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Caretaker PM expresses good wishes to Pakistani female astronaut Namira for space journey

Abuzar UsamaOctober 4, 2023October 4, 2023

October 4, 2023October 4, 20230393

ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar on Wednesday expressed his good wishes to Pakistani female astronaut Namira Salim who was set to start her space...

Three Organizations Join Hands To Foster Political Stability And Economic Revival In Pakistan.

Abuzar UsamaOctober 2, 2023October 2, 2023

October 2, 2023October 2, 202301064

The Frederick Naumann Foundation for Freedom Pakistan (FNF) in collaboration with the Center for Peace and Development Initiatives (CPDI) and the Policy Research Institute of...

Chairman PAEC highlights Pakistan’s achievements in peaceful nuclear uses at 67th IAEA session

Abuzar UsamaSeptember 25, 2023September 25, 2023

September 25, 2023September 25, 20230793

ISLAMABAD: Chairman Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC), Dr. Raja Ali Raza Anwar on Monday highlighted Pakistan’s achievements in peaceful nuclear uses at the 67th session...

PM directs to formulate policy for electricity generation locally with collaboration with private sector in GB

Abuzar UsamaSeptember 13, 2023September 13, 2023

September 13, 2023September 13, 20230814

Hunza: Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar has directed authorities concerned to formulate a policy related to the production of electricity at local level in collaboration...

Conspiracy of hacking high officials mobile phones exposed

Abuzar UsamaAugust 25, 2023August 25, 2023

August 25, 2023August 25, 202301175

Islamabad: A conspiracy to hack mobile phones of high government officials has been exposed. Attempts have been made to take information from the high government...

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India successfull in second attempt to reach moon’s south pole by its spacecraft Chandrayaan-3

Abuzar UsamaAugust 23, 2023August 23, 2023

August 23, 2023August 23, 202301698

New Delhi: India’s Chandrayaan-3 has finally landed on the moon after a 40-day journey starting from the Sathish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota and a...

Apple initiates compensation rollout for selected iPhone users

Abuzar UsamaAugust 18, 2023August 18, 2023

August 18, 2023August 18, 202301367

Web Desk: Apple initiates compensation rollout for selected iPhone users for allegedly performance slowdown of the device. In a narrative that came to light five...

Norway to fine Meta $100,000 a day over data use

Abuzar UsamaAugust 10, 2023August 10, 2023

August 10, 2023August 10, 20230528

OSLO: Norway’s data protection agency said on Tuesday it would start fining Facebook and Instagram owner Meta nearly $100,000 per day for defying a ban...

MoU signed for establishment of Greenfield Refinery in Pakistan

Abuzar UsamaJuly 27, 2023July 27, 2023

July 27, 2023July 27, 20230776

Islamabad: In a historic collaboration, four leading Pakistani state-owned companies would join hands for Greenfield Refinery project at the strategic Gwadar Port in Pakistan. The...

Twitter says goodbye to bird logo introduces new one

Abuzar UsamaJuly 24, 2023July 24, 2023

July 24, 2023July 24, 20230451

California: Twitter has launched its new logo, dropping the blue bird on its website for an X as part of a wider rebranding. The social...

PM inaugurates online temporary mobile phone registration system

Abuzar UsamaJuly 18, 2023July 18, 2023

July 18, 2023July 18, 20230390

Islamabad: Prime Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif today inaugurated the Online Temporary Mobile Phone Registration system for overseas Pakistanis and foreign nationals under which the applicant...

Musk’s Twitter sues four Texas entities for data scraping, seeks damages

shan khanJuly 13, 2023July 13, 2023

July 13, 2023July 13, 20230722

Twitter filed a lawsuit against four unnamed entities in Texas for data scraping last week, a move that showed why the Elon Musk-owned social network...

Instagram to bring branded content tools to Threads

shan khanJuly 11, 2023July 11, 2023

July 11, 2023July 11, 20230437

Meta Platforms’s (META.O) Instagram is planning to bring its branded content tools to Threads, Axios reported on Tuesday, citing a source familiar with the matter....

Twitter rival Threads signs up 100 million users in five days

shan khanJuly 10, 2023July 10, 2023

July 10, 2023July 10, 20230325

PARIS: The Threads application launched by Instagram as a rival to Twitter has signed up more than 100 million users in less than five days,...

