The Black Sheep of the White Hat community
During our investigation into the recent security breach at Careem, some industry sources highlighted a faction of the white hat community that exploits startups that are vulnerable to cyber attacks, prompting Profit to look into how ethical these ‘ethical hackers’ really are.
STZA, NRTC ink Rs12.5bn deal to enhance tech operations
The major tech agreement aims to transform Pakistan's technological landscape
Agreement signed for Chromebook assembly line in Pakistan
Assembly line will have an initial production capacity of 500,000 Chromebooks per year and will be scaled up to one million per yearÂ
Alibaba’s entrance to enhance Pakistan’s digital economy
Analysts often cite the absence of PayPal as among the impediments to the growth of e-commerce in Pakistan.
PM targets $25 billion in IT exports, highlights Pakistan’s skilled workforce
Says Pakistan’s IT workforce is capable of competing in the global market
Pakistan’s IT exports soar 9% MoM to $259mn in November
SBP policy and stable currency boost the IT sector, while computer services lead the growth
Google begins opening access to its ChatGPT competitor Bard
Alphabet Inc's (GOOGL.O)Â Google on Tuesday began the public release of its chatbot Bard, seeking users and feedback to gain ground on Microsoft...
Pakistan to get faster, reliable internet as China backed submarine cable to start operations by end-2019
LAHORE: Pakistan internet backhaul is expected to receive a significant boost with the addition of an upcoming submarine cable called PEACE cable...
Google says its AI supercomputer is faster, greener than Nvidia A100 chip
Alphabet Inc's (GOOGL.O)Â Google released on Tuesday new details about the supercomputers it uses to train its artificial intelligence models, saying the systems...
KPITB launches govt-owned BPO facility in Peshawar
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Information Technology Board (KPITB) on Thursday announced that it has launched KP’s first-ever government-owned Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) facility in...
How IT enabled a Matric-qualified carpenter earn $50,000 in 18 months
Matric-qualified Muhammad Muawiya, a 22-year-old resident of Karachi, earns more than a bank manager every month and that too from the comfort...
NTC to build Pakistan’s first ‘G-Cloud’
ISLAMABAD: VMware Inc, a leading innovator in enterprise software, signed an agreement with the National Telecommunications Corporation (NTC). The agreement will enable...
PTA approves investment in telecom tower-sharing services company
Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has approved edotco Pakistan's change of shareholding by way of subscription by Dawood Hercules Corporation Limited (DH Corp) of 45 per cent of the share capital of edotco Pakistan.
Avanceon and its Ace cards
What’s in a name? In 1989, Bakhtiar Wain set up an engineering and IT company that focuses on automations. He decided to...
Chip sector slowdown hits Swiss tech group Comet
Lower sales growth, shifts in the product mix and higher-than-expected restructuring costs would also hit profitability this year, the company said in a statement.