Samsung officials leaked company data to ChatGPT
Samsung officials reportedly leaked company data to ChatGPT in different instances. Following Samsung’s decision to allow its engineers to use ChatGPT, one of the officials...
Twitter reinstates Bird logo days after replacing it with ‘Doge’ meme
Days after Elon Musk replaced the classic Bird logo of Twitter in a surprise move with the “Doge” meme, the microblogging site has now reinstated...
Amazon’s $1.7B iRobot purchase faces UK scrutiny
LONDON: British antitrust regulators have started investigating Amazon’s purchase of robot vacuum maker iRobot, adding further scrutiny to the $1.7 billion deal. The Competition and...
Twitter again accused of legal violations during mass layoffs
Twitter Inc (TWTR.MX) faced a lawsuit on Tuesday accusing the social media giant of illegally laying off contract workers without notice after Elon Musk bought...
‘Goodbye Legacy Verified’: Sad Twitter Users Bid Adieu to Blue Checkmark
Twitter users are performing the last rites of their legacy Twitter verified badge by bidding farewell in an emotional way, which the microblogging website announced...
Tweeters, and Celebs, Await ‘Blue Tick’ Ultimatum
SAN FRANCISCO: All eyes are on whether Elon Musk will go through with stripping blue checkmarks from celebrities and other high-profile Twitter users starting April...
Japan Lawmakers Eye Ban on TikTok, Others if Used Improperly
TOKYO – A group of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) lawmakers plans to compile a proposal next month urging the government to ban social...
TikTok Dismisses Calls for Chinese Owners to sell Stakes
WASHINGTON: TikTok was dismissive Wednesday of reports that the Biden administration was calling for its Chinese owners to sell their stakes in the popular video-sharing...
Sister Of Aafia Siddique, Fowzia Siddique Meets PM Shahbaz Sharif
Islamabad :Fowzia Siddiqui, sister of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui, calls on the Prime Minister Dr Fowzia Siddiqui, sister of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui, called on Prime Minister...
China’s Sunwalk Group to Invest $2bn in Pakistan’s Optical Fiber Network
ISLAMABAD: Chinese telecom infrastructure company Sunwalk Group on Tuesday revealed that it had planned to invest $2 billion in Pakistan’s telecom sector for the deployment...
Twitter Could be Cash Flow Positive Next Quarter: Elon Musk
Twitter Chief Executive Elon Musk said on Tuesday that the company had “a shot” at being cash flow positive next quarter, as the social media...
Twitter’s Lead EU Regulator Concerned Over Blue Tick Roll-out
DUBLIN: Twitter’s lead European Union privacy regulator said on Tuesday she was concerned that the Elon Musk-owned US firm had launched its Twitter Blue subscription...
Germany Planning to Ban Huawei, ZTE From Parts of 5G Networks -Paper
BERLIN: Germany’s government is planning on forbidding telecoms operators from using certain components from Chinese companies Huawei and ZTE in their 5G networks, German paper...
ChatGPT Turns to Manga in ‘One Piece’ Author Experiment
Tokyo: The AI programme ChatGPT has passed exams, penned news articles and produced code. So perhaps no surprise that “One Piece” author Eiichiro Oda has...
Thar Coal Power Project Starts Generating 2640 Megawatt Electricity: Power Minister
Islamabad: Minister for Power Engineer Khurram Dastgir says Shanghai Thar Coal Power Project has started generating 2640 Megawatt electricity utilizing the local fuel, which will...
Twitter lays off 10pc of Current Workforce
Twitter Inc (TWTR.MX) has laid off at least 200 employees, or about 10% of its workforce, the New York Times reported late on Sunday, in...
US Formally Ends Fight Against Meta’s Purchase of VR Content Maker
WASHINGTON: The US government said on Friday it was formally ending its effort to stop Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc (META.O) from buying virtual reality...
Telecom Sector Faces Financial Crisis
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s telecom sector is facing a severe financial crisis as the per-user revenue has hit the world’s lowest at $0.80, said sources. This alarming...
Shenzhen to Build 10,000 5G Base Stations in 2023
SHENZHEN- China’s southern metropolis of Shenzhen will build 10,000 5G base stations in 2023, local authorities have said. By the end of 2023, the 5G...
TikTok Holds First Digital Safety Event in Pakistan
TikTok, the widely popular short-video sharing platform, held its first-ever digital safety event in Pakistan to launch its ‘Safety Ambassadors Programme’ that aims at protection...
ChatGPT Launches Boom in AI-written e-Books on Amazon
SAN FRANCISCO: Until recently, Brett Schickler never imagined he could be a published author, though he had dreamed about it. But after learning about the...
Meta Launches Subscription Service Priced at $11.99 a Month
Meta Platforms (META.O) announced a subscription service, called Meta Verified, which will let users verify their accounts using a government ID and get a blue...
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Amazon Require Employees To Be In office At Least 3 Days A week
Florida:Amazon require employees to be in office at least three days a week from May 1, the e-commerce giant said on Friday. The COVID-19 pandemic...
Twitter to Charge Users to Secure Accounts via text Message
Twitter said it will allow only paid subscribers to use text messages as a two-factor authentication (2FA) method to secure their accounts. After March 20,...
