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As the Pakistan parliamentary election approaches in February 2024, TikTok has shared its efforts to combat misinformation and uphold election integrity on its platform. The platform’s latest initiatives demonstrate its unwavering commitment to maintaining a safe, authentic, and reliable information environment during this important period. Building on its robust global framework to combat misinformation, TikTok is collaborating with internationally recognized …

Yandex has struck a 475-billion-rouble ($5.21 billion) deal to sell what has been dubbed “Russia’s Google” to a group of Russian investors, marking the biggest corporate exit from the country since Moscow invaded Ukraine almost two years ago. The Kremlin-engineered deal would see Russia’s largest technology player fall entirely under Russian ownership, including a fund ultimately owned by oil major …

Apple Vision Pro could upend how people watch television at home and how they use computers at work, potentially positioning the headset to be a successor to both traditional television and the Mac. The $3,500 headset, which blends three-dimensional digital content with a view of the outside world, landed in the company’s physical U.S. stores on Friday. It enters a …

Human Mobile Devices (HMD) Global, which has been making Nokia-branded smartphones for the past seven years, will sell its line of HMD-branded devices soon. HMD Global was established in 2016 after Microsoft sold its rights to the Nokia brand for ten years. The Nokia 6 was launched as the first handset by HMD Global back in 2017. The latest move …

Apple on Thursday forecast a drop in iPhone sales and targeted overall revenue $6 billion below Wall Street expectations as its China business took a hit. This overshadowed overall fiscal first-quarter sales and profit that beat analysts’ targets, powered by iPhone growth, sending Apple shares down 3% in after-hours trade. The results confirmed some analysts’ concerns that the company’s signature …

Five people were rescued after an accident in Canada thanks to the Car Crash detection feature in an Apple Watch. Apple Computers had introduced the Car Crash detection feature in iPhone Apple Watch in 2022. A sensor in the device alerts emergency services about the mishaps. A report by the United States news agency KTLA 5 stated that a car, …

SEOUL: Samsung Electronics (005930.KS), opens new tab flagged a continued recovery in memory chips and tech demand in 2024, after reporting a 34% drop in fourth-quarter profit despite a memory price rebound as consumer demand remained weak in many businesses. The world’s biggest maker of memory chips said it expected mobile and PC makers to place more, better chips in …

WASHINGTON: Meta (META.O), opens new tab Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday apologized to families at a US Senate hearing about the impact that social media has on children. Under prodding from Republican Senator Josh Hawley, Mark Zuckerberg stood up and addressed families who held up pictures of their children who they said had been harmed by social media. As …

SAN FRANCISCO: Elon Musk said on Tuesday his Neuralink startup had installed a brain implant in its first human patient with “promising” initial results. The neurotechnology company co-founded by Musk in 2016 aims to build direct communication channels between the brain and computers. The ambition is to supercharge human capabilities, treat neurological disorders like ALS or Parkinson’s, and maybe one …

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s telecom sector generated Rs850 billion in revenues in 2022-23, marking a 17 per cent growth from the previous year and demonstrating the sector’s resilience amid challenges of inflation, high business cost, and economic slowdown, the Pakistan Telecommu­nication Authority (PTA) says in its annual report. The report says the industry holds substantial investment potential, with local industry investments of $5.7 …