Musk’s xAI and Telegram agree to one-year Grok partnership
xAI will pay Telegram $300 million in cash and equity and share 50% of subscription revenue generated through the platform
Xiaomi market value tops $171 billion, surpassing BYD
Shares of Xiaomi jump as much as 3.4% after the company reported record revenue and profit for the first quarter
OpenAI restructuring creates option for potential future IPO, says CFO
Sarah Friar says no final decision has been made and both the company and public markets must be prepared for an IPO
Texas requires Apple and Google to verify app store users’ ages
The law mandates parental consent for users under 18 to download apps or make in-app purchases
Huawei, education ministry launch ICT training program in schools
The program aims to train more than 300,000 students across Islamabad, Gilgit-Baltistan, and Azad Jammu and Kashmir
Islamabad IT Park to open on August 14, aims to boost tech innovation
New hub to provide office spaces, incubation centre, and Pakistan’s first Tier III Data Centre for tech startups and IT companies
Pakistan issues urgent cybersecurity alert after 180 million passwords get exposed in global data breach
Breach stems from InfoStealer malware, a tool designed to silently extract sensitive user data from infected systems; 184 million passwords compromised globally
Putin says services like Microsoft, Zoom should be ‘throttled’ in Russia
Putin says it was important for Russia to develop domestic software solutions
Elon Musk refocuses on business empire after global X outage
According to outage-tracking website Downdetector.com, over 25,800 incident reports were filed at the peak of the disruption
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