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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan will be among the key speakers at the 7th edition of the three-day Dubai’s ‘World Government Summit 2019’ being held in the UAE from Feb 10. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai has invited the Pakistan PM to participate in the forum where heads …

ISLAMABAD: The government will present an alternative formula to the Supreme Court for revival of taxes on mobile phone cards to bridge the revenue shortfall and meet budgetary target instead of imposing any new taxes in the next five months. “No new taxes will be imposed in the current fiscal year to achieve revenue target as prior conditions for availing …

SAN FRANCISCO: Google parent Alphabet reported quarterly earnings beating Wall Street expectations on Monday, but shares slipped, with investors apparently focused on rising costs at the technology giant. Alphabet reported a profit of $8.9 billion in the fourth quarter on revenue that was up 22 percent to $39.3 billion from the same period a year earlier. “With great opportunities ahead, …

Avi Loeb, chairman of Harvard University’s astronomy department, thinks ” Oumuamua”, an   extraterrestrial object witnessed inside our solar system in recent months is actually an alien spacecraft, according to The News York Times. According to the paper,it all started when astronomers discovered an object they called “Oumuamua”. The report said it was the first known interstellar object ever found, with …

French Guiana: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Wednesday launched its latest communication satellite GSAT-31 into the orbit. The satellite was launched by European launch services provider- Arianespace’s rocket from French Guiana in the early hours of Wednesday. Blasting off from Ariane Launch Complex at Kourou, a French territory located in northeastern coast of South America at at 2.31 …

Support each other, respect each other and be there for each other, The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) on Wednesday urged people as the World marked Safer Intent Day on February 5. “A better internet starts with you, me, her, him, they, all of us,” read a UNICEF message posted on Twitter account of the UN agency. The …

Brussels -Internet giants have more than doubled the rate at which they fight hate speech online than when they joined the European Union´s voluntary approach in 2016, EU officials said Monday. Firms like YouTube, Microsoft, Twitter, and Facebook are now assessing 89 percent of flagged content within 24 hours and removing 72 percent of content deemed illegal, the officials said. …

Google is reportedly shutting down its Google Plus Service in April 2019. Citing The Mercury News, The Hill reported that the service is being shut down on April 2 due to  security concerns. It said the closure of Google Plus comes six months after the Internet giant said it would expedite the shut down process. The Hill said it approached …

SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook said Thursday it took down hundreds of accounts from Iran that were part of a vast manipulation campaign operating in more than 20 countries. The world´s biggest social network said it removed 783 pages, groups and accounts “for engaging in coordinated inauthentic behavior tied to Iran.” The pages were part of a campaign to promote Iranian interests …

WASHINGTON: Facebook paid users, including teens, to track their smartphone activity as part of an effort to glean more data that could help the social network´s competition efforts, according to a new report that may raise fresh privacy concerns. An investigation by the online news site TechCrunch said the effort, which had been known as the Onavo Protect and later …