Technology

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 …

What does The Pirate Bay have in common with Apple, Amazon, Netflix, Disney, HBO, and Hulu? It’s going to launch a streaming service. The Pirate Bay is launching “BayStream”, a media streaming platform where people can upload files. As the name implies, this is going to be a new streaming service where people will be able to enjoy movies and …

CAPE CANAVERAL: SpaceX made an early holiday delivery to the International Space Station on Sunday, bringing muscle-bound mighty mice, pest-killing worms and a smart, empathetic robot. The station commander, Italy’s Luca Parmitano, used a large robot arm to grab onto the Dragon three days after its launch from Cape Canaveral. The two spacecraft soared 420 kilometres above the South Pacific …

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Friday launched Foreign Office’s new website — ‘VisionFO’ — as part of a project for digitisation and enhanced e-governance. After launching the new website at a ceremony that was attended by foreign diplomats, digitisation experts and foreign ministry officials, the foreign minister said that the project would take the FO into 21st century …

San Francisco: Instagram said Wednesday it would require new users to verify they are at least 13 when they join the visually focused, Facebook-owned social network. The move aims to help Instagram comply with a US law and its own policies that require any user to be at least 13. “Asking for this information will help prevent underage people from …

SHENZHEN: Chinese telecoms giant Huawei said on Thursday it has petitioned a US court to overturn a ban that prevents carriers in rural America from tapping an $8.5-billion federal fund to purchase the company´s equipment. Huawei´s petition said the ban — imposed last month against the company and its Chinese rival ZTE on national security grounds — failed to substantiate …