Technology
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50Internet Shutdown in Pakistan Sparks Outrage and Economic Losses
The recent internet shutdown and social media blockage in Pakistan has not only caused an estimated loss of Rs2.49 billion, but also...
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Social Media Still Inaccessible In Pakistan Despite PTA Lifting Internet Restrictions
Pakistan’s regulatory authority, the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), announced the restoration of mobile broadband services on May 13, but social media platforms...
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Internet Services Shutdown Caused A Loss Of At Least Rs1.6 Billion To Telecom Companies
The Global mobile ecosystem organisation, Groupe Speciale Mobile Association (GSMA), has expressed its concern over the continued shutdown of broadband internet services...
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Pakistani Government Bans Social Media Amidst Former PM Arrest
Pakistan’s government imposed a social media blackout as a measure to curb protests following the arrest of the country’s former prime minister,...
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World Economic Forum Report Warns of 14 million Job Losses in Next 5 Years Due to AI
The World Economic Forum (WEF) has released its latest report, predicted significant job losses and gains due to the adoption of artificial...
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Multi-Continental Crackdown Halts Major Dark Web Marketplace, Arrests 288 Suspects and Seizes $54.8 Million
In a joint effort known as SpecTor, law enforcement agencies from the United States, United Kingdom, Brazil, and various European countries have...
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Former Apple Employee Sentenced to Prison and Ordered to Repay $19 Million for Fraud
Former Apple employee, Dhirendra Prasad, has been sentenced to three years in prison and ordered to pay back over $19 million in...
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EU Proposes Copyright Disclosure Rules For Generative AI Models
Companies deploying generative AI tools, such as ChatGPT, will now have to disclose any copyrighted material used to develop their systems, according...
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Google Meet Rolls Out 1080p Video Calls, Catching Up with Competitors Zoom and Teams
Google Meet has introduced 1080p resolution on its video calls as it strives to compete with other video conferencing platforms like Zoom...
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Google Introduces Apps Growth Lab In Pakistan To Aid Local App Developers
Google has unveiled its first-ever “Apps Growth Lab” in Pakistan aimed at supporting local app developers in scaling their businesses. The four-month...
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Twitter Users Are Perplexed By The Requirements To Regain Blue Ticks
Days after the business deleted them for all users save for subscribers who had paid for them, a number of Twitter accounts...
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Snapchat Launches My AI Globally, Making ChatGPT AI Features Free for All Users
Snapchat’s My AI Chatbot Now Available to All Users Snapchat has announced that it is rolling out an updated version of My...
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EDOTCO Takes the Lead in Powering Pakistan’s Mobile Towers with Alternative Energy Sources
The mobile tower industry in Pakistan has seen remarkable growth in recent years, driven by a rapidly expanding population and increasing demand...
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PTA Shared 162 Cyber Security Advisories with Telcos in Last 4 Years
Over the past four years, the telecom industry has received 162 recommendations and cyber security concerns from the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA)....
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Pakistan Government Establishes National Task Force on Artificial Intelligence to Drive National Development
Pakistan’s Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal has recently announced the formation of a National Task Force (NTF) on Artificial Intelligence (AI), consisting of...
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TikTok Removes Over 12 Million Videos From Pakistan In Three Months
TikTok has removed over 12 million videos from Pakistan in the fourth quarter of 2022 for violating community guidelines, the platform said...
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Google has asked to open another office in Pakistan
A five-member Google delegation met with key officials from the Ministries of Information and Telecommunication, Commerce, and Law and Justice. Kyle Gardner,...
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Govt cuts construction budget for cyber security academy by Rs. 3.5bn
The federal government will spend Rs. 1.5 billion to establish the country’s first National Cyber Security Academy (NCSA). The cost of the...
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Breakthrough in nuclear fusion could mean ‘near-limitless energy’
According to reports, scientists have made a breakthrough in their search for a safe and clean energy source. They have extracted more...
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Loan-giving mobile apps come under FIA radar
The Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) Cyber Crime Wing (CCW) has launched an investigation into loan-lending smartphone apps that are accused of blackmailing...
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Pakistan IT industry to be rebranded in 2023: MoITT
In March, the Ministry of Information and Telecommunications (MoITT), in collaboration with the Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP), will host a...
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Twitter to charge $11 for blue verification for iPhone user
According to the Information, the Twitter Blue plan is currently on hold, but when it resumes, you will have to pay an...
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Google officially registered as a company in Pakistan
Google, the American tech giant, has registered as a company with Pakistan’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SECP). According to reports the SECP...
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WhatsApp to introduce 3D avatars
A few months after avatars made their debut on Instagram, Facebook, and Messenger, WhatsApp has announced that it is introducing customized, 3D...
