Technology

KARACHI: The global pandemic has not only affected regular jobs across the world but has also hit freelance work, as most Pakistani freelancers believe that the demand for work has decreased significantly amid Covid-19. The opinion of these 64 per cent Pakistani freelancers that came up during a recent survey also suggests that businesses and companies have cut freelancing costs …

PARIS: France´s privacy watchdog gave the green light Tuesday to a government-backed cellphone app that will alert users if they have been in contact with an infected person. Use of the app called StopCovid will be voluntary, and will keep track of users who had been in close proximity of one another over a two-week period. If any become infected, …

BEIJING: China is targeting a July launch for its ambitious plans for a Mars mission which will include landing a remote-controlled robot on the surface of the red planet, the company in charge of the project has said. Beijing has invested billions of dollars in its space programme in an effort to catch up with its rival the United States and …

PUBG Corp, the company behind the popular Battle Royale game PUBG Mobile has updated the Miramar map with new locations, features and more. As part of the new update, the company noted that players should not attack the vending machines on the Miramar map. For some context, the vending machines are the latest addition on the Miramar map. As part …

Samsung Group heir Jay Y Lee was questioned on Tuesday by prosecutors about a controversial 2015 merger and alleged accounting fraud that they said may have helped him advance his succession-planning agenda at the country’s top conglomerate. The questioning brings fresh legal trouble for Lee who is already facing court trial over a charge of bribery aimed at winning support …

It all started with the dream of growing a rose on Mars. That vision, Elon Musk’s vision, morphed into a shake-up of the old space industry, and a fleet of new private rockets. Now, those rockets will launch Nasa astronauts from Florida to the International Space Station — the first time a for-profit company will carry astronauts into the cosmos. …

UNITED NATIONS: The UN disarmament chief warned on Friday that cybercrime is on the rise, with a 600 per cent increase in malicious emails during the Covid-19 pandemic. Izumi Nakamitsu told an informal meeting of the UN Security Council that the coronavirus crisis is moving the world towards increased technological innovation and online collaboration. But she said there have also …

WASHINGTON: The fortunes of US billionaires rose 15 per cent in the two months since the coronavirus pandemic hit, a study found, with Amazon boss Jeff Bezos and Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg seeing massive gains. The more than 600 billionaires in the United States became even richer as tech stocks rose during virus lockdowns, an analysis of data by two …

Euro 2020 may have been swept from the calendar due to coronavirus, but UEFA’s video-game eTournament version kicks off on Saturday regardless. Instead of Kylian Mbappe, Harry Kane or Cristiano Ronaldo racing around the pitch, gamers will slug it out, contesting the first ever eEuro from their armchairs. “The weight of the whole thing is on our shoulders,” said 21-year-old …

video being shared widely on social media shows a man who presents himself as a telecoms engineer allegedly revealing equipment labelled COV-19 that is due to be installed into a 5G tower. This video contains false information. The footage emerged earlier this week and has been shared on multiple social networks, garnering thousands of views. It shows a man wearing a hard …