Elon Musk threatens lawsuit against Threads as Twitter rival sees record launch

shan khanJuly 8, 2023July 8, 2023

July 8, 2023July 8, 20230423

The Twitter CEO is accusing rival Mark Zuckerberg of using Twitter’s “trade secrets” and “other intellectual property” to build its rival app. Threads saw a...

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WhatsApp rolling out two new exciting features

shan khanJuly 3, 2023July 3, 2023

July 3, 2023July 3, 20230420

Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp is rolling out two exciting features for its users with the latest version update. After HD photos, WhatsApp is now enabling...

Twitter owner Musk announces to limit user’s reading of tweets

Abuzar UsamaJuly 2, 2023July 3, 2023

July 2, 2023July 3, 20230743

California: Elon Musk has announced that Twitter would temporarily restrict how many tweets users could read per day, in a move meant to tamp down...

Apple’s market value ends above $3 trillion for first time

shan khanJuly 1, 2023July 1, 2023

July 1, 2023July 1, 20230361

Apple Inc’s (AAPL.O) stock market value ended a trading session above $3 trillion for the first time, lifted by signs of improving inflation and bets...

Google to block news in Canada over law on paying publishers

shan khanJune 30, 2023June 30, 2023

June 30, 2023June 30, 20230739

OTTAWA: Google said it plans to block Canadian news on its platform in Canada, joining Facebook in escalating a campaign against a new law requiring...

Social media companies to open virtual offices in Pakistan

shan khanJune 27, 2023June 27, 2023

June 27, 2023June 27, 20230443

KARACHI: All matters between the government of Pakistan and social media companies have been settled, and now the companies will open virtual offices in Pakistan....

WhatsApp brings great features for small businesses

shan khanJune 27, 2023June 27, 2023

June 27, 2023June 27, 20230373

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced a new feature for those who run their businesses on the instant messaging app WhatsApp, WaBetaInfo reported. According to the app-tracking website, users...

PM for inclusion of mega incentives for IT sector in fiscal budget

Abuzar UsamaJune 6, 2023June 6, 2023

June 6, 2023June 6, 20230399

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday directed the relevant authorities to include mega incentives for the Information Technology sector in the fiscal budget...

WhatsApp users will soon be able to link existing account on Android to iPad

shan khanJune 5, 2023June 5, 2023

June 5, 2023June 5, 20230341

WhatsApp is working on a new feature that will add compatibility with search iPad as a companion device, a portal that closely monitors the messaging...

China launches Shenzhou-16 mission to space station

shan khanMay 30, 2023May 30, 2023

May 30, 2023May 30, 202301023

China has launched Shenzhou-16 spacecraft taking three new astronauts to its space station. The spacecraft left from the Jiuquan launch centre in Gobi Desert on...

45,000 Google scholarships for Pakistani students this year

shan khanMay 29, 2023May 29, 2023

May 29, 2023May 29, 20230313

KARACHI: Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication Syed Aminul Haq has said that an agreement has been inked with Google for 45,000 scholarships, which...

Meta slapped with €1.2bn fine on ‘data transfers’

shan khanMay 22, 2023May 22, 2023

May 22, 2023May 22, 20230372

Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta was directed to pay a whopping 1.2 billion euros ($1.3 billion) in fine by Ireland’s Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) Monday, finding it...

WhatsApp brings new update for users

shan khanMay 15, 2023May 15, 2023

May 15, 2023May 15, 20230646

Meta-owned WhatsApp is rolling out a new feature for users that would allow them to place group calls for the macOS version of the app, WaBetaInfo reported. ...

Internet services restored all across country

shan khanMay 12, 2023May 12, 2023

May 12, 2023May 12, 20230382

ISLAMABAD: Citizens heaved a sigh of relief as Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) on Friday gradually restored internet services all across Pakistan after a three-day long...

Musk says Twitter to soon allow calls, encrypted messaging

shan khanMay 11, 2023May 11, 2023

May 11, 2023May 11, 20230280

Twitter Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk on Tuesday revealed details about new features including adding calls and encrypted messaging coming to the platform. Last year,...

New Twitter rules expose election offices to spoof accounts

shan khanMay 8, 2023May 8, 2023

May 8, 2023May 8, 20230349

NEW YORK: Tracking down accurate information about Philadelphia’s elections on Twitter used to be easy. The account for the city commissioners who run elections, @phillyvotes,...