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Why did USA fall behind China in cell phone production
Made in China is a phrase seen almost on everything these days; however, Made in USA is rarely seen on anything. If...
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FIA acquires modern face recognition technology to stop criminals from fleeing
Federal Investigation Authority acquired modern face recognition technology cameras at Karachi Airport to stop the criminals from fleeing abroad. FIA immigration officers...
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Poor government policies, high taxes ruining telecom sector
According to global mobile industry association GMSA, there is a profound threat to Pakistan not been realized as a digital country with...
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Google Play Store services to be unavailable in Pakistan from Dec 1
Mobile users won’t be able to get Google Play Store services starting on December 1, 2022, since the State Bank of Pakistan...
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Google to soon begin operations in Pakistan
In a significant milestone, digital giant Google will start doing operations in Pakistan by the end of the month. PML-N Senator Afnan...
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Govt launches interest free installment smartphones scheme
The government’s most recent initiative to make technology more widely available has made buying cell phones significantly simpler by introducing interest free...
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Microsoft extends support of Ukraine until 2023 and will provide $100 million in aid
Microsoft Corp announced on Thursday that it would continue to provide free technological assistance for Ukraine through 2023 while Russia’s invasion of...
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Elon Musk, who runs Tesla, SpaceX and Neuralink, will now be Twitter CEO
Elon Musk, who runs electric cars company Tesla, rocket company SpaceX, brain-chip startup Neuralink and tunneling firm the Boring Company, announced on Monday...
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Dubai launches DEWAverse platform on Metaverse
Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) became the first local government organization to establish its platform on the Metaverse in order to...
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TikTok removes 15 million-plus videos from Pakistan in second quarter of 2022
The most popular short-form video platform in the world, TikTok, has now published its Q2 2022 Community Guidelines Enforcement Report, covering the...
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Islamabad’s new IT Park in Chak Shahzad to create 15,000 jobs
According to the anticipations, Islamabad’s Information Technology (IT) Park will generate 15,000 new positions for experts, IT professionals, and students. As part...
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LG makes successful 6G data transmission, tripling distance record
Even though 5G isn’t commonly available, tech companies are still testing the next-generation mobile network technologies. Thus, 6G Terahertz (THz) data transmission...
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Pakistani influencers can now earn money on Instagram
Now that Pakistan is eligible for Instagram monetization, Pakistani influencers can begin making money on the biggest picture sharing platform. The massive...
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Ethereum Merge shifts cryptocurrency to proof-of-stake, essentially ending its GPU mining
After several years of planning and delay, the enormous Ethereum upgrade known as the Merge has finally taken place, transferring the digital...
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NADRA pairs with 1Link to turn 17,000 e-Sahulat outlets into ATMs
A new e-payment system has been launched by the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) after it concluded a partnership agreement with...
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Apple Watch Series 8 has a temperature sensor and crash detection
The Apple Watch Series 8 is the newest wearable device from Apple. Apple claims that the addition of a new temperature sensor...
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iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max announced with animated notches and always-on displays
The iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max have been revealed by Apple. Both phones now have a new pill-shaped cutout...
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Study finds young parents do not know how to handle kids’ screen time habits
The difficulties faced by new parents are expanding as a result of the development of new technology and the widespread use of...
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Google trained over 800 Pakistani women under its Techmakers initiative
Over 800 women developers from all over Pakistan received training through a series of Women Techmakers sessions arranged by Google this year....
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Samsung confirms data breach, personal customer data stolen
Several US customers have received notifications from Samsung Electronics that a recent breach compromised their personal information. In a brief statement published late...
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Pakistan’s gaming industry can generate annual revenue of up to $400 million
The gaming industry has the potential to generate annual revenue of up to $400 million if ease of business was ensured, according...
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Apple’s iPhone 14 event: the 9 biggest announcements
In addition to the new iPhone 14 series and three new Apple Watch versions, including the long-rumored Apple Watch Ultra, Apple also...
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OnePlus 10T launched with faster chip and lower price
Only a few months after the OnePlus 10 Pro, the OnePlus 10T has just made its global debut, which is far earlier...
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Samsung Display is responsible for 82% of iPhone 14 panel shipments
For its next iPhone 14 series, which will be officially revealed on September 7, Apple is beefing up display shipments. And based...
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Sony raises PlayStation 5 prices almost everywhere
Following financial challenges like rising interest rates, Sony Group Corp. announced on Thursday that it was raising the price of its PlayStation...
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PEACE submarine cable with 96 Tbps capacity connected from Pakistan to France
PEACE Cable International Network Co., Ltd (PEACE Cable) has successfully completed the construction and laying down of PEACE submarine cable infrastructure in...
