Technology

LISBON: From mental health apps to a helmet that can shock a patient s brain remotely, startups at this year’s Web Summit are betting on a major shift towards “tele-medicine” as the world emerges from the pandemic. Using technology to treat patients virtually was a major theme at one of the world s largest tech conferences, which returned to Lisbon this …

Just like its predecessors including Start10 and Start8, Stardock is releasing the Start11 1.0 utility to let you customise Windows 10 Start Menu looking like Windows 11. Stardock had originally designed Start8 to let the users bring back the old Window 7 Start Menu to fix the mess that was Windows 8. The new utility will allow the users to …

Pfizer and Merck have developed experimental antiviral pills that have shown promising efficacy in trials of adults with COVID-19 who are at high risk of serious illness. Both drugs also are being studied to see if they can prevent infection in people exposed to the virus. Here is an explanation of the differences in the two pills. Which of the …

Dubai Municipality today said that 45% of the Dubai Waste Treatment Centre in Warsan, the world’s largest waste-to-energy project, has been completed. The first phase of the landmark renewable energy project will be completed by 2023 while the entire project is expected to be finished by 2024. Undertaken under the directives of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President …

Windows 11 has promised new features and one of the features is native Android emulation that will enable the users to run apps without installing a third-party app. While this feature didn’t ship in the release build, it’s now in beta via the Windows Insider Program. The feature will use Amazon App Store for the Android apps, embedded inside the …

LAHORE: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Cyber Crime Circle has busted a gang using maidservants for blackmailing the citizens through immoral videos. The FIA spokesperson said in a statement that the gang members comprising of maidservants were arrested who used to blackmail citizens after filming immoral videos. The female members used to film obscene videos with the house owners and …

A trial of Pfizer’s experimental antiviral pill for COVID-19 was stopped early after the drug was shown to cut by 89% the chances of hospitalization or death for adults at risk of developing severe disease, the company said on Friday. The results appear to surpass those seen with Merck’s pill, molnupiravir, which was shown last month to halve the likelihood …

LISBON: When Facebook unveiled a mock-up last week of the “metaverse” — supposedly the internet of the future — it showed people transported to a psychedelic world of flying fish and friendly robots. But while even Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg acknowledges these kinds of experiences could be many years away, some enthusiasts argue that a more modest version of the …

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has agreed to establish a mechanism with TikTok to ensure that all content uploaded on the platform is lawful and safe for society. The Chinese video-sharing platform was banned in the country, on the directives of courts, for uploading objectionable content which is not acceptable in Pakistani society. To discuss the matter, TikTok Head of …

United States authorities on Wednesday put the Israeli maker of the Pegasus spyware which was at the centre of a scandal over surveillance of journalists and officials on a blacklist of restricted companies. The company, NSO, was engulfed in controversy over reports that tens of thousands of human rights activists, journalists, politicians and business executives worldwide were listed as potential targets of …