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WHILE Pakistan’s economy is bleeding red, mainly due to Covid-19, this is the best better moment to make it green through agriculture. However, this may not happen via ‘business as usual’ but rather by making agriculture the ‘usual business’. Despite being one of the largest agriculture producing countries, there is a visible absence of value addition in food items. For …

KARACHI: It is important how to think critically and rationally at a time when we are bombarded with nonsense, fake science, propaganda, lies and conspiracies. This was the point eloquently made by eminent scholar Dr Reza Aslan at a webinar on ‘Preserving Legacies and Protecting Futures’ organised by Habib University on Friday evening. Dr Aslan, who was one of the …

SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook said on Friday it had acquired the animated graphics startup GIPHY and would integrate the company in its Instagram visual social network. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the news site Axios said the California-based tech giant was paying $400 million. GIPHY is a platform and search engine for “stickers” and other products using the …

PESHAWAR: Freshly-qualified veterinarians have launched an online veterinary service in the city which has proved to be a blessing for pet owners amid the coronavirus lockdown. DIGIVETPK Mobile Veterinary Service in Peshawar provides free online consultation about pet feeding, treatment guide for mild illness and home service on nominal charges in case of examination of the pet. The DIGIVETPK consists …

TOKYO: Thousands of years ago, a group of people took a walk in what is now Tanzania. The footprints they left behind are now offering insights into ancient human life. The group of more than 400 footprints was made sometime between 5,000 and 19,000 years ago at a site called Engare Sero, south of Tanzania’s Lake Natron. It’s the largest …

KARACHI: Hysab Kytab, a mobile app aimed to help people stay within budget and spend and live better by managing their finances better, organised a webinar on the topic of Covid-19 and its impact on consumer spending behaviour on Thursday. The world has changed a lot. From a 66 per cent decline in the amount spent on eating out, to …

HONG KONG: Facebook has apologised for its role in the deadly communal unrest that shook Sri Lanka two years ago after an investigation found that hate speech and rumours spread on the platform may have led to violence against Muslims. The riots in early 2018 erupted as anti-Muslim anger was whipped up on social media, forcing the Sri Lankan government …

KARACHI: Of the 15,826 content restrictions made by Facebook globally during July-December 2019, Russia, Pakistan and Mexico accounted for almost half of global content restrictions, according to the platform’s transparency report released on Tuesday. Facebook restricted 2,300 items within Pakistan (the second highest after Russia with 2,900 pieces removed) during the second half of 2019. In the first half, Pakistan …

To enter many offices, restaurants, parks or malls in China nowadays, people must show their status on an app that determines whether they are a coronavirus threat. There is often a moment of tension before opening the app on arriving at a location. A green light lets you in anywhere. A yellow light could send you into home confinement. The …

Facebook has agreed to a $52 million court settlement to compensate content moderators who suffered mental trauma from the graphic and violent images they were required to review, plaintiff lawyers said on Tuesday. The agreement submitted to a California state court will include payments to more than 10,000 current and former content moderators who worked for firms contracted by Facebook. …