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PTA asks users to complain if getting less than 80% of advertised internet speeds
As Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) updated the country’s broadband internet policies, many Pakistanis may soon experience faster internet connections. The consumer conference was attended by the...
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Google hired another Pakistani female Ambreen Irshad
Pride of Pakistan- Ambreen Irshad has been hired for the post of software engineer by the tech company, Google. According to the...
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Galaxy Z Flip 4 and Galaxy Z Fold 4 smartphones unveiled with refined designs
In an effort to maintain its dominance in a developing niche market, Samsung Electronics revealed its most recent high-end foldable smartphones, the...
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Ban on import of mobile parts can cost billions of dollars to the export sector
Local mobile assemblies are export-oriented and the ongoing ban is hurting the nascent export market of mobile phones. The Economic Coordination Committee...
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Telecom companies declare Digital Emergency due to worsening economy
Pakistan’s telecom industry presented a catastrophic event by announcing a “digital emergency,” claiming that by the end of the current calendar year...
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Google hires 24-year-old data engineer Shafiqa Iqbal through LinkedIn
Pakistani data engineer Shafiqa Iqbal got hired by Google through LinkedIn. She is now working for Google Poland’s Warsaw office. Originally from Sadiqabad, Punjab,...
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Govt wants to reap maximum benefits by prioritising IT sector
Minister for Planning, Development, and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal has declared that the enhancement and promotion of the IT sector is the...
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Punjab Public Service Commission launches e-payment system for job applications
The Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC) has finally decided to incorporate an e-payment system in the job application portal in a bid...
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12.5 million Pakistani videos removed by TikTok in first quarter of 2022
Between January and March 2022, more than 12 million videos were taken down from TikTok for breaking the platform’s community guidelines, making...
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Pakistanis can now get real time earthquake alerts on Android phones
Google announced to launch of its Earthquake Alerts System in Pakistan intended for the detection of seismic activities that could help people...
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PTCL registers 38.8% profit growth in first six months of 2022
Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL), the country’s top telecom and ICT services provider, declared its financial results for the half year ended...
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iPhone users will soon be able to type in the rain, underwater
According to a patent Apple has obtained, the iPhone would be useful for usage in the rain and underwater. Despite the water-resistant...
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China using mind-reading AI to test loyalty of Communist Party members
According to a recent revelation, the Chinese government is allegedly using cutting-edge mind-reading artificial intelligence (AI) to track the thoughts of numerous...
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Apple Watch Series 8 will be able to detect if you have a fever
According to a claim from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, the next Apple Watch Series 8 will purportedly include a body temperature sensor that...
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Meta’s once-ambitious cryptocurrency project Novi to shut down
On September 1, 2022, Meta’s money-transfer service, which makes use of the business’s own cryptocurrency digital wallet, “Novi,” will be discontinued. The...
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Swat’s first Software Technology Park becomes operational in Mingora
The first-ever Software Technology park established in Swat under a public-private organization (PPP) has now become functional. The product innovation park has...
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Elon Musk is on longest-ever Twitter break amid $44 billion deal chatter
It has been nine days since Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk took digital detox from Twitter which has left his more...
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Twitter tests 2,500-word Notes feature for long-form content
On Wednesday, Twitter announced that it had begun testing a new function called “Notes” that would enable authors to publish stories and...
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Govt considering to lift ban on import of mobile phones
According to reliable sources, the federal government is prepared to partially lift the ban on the import of mobile phones. A notification...
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Instagram can now verify your age using face videos with new AI technology
On Thursday, Instagram announced that it is exploring new ways for users to prove their age on the platform, starting with Americans....
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Under a new rule, the PTA seeks total internet control
The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) is pressing through with a policy that will give them great authority over who can browse what on...
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WhatsApp will let you move chats from Android to iPhones soon
Users may now utilize Apple’s Move to iOS app to export their WhatsApp conversation chat history, photographs, videos, and voice chats from...
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Adobe plans to make Photoshop on the web free to everyone
Adobe has begun testing a web-based version of Photoshop that is free to use, with the intention of making the service available...
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Bill Gates says cryptos and NFTs are ‘100% based on greater fool theory’
Bill Gates, the IT tycoon, has slammed NFTs as “100% based on greater fool theory” – the financial concept that even overvalued...
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PTA to implement new system to block marketing SMS from July
Under Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s direction, work on a strategy to prevent unwelcome marketing SMS has launched. The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA)...
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Microsoft has finally bid farewell to Internet Explorer after 27 years
It’s time to say goodbye to our long-time companion, Internet Explorer. The Internet Explorer, which was first released in 1995 as part...
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Apple unveils new MacBook Air, iOS 16, M2 chip at Developers Conference
Apple released an iPhone software update, announced a buy now, pay later option, and presented a MacBook Air featuring the company’s latest...
