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WASHINGTON: The chief executives of major US passenger and cargo carriers on Monday warned of an impending “catastrophic” aviation crisis in less than 36 hours, when AT&T and Verizon are set to deploy new 5G service. The airlines warned the new C-Band 5G service set to begin on Wednesday could render a significant number of widebody aircraft unusable, “could potentially …

WhatsApp is reportedly adding new features to its Android and desktop apps. The Android app will get new drawing and pencil tools in a future update while WhatsApp Desktop will receive new chat bubble colours. The desktop app will also be getting a new dark blue colour that will be only visible while using the dark theme mode. The instant …

Meta-owned instant messaging app WhatsApp is introducing a new feature to improve user security and protect accounts from unauthorized access. According to WABetaInfo, this two-step verification feature through an additional code (called PIN) which will be required when users log into WhatsApp after inserting the 6-digit registration code. The feature also allows WhatsApp users to enter their email addresses in order …

WhatsApp is one of the most popular messaging apps around the globe. The Meta-owned app offers something different from most messaging apps in that you use a phone number, meaning that anyone can contact you whenever they want, wherever you are, and you don’t need to be online to contact them. Although, you can have more than one WhatsApp accounts, …

KARACHI: Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Director-General Dr Sanaullah Abbasi on Saturday said the agency will approach the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) for blocking websites dealing in cryptocurrencies to prevent fraud and possible money laundering. He was talking to the media after holding a meeting with a team of senior officials of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) at the Cyber …

WASHINGTON: North Korean hackers stole around $400 million worth of cryptocurrency through cyberattacks on digital currency outlets last year, blockchain data platform Chainalysis said on Thursday. Pyongyang is under multiple international sanctions over its atomic bomb and ballistic missile developments but analysts say the North has also built up its cyber capabilities with an army of thousands of well-trained hackers …

KARACHI: A committee constituted by the Sindh High Court (SHC) submitted its report on Wednesday and recommended a complete ban on cryptocurrency and related activities in the country. A two-judge bench headed by Justice Mohammad Karim Khan Agha directed the committee to send its report to the ministries of finance and law to consider it at a joint meeting and …

Microsoft is working on a new update for Windows 11 that will make the new operating system (OS) run better on dated and inexpensive hardware. Windows 11 Build 22526 has currently been made available to members of the Insider early access programme with multiple enhancements and fixes, Techradar reported. It is yet not clear when the update will be rolled …

China on Friday commissioned its first nuclear-powered ‘artificial sun’. The China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) said the HL-2M Tokamak ‘artificial sun’ uses a ‘powerful magnetic field to fuse hot plasma and can reach temperatures of over 150 million degrees Celsius’, Xinhua news agency reported. The innovation is dubbed as huge advancement of China’s nuclear research capabilities. It will use hydrogen …

Preliminary findings from two South African clinical trials suggest the Omicron coronavirus variant has a much higher rate of “asymptomatic carriage” than earlier variants, which could explain why it has spread so rapidly across the globe. The studies – one of which was carried out when Omicron infections were surging in South Africa last month and another which resampled participants …