Facebook to Ban All Myanmar-Army Controlled Businesses From Platforms
Meta Platforms, formerly known as Facebook, said on Wednesday it would ban all Myanmar-military controlled businesses from having a presence on its platforms in an...
Scientific Interventions Imperative to Ensure Food Security: Shibli Faraz
FAISALABAD: Federal Minister for Science and Technology, Senator Syed Shibli Faraz Wednesday said that innovative, scientific interventions are imperative in agriculture sector to ensure food...
WhatsApp Announces To Introduce New Feature
WhatsApp is continuing to improve its Stories-like feature called Status. The company is now testing a new “undo” feature for users who have second thoughts...
Last Solar Eclipse of 2021 Begins
The last solar eclipse of the year has started but it will not be visible in Pakistan, according to the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD). As...
Twitter Bars Sharing Pictures, VIdeos of Individuals Without Permission
Twitter has bannned the sharing of pictures and videos of private individuals without their permission, in a major policy move. The change will mean that people...
Twitter Co-Founder Jack Dorsey Steps Down as Chief Executive
Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey is stepping down as chief executive of the company. He will be replaced by the current chief technical officer, Parag Agrawal,...
WhatsApp Launched A New Feature, Now You Can Create Stickers Yourself
WhatsApp has been in the headlines for the past one month due to its new features. Once again there is a lot of discussion about...
India To Block Most Cryptocurrencies
India is looking to bar most private cryptocurrencies when it introduces a new bill to regulate virtual currencies in the winter session of Parliament, the...
WhatsApp Introduces Message Reaction Notifications
WhatsApp has released the 2.21.24.8 update for its Android users on the beta channel, which reveals the company is working on message reaction notifications for...
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PTA Unblocks TikTok
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has restored the services of TikTok on assurances of the Platform to control immoral and indecent content. In a post...
President Stresses Need For The Promotion of Virtual Education
ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi has stressed need for the promotion of virtual education in the country to increase the number of graduates of information...
Moon’s Top Layer Can Provide Enough Oxygen For 100,000 Years
Space research is one of the major fields of exploration today. Discoveries and speculations backed by technological advancements are opening up new vistas for human...
Country’s First Digital Studio Inaugurated At KPC
KARACHI: Federal Minister for Information and Technology Aminul Haque Saturday said that the federal government has planned to establish an IT Park in Karachi that...
Elon Musk Sells $5 bln in Tesla Shares
Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk sold about $5 billion in shares, the billionaire reported in filings on Wednesday, just days after he polled Twitter users about...
2000-Year-Old “Slave Room” Discovered In Ancient Italian City
Rome: Pompeii archaeologists said Saturday they have unearthed the remains of a “slave room” in an exceptionally rare find at a Roman villa destroyed by...
Whatsapp Introduces Two New Features For Desktop User
The popular instant messaging app WhatsApp is rolling out two new features for its desktop version that will allow people more control to manage call...
Tesla Recalls Nearly 12,000 Vehicles Over Software Fault
Tesla Inc is recalling nearly 12,000 US vehicles sold since 2017 because a communication error may cause a false forward-collision warning or unexpected activation of...
Introducing Meta: A Social Technology Company
Today at Connect 2021, CEO Mark Zuckerberg introduced Meta, which brings together our apps and technologies under one new company brand. Meta’s focus will be...
SHC Orders To Review Legal Status of CryptoCurrency
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Wednesday ordered the government to form a high-level committee to review the legal status of cryptocurrencies as it heard...
Facebook Announces Thousands of Job
PARIS: Facebook on Monday announced plans to hire 10,000 people in the European Union to build the “metaverse”, a virtual reality version of the internet...
Social Media Sites FB, Whatsapp, Instagram Restored After Nearly Six-hour
Facebook Inc blamed a “faulty configuration change” for the nearly six-hour outage on Monday that prevented the company’s 3.5 billion users from accessing its social...
FB Instagram, WhatsApp Down for Users Worldwide
Social networking services Facebook, Instagram and messaging service WhatsApp are all experiencing issues for users worldwide, including in Pakistan. According to the media reports, Facebook...
YouTube Blocks All Anti-Vaccine Content
YouTube will block all anti-vaccine content, moving beyond its ban on false information about the COVID vaccines to include content that contains misinformation about other...
Now You Can Purchase on WhatsApp Like Facebook
London: WhatsApp, the world’s largest instant messaging service, has launched a new feature to make it possible to search for businesses within its app for...
SpaceX Launches Four Civilians into Orbit on Historic Inspiration Flight
CALIFORNIA: SpaceX made history tonight as it launched a crew of private citizens on a jaunt around Earth. For an added bonus, the rocket landed...
