Internet services in Pakistan ‘fully functional’ amid global X outage, PTA clarifies
PTA confirms there are no technical issues at Pakistan’s internet gateways and all other internet services across the country remain fully functional
Zong launches AI-powered cloud platform to support enterprise solutions
The new platform offers over 40 solutions across more than seven business domains
Pakistan launches first power equipment manufacturing dashboard
Leghari urges WAPDA, DISCOs, K-Electric, and state-owned and private power generation plants to adopt indigenisation
Pakistan records second lowest web threat rate in META region
In the META region, ransomware infections rise 0.07 points in the Middle East, 0.06 points in Türkiye, and 0.01 points in Africa
Musk’s DOGE expanding his Grok AI in US government, raising conflict concerns
Musk's xAI says on its website that it may monitor Grok users for “specific business purposes”
PTA raids illegal IMEI tampering operations in Mansehra
Six individuals are arrested and taken into custody for further legal action
Tariffs on Apple will also apply to Samsung, says Trump
This marks a reversal from Trump’s April decision to exclude electronics, including iPhones, from tariffs on Chinese imports
Stargate UAE’s first 200 megawatts of AI capacity to go live in 2026
Full project will eventually house data centers with a combined capacity of 5 gigawatts
Google and Character.ai face lawsuit over teen’s suicide linked to chatbots
Google denies involvement in the creation or management of Character.AI’s app
Amazon shareholders reject all outside proposals at annual meeting
Shareholders also vote down proposals seeking a formal policy to separate the CEO and board chair roles
Amazon tests AI-powered audio summaries on product pages
The feature is accessible via a “Hear the highlights” button in the Amazon shopping app
Shopify launches AI store builder to automate e-commerce site creation
The "AI Store Builder" creates three store layouts with images and text, cutting website design time and effort
Planning minister reviews progress on “Quantum Valley Pakistan” initiative
The project focuses on developing advanced science parks in emerging sectors like agri-tech, biotechnology, advanced materials, and minerals
UAE launches advanced Arabic AI model amid Gulf tech race
Falcon Arabic model is designed to capture the linguistic diversity of the Arab world using a high-quality native Arabic dataset
EU internet providers push for more spectrum allocation for Wi-Fi
The Dynamic Spectrum Alliance urges the European Commission to open up the upper 6GHz band for unrestricted Wi-Fi use