98pc increase in budget allocation to boost IT sector
All the projects were funded by the indigenous resources of the government and not a single penny is taken as a foreign grant, revealed the budgetary document
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...
ZTE paid $2.3 billion to US exporters in 2017
In April this year, the Commerce Department found ZTE had violated the terms of last year’s settlement and banned U.S. companies from providing exports to ZTE for seven years. As a result, ZTE suspended its main operating activities earlier this month
Learn how Facebook targets its users with advertisements
NEW YORK: If you want to tailor a Facebook ad to a single user out of its universe of 2.2 billion, you...
Pakistan gets 50 million broadband users in four years
KARACHI: Pakistan-based cellular mobile operators (CMOs) have added 50 million mobile broadband subscribers to their networks in four years since April 23,...
Samsung to pay $539 million to Apple in patent retrial
Apple this year told jurors it was entitled to $1 billion in profits Samsung made from selling infringing phones, saying the iPhone’s design was crucial to their success.
Growth rate of IT, ITeS exports jumped 150pc in last five years: AnushaÂ
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication Anusha Rehman Thursday said every possible effort was being made to enhance the growth of...
Digital Pakistan policy set to be submitted for go-ahead
Ms Anusha Rehman said growth rate of exports has jumped to 125% over the last five years, adding that the IT industry is not only growing in terms of the number of companies and revenue but also in exports and workforce on a yearly basis
Alibaba to split into six units, explore IPOs
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (9988.HK)Â is planning to split its business into six main units covering e-commerce, media and the cloud, the company...
Lahore-based CodeNinja secures $1.6mn investment from sAi Venture Capital, partners
The investment will help CodeNinja expand its global presence and scale up its services
CPEC digital information channel fully connected
'On July 13, the 2,950-kilometer-long China-Pakistan optical cable from Urumqi to Rawalpindi was fully connected and tested well.'
BEIJING: The 'China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)...
Who has the right to our data?
How a lack of data protection legislation in Pakistan is hurting users and gives them no recourse to legal action in event of a data breach like the one that happened at Careem
MoC finalises Trade Dispute Resolution Act 2018 draft
TDRC aims at swift and effective resolution of domestic and international trade disputes
Why Google has a target on its back in Washington?
WASHINGTON: The US Justice Department is preparing an investigation of Alphabet Inc’s Google to determine whether the technology company violated laws to...
Meta to cut 10,000 jobs in second round of layoffs
Facebook-parent Meta Platforms (META.O)Â said on Tuesday it would cut 10,000 jobs this year, making it the first Big Tech company to announce...