No Restrictions On Social Media: PTA Chairman
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) Chairman Amir Azeem Bajwa has said that there is no international standard for controlling social media content, therefore, it should...
Apple To Launch First iPhone With 1TB Storage on Tuesday
CALIFORNIA: A day before Apple’s California Streaming event on September 14 (tomorrow), a new investor report from analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says he expects the iPhone...
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ECP Writes Letter To Senate Body Chairman On EVM
ISLAMABAD: The electronic voting machine (EVM) can open up the possibility of “more sophisticated fraud” through the manipulation of software and hardware, the Election Commission...
Apple Delays Important Security Features After Users’ Complaints
WASHINGTON: Apple has announced it is delaying the rollout of its controversial new anti-child pornography tools, following criticism that the feature would undermine user privacy....
IHC Seeks Reply From Secretary IT On TikTok Ban
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday has directed Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) to justify ban on the video-sharing app TikTok. The case was...
Federal Cabinet Approves National Cyber Security Policy 2021
ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet has approved National Cyber Security Policy 2021 for data protection and prevention of cybercrimes. This was announced by Minister for Information...
IT Minister Calls on PM Khan
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information Technology Syed Amin-ul-Haq and Member National Assembly Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui also called on Prime Minister Imran Khan in Islamabad today. Matters...
Solar Eclipse 2021: ‘Ring of Fire’ Sweeps Across the World
A solar eclipse is visible over the Earth’s northern hemisphere with parts of Canada and Siberia privy to the best view of the celestial event....
Apple Brings New Update to AirTags After Stalking Fears
Tech giant Apple has released a software update for its AirTags following concerns they could be used to monitor someone’s real-time location secretly. According to...
NASA’s Venus Missions to Probe Divergent Fate of Earth’s Hothouse Sister Planet
LOS ANGELES: NASA announced plans on Wednesday to launch a pair of missions to Venus between 2028 and 2030 – its first in decades –...
IT Park Inaugurated in Islamabad
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication Amin-ul-Haq Wednesday said that all business of the Parliament of Pakistan would be made paperless by January 2023....
Shibli Faraz Briefs PM About EVMs
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Science and Technology Shibli Faraz called on Prime Minister Imran Khan and briefed him about the progress made on the use...
China’s Out of Control Rocket Heading Towards Earth
China’s rogue rocket is in an uncontrolled free-fall towards Earth and no one knows where or exactly when it will burn through Earth’s atmosphere, but...
Ethereum Breaks Past $3,000
SINGAPORE: Cryptocurrency ether hit a record high of $3,017 on Monday, extending last week’s rally in the wake of a report that the European Investment...
China Launches Heavenly Harmony Space Station Core Module
BEIJING: China has launched the core module for its first permanent space station this week in the latest big step forward for the country’s space...
Manufacturing Process of Electronic Voting Machine in Full Swing: Shibli
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Science and Technology Senator Shibli Faraz has said the process of manufacturing Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) to make the elections transparent...
PAEC Develops First ICU Ventilator “I-LIVE” in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission has indigenously developed its own Intensive Care Unit Ventilator named “i-LIVE”. According to a statement, the ventilator has been developed...
President Asks to Implement Digitalization Process of Parliament By January 2023
ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi has asked the relevant stakeholders to implement the digitalization process of Parliament by January 2023. Chairing a meeting on President’s...
NASA’s Helicopter Sends Pictures From Mars
WASHINGTON: There’s new video of the Ingenuity helicopter on Mars, captured by the Perseverance rover’s cameras and posted to Twitter by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory....
Twitter Services Down in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Twitter said late on Friday that it was working on fixing an access issue after thousands of users reported problems with the platform. “Tweets...
Social Media Platforms Restored in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: The restoration of social media platforms in the country has begun after temporary blockage by the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) on Friday. According to...
Social Media Temporarily Banned in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Interior Ministry on Friday temporarily banned social media in the country. According to details, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Telegram and TikTok will remain suspended for...
Prime Minister Chairs Meeting on Electronic Voting System
ISLAMABAD: A meeting on Electronic Voting System was held in Islamabad today (Tuesday) with Prime Minister Imran Khan in the chair. During the meeting, a...
PM Khan Directs For Strategy To Boost IT Sector
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has directed the authorities concerned to finalize short, medium and long-term strategy based on timelines for development of IT sector....
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PM Directs To Ensure Safety Protocols For E-Voting Machine
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan was on Wednesday briefed over the working of the electronic voter machine besides being presented a practical show of how...