Technology

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Science and Technology will meet on Tuesday to discuss amendments to a bill titled National Institute of Oceanography, 2019. The National Institute of Oceanography has faced continuous challenges to stop sea intrusion and erosion caused not just by rising sea levels, but also the phenomenon of sediment starvation — a situation when rivers …

PARIS: France’s competition watchdog fined Google €150 million ($167m) on Friday for abusing its power over the treatment of advertisers, saying it applied opaque rules and changed them at will. With a market share of around 90 per cent in the online search business, Google has a responsibility to offer a fair access to Google Ads, the regulator added. “One …

KARACHI: In light of fresh claims of Pakistani officials being targeted with a hacking software involving an Israeli spyware company, the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has sought details of the compromised users from the social media company. In a report published on Thursday, The Guardian claimed that the mobile phones of at least two dozen Pakistani government officials were allegedly targeted earlier this …

ISLAMABAD: Internet users across the country had to experience slow browsing and service degradation for several hours due to a technical fault in the international submarine cable that occurred near Doha on Sunday. According to a statement issued by the Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL), the internet services were impacted by a technical fault in the AAE-1 cable due to …

SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook on Friday alerted employees that hard drives rich with information about those on the social network´s payroll were stolen from a car last month. “We have seen no evidence of abuse and believe this was a smash and grab crime rather than an attempt to steal employee information,” Facebook said in response to an AFP inquiry. “This …

Undoubtedly, the iPhone is known as more protected and a better choice of smartphone regarding security perspective, even many  professionals and security researchers use it as their first choice. But it doesn’t mean that users are immune from malware attacks. As per reports, an iPhone specific malware, Krampus-3PC, seeks out victims’ device and session cookie information, in some cases redirects …

THE fast pace of digitalisation of economies is having a profound impact on the lives of people, governments and markets. As more and more people adapt to the digital economy, policymakers need to think swiftly and carefully about devising policies that will maximise the benefits of the digital revolution while mitigating the risks of job dislocation. Digital progress is the …

Norwegian telecom operator Telenor said on Friday it had picked Sweden’s Ericsson to build the country’s 5G network, dropping Chinese behemoth Huawei which had provided equipment for its current 4G network. The decision came after a warning from Norway’s intelligence services that Huawei was too close to the Chinese government, echoing calls by the United States for its allies to …

Google released on Wednesday a list of the most popular trends in Pakistan during 2019. The search engine singled out search terms that had the highest rate of interest by internet users across the country. This year — like last year — cricket continued to reign supreme in the list. In fact, the top 10 searches were only cricket-related. It was, afterall, a Cricket World Cup …

VANCOUVER: The world’s first fully electric commercial aircraft took its inaugural test flight on Tuesday, taking off from the Canadian city of Vancouver and offering hope that airlines may one day end their polluting emissions. “This proves that commercial aviation in all-electric form can work,” said Roei Ganzarski, chief executive of Seattle-based engineering firm magniX. The company designed the plane’s …