Technology

ISLAMABAD: PTCL Group president and chief executive Hatem Bamatraf on Monday said that Ufone was not interested to participate in the upcoming spectrum auction but demanded the government not to ease the conditions. “We have no plans to participate in the new spectrum auction but the terms and conditions should be the same as they were during the last auction,” …

PARIS: A team of astrophysicists known for debunking previous supposed black holes announced a discovery of their own on Monday: the first “dormant” stellar-mass black hole spotted orbiting a star in a nearby galaxy. While these black holes are thought to be common throughout the universe, they have proved difficult to find, and they have themselves rejected several possible candidates …

Twitter Inc on Monday accused Elon Musk of trying to “slow walk” the company’s lawsuit to hold him to his $44 billion takeover and urged a September trial to ensure deal financing remains in place, according to a court filing. “Millions of Twitter shares trade daily under a cloud of Musk-created doubt,” the company wrote. “No public company of this size and …

ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet has constituted a 15-member auction advisory committee to oversee spectrum auctions for next-generation mobile services (NGMS). The committee — led by Finance Minister Miftah Ismail and comprising four other federal ministers, three federal secretaries and representatives from other telecom stakeholders, including the General Headquarters (GHQ) and Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) — was constituted by the federal cabinet …

Leaks claim that the latest iPhone 14 Pro models will be released with multiple exclusive updates and higher updates. The 14 standard models would also get a pay rise despite having no upgrades from the predecessors.  Head of the analyst group Wedbush Securities, Dav Ives, speaking to the Sun, said that the price hike is a result of supply chain …

NASA and Russia’s space agency Roscosmos have signed a long-sought agreement to integrate flights to the International Space Station, allowing Russian cosmonauts to fly on U.S.-made spacecraft in exchange for American astronauts being able to ride on Russia’s Soyuz, the agencies said Friday. “The agreement is in the interests of Russia and the United States and will promote the development …

ISLAMABAD: There is a need to encourage local IT companies to participate in the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects for eventual entry into the Chinese market, the Advisory Council on Information Technology (IT) and Digital Economy said on Thursday. At the first meeting of the advisory council, it was stressed that there must be consistency in government policies to be …

In honour of World Emoji Day, Meta has released the top trending emojis that Pakistanis have been using to communicate what words can’t — sometimes emotions are captured better through little cartoon figures. They have also announced an exciting update and clarified what some of the most used emojis mean. Trends show emojis are quickly becoming the universal visual language …

After Swvl and VavaCars, Airlift — a bus service that later pivoted to the last-mile delivery segment — has announced the permanent closure of its operations in Pakistan, shaking the already wobbly start-up market of the country. In a statement issued on Wednesday, the firm pegged global recession and the recent downturn in capital markets as the key reasons for the shutdown, …

KARACHI: Bahrain-based Rain Financial, a trading platform for cryptocurrencies, is persuading local regulators to issue a legal framework for the formalisation of crypto trading in Pakistan. Speaking to Dawn in a recent interview, Rain Financial Country General Manager Zeeshan Ahmed said the trading in crypto assets — digital currencies in which transactions are verified and recorded by a decentralised system — currently …