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Police from 11 countries bust ‘FluBot’ phone scam
FluBot, a mobile phone scam that spread throughout the world via fake text messages, has been busted down by police in 11...
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Only 6.04% of smartphones in Pakistan are iOS devices
Only 6.04 percent of smartphones in Pakistan are iOS devices, according to StatCounter, an online counter that records global statistics. Android phones...
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Careem suspends food delivery service in Pakistan due to economic instability
Careem, a ride-hailing company based in Dubai, confirmed that their food delivery service in Pakistan has been discontinued. The decision was taken to focus...
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3 projects worth Rs 5 billion launched to connect 6 districts of Sindh to digital world
The Federal ministry has launched three more projects worth Rs 5 billion for 6 districts of Sindh in order to connect the...
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Pakistan can generate $5 billion from establishment of 16 technology parks
Pakistan has the capability to generate almost $5 billion in revenue by establishing 16 technology parks within one year, according to the...
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Google introduces Imagen AI tool that creates photorealistic images from text
Google has unveiled a new artificial intelligence model called “Imagen”, capable of creating an image from a simple text description. Google has...
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Government to partner with TikTok to celebrate Pakistan’s 75th Golden Jubilee
The government is looking forward to developing a partnership with TikTok to mark Pakistan’s 75th Golden Jubilee ultimately promoting patriotism among the...
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Answer surveys to make money: Survey Junkie
Do you want to make extra money? If so, consider joining Survey Junkie! This website pays its members to answer surveys on...
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Karachi is the most viewed Pakistani city on Google Street View
Google celebrated 15 years of its Street View, on Tuesday, after it kicked off its immense and hugely controversial effort to snapshot...
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TikTok getting subscriptions feature to help creators earn money
TikTok has announced that some prominent users on the video-snippet streaming platform would be able to charge subscriptions for live streams. As...
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Samsung to spend $360 billion on chips, biotech over 5 years and create 80,000 jobs
As South Korea’s conglomerates cope with mounting economic and supply disruptions, Samsung aims to increase expenditure by more than 30% to 450...
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Government plans to invite PayPal to Pakistan next week
The new government is looking forward to starting efforts to bring PayPal to Pakistan. PayPal is an American company working on an...
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Telecom companies announce increase in call and internet package prices
Mobile telecom companies have increased their prices for calls and internet services yet again. Networks like Zong, Jazz, and Telenor have all increased...
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Facebook is getting rid of some location-tracking features due to ‘low usage’
Facebook is suspending numerous features that monitored and tracked your real-time location, including Nearby Friends, weather alerts, location history, and background location. Facebook...
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Asus Zenbook Pro 14 Duo OLED laptop packs two 120Hz displays
The all-new Asus ZenBook Pro 14 Duo OLED (UX8402) is a notebook featuring a 14.5-inch OLED touchscreen display with a resolution of...
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TikTok rolls out ad revenue-sharing program for creators
TikTok has introduced an ad revenue-sharing agreement with the social media platform’s most popular creators, inching closer to a model utilized by...
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WhatsApp now supports 32 people in a group voice call
The latest update of WhatsApp for Android and iOS now allows up to 32 individuals to participate in a single group phone...
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Twitter might come with a slight cost for commercial, government users
Governments and commercial users may soon find that their tweets come with a price tag. According to the new Twitter owner Elon Musk,...
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Apple sees bigger supply problems after strong start to year
Apple warned that supply problems would cost the company $4 billion to $8 billion in the current quarter after announcing record-setting fiscal...
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Mashoom app launched to save maternal and infant lives in KP’s tribal districts
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has introduced the Mashoom Health Application, which is a part of its special emphasis programme (SEP), intended to...
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Microsoft reports $8 billion revenue increase in Q3 thanks to Cloud services
Microsoft financial statistics for the third quarter of fiscal year 2022 have been announced, and thanks to its cloud services, Office, and...
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Google starts running new types of ads on YouTube Shorts
YouTube is testing ads on Shorts, a short-form video tool similarly to TikTok and Instagram that the firm launched in 2020. Google’s...
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Your Android phone’s charging cable could soon charge an iPhone
European Parliament voted in favor of legislation that will compel Apple to offer a USB-C charging port across all of its devices. Members of...
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Google’s growth continues, Alphabet slips in profit but reports $68 billion for Q1
In 2022, Alphabet Inc, the parent company of the search engine giant Google, had a financial setback. In comparison to the previous...
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Instagram starts rewarding original content and tests new Pin Post feature
Instagram has tweaked its algorithm yet again, this time trying to help “value original content more” and now testing a new Instagram...
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Apple to remove outdated apps from its app store
Apple has issued warning that the company will remove from the App Store apps that have not been updated in a significant...
