Technology

Apple Inc has cut back production of iPad tablets to allocate more components to the iPhone 13, a sign the global chip supply crunch is hitting Apple harder than previously indicated, Nikkei said on Tuesday, citing multiple sources. Production of the iPad was down half from Apple’s original plans for the past two months, the newspaper said on its website, …

Apple has cut back production of iPad tablets to allocate more components to the iPhone 13, a sign the global chip supply crunch is hitting Apple harder than previously indicated, Nikkei said on Tuesday, citing multiple sources. Production of the iPad was down half from Apple’s original plans for the past two months, the newspaper said on its website, adding …

WhatsApp has introduced several updates for its web and mobile phone versions. In a Twitter announcement, WhatsApp said that with the new updates, users will be able to add stickers and text or crop and rotate their photos from any WhatsApp screen, whether it’s a smaller or big one. In terms of sticker suggestions, users can now incorporate the perfect …

KARACHI: Although the National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) did not file any complaint over a cyberattack this past weekend, a team of the Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) cybersecurity wing visited the bank’s head office on Monday and discussed with its senior officials ways to trace the motive, origin and people behind the assault. The head of the FIA team informed the media …

The National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) assured on Sunday that customers’ financial data has not been compromised and “has remained protected, confidential and secured”, following a cyberattack on its IT infrastructure on night of Oct 29. In a tweet on Friday, the State Bank of Pakistan had said that the NBP had “reported a cyber security related incident which is being investigated.” …

Indonesia has approved the Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 6-11, its food and drug agency said on Monday, following the US Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the Pfizer vaccine for younger kids. Until Monday, Indonesia had cleared the Chinese-made Sinovac vaccine only for people aged 12 and above, of which it has the most amount in its arsenal …

Lahore-based startup Zarya — a business-to-business social commerce platform — has raised $1.7 million in pre-seed funding, the company announced on Monday. The pre-seed round was led by Raed Ventures and participants included Fatima Gobi Ventures, US-based Class 5 Global, Global Founders Capital, and Egyptian social commerce startup Taager, it said in a press release. According to the press release, …

KARACHI: A cyberattack on the National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) has been detected that has disrupted its services which are likely to be restored by Monday, said a statement issued by the bank on Saturday. “In the late hours of the 29th and early morning of the 30th October, a cyberattack on the NBP’s servers was detected which impacted some …

Apple lost its crown as the world’s most valuable public company to Microsoft on Friday, as the iPhone maker’s shares continued their downward slide. Apple took a $6 billion hit to its sales during the fiscal fourth quarter due to a nagging global supply chain problem, leading to a miss on Wall Street expectations. Top boss Tim Cook said the …

Facebook-owned application WhatsApp has unveiled its plans to include Novi Payments, a no-fee digital wallet that lets users to send and receive money safely and instantly, in the app. The company has started a small pilot test of the integration of the Novi wallet in the instant messaging app, according to a WABetainfo report. The digital wallet will let users add their …