Technology

LAHORE: CNN anchor and columnist Fareed Zakaria thinks that after the Covid-19 pandemic struck, the world has greatly moved to digital economy with an explosion in online shopping and viewing of movies, Amazon taking market shares each day from other companies, and book sales going up. Elaborating his point further, he said Amazon had 30 per cent of the market …

Internet sensation Dananeer Mobeen is continuing her ‘pawri’ — the unofficial substitute for the word party these days — with one million followers on Instagram. Till 10 days ago, many people were not aware of this teenage content creator from Islamabad/Peshawar. Then came the shorter than 10-second video and the pawri has continued unabated since then. We understand that expression. Dananeer has …

Nasa scientists on Friday presented striking early images from the picture-perfect landing of the Mars rover Perseverance, including a selfie of the six-wheeled vehicle dangling just above the surface of the Red Planet moments before touchdown. The color photograph, likely to become an instant classic among memorable images from the history of spaceflight, was snapped by a camera mounted on …

Facebook on Sunday deleted the main page of the Myanmar military under it standards prohibiting the incitement of violence, the company said, a day after two protesters were killed when police opened fire at a demonstration against the Feb 1 coup. “In line with our global policies, we’ve removed the Tatmadaw True News Information Team Page from Facebook for repeated …

ISLAMABAD: Three new companies are set to establish manufacturing units for mobile phones after recent relaxations in withholding tax. However, the investors will have to obtain multiple approvals as both the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) and the Ministry of Industries and Production (MoIP) are the regulatory bodies in this regard. The government recently promulgated an ordinance abolishing WHT on locally …

ISLAMABAD: The Attorney General for Pakistan has agreed to the proposal of the formation of a council to review ‘unwanted’ social media content, as currently there is no proper forum to examine social media feeds, the stakeholders claimed on Friday. AG Khalid Jawed Khan gave his consent while presiding over a meeting with the stakeholders and petitioners, who had challenged …

Tesla Inc Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk on Thursday said that owning bitcoin was only a little better than holding conventional cash, but that the slight difference made it a better asset to hold. “However, when fiat currency has negative real interest, only a fool wouldn’t look elsewhere,” Musk said in a tweet. “Bitcoin is almost as bs as fiat …

Facebook Inc’s WhatsApp said on Thursday it will go ahead with its controversial privacy policy update but will allow users to read it at “their own pace” and will also display a banner providing additional information. In January, the messaging platform informed users it was preparing a new privacy policy, under which it could share limited user data with Facebook …

WASHINGTON: The US Justice Department charged three North Korean military intelligence officials on Wednesday in a campaign of cyberattacks to steal $1.3 billion in crypto and traditional currencies from banks and other targets. The first action against Pyongyang by President Joe Biden’s administration took aim at what the department called “a global campaign of criminality” being waged by North Korea. …

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of IT and Telecom has written a letter to all federal secretaries, asking them to shift websites of their respective ministries and attached departments to the main data centre of the National Telecommunication Corporation (NTC) to protect their data and websites from possible cyber attacks. The IT ministry has also asked the government departments to shift to …