Technology

A diver cleaning a river found an Apple iPhone that was covered in algae. Surprisingly, the iPhone was in perfect working condition even after being submerged for around three months in the Stanislaus River in Northern California. A diver discovered an iPhone while cleaning the Stanislaus River and after drying the phone, he switched on the device after connecting it …

ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication, Dr Umar Saif, on Saturday, said that the timely decisions made by the Special Investment Facilitation Council (SIFC) are yielding remarkable results and paving the way to boost Pakistan’s IT exports to $10 billion. In a video message, the minister said, “We worked with the SIFC and the State Bank to …

Microsoft’s plan to end support for Windows 10 operating system could result in about 240 million personal computers (PCs) being disposed, potentially adding to landfill waste, Canalys Research said. The electronic waste from these PCs could weigh an estimated 480 million kilograms, equivalent to 320,000 cars. While many PCs could remain functional for years post the end of OS support, …

HONG KONG: Chinese regulators announced on Friday a wide range of rules aimed at curbing spending and rewards that encourage video games, dealing a blow to the world’s biggest games market, which returned to growth this year. The new rules, which will effectively set spending limits for online games, sparked panic among investors, wiping off nearly $80 billion in market …

Canada’s BlackBerry (BB.TO) reported a surprise quarterly profit on Wednesday, backed by a resilient demand for cybersecurity services amid rising online threats. While IT spending has dwindled over the past year, cybersecurity-related expenditure has remained stable as businesses and governments scramble to beef up their systems against hackers. Over the past few months, casino giants such as MGM Resorts International (MGM.N) and Caesars …

LONDON: A US computer scientist lost his bid on Wednesday to register patents over inventions created by his artificial intelligence system in a landmark case in Britain about whether AI can own patent rights. Stephen Thaler wanted to be granted two patents in the UK for inventions he says were devised by his “creativity machine” called DABUS. His attempt to …

Social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, was restored globally early on Thursday after outages were reported by users facing issues at the peak of the outage. Users on X, formerly known as Twitter, were unable to view posts on the social media site with a message that said “Welcome to X!”. Reports of the platform’s troubles began spiking …

APPLE said on Monday it would pause sales of its Series 9 and Ultra 2 smartwatches in the United States from this week, as it deals with a patent dispute over the technology that enables the blood oxygen feature on the devices. The move comes after an order in October from the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) that could bar …

NEW YORK: ChatGPT-maker OpenAI published on Monday its newest guidelines for gauging “catastrophic risks” from artificial intelligence in models currently being developed. The announcement comes one month after the company’s board fired CEO Sam Altman, only to hire him back a few days later when staff and investors rebelled. According to US media, board members had criticized Altman for favoring …

WASHINGTON: Nasa on Monday announced it had used a state-of-the-art laser communication system on a spaceship 31 million kilometers from Earth — to send a high-definition cat video. The 15-second meow-vie featuring an orange tabby named Taters is the first to be streamed from deep space, and demonstrates it’s possible to transmit the higher-data-rate communications needed to support complex missions …