Year’s first lunar eclipse to be seen today including in Pakistan

Abuzar UsamaMay 5, 2023May 5, 2023

May 5, 2023May 5, 20230536

Islamabad: Moon will get stain as first the penumbral lunar eclipse will be seen today between night of May and 5 in Pakistan. The penumbral...

Mark Zuckerberg turns designer for his daughter

Abuzar UsamaMay 1, 2023May 1, 2023

May 1, 2023May 1, 20230426

California: Besides Metaverse, Mark Zuckerberg has also been involved in brainstorming clothing ideas with his daughters. Recently, Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook CEO, posted a few pictures...

Google launches first-ever ‘App Growth Lab’ in Pakistan

shan khanApril 27, 2023April 27, 2023

April 27, 2023April 27, 20230301

Following the launch of the Gaming Growth Lab in Pakistan last year, Google has launched the first-ever App Growth Lab in Pakistan. It is a...

YouTube case at Supreme Court could shape protections for ChatGPT and AI

shan khanApril 25, 2023April 25, 2023

April 25, 2023April 25, 20230307

WASHINGTON: When the U.S. Supreme Court decides in the coming months whether to weaken a powerful shield protecting internet companies, the ruling also could have...

Twitter begins removing legacy blue checkmarks from user profiles

shan khanApril 21, 2023April 21, 2023

April 21, 2023April 21, 20230362

Twitter on Thursday began removing legacy blue checkmarks from user profiles, with famous people including pop icon Beyonce and Pope Francis losing their verified statuses....

Death anniversary of Allama Iqbal being observed today

shan khanApril 21, 2023April 21, 2023

April 21, 2023April 21, 20230832

The 85th death anniversary of great philosopher, thinker and Poet of East, Dr. Allama Muhammad Iqbal is being observed today to acknowledge his struggle and...

Meta lays off tech teams, battering employee morale

shan khanApril 20, 2023April 20, 2023

April 20, 2023April 20, 20230418

Meta Platforms Inc (META.O) on Wednesday carried out another round of job cuts, this time hitting engineers and adjacent tech teams, as Chief Executive Mark...

WhatsApp, other apps oppose UK’s bill ending user privacy

shan khanApril 18, 2023April 18, 2023

April 18, 2023April 18, 20230303

Messaging apps that offer end-to-end encryption on private messaging services have opposed the UK government’s proposed legislation, saying it poses risk to privacy and safety...

Planning Minister forms National Task Force on AI

shan khanApril 14, 2023April 14, 2023

April 14, 2023April 14, 20230351

Minister for Planning Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal has formed a 15-member National Task Force (NTF) on Artificial Intelligence (AI) aimed at achieving the...

Google tightens policy for loan apps, restricts access to sensitive user data

shan khanApril 11, 2023April 11, 2023

April 11, 2023April 11, 20230345

Google has announced stricter guidelines for personal loan apps, restricting them from accessing to sensitive user data such as photos, videos and contacts. In its...

Samsung officials leaked company data to ChatGPT

shan khanApril 10, 2023April 10, 2023

April 10, 2023April 10, 20230386

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

shan khanApril 8, 2023April 8, 2023

April 8, 2023April 8, 20230305

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...

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Amazon’s $1.7B iRobot purchase faces UK scrutiny

shan khanApril 6, 2023April 6, 2023

April 6, 2023April 6, 20230334

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

shan khanApril 5, 2023April 5, 2023

April 5, 2023April 5, 20230425

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

shan khanApril 1, 2023April 1, 2023

April 1, 2023April 1, 20230590

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

shan khanMarch 31, 2023March 31, 2023

March 31, 2023March 31, 20230345

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

shan khanMarch 27, 2023March 27, 2023

March 27, 2023March 27, 20230347

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

shan khanMarch 16, 2023March 16, 2023

March 16, 2023March 16, 20230335

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

Abuzar UsamaMarch 16, 2023March 16, 2023

March 16, 2023March 16, 20230757

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

shan khanMarch 14, 2023March 14, 2023

March 14, 2023March 14, 20230396

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...

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India successfull in second attempt to reach moon’s south pole by its spacecraft Chandrayaan-3

WhatsApp rolling out two new exciting features

Internet services restored all across country

Amazon’s $1.7B iRobot purchase faces UK scrutiny

Sister Of Aafia Siddique, Fowzia Siddique Meets PM Shahbaz Sharif