LONDON: A 12-year-old boy named Benyamin Ahmed has earned around £290,000 by selling the digital whale emojis as Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs). Benyamin Ahmed, 12, crafted a collection of pixelated artwork called Weird Whales and earned around £290,000. According to reports, the boy started coding when he was five years old after being encouraged by his father Imran, who is a …

Apple is going to launch the much-touted iPhone 13 series soon and there are rumours it would be a lot more pricey than previously expected as US technological company might sell the smartphone at a higher price to prepare itself for the upcoming chip shortage. According to a report by Digitimes, TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company), one of the leading …

Clubhouse, an audio-only chat app, said on Sunday it will launch a spatial audio feature to make voices sound as if they’re coming from different directions, helping conversations and virtual performances feel more life-like. The app, which is backed by venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, jumpstarted the social audio trend last year and became known for chatrooms of thousands that …

LAUSANNE: Jacques Rogge, who spent 12 years as president of the International Olympic Committee, has died at the age of 79, the organisation announced on Sunday without giving details. Rogge’s health had visibly declined when he attended Olympic events since his presidency ended in 2013. “It is with great sadness that the International Olympic Committee announces the passing of former …

TOKYO: Afghanistan’s athletes were in tears when they finally arrived at the Tokyo Paralympics, officials said, as Britain’s wheelchair rugby team won one of 63 golds up for grabs on Super Sunday. Afghanistan’s Zakia Khudadadi and Hossain Rasouli were evacuated to France last weekend from the Taliban-controlled country in a “major global operation”, the International Paralympic Committee said. “The meeting …

SILVERSTONE: Yamaha’s Fabio Quartararo stormed to victory at the British Grand Prix at Silverstone on Sunday to claim his fifth win of the season and extend his lead at the top of the MotoGP world championship standings. The French rider, who started from third on the grid, took the lead on lap five and opened up a three-second gap on …

LONDON: Son Heung-min sent Tottenham Hotspur to the top of the Premier League as the South Korean’s free-kick clinched a 1-0 win against Watford, while Mason Greenwood’s late strike fired Manchester United to a record-breaking 1-0 victory at Wolverhampton Wanderers on Sunday. Nuno Espirito Santo’s Spurs have made a flawless start to the new domestic season and they sit two …

One of the five oldest districts established in Punjab in 1849, Jhang is spread across an area of 8,809 square kilometres. Historians say it had been populated around 2000 BC when it was known as Jhagi Sial. The district is known for the shrine of the noted saint and Sufi poet Hazrat Sultan Bahu, while it also figures in the …

Banks’ lending to small and medium enterprises constitute only 8.7 per cent of their total lending to private sector businesses, data till the end of June 2021 of the State Bank of Pakistan reveals. This betrays all the tall claims that successive governments and the central bank have been making for well over a decade about their ‘innovative efforts’ to …

In Balochistan, trade has dwindled to nothing following the closure of border points with Afghanistan, particularly in Chaman, where the Taliban have taken control of Spin Boldak, the neighbouring Afghan trading town point with Chaman. There was increasing uncertainty, and the traders faced losses as their trucks continued to pile up in Chaman and Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan. …