Technology

Special Assistant to KP CM on Information Technology (IT) Kamran Bangash has said that Information Technology can play a vital role in stabilizing the economy PESHAWAR, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – APP –  ) :Special Assistant to KP CM on Information Technology (IT) Kamran Bangash has said that Information Technology can play a vital role in stabilizing the economy.He was addressing a focused group …

Popular Russia-based application FaceApp, which allows users to change their appearance to look older or younger, came under fire in the United States Wednesday, with one senator urging an FBI investigation. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer called for the FBI and the FTC, the US consumer protection body, to “look into the national security & privacy risks” connected to FaceApp, …

Instagram started hiding “likes” on its platform in Australia, Brazil and several other major markets Thursday, saying it wanted to ease pressure on users, following criticism about its impacts on mental health. The Facebook-owned social media giant´s trial changes mean users in the six countries will no longer be able to see the number of likes other people´s posts receive. …

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister of Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry has announced the holding of an international Sci-Tech Conference in Islamabad on October 17 saying Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai, Tesla owner Elon Musk, principal founder of Microsoft Corporation Bill Gates and Facebook owner Mark Zuckerberg will be invited to the conference, the first of its kind in the country. The minister …

Training doctors are allegedly looking after emergency cases at the Poly Clinic, sources said on Tuesday Islamabad (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News / Online -) Training doctors are allegedly looking after emergency cases at the Poly Clinic, sources said on Tuesday.Most of the post-graduate doctors remained disappeared from their seats, leaving the burden on trainee doctors and patients wait for hours …

India presumably had to call off the much-anticipated launch of its Chandrayaan-2 lunar mission due to a leak in the helium tank of the GSLV Mk-III rocket’s cryogenic engine, media reported on Tuesday, citing several informed sources NEW DELHI (UrduPoint News / Sputnik ) India presumably had to call off the much-anticipated launch of its Chandrayaan-2 lunar mission due to a …

Friendly competition between India and China in space may generate technological advances and ultimately push spacefaring nations to join forces in new endeavors, as has been the case with Washington and Moscow, Rod Pyle, a space author and historian who has worked with NASA, told Sputnik WASHINGTON (UrduPoint News / Sputnik -) Friendly competition between India and China in space may generate technological advances and …

France’s telecoms regulator on Monday officially launched the process to allocate to operators frequencies for next-generation 5G mobile telephone networks Paris, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – APP –  ):France’s telecoms regulator on Monday officially launched the process to allocate to operators frequencies for next-generation 5G mobile telephone networks. Regulator Arcep said it will, in a mixed tender process, offer …

SAN FRANCISCO: Futurist entrepreneur Elon Musk late Tuesday revealed his secretive Neuralink startup is making progress on an interface linking brains with computers, and said they hope to begin testing on people next year. Musk has long contended that a neural lace meshing minds with machines is vital if people are going to avoid being so outpaced by artificial intelligence …

WASHINGTON: Sue Finley began work at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory as the US prepared to launch its first satellite into orbit in 1958, racing to match the Soviet Union, which had accomplished the feat months earlier. Now 82, she is one of NASA’s longest-serving women, starting out as one of its “human computers,” whose critical yet long-hidden contributions to the …