Thursday, January 15, 2026

Amazon reports bumper profits, raises prices for US Prime subscribers

WASHINGTON: Amazon.com Inc more than doubled its profit on Thursday and predicted strong spring results as the world’s biggest online retailer raised the price...

President emphasizes use of modern technology

Islamabad: The use of modern technology in China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)-related energy projects will alleviate the energy crisis in Pakistan and play a key...

Alibaba annual net profits up 47pc for FY2017/18

BEIJING: Chinese e-commerce giant Friday announced a massive 47 per cent leap in net profit for the fiscal year 2017/18, helped by a rise...

General Motors hires first Chief AI Officer to enhance vehicle technology

Barak Turovsky will join GM's software and services engineering team, reporting to Dave Richardson, SVP of the department

IT minister launches Rolling Spectrum Strategy 2020-23

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication Syed Aminul Haque on Monday launched the Rolling Spectrum Strategy 2020-2023. Addressing the launching ceremony, Haque lauded...

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman steps down as chairman of nuclear startup Oklo

Oklo CEO and co-founder Jacob DeWitte will assume the role of chairman, the company confirms

Apple’s App Tracking Transparency tool under scrutiny in Germany

The charges follow a three-year Federal Cartel Office probe into Apple's tool, which blocks advertisers from tracking users across apps

Tax exemption spurring IT industry growth

ISLAMABAD: Tax exemption on Information Technology exports, IT services and products until June 2019 is helping to promote IT industry, which will ensure a...

Google launches Gemini 3, embeds AI model into search engine immediately

CEO Pichai describes Gemini 3 as 'our most intelligent model'

Hackers steal data from ‘almost all Pakistani banks’: FIA

A cybersecurity service says at least 19,864 debit card details belonging to 22 Pakistani banks are being sold on the dark web

Microsoft’s latest privacy policy says vendors listen to voice data

Microsoft Corp has said it updated its privacy policy to let customers know that it had been collecting voice data of its users with...

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 under the...

Arif Habib invests in eCommerce startup InstaMall

LAHORE: InstaMall, an eCommerce marketplace, has successfully managed to secure pre-seed investment from Pakistani business magnate and Arif Habib Group, Chairman, Arif Habib and...

EU reviews Big Tech investigations under Digital Markets Act

The review may narrow or adjust the scope of the investigations and has paused decisions and fines while technical work continues

Facebook to integrate more videos into user’s newsfeeds

SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook Inc said on Thursday it would begin to promote videos more prominently inside its News Feed, leveraging the social network’s centerpiece...