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Dogecoin jumped 40% after Elon Musk sealed $44 billion Twitter deal
The price of Dogecoin cryptocurrency shot up nearly 40 percent after Elon Musk finalized a deal to buy Twitter for $44 billion in...
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Google will ban all call recording apps from Play Store
Google intends to impose restrictions on the Accessibility API next month, which means that all of the top call recording apps will be...
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TikTok and PUBG banned by Afghan Taliban because they mislead the youth
On Thursday, the Taliban banned video-sharing app TikTok as well as the survival-shooter game PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG), claiming that they were leading...
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Imran Khan breaks a world record on Twitter
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) Chairman and former Prime Minister Imran Khan has smashed a global record on Wednesday after he spoke in a live...
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Elon Musk says he is ready with $46.5 billion to buy Twitter
A week later after Twitter used the poison pill to thwart Elon Musk’s plan to take over the micro-blogging site, the Tesla...
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PTA says internet speed back to normal in Pakistan
The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) said Thursday that the internet speed in the country is back to normal routine scheduled maintenance activity. Notifying the...
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3G and 4G users in Pakistan reached 113.11 million by end-March
According to the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority, the number of 3G and 4G users in Pakistan increased by 1.73 million to 113.11 million...
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B2B raw material marketplace Zaraye raises $2.1 million in pre-seed funding
Zaraye, a Karachi-based business-to-business raw materials marketplace, earned $2.1 million in a pre-seed round headed by Tiger Global and Zayn Capital, as...
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Samsung Galaxy A53 5G review: An excellent mid-ranger
Check out the specs and features of Samsung Galaxy A53 5G. The newest mid-range phone is reasonably priced and have great feature...
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Facebook bug promoted fake news on News Feed for months
According to the Daily Mail, social media giant Meta has confirmed that a bug caused a spread of misinformation on Facebook between...
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Meta is looking to develop virtual coins dubbed Zuck bucks for its Metaverse
Meta Platforms, which had recently filed trademark applications relating to blockchain and cryptocurrency services, is planning to introduce digital asset tokens dubbed “Zuck Bucks”....
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WhatsApp will soon allow using shortcuts while interacting with unsaved contacts
WhatsApp, the world’s biggest instant messaging application, has released a new version that gives users more features when selecting phone numbers in...
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Russia to replace Google Play Store with its own NashStore
An organisation called Digital Platforms in Russia has announced that it will be launching an alternative app store to Google Play Store...
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OnePlus 10 Pro puts a second-generation Hasselblad camera in your pocket
OnePlus 10 Pro has finally launched in the United States, Europe and India with 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage for...
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iPhone 14 Pro leaks and rumors — everything we know so far
The latest features that Apple’s iPhone 14 Pro will reportedly introduce in the future phone range include four different variants without a...
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Google partners with Spotify for third-party billing pilot run
Google, a component of Alphabet Inc., announced that it will enable Spotify Technology SA to use its own payment system in its Android...
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Parents can now track how much time their kids spend on Instagram
Meta Platforms Inc, which owns Facebook disclosed that it will enable parents to watch how much time their children are spending on Instagram...
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Call of Duty: Warzone is coming to mobile soon
The free-to-play battle royale game Call of Duty: Warzone will soon get a mobile version. Activision, the game’s publisher, revealed in a...
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Galaxy A23 and Galaxy A13 launched with a 6.6-inch display and quad cameras
Samsung has announced the prices of the Galaxy A13 4G and Galaxy A23 4G with Exonys 850 and Snapdragon 680, which begin...
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Dell releases powerful 12th Gen Intel Core XPS 15 and XPS 17 laptops
It’s a long-awaited update for people who have been following Dell’s XPS 15 and XPS 17 laptops, and it’s now arrived. Intel’s...
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WhatsApp is considering allowing users to send files up to 2GB in size
WhatsApp is apparently developing a feature which allows to share media files up to 2GB to a select group of beta users....
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PUBG maker Krafton, Solana Labs to develop blockchain games & NFTs
The creator of PUBG, Krafton, has formed a collaboration with blockchain company Solana Labs. The two companies will collaborate on the creation, operation,...
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Uber reaches deal to list all New York City taxis on its app
As the city recovers from the pandemic, Uber said it will engage with New York taxi networks, a longtime transportation competitor, to...
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Apple using world’s first low-carbon aluminium in the iPhone SE
Apple is proud of its expertise to recycle metal, and now it’s working to reduce the metal’s environmental impact. The current iPhone...
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Xiaomi sold record high 190.3 million smartphones in 2021
Xiaomi, a Chinese smartphone maker, announced a 21.4 percent increase in fourth-quarter sales, as industry shipments of devices steadily pick up following...
