Evening News — Sunday, 1 November 2026

• Pakistan won the ODI tri-series final, beating Sri Lanka by 3 wickets at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, on Saturday.
• Fakhar Zaman scored 127 from 99 balls (11 fours, 6 sixes) and chased down the target of 326.
• It equals the joint-highest successful chase in an ODI final, matching India's 326 against England at Lord's in 2002.
• Young all-rounder Arafat Minhas was player of the series (9 wickets, 149 runs) and hit 61 from 31 balls in the final.
• This is Pakistan's first ODI tri-series title since 2008.

Sunday, 1 November 2026 · Source: The National

• In the English Premier League on Saturday, Brighton beat Manchester City 1-0, handing City a second straight defeat.
• Arsenal beat Burnley 2-0 to go seven points clear at the top of the table.
• Chelsea won 1-0 at Tottenham, and Spurs were booed off by their home fans.

Sunday, 1 November 2026 · Source: GulfToday

• In American college football, USC upset No. 2 Ohio State 30-18 on Saturday, shaking up the playoff race.
• Notre Dame beat Navy 35-13, and UCLA stayed unbeaten at 8-0 to take the top spot in the Big Ten rankings.

Sunday, 1 November 2026 · Source: USA Today

• Scientists in Japan may have found a way to turn insulin injections into a pill.
• Researchers at Kumamoto University built a special cyclic peptide (a small protein ring) that acts as a carrier, helping insulin cross the intestinal (gut) wall into the blood.
• If it works in human trials (tests on people), millions of diabetes patients could stop daily injections.

Sunday, 1 November 2026 · Source: NDTV

• Johns Hopkins scientists solved a 20-year mystery about a gut bacterium linked to colon cancer.
• They found the bacterium Bacteroides fragilis releases a toxin that docks (attaches) to a protein called claudin-4, damaging the colon's protective lining.
• They also built a "molecular decoy" (a fake target that traps the toxin) that protected mice from the damage — a possible new way to prevent this cancer.

Sunday, 1 November 2026 · Source: The Hindu BusinessLine

• A new X-ray imaging technique captures 4.6 times more light without losing sharpness.
• Researchers in China and the US added a nanostructured (built at tiny, billionth-of-a-metre scale) surface to X-ray sensors, raising the signal-to-noise ratio (clarity of the signal vs background noise) by 13 decibels.
• It could mean clearer medical scans with lower radiation doses, plus better security screening and industrial checks.

Sunday, 1 November 2026 · Source: SciTechDaily

• AI-powered search is becoming a real advertising channel.
• StackAdapt now lets advertisers retarget people who viewed their ChatGPT ads across the wider programmatic (automated ad-buying) network, including connected TV and display ads.
• This means a customer who discovers a product through AI chat can be followed up with ads on other channels.

Sunday, 1 November 2026 · Source: MarTech360

• Audience targeting is getting sharper than just location.
• The Trade Desk has integrated NetAcuity data, giving advertisers ISP (internet provider), mobile carrier and organization-level signals worldwide.
• As old tracking signals fade, this kind of network-level data could decide which campaigns perform better.

Sunday, 1 November 2026 · Source: MarTech360

• AI-native marketing automation platforms are challenging old leaders like Marketo.
• New vendors (Paminga, Inflection.io, Phave) say rigid rules-based workflows are outdated, and they offer AI-driven automation with simpler setups — some even sell tools to migrate existing Marketo accounts.
• Meanwhile, OpenAI cut prices with GPT-6.1 Terra ($1 per million input tokens, $5 per million output tokens), which could make large-scale marketing automation cheaper.

Sunday, 1 November 2026 · Source: MarketingProfs