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....
Facebook to follow audio social network Clubhouse: report
SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook is looking to carve out its own spot on the audio social networking scene that has seen invitation-only startup...
Telenor awarded Rs1.37bn contract for broadband services in Chitral, Dir
ISLAMABAD:Â The Universal Service Fund (USF) has awarded a contract worth approximately Rs1.37 billion to Telenor for providing high-speed mobile broadband services in...
HBL PSL 6: PCB appoints Bookme.pk as ticketing partner after startup beats bigwigs TCS, Leopards Courier to win contract
LAHORE: Pakistan Super League (PSL) is set to go all digital for season 6 ticketing, with the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) appointing...