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Xiaomi is telling customers of its new Xiaomi YU7 electric sports utility vehicle they will have to wait more than a year to receive their cars, sparking a fresh wave of complaints against the company. The smartphone turned EV maker said it received roughly 240,000 orders for the YU7 in the first 18 hours after the car went on sale on Thursday night, but only a small number of vehicles were available for immediate delivery. By Tuesday, the Xiaomi app showed purchasers were facing a wait of between 38 and 60 weeks, according to Reuters checks. Since Friday, more than 400 buyers have lodged complaints on Sina’s Black Cat consumer complaint platform saying they were not made aware of the long wait and demanding a refund, according to a Reuters review of the records on the platform. Buyers had to make a non-refundable deposit of 5,000 yuan ($697.97) to place their order. They said the official app only showed the estimated waiting time for the car after the order had been confirmed....

Federal Minister for IT and Telecommunication Shaza Fatima Khawaja Tuesday requested the convening of an Auction Advisory Committee meeting to proceed with the 5G spectrum auction. As per details, Shaza Fatima said that the committee has already requested Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb to preside over the meeting of advisory committee for 5G Spectrum. “The budget process is now complete, and it is time to hold the meeting. We are hopeful the session will be convened soon,” Shaza Fatima remarked. Commenting on the possible merger of two telecom companies, she noted that the matter falls under the jurisdiction of the Competition Commission of Pakistan, which is an independent regulatory body. The merger will proceed only after the Commission’s formal approval. “The Auction Advisory Committee will review and opine on the Competition Commission’s decision,” she added. Shaza Fatima further confirmed that a report on the 5G spectrum has been finalized by an international consultan...

Meta (META.O) CEO Mark Zuckerberg has reorganized the company’s artificial intelligence efforts under a new division called Meta Superintelligence Labs, according to a source on Monday. The division will be headed by Alexandr Wang, former CEO of data labeling startup Scale AI. He will be the chief AI officer of the new initiative at the social media giant, the source said. The high-stakes push follows senior staff departures and a poor reception for Meta’s latest open-source Llama 4 model, challenges that have allowed rivals including Google, OpenAI and China’s DeepSeek to seize momentum in the AI race. Zuckerberg hopes the new lab will fast-track work on artificial general intelligence – machines that can outthink humans – and help create new cash flows from the Meta AI app, image-to-video ad tools and smart glasses. Over the past month, Zuckerberg personally led an aggressive talent raid, floating offers for startups including OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever’s Safe Superintelli...

Nintendo Switch 2 players could get to play Elden Ring: Tarnished Edition soon, as the ESRB has officially rated the game for the new gaming console. Released in 2022, the game remains one of the most popular games in recent times, with FromSoftware continuously releasing post-launch content updates, new features and bug fixes. In April this year, the developer hinted at the release of an updated version of Elden Ring: Tarnished Edition on Nintendo Switch 2, featuring both the base game and Shadow of the Erdtree DLC. Fans of the popular game have now received a welcoming update as the Entertainment Software Ratings Board (ESRB) has rated it for the latest handheld gaming console. The ESRB’s rating suggests that the game is getting close to release on Nintendo Switch 2. While there have been no official announcements from FromSoftware or Nintendo on the release date of Elden Ring: Tarnished Edition on the Switch 2 gaming console, fans are anticipating that the announcement might b...