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Lenovo ThinkBook 14+, ThinkBook 16+ with 12th Gen Intel CPUs launched
Lenovo has launched the ThinkBook 14+ and Lenovo ThinkBook 16+ gaming laptops as the latest additions to the ThinkBook series in China....
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Telegram surpasses WhatsApp to become Russia’s top messenger
Telegram has surpassed WhatsApp as Russia’s most used messaging app, according to Megafon, with Russians rushing to the service as Moscow tightens...
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How to stay anonymous online
Even though the internet was developed and conceived of as a platform that guaranteed privacy for free speech, however anonymity is far from...
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Smartphone prices in Pakistani market expected to fall by 35%
According to Muzzaffar Hayat Piracha, CEO of Air Link Communication, the tariffs and taxes on domestically produced phones have been drastically reduced...
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Mark Zuckerberg said that NFTs are coming to Instagram
Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) will be available on the Meta social networking platform Instagram, according to CEO Mark Zuckerberg. NFTs let users to...
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AI startup Inflection wants to make it easier for humans to talk to computers
Some of the industry’s most well-known minds are teaming together to solve one of computing’s most difficult problems. According to CNBC, LinkedIn...
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Samsung releases new Galaxy A series phones with two-day battery life
Samsung has announced the arrival of Galaxy A53 5G and Galaxy A33 5G, plus the company also quietly launched the Galaxy A73 too....
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Samsung Galaxy S22 vs S21: What’s different?
Samsung’s Galaxy S22 portfolio is now official, with people aggressively searching Samsung S22 Ultra price in Pakistan including the specs of the...
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Soul Sisters Pakistan founder Kanwal Ahmed interviewed by YouTube CEO
Kanwal Ahmed, a distinguished Pakistani motivator, activist, entrepreneur, executive producer, and founder of the Facebook page Soul Sisters Pakistan, has been spotted...
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Samsung Galaxy source code targeted by hacker group Lapsus$
Ransomware group Lapsus$ has claimed another international company among its victims — this time releasing data purportedly stolen from Samsung Electronics. Samsung...
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Ufone 4G ranked top voice and data network by PTA
Pakistan Telecommunication Authority’s (PTA) ‘Mobile Networks Benchmark Report for 2022,’ has released its new ranking and Ufone 4G grabs the top position...
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Samsung Galaxy F23 5G launched with 120Hz screen and SD750G for $210
The Samsung Galaxy F23 5G is the direct successor to the F22 5G from last year. The key improvements include a better...
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Acer’s new gaming laptop Predator Helios 300 has up to 360Hz refresh rate display
Acer has unveiled the Predator Helios 300 gaming laptop. The most amazing aspect of this new laptop is that it is the first...
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The iPhone SE returns for $429 with A15 Bionic chipset and 5G
The third-generation iPhone SE is one of Apple’s most affordable iPhones to date. The iPhone SE 2022 comes in the same body...
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World’s first hydraulic drone Flowcopter can fly for 6 hours without recharging and refuelling
Flowcopter, a Scottish firm, claims to have created the world’s first hydraulic drone. Instead of batteries and electric motors, the drone employs...
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YouTube offering $50-300K to get Podcasters to make videos
According to those familiar with the situation, YouTube is reaching out to podcasters and podcast networks, offering “gifts” of up to $300,000...
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Samsung set a new Guinness World Record with the Galaxy S22 Ultra
A total of 1000 consumers in 17 cities were given the opportunity to unbox the flagship Galaxy S22 Ultra on March 5...
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Death certificate system to be digitized for ease in insurance claims
The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has got down to provinces for the digitization of the death certificate system to...
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The 7 biggest announcements from Apple’s Peek Performance event
Apple just wrapped up its Peek Performance event, where it unveiled a new iPhone SE with the company’s latest mobile processor and...
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3G and 4G users in Pakistan reached 109.72 million by January end
By the end of January 2022, Pakistan had 109.72 million 3G and 4G users, up from 107.68 million at the end of...
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Google to restrict apps from tracking you on Android devices
Google has expanded its strategy to restrict data tracking on its Chrome browser to include apps on its Android-based smartphones. Its Privacy...
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Instagram announces closure of separate IGTV app
Instagram, the Meta-owned photo and video sharing platform, has declared that it will phase out its separate IGTV app in favour of...
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79.1 million digital transactions amounting to Rs 2.2 trillion conducted in 1QFY22
The number of transactions conducted via mobile banking channels grew 29 percent by volume and 36 percent by value at 79.1 million...
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How to record 10-minute videos on TikTok using your iPhone or Android phone
TikTok began allowing users to upload videos up to 10 minutes long on Monday, stepping up the young platform’s competition with YouTube....
