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...
Study finds artificial intelligence cannot predict decisions
Contemporary methods for predicting consumer choices have been found to be largely inaccurate, worsened by the finding that increasing methodological sophistication only leads to diminishing returns
Australia takes on Google advertising dominance in latest Big Tech fight
SYDNEY: An Australian regulator is considering letting internet users choose what personal data companies like Google share with advertisers, as part of...
TikTok overpowers Google and Facebook with worldwide app downloads
On the App Store, TikTok overtook apps created by Google, Facebook, and Zoom as the preferred video-sharing social networking service worldwide, while ranking third on Google Play Store with apps by Facebook and Snap Inc sharing the top five slot
Karachi-based Bazaar Technologies secures $6.5m in seed funding to digitise mom-and-pop stores
With recent funding, Bazaar plans to expand its footprint across Pakistan, build its product capabilities and offer value added services to customers
‘Pakistan to launch its own WhatsApp-like app by June’
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has planned to launch its own WhatsApp-like messaging app, Smart Office, by June 2021, besides expediting work on finalising the...
Signal, Telegram see demand spike as new WhatsApp terms stir debate
Signal and Telegram messaging apps are seeing a sudden increase in demand after larger rival WhatsApp’s updated terms of service raised eyebrows...
Free WiFi facility remains functional, to be expanded to all Punjab districts: PITB
LAHORE: The facility of free WiFi remains active and functional at all public places in the province, Punjab Information Technology Board (PITB)...
Facebook’s advertising integrity chief leaves company
SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook Inc’s chief of advertising integrity, who handled the company’s ad products around sensitive subjects such as politics and coronavirus...
‘SBP committed to making supply chains cashless’
LAHORE: State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Deputy Governor Sima Kamil said on Tuesday that the central bank is committed to digitizing corporate...