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ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for IT and Telecom Syed Aminul Haque launched the pilot of Pakistan’s first ever communication application ‘Beep Pakistan’ on Monday. The app would be accessible to general public after a year. The Beep Pakistan application is a local version of global voice, text and video sharing platform Whatsapp and it has been developed by National Information Technology …

BAGHDAD: Iraq’s telecoms ministry said it has blocked the Telegram messaging app over national security concerns and in order to preserve the integrity of users’ personal data, which it said the app had mishandled. The app is widely used in Iraq for messaging but also as a source of news and for sharing content. Some channels contain large amounts of …

Elon Musk said in a social media post that his proposed cage fight with Meta (META.O) CEO Mark Zuckerberg would be live-streamed on social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter. The two tech billionaires seemingly agreed to a “cage match” face-off in late June. Zuckerberg is actually trained in mixed martial arts, and the CEO of Facebook’s parent company …

NEW DELHI: India’s latest space mission – Chandrayaan-3 – entered the Moon’s orbit on Saturday ahead of the country’s second attempted lunar landing, as its cut-price space programme seeks to reach new heights. The world’s most populous nation has a comparatively low-budget aerospace programme that is rapidly closing in on the milestones set by global space powers. Only Russia, the …

Elon Musk has said his X social media platform will pay the legal bills and sue on the behalf of people who have been treated unfairly by employers because of posting or liking something on the site formerly known as Twitter. “If you were unfairly treated by your employer due to posting or liking something on this platform, we will …

X (erstwhile Twitter) has improved ‘live videos’ feature. Testing the feature, Elon Musk said “live videos now works reasonably well.” In the short, 53-second clip, Musk can be seen laughing, having a good time with what we can presume is part of the development team at X. “Live videos now works reasonably well. Just tap the button that looks like …

Users on the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, will now be allowed to hide their once-prized blue check marks, the company says. A coveted status symbol at Twitter before Elon Musk bought the company, the blue checks have been mocked by some as a sign that the user is willing to pay for special treatment. “As a …

NEW DELHI: India on Thursday said it will impose a licensing requirement for imports of laptops, tablets and personal computers with immediate effect, a move that could hit hard the likes of Apple, Dell and Samsung and force them to boost local manufacturing. Current regulations in India allow companies to import laptops freely, but the new rule mandates a special …

KARACHI: YouTube introduced its premium and music services to users in Pakistan on Wednesday, allowing them to watch videos uninterrupted by ads, while using other apps or when the screen is locked; download videos for offline play; and listen to music without interruptions. “YouTube Premium offers the ultimate viewing experience on YouTube,” the video-sharing service said in a statement. The …

An obscure cloud service company has been providing state-sponsored hackers with internet services to spy on and extort their victims, a cybersecurity firm said in a report published on Tuesday. Researchers at Texas-based Halcyon said a company called Cloudzy had been leasing server space and reselling it to no fewer than 17 different state-sponsored hacking groups, purportedly, from Pakistan, China, Russia, Iran, …