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Samsung’s Galaxy Book2 Pro and Pro 360 launched with 12th Gen chips
At this year’s Mobile World Congress, Samsung revealed the Galaxy Book2 laptops, which feature Intel’s 12th generation processors, full HD webcams, secured-core PC certification, and more. Samsung’s latest laptops, the Galaxy Book2 Pro and Galaxy Book2 Pro 360, include 1080p AMOLED displays and support for the S Pen. Design and Display While the laptops share a lot of similarities with the previous model, which was released in...
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The best iOS 15.4 features that will change how you use your iPhone
iOS 15.4 is Apple’s newest iPhone operating system, and it comes with features such as a redesigned Safari browser, Focus Mode, Live...
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NayaPay secures $13 million funding round to expand Pakistan’s digital payments
A Pakistan-based fintech platform, NayaPay, has raised $13 million in one of the biggest seed rounds in South Asia. Bringing together a...
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Cryptocurrencies surge over demand from Russians and Ukrainians
Cryptocurrencies defied a stock market slump on Monday to rise amid what analysts said was increased demand from Russian and Ukrainian buyers. ...
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WhatsApp message reactions are coming soon
The world’s biggest messaging service WhatsApp, which is owned by Meta, is working on a number of new features, one of which...
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Apple unveils the Powerbeats Pro NBA75 Ivory earbuds limited edition
The limited-edition Powerbeats Pro NBA75 Ivory earbuds, priced at $249.99, are Apple’s tribute to the NBA’s 75th anniversary season. Apple’s contribution to...
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Meta expands Facebook Reels to over 150 countries, betting on ‘fastest growing’ format
Meta’s short video feature Facebook Reels will be available in more than 150 countries, in an effort to expand its fastest-growing content...
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Windows 11 is getting new touch gestures, Start menu folders, and much more
Microsoft is bringing new touch gestures, Start menu folders, a redesigned Task Manager, and lots more improvements to Windows 11. A new...
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Pakistan in talks with Starlink for getting cheap internet through satellite
Pakistan is in talks with Elon Musk’s Starlink to obtain low-cost broadband via satellite. Islamabad also plans to deploy a 5G network...
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Realme 9 Pro and Pro Plus announced with color-changing new design
Realme has unveiled the Realme 9 Pro and Realme 9 Pro Plus, two new phones that sit at the pinnacle of the...
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Instagram Music for Stories now available to Pakistani users
The Pakistani Instagram user’s often reads this message on photo sharing application that “Instagram Music is not available in your region,”. However,...
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Snapchat will put ads within stories and share the money with creators
Snapchat is launching a new mechanism for content creators to make money. Mid-roll advertising are now being tested in the Stories of a...
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Samsung Galaxy S22 and S22+ specs & features
Samsung’s sales goals for the Galaxy S21 series from last year were not fulfilled. The S21 and S21 Plus were surrounded by...
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Samsung launched Galaxy S22 Ultra which is a Note by another name
The Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra has proven to be everything that rumours and leaks suggested it would be. With a $1,199 price...
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Qeemat.net Pakistan’s promising independent product prices publishers
Pakistan’s independent product price publisher Qeemat.net, has emerged as one of the country’s most promising Qeemat publishers, ranking among the country’s most...
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Facebook loses 1 million daily users as Meta’s profit take a dip
Facebook parent company, Meta, reported a bleak mix of a larger-than-expected decline in profit, a reduction in users, and threats to its...
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Samsung unveils new Galaxy S22 series at Unpacked event, keeps old prices
Samsung unveiled a new series of Galaxy S22 phones during its first Galaxy Unpacked event in 2022: the Galaxy S22 and Galaxy...
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SBP launches instant and free P2P fund transfers under Raast
The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Thursday ordered banks to present free person-to-person (P2P) fund transferals under Raast, a digital payment...
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Chinese firms bring advanced technologies to Pakistan’s power sector
The gigantic energy developments implemented by Chinese firms not only ended power outages in Pakistan but also introduced innovative technologies in the...
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Here’s how Zuckerberg lost $30 billion in one day
Mark Zuckerberg net worth plummeted by $30 billion as Meta Platforms’ shares dropped to a new all-time low, while fellow billionaire Jeff...
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Apple will let businesses use iPhones to take customer payments
Apple is working on a new service that will enable small companies to receive payments directly on their iPhones without the need for...
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Automated Currency Declaration System to be deployed at all international airports
The ‘Automated Currency Declaration System’ has been launched on Tuesday by the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) in collaboration with NADRA and...
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IT minister inaugurates NITB’s first-ever data center
Syed Amin ul Haq, the Federal Minister for Information and Technology, launched the National Information Technology Board’s (NITB) first-ever data center on Tuesday....
