Abu Dhabi begins trial run of autonomous vehicles
ABU DHABI: The Department of Municipalities and Transport (DMT) will start the trial operations of autonomous vehicles for transporting passengers in Abu...
Dutch telecom giant VEON acquires Dhabi Group’s stake in Jazz for $273m
LAHORE: VEON, a leading global provider of connectivity and internet services, in an official statement announced that it has successfully concluded the...
Apple, Epic Games CEOs on list of witnesses in Fortnite case
NEW YORK: Apple Inc and Epic Games have listed their chief executive officers as potential witnesses in a case between the iPhone...
E-banking volume grows 24pc in Oct-Dec FY21: SBP
The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has said that 296.7 million e-banking transactions (valuing Rs21.4 trillion) were carried out during the second...
China regulators held talks with Alibaba, Tencent, nine others on ‘deepfake’ tech
BEIJING: Chinese regulators recently summoned 11 domestic technology companies including Alibaba Group, Tencent and ByteDance for talks on use of ‘deepfake’ technologies...
Verkada surveillance cameras at Tesla, hundreds more businesses breached
SAN FRANCISCO: A small group of hackers viewed live and archived surveillance footage from hundreds of businesses including Tesla Inc by gaining...
Remotebase raises $1.4m seed to connect Pakistani software engineers with Silicon Valley startups
The 10-month old Lahore-based startup hires, trains, and places local software engineers in US startups
UK starts probe on Apple over alleged App Store monopoly
LONDON: Britain’s competition regulator said on Thursday it has opened an investigation into Apple Inc after complaints that the iPhone maker’s terms...
Intel hit with $2.2bn verdict in US patent trial
SAN FRANCISCO: A federal jury in Texas on Tuesday ruled that US computer chip giant Intel should pay $2.2 billion to VLSI...
China to develop tech to deal with misbehaving apps, plug personal information leaks
BEIJING: China will improve detection technologies to find information protection "loopholes" as more effort is being made this year to regulate the...
Australia’s competition chief claims victory after Facebook standoff
CANBERRA: The architect of Australian media reforms being watched around the world claimed victory on Wednesday, even as critics said concessions to...
Foreign exchange operations to be fully automated by June: SBP
KARACHI:Â Digitalisation of foreign exchange has been expanded from 8 to 13 banks and majority of the banks will be managing 100pc FX...
KP govt introduces online system to monitor uplift projects in tribal districts
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government has introduced an online system to actively monitor tribal districts’ development programme.
As per officials, each project...
Fortnite creator takes Apple fight to EU antitrust regulators
BRUSSELS: Fortnite creator Epic Games has taken its fight against Apple to European Union antitrust regulators, ramping up its dispute with the...
PTCL Group conducts successful 5G trials
ISLAMABAD: PTCL Group has successfully tested 5G technology in a special ceremony held at its headquarters, a statement issued on Thursday read....