Japan’s Line ties up with Tencent, Mizuho; shares jump

Japanese retailers offering Line Pay services will be able to process payments from the growing numbers of Chinese tourists using Tencent’s WeChat Pay from early next year, Line said

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...

Seminar held on ‘Digital Diruption’ at KSBL

A guest speaker session was held on Saturday, July 28 in the Digital Entrepreneurship class conducted by Dr Shoaib Ul Haq ar...

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...

Uber makes confidential filing for long-awaited IPO

Uber’s valuation in its most recent private financing was $76 billion, and it could be worth $120 billion in an IPO

Netsol reports surge in profits of 513pc for FY 2016-17

Karachi: In a notification sent to the bourse on Monday, Netsol Technologies Limited announced its financial year results for the year 2016-17. Netsol...

Senate panel approves taxing tech giants Google, Amazon and Facebook

Pakistan's laws now stand compliant with OECD rules and regulations

Apple to launch new AI-based code completion tool

This tool aims to emulate the functionality of Microsoft's Copilot 

Alibaba nets record $30 billion in Singles’ Day haul, but growth rate plunges

Despite the record haul, the annual sales growth rate fell from 39 percent to 27 percent, at the low end of analyst estimates, and the slowest rate in the event’s 10-year history

ZTE settlement details revealed, ban still in force

Under the settlement, ZTE will pay a total civil penalty of $1.7 billion, including $361 million already paid as part of a March 2017 agreement, the $1 billion fine and the $400 million that will go into escrow

Amazon becomes most valuable publicly-traded company

The online sales goliath assumed the top spot after notching a 3.4 percent gain to finish with a market capitalisation of $796.8 billion, about $13.2 billion more than Microsoft

Facebook sever ties with data brokers in blow to targeted adverts

CALIFORNIA: Facebook Inc said on Wednesday it would end its partnerships with several large data brokers who help advertisers target people on...

Toshiba receives revised offer of $22.3 billion for its chip unit

Tokyo: A group including Bain Capital and South Korea’s SK Hynix has raised its offer for Toshiba Corp’s chip business to 2.4...

Why Google has a target on its back in Washington?

WASHINGTON: The US Justice Department is preparing an investigation of Alphabet Inc’s Google to determine whether the technology company violated laws to...

Punjab Budget FY 2017-18: Confusion persists over sales tax on internet services

In the budget unveiled for Financial Year 2017-18 by the Punjab government, it has been decided that 19.5pc sale tax would be...