Trump targets Chinese goods with $60 billion tariffs
WASHINGTON: U.S. President Donald Trump lit a slow-burning fuse on Thursday to launch long-promised anti-China tariffs, but his actions appeared to be more of...
Xbox follows Sony and Nintendo in hiking hardware prices
Price of high-end Xbox Series X console will rise by $100 to approximately $600 in the U.S.
Spotify launches in the Middle East and North Africa
Before the launch in the Middle East and North Africa, Spotify’s music streaming services were available in 65 markets, according to its website
Musk’s X challenges India over content takedown powers
Indian Solicitor General says all officials involved are legal authorities and that social media platforms cannot expect to operate without regulation
Macron pledges 700 million euros for new solar projects in developing countries
NEW DELHI: French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday pledged hundreds of millions of dollars for solar projects in developing countries, as world leaders met...
TikTok resumes operations in U.S. after Trump promises revival
TikTok reports partial restoration of its website and basic app functions, though it remains unavailable for download on U.S. app stores
Fintech Careem Pay gets in-principle approval to launch as EMI, company to invest $50mn in Pakistan
The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has granted Careem Pay with an in-principle-approval (IPA) for an Electronic Money Institution (EMI) license to financial services...
82% of Pakistani urban consumers made a online purchase in 2018: Nielsen
Fashion ranks as the top online purchased category in Pakistan at 40%, followed by travel 31% and IT 29% respectively
Intel CEO meets TSMC CEO to explore potential collaboration
The discussion focuses on identifying areas of collaboration that could benefit both companies
Microsoft bans police face recognition sales as big tech reacts to protests
Microsoft Corp on Thursday said it would await federal regulation before selling facial recognition to police departments, making it the latest big firm to...
TRG Pakistan’s indirect subsidiary IBEX Holdings files for $75m IPO on Nasdaq
LAHORE: A bourse notification filed by TRG Pakistan Ltd. revealed its indirect subsidiary IBEX Holdings Limited has filed a registration statement prospectus with United...
Microsoft to shut down LinkedIn in China, cites ‘challenging’ environment
BEIJING: Microsoft Corp is pulling the plug on LinkedIn in China nearly seven years after its launch, marking the retreat of the last major...
Buzzfeed, Huffpost setback by new wave of lay-offs
Over at HuffPost, about 10 percent of journalists left editorial staff this week or about 20 people in total
The problem is access to credit, not payments claims Abhi CEO at World Economic Forum
Representing Pakistan’s fintech community at World Economic Forum, Omair Ansari claims it is a fallacy that Pakistan has a big unbanked population because of the impact of the telcos.
US finalizes more than $6.1 bln chips subsidy for Micron Technology
It will fund factory projects in New York and Idaho and is expected to create at least 20,000 jobs by the end of the decade
