Technology

To help with ventilator shortages in the United States (US), a 12-year-old boy has used his brick-building skills to make some out of LEGO parts. A 12-year-old Anthony Hartman from Illinois said shortages of medical supplies during the COVID-19 pandemic inspired him to design his own ventilator using Lego pieces. Hartman, a Winnetka seventh-grader, said he heard about projects to …

Saudi Arabia has warned against the deliberate sharing of personal data with others via official applications such as Tawkalna and Umrah, it said on its Twitter account. “Sharing data with others may lead to impersonation, identity theft, or abuse of any service delivered by official applications, such as Tawkalna and Umrah,” the Saudi Prosecution said in a statement It added …

“WE don’t even have Amazon or PayPal” is usually how a majority of the discussions on the state of Pakistan’s technology sector start. Either that, or the regulator banning one app or the other. So naturally, when Commerce Adviser Abdul Razak Dawood tweeted that Pakistan will soon be added to Amazon’s list of seller countries, there was jubilation all around. Until recently, …

India has authorised trials of super-fast 5G wireless technology, giving access to international companies with the notable absence of Chinese equipment makers Huawei and ZTE amid lingering tensions between the Asian powerhouses. South Korean technology giant Samsung, Finland’s Nokia and Ericsson of Sweden and the Indian government’s own C-DOT research and development centre will help four Indian telecom service providers …

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday hinted at initiation of contempt of court proceedings against the secretary of the Ministry of Defence for delaying a summary related to internet access in tribal districts. IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah was hearing the petition filed against internet service ‘black-out’ in the tribal areas. The counsel for the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority …

BEIJING: Debris from a Chinese rocket that sent part of a planned space station into orbit last week is likely to fall in international waters, China’s Global Times reported on Wednesday, amid concerns it could cause damage on re-entry to Earth. The Long March 5B blasted off from Hainan island on April 29 carrying the Tianhe module, which contains what will become …

The S&P Dow Jones Indices launched new cryptocurrency indexes, it said on Tuesday, further mainstreaming digital currencies including bitcoin and ethereum by bringing them to the trading floors of Wall Street. The new indexes, S&P Bitcoin Index, S&P Ethereum Index and S&P Crypto Mega Cap Index, will measure the performance of digital assets tied to them. The list will expand …

The ancient Roman Colosseum is once again going to have a floor thanks to a new, hi-tech project announced by the culture ministry on Sunday. “It is an extraordinary project,” said Culture Minister Dario Franceschini, detailing the plans to create a flexible floor to give tourists a clearer idea of how the arena would have looked when gladiators fought to …

ISLAMABAD: The country’s freelancers have received more than Rs4 billion since January 2020 using a tech-based solution amid the Covid-19 pandemic, said Ghazanfar Azzam, president and CEO, Mobilink Microfinance Bank, on Monday. Sharing details at a media talk, he said, “Freelance work by IT professionals increased under the circumstances but they were facing the issue of remittances of very small …

The chief executive of “Fortnite” creator Epic Games testified on Monday that he knew he was breaking Apple’s App Store rules by putting Epic’s own in-app payment system into the game last year but wanted to highlight Apple’s sway over the world’s iPhone users, which now total 1 billion. “I wanted the world to see that Apple exercises total control …