Etisalat to pay longstanding $800mn to government
ISLAMABAD:Â Etisalat, holding the company of Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL), which is defaulting $800 million to the government, has finally agreed to pay off...
Govt’s tax collection can go through the roof
From an academic to leading Punjab’s digital revolution, PITB Chairman Umar Saif has overseen the largest land record digitisation in Pakistan in an effort to not just end corruption and land grabbing but in a bid to promote land as a liquid asset
YAP Pakistan gears up for its pilot phase after securing IPA for an EMI license: Partners up with Faysal Bank for innovative banking solutions
Lahore – 18th July, 2022: After successfully obtaining the In-Principle Approval from the State Bank of Pakistan for an Electronic Money Institution (EMI) license,...
Amazon to provide cloud and AI tools to German utility RWE in return for power
RWE plans to expand work with Amazon’s AI research lab in Seattle to develop better forecasting models
Telecom service providers are development partners of govt: minister
ISLAMABAD: Punjab Finance Minister Dr Ayesha Ghaus Pasha has said that the telecommunication service providers are development partners of the provincial government as well...
Microsoft considers ending talks with OpenAI over equity disagreement
Microsoft is prepared to keep the current deal in place unless a new offer improves its position
PTA uses Web Monitoring System to block online content, NA toldÂ
Controversial system, acquired in 2018, was upgraded in December 2023 and tested on landing stations for submarine internet cables
Zuckerberg’s broken promise? – Here’s why Instagram’s co-founders left Facebook
In a surprising move yesterday, we found out that the photo-sharing app Instagram’s co-founders, Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger had left Facebook, which had...
Rafay Baloch: The Digital Exterminator
While surfing his social media account in 2008 on the now-defunct Orkut, Rafay Baloch, then 16, came across a software application meant for increasing...
Facebook looking at possible $1.63bn fine after data security breachÂ
Facebook has been in the news for all the wrong reasons. Coming from a data privacy scandal where the company gave out private information,...
Tesla vehicles to get Grok AI assistant next week, says Musk
Grok is expected to function as a voice assistant, helping with tasks such as navigation, adjusting car settings, and answering user questions
Samsung unveils first multi-folding phone as competition set to heat up
New TriFold enters a competitive foldable market, though analysts expect the category to stay niche due to high prices and production hurdles
Twitter calls all users to change passwords after glitch
The social network disclosed the issue in a blog post and series of Tweets on Thursday afternoon, saying it had resolved the problem and an internal investigation had found no indication passwords were stolen or misused by insiders
CPDI Launches Pakistan’s First Budget Tracker Mobile Application
In a ceremony held at Lahore "CPDI Budget Tracker" mobile application has been launched by Centre for Peace and Development Initiatives (CPDI). Inaugurated by...
New Microsoft AI tool supports businesses with routine tasks
Premium features like summaries and transcriptions of Teams calls and creating PowerPoint slides require a $30/month Microsoft 365 Copilot subscription
