MONZA: Championship leader Max Verstappen and defending champion Lewis Hamilton crashed out of the Italian Grand Prix, which was won by McLaren’s Daniel Ricciardo on Sunday. It was McLaren’s first win in nearly nine years, since Jenson Button took the chequered flag in Brazil in 2012. It was also Ricciardo’s first win since Monaco in 2018. He finished 1.747 seconds …

ISLAMABAD: Islamabad has become Pakistan’s first city to have at least 50 per cent of its eligible population fully vaccinated against Covid-19, said National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) head Asad Umar on Sunday. “Islamabad has become the first city in Pakistan to have at least 50% of its eligible population (15 years & older) fully vaccinated,” the planning and …

iCloud has its limits when it comes to backing up the device which can lead to the dreaded “not enough iCloud storage” pop up. But using some hacks, you can back up your iPhone to iCloud, iTunes and with MacOS. You can double-check all this by going to Settings, then to Passwords & Accounts, which has a list of your …

“Fortnite” game maker Epic Games on Sunday said in a legal filing that it plans to appeal a ruling in its antitrust case against Apple after a federal judge on Friday handed down a mixed decision. The judge on Friday said Apple would have to loosen some rules on developers. But the ruling favored Apple on many counts, including allowing …

Spurred by falling solar photovoltaic (PV) prices and escalating grid tariffs, solar installations, especially those on rooftops, have seen rapid growth in Pakistan. These solar investments, both residential and commercial, are also supported by a decent net metering regime that lets consumers sell excess solar generation during daytime back to the grid. However, despite having a renewables refinance facility from …

“The first thing a refugee asks for upon arrival at a camp is not water or food but the wi-fi password.” This is what Kann Terzioglou, the CEO of Turkish mobile phone operator Turkcell said at the World Economic Forum in Davos, adding that a smartphone has become a basic humanitarian need because it allows displaced people to connect with …

ISLAMABAD: One of the country’s intelligence agencies has raised questions over the Pakistan Oil Refining Policy 2021 being taken up by the Cabinet Committee on Energy for approval on Monday (today). The committee, headed by Planning and Development Minister Asad Umar, will also consider cheaper electricity rates for domestic and commercial consumers for winter space heating, retention of some old …

Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) on Monday ran its first commercial flight to Kabul, Afghanistan, since the Taliban took over the country last month, a spokesman for the airline said. The Boeing 777 with the flight number PK 6429 departed from Islamabad, Pakistan, as a commercial flight chartered by the World Bank, carrying officials from the bank and journalists, airline spokesman …

TEHRAN: Iran and the UN atomic agency on Sunday announced the IAEA would keep up surveillance of Tehran’s nuclear activities, soothing a sore point in talks to resuscitate a 2015 deal to curb its programme. With negotiations in Vienna between Iran and world powers deadlocked, the steps hashed out with International Atomic Energy Agency chief Rafael Grossi on a visit …

Political parties, student unions and members of civil society continued to express solidarity with protesting journalists outside Parliament House in Islamabad on Monday, joining them in raising their voice against the proposed Pakistan Media Development Authority (PMDA) bill. The protesting journalists had marched on Sunday from the National Press Club and reached outside the Parliament House. They have been staging …