Friday, January 2, 2026

Telenor celebrates AI Day, highlights AI-driven innovation

Event highlights Telenor’s journey to becoming an AI-First organization with keynotes, panel discussions, and local AI projects

Japan on the road to cryptocurrency licensing

TOKYO: Four years after popular Tokyo-based bitcoin exchange Mt Gox was hacked and went bankrupt, the case still casts a shadow over the regulatory...

The retail supply chain is begging for a disruptor. Can these tech startups be just that?

New entrants Bazaar, Tajir, and Jugnu all seek to empower the retailer to make more efficient choices, but will they be able to create a scalable service?

AWS joins Google, Microsoft in quantum computing race with Ocelot chip

The industry expects that about a million physical qubits are needed for a useful quantum computer, but AWS says its method could lower that to 100,000

AMD to begin U.S. chip production at TSMC Arizona site

AMD now joins Apple and Nvidia in producing chips at the Arizona site operated by TSMC, Taiwan’s leading contract chipmaker

Cybercrime surges 35% in Pakistan amid rising WhatsApp hacking and digital fraud cases

NCCIA official says most attacks originate from South Punjab; over 73,000 complaints filed nationwide and 29,000 in Karachi this year

Cloudflare outage disrupts access to popular websites like LinkedIn and Canva

Users report issues with major platforms as Cloudflare faces connectivity problems

French prosecutors investigate X over alleged algorithmic bias

The probe follows a complaint filed on January 12 by a lawmaker claiming X’s algorithms may have distorted automated data processing

U.S. lawmakers warn UK over encryption backdoor order to Apple

They say that these vulnerabilities would not only affect UK users but also American citizens and others worldwide

Jazz’s parent group Vimpelcom to rebrand itself as Veon

VimpelCom has announced the company’s decision to rebrand itself as “Veon”, reported Propakistani. The move has been taken in the wake of the company...

Software pirates use Apple tech to put hacked apps on iPhones

Apple has no way of tracking the real-time distribution of these certificates, or the spread of improperly modified apps on its phones, but it can cancel the certificates if it finds misuse

xAI buys 1-million-square-foot Memphis property for supercomputer expansion

xAI’s new facility includes an $80 million water recycling plant and the largest deployment of Tesla Megapacks for data centers

Moody’s appreciates SBP move to prohibit virtual currencies

LAHORE: Moody’s on Monday stated the State Bank of Pakistan’s prohibition on banks from dealing in digital currencies was a credit positive move. The credit...

FBR approaches FIA regarding phishing scam

Islamabad: A spokesman for the board said FBR has taken exception with regards to the fake and fraudulent emails targeting taxpayers with mistaken information...

DeepSeek claims 545% daily cost-profit ratio for V3 and R1 models

However, the company cautions that actual revenue is significantly lower due to its pricing structure and limited monetization