Paying Full Retail Price Is a Choice, but Getting the Best Tech Deals via Text Shouldn't BeScrolling through deals can feel like a waste of time when everything claims to be "on sale." You click, compare, second-guess -- and half the time, the price isn't actually any better than it was last week. That's especially true when you're shopping under $50, where small discounts can be easy to...

The new GST breaks are a bad idea that we'll all pay for in the endArticle contentImportantly, to address the inherently regressive nature of consumption taxes that can hit lower-income households harder, the GST included carefully crafted exemptions and zero-rated items for basic living essentials such as groceries, residential rents, health and dental, financial services and other...

The Fibre Optic Cable Market Analysis highlights the increasing adoption of fiber optic wiring, broadband cables, and high-speed connectivity solutions across telecom, enterprise, and industrial sectors. Growing investments in telecom fiber networks and advanced optical transmission technologies are driving the expansion of the market. Companies are focusing on delivering durable, efficient,...

Steve Rosenberg on the tightrope of reporting from Russia on Ukraine war'Enemy' insults and questioning Putin: Steve Rosenberg on tightrope of reporting from RussiaSteve RosenbergRussia editor, for PanoramaBBCBoth Steve Rosenberg and BBC producer Ben Tavener (left) can face extra scrutiny on their travels in and out of RussiaOn his Russian TV show, a famous presenter takes aim and unleashes a...

RIP, 4o: OpenAI Officially Kills Its Popular ChatGPT ModelOpenAI is killing its ultra-popular GPT-4o and several of its older models -- for real this time. The AI company announced at the beginning of February that it planned to retire GPT-5, GPT-4o, GPT-4.1, GPT-4.1 mini and o4-mini. As of 10 a.m. PT on Friday, those models will be gone. Between this and the introduction of ads...