Tesla Workers Launch Union Campaign in New York
Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) workers in New York said on Tuesday they will launch a campaign to form a union, setting stage for the latest labor...
Apple to Defend Mobile Payment System at Feb14 EU Hearing
BRUSSELS: Apple Inc (AAPL.O) will seek to convince EU antitrust regulators that it does not block rivals’ access to its technology used for mobile wallets...
Bill Gates Says ChatGPT ‘Will Change Our World’
BERLIN: Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates believes ChatGPT, a chatbot that gives strikingly human-like responses to user queries, is as significant as the invention of the...
Musk Says Turkiye to Re-enable Full Twitter Access ‘shortly’
Twitter Chief Executive Elon Musk said in a tweet that the company had been informed by the government of Turkiye that full access to the...
Ebay To Lay off 500 Employees
E-commerce firm eBay Inc (EBAY.O) said on Tuesday it will lay off 500 employees globally, representing 4% of its total workforce. Shares of the San...
Microsoft Investigates Outlook Outage as Users Face Issues
Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) said it was investigating issues with email service Outlook as users in North America faced problems with accessing, sending or searching emails...
PM Directs PTA To Lift Ban on Wikipedia
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Monday directed the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) to “immediately” remove the ban on the online encyclopedia, Wikipedia, following a two-day suspension....
Apple Suffers 1st Quarterly Sales Decline in Nearly 4 Years
Apple on Thursday posted its first quarterly revenue drop in nearly four years after pandemic-driven restrictions on its China factories curtailed sales of the latest...
FBR Launches ‘App’ of Currency Declaration for Foreign Travelers
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) launched a mobile application named Pass Track with regard to the currency declaration for international travelers. “The mobile...
PM Inaugurates 1,100 MW K-3 Nuclear Power Plant In Karachi
Karachi: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday inaugurated K-3, the third unit of Karachi Nuclear Power Plant (KANUP), which will produce 1,100 mega watt of...
TikTok’s CEO to Testify Before Congress in March
TikTok Chief Executive Shou Zi Chew will appear before the U.S. Energy and Commerce Committee in March, as lawmakers looks to scrutinise the Chinese-owned video-sharing...
NASA Marks 20 Years Since Space shuttle Columbia Disaster
CAPE: NASA marked the 20th anniversary of the space shuttle Columbia tragedy with somber ceremonies and remembrances during its annual tribute to fallen astronauts on...
Google Makes Changes to Android in India after Antitrust Setbacks
NEW DELHI: Google said on Wednesday it will allow device makers in India to license its individual apps for pre-installation and give an option to...
Tesla to Spend $3.6 Billion in 2 New Nevada plants
Tesla Inc. will spend more than $3.6 billion to add two new plants to its Nevada manufacturing complex including the first plant where it will...
Intel Chairman Omar Ishrak steps down
Intel Corp (INTC.O) said on Monday Chairman Omar Ishrak had stepped down and the chipmaker appointed board director Frank Yeary as his replacement. “He (Ishrak)...
Bird statue Fetches $100,000 as Musk Auctions Twitter HQ items
San Francisco: A Twitter bird statue fetched $100,000 on Wednesday as Elon Musk auctioned off furniture, decorations, kitchen equipment and more from the tech firm’s...
Tesla, Musk Face Trial in Shareholder Case Over 2018 tweets
Elon Musk and Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) are set to go to trial in San Francisco on Tuesday in a case where the company s shareholders claim...
TikTok Announces 18,000 Scholarships for Pakistan’s Students
LAHORE: TikTok, and Edtech startup, Edkasa, have announced a scholarship program that will reward online study grants to 18,000 deserving students from across Pakistan. The...
Consumers of 3G/4G Services Increased to 121mln in Pakistan
The number of 3G and 4G service users in Pakistan has significantly increased and reached 121 million by end of November 2022. As per the...
Apple Planning to Sign Luxshare for luxury iPhone Production
Apple Inc is planning to sign Chinese contract manufacturer Luxshare Precision Industry Co Ltd to produce luxury iPhone models. At its Kunshan facility Luxshare has...
Govt Releases Funds Amounting to Rs4.21b to Execute IT Projects
The government has released funds amounting to 4.21 billion rupees to execute Information Technology related projects during the first five months of the current fiscal...
New Biometric System for SIM Cards Verification Launched
ISLAMABAD: An enhanced version of the biometric verification system (BVS) has been launched to issue SIM cards for controlling the sales of SIMs issued illegally....
PM Underlines Need for Increasing IT Exports
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has underlined the need for increasing IT exports in line with the country’s enormous potential in this sector. He was...
Elon Musk Launches Poll on Whether He Should quit as Twitter CEO
Twitter CEO Elon Musk launched a poll on the social media platform on Sunday asking whether he should step down as head of the company,...
Google Registered As Company in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: American tech giant Google has registered itself as a company with the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP), official documents stated. The tech giant has registered itself...
Twitter To Hike Blue Pricing to $11
Twitter Inc plans to change the pricing of its Twitter Blue subscription product to $11, from $7.99, if paid for through its iPhone app and...