Saturday, January 17, 2026

Twitter cuts suspect users from follower counts again, blames bug

Pop star Katy Perry lost about 861,000 followers, according to social measurement firm Social Blade and Twitter’s own account lost 2.4 million followers

China smartphone shipments fall 2.4% in Q2 2025

Huawei remains the top smartphone vendor for a second consecutive quarter, increasing its shipment share to 18.1% from 15% a year earlier

Haier set to manufacture laptops in Pakistan

Haier Pakistan has added another feather to its cap by becoming the first company in Pakistan to manufacture and produce laptops - a development...

Meta updates Ray-Ban smart glasses with AI video and live translation

The new features include video support for Meta’s AI chatbot assistant, enabling the glasses to process the user’s surroundings and respond to questions in real time

ChatGPT loses top spot to Chinese AI app DeepSeek on App Store rankings

DeepSeek-V3's developers claim the model rivals advanced closed-source AI models globally and leads among open-source models

Google focuses AI spending on technical infrastructure

The company believes it is more important to invest now than to risk falling behind, says head of AI and emerging tech policy

Phonemakers vying to displace Samsung as World’s No.2 smartphone maker

Phone makers are looking to fill a gap in the market left by Samsung, which is still recovering  after a  costly recall of its...

How technology enabled smarter usage of public transit

Raised in Pakistan and Kuwait, lived in Singapore, Washington, and New York, Azmat Yusuf had never owned a car. When he started working at...

Cashback startup Savyour raises $3.3mn to help consolidate eCommerce in Pakistan

Pakistan-based cashback fintech startup Savyour, which is the first indigenous startup to develop the dedicated cashback app and pay-per-sale affiliate marketing network in the...

Cybercriminals shift focus to mobile banking and crypto in 2024

Mobile banking Trojan cases rise 3.6 times, while crypto phishing spikes 83.4% from 2023, Kaspersky’s Financial Cyberthreats report

Meta resolves Instagram Reels glitch that displayed violent content

Users report seeing inappropriate content despite enabling Instagram’s "sensitive content control" setting designed to filter such material

Amazon does not have a Pakistan presence. These Pakistani entrepreneurs are selling on it anyway

The global e-commerce giant has ignored Pakistan, but many enterprising individuals and companies have found ways to use the platform to their advantage by getting around the legal hurdles

Banking and fintech industry veteran joins Rozee as CEO to lead next stage of growth

LAHORE: Rozee, Pakistan’s largest employment platform, announced today that Shahid Hosain Kazi has joined as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Shahid Kazi joins Rozee...

Integry raises $1 million pre-seed

The news comes just as the software integration market has heated up due to COVID-19.

Father of Web says tech giants may have to be split up

The digital revolution has spawned a handful of U.S.-based technology companies since the 1990s that now have a combined financial and cultural power greater than most sovereign states