readers inside Meta’s board rooms, private jets, and meetings with heads of state, revealing the appetites, excesses, blind spots, and priorities of executives Mark Zuckerberg, Sheryl Sandberg, and Joel Kaplan,” the publisher’s announcement reads in part. “Wynn-Williams paints a portrait…

Several cybersecurity organizations are tracking what has been described as one of the largest known DDoS botnets observed in recent years. The new botnet, named Eleven11bot, was recently noticed by Nokia’s Deepfield Emergency Response Team, which saw hyper-volumetric DDoS attacks conducted by its operators. Nokia reported on February 28 that Eleven11bot had ensnared roughly 30,000 devices, mainly security cameras and network video recorder (NVR) devices. However, the non-profit cybersecurity organization Shadowserver Foundation reported on Tuesday that its scanning had identified approximately 86,400 IoT devices compromised by the botnet.   A majority of the impacted devices are in the United States (25,000),…

India pace spearhead Mohammed Shami has broken ranks by admitting that playing all their Champions Trophy games at one venue in Dubai has been to their advantage. Shami returned figures of 3-48 to set up India’s four-wicket win over Australia in the semi-finals on Tuesday in Dubai. India coach Gautam Gambhir afterwards lashed out at critics who have said playing at the same Dubai International Cricket Stadium each time is unfair. ” sandbox=”allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-popups allow-modals allow-forms”> India refused to travel to Champions Trophy hosts Pakistan over unspecified reasons and have won all four of their games at their temporary…

PARIS (AP) — French fashion house Courrèges’ runway show Wednesday was a study in contrasts—minimal yet bold, structured yet fluid, restrained yet expressive. Staged on a pristine white runway at the Carreau du Temple in Paris, with its pillars wrapped in white sheaths, the setting underscored the brand’s sleek, futuristic aesthetic. Paillettes scattered across the floor swirled into the air with smoke machines, in a nod to nightclub energy. Since taking over Courrèges, Nicolas Di Felice has refined its 1960s space-age legacy, shaping it into something sharp and contemporary. The latest collection features a precise color palette of white, red…

Shortly after Trump began his marathon speech, the Representative from Texas stood up and shouted that the president did not have a mandate.Democratic Representative Al Green was not the first legislator to blurt out a shout of protest during a presidential address to the United States Congress. But he is perhaps the only one in recent memory to be ejected from the hall on Tuesday night by the speaker of the House, Mike Johnson. Shortly after Donald Trump began the longest-ever presidential speech to Congress in modern history, Green stood up, shaking his walking cane, and shouted: “You don’t have…

Car shoppers considering buying an electric vehicle in 2025 will have more factors to consider than buyers in previous years. Most of it is good news. For instance, automakers are continuing to introduce new EVs and improve their current models. Expanded charging options and very attractive used EV prices are also hot topics for this year. But there are also negative trends you need to watch out for. Edmunds’ auto experts break down what you can expect before heading out and buying an EV for 2025. Higher new vehicle prices are a distinct possibilityAccording to the NPR article ” Here’s…

In a lengthy speech before both houses of the United States Congress, President Donald Trump claimed that his return to office marked the “most successful era in the history of our country”. Addressing the House of Representatives and the Senate on Tuesday, Trump said his administration had “accomplished more in 43 days than most administrations accomplish in four years or eight years”. “And we are just getting started,” he said. His remarks touched on many familiar themes: calls for a massive crackdown on undocumented immigrants, whom he attacked as criminals and rapists, praise of “beautiful” tariffs that Trump says will…

EcoDataCenter, a Swedish company that builds eco-friendly data centers used by major compute providers to handle their AI traffic, has raised nearly half a billion dollars — $478 million (€450 million) to be exact — in anticipation of more demand.  The equity funding, which is coming from a group of unnamed institutional investors, will be used to continue developing new technologies for more “green” data centers and to build those structures.  The news comes just two days after one of EDC’s major customers, the AI compute giant CoreWeave, filed for an IPO in the United States. EDC has now raised…

Last October, Meta dipped its toe into the world of facial recognition with an international test of two new tools: one to stop scams based on likenesses of famous people, and a second feature to help people get back into compromised Facebook or Instagram accounts. Now, that test is expanding to one more notable country. After initially keeping its facial recognition test off in the United Kingdom, Meta on Wednesday began to roll both of the tools there, too. In other countries where the tools have already launched, the “celeb bait” protection is being extended to more people, the company…