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Pakistan’s freelancers earned $216.78 million export revenue in H1 of FY22
Pakistan’s freelancers earned $216.788 million in export revenue, up 16.74 percent from $185.698 million in the previous year’s equivalent period. According to...
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In Pakistan, startups are bringing agriculture into the digital age
Pakistan’s agriculture sector revolutionizing as the startups are bringing Pakistan’s farmers into the digital age by helping them to plan crops healthier...
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Blackberry sells patents related to mobile devices, messaging for $600 million
BlackBerry announced on Monday that it will sell nearly all of its legacy patents related to mobile devices, messaging, and wireless networking...
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Government formed committee to review 5G Strategic Plan
The government has established a high-powered body to establish the 5G Strategic Plan and manage the rollout of next-generation technology and the...
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WhatsApp users can soon transfer chats from Android phones to iPhones
According to WABetaInfo, the popular messaging app WhatsApp has submitted a new version update, in which the WhatsApp may be working on a...
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Mark Zuckerberg says Meta is building the world’s fastest supercomputer
As part of his intentions to create a virtual metaverse, Mark Zuckerberg has stated that his social media empire is developing the...
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PTA slams Rs 30 million fine on Jazz for poor quality services
Jazz has been fined Rs 30 million by the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) for poor service quality in seven cities across Pakistan. Jazz...
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Facebook offered Pakistan free internet and then charged $1.9 million each month
Facebook teamed up with mobile carriers in developing countries like Indonesia, Pakistan, and the Philippines to provide free access to Facebook and...
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Web Hosting in Pakistan
What is Web Hosting? When launching a firm, a startup, or practically any type of business in today’s world, the first thing...
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Pakistani man opens Chai Ada in London that accepts cryptocurrencies for payment
Tayyab Shafiq has set up Chai Ada as the first café in London that accept cryptocurrencies for payment and he is excited to...
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Instagram Subscriptions can help creators earn more money, here’s how
Facebook introduced a subscription model that allows content creators and video publishers to monetize their content by selling it to their audiences...
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Microsoft positions itself as tech’s gaming company with the Activision acquisition
Microsoft has positioned itself as tech’s gaming company with its $68.7 billion acquisition of mammoth embattled video game publisher Activision Blizzard. As global technology...
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Pakistan’s first-ever digital city in Haripur to cost Rs 1.31 billion
Prime Minister Imran Khan has launched the country’s first ever Pakistan Digital City Special Technology Zone project at Haripur. On Monday, Prime...
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Safari 15 bug can leak your recent browsing activity and personal identifiers
According to discoveries from FingerprintJS, a flaw in Safari 15 potentially leak your browsing activities as well as some personal information associated with...
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Better than ever with a long way to go: The future of Pakistan’s digital economy
According to experts, the country is rapidly adopting digitalization, still has a long way to go in order to achieve full objective....
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We’re spending a third of our waking time staring at our phones
Are you concerned that you’re wasting too much time gazing at random apps? Apparently, you are not alone in this. According to...
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Bitcoin drops to six-month low as crypto bloodbath continues
Bitcoin dropped 10.4% which left it at $36,000 levels on Friday, losing $3,781.02 from its previous close. The only highlight of the...
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SnackVideo, Bigo Live, Likee are now officially registered in Pakistan
SnackVideo, BIGO Live and Likee have become the first social media platforms to register with Pakistan Telecommunication Authority. Under the ‘Removal and...
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Bitcoin revisits $44,000 as exchange outflows see uptick
Thanks to an increase in foreign exchange outflows, the price of Bitcoin has been in an uptrend for the last few days,...
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Honor Watch GS 3 launched with curved AMOLED display and 14-day battery
Honor is going to expand its smartwatch lineup with the new GS model. Unlike the GS Pro, which has a rugged design,...
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ASUS launches the world’s most powerful gaming tablet Flow Z13
Playing games on a tablet isn’t exactly ideal, but Asus hopes to alter that with the ROG Flow Z13, billed as “the...
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Nvidia RTX 3090 Ti is the world’s most powerful gaming GPU
At CES 2022, Nvidia unveiled the ultra-high-end GeForce RTX 3090 Ti. The RTX 3090 Ti is Nvidia’s most powerful gaming graphics card...
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How BlackBerry, the phone everyone once wanted to own, got disconnected
The iconic BlackBerry smartphones, which the company hasn’t built since 2016, “will no longer reliably function” from January 4, according to the company’s website,...
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Govt launches Naya Pakistan Qaumi Sehat Card mobile application
The Punjab government has launched the Naya Pakistan Qaumi Sehat Card mobile application to provide information on the federal government’s ‘Sehat Sahulat...
