ISLAMABAD: On Tuesday, the National Assembly Standing Committee on Information Technology and Telecommunication voiced grave concerns about the nation's inadequate internet services, pointing out that major cities like Karachi as well as remote area ...
A Senate subcommittee questions the NCCIA about the slow processing of cybercrime accusations.
ISLAMABAD: The National Cybercrime Investigation Agency's (NCCIA) complaint processing delays and technical problems with its online complaint portal have alarmed the Senate Functional Committee on Human Rights. The body, presided over by Senator ...
Kunal Shah, the head of an India firm, has been named the next CEO of Whatsapp.
As the US internet giant looks for ways to monetize the messaging app's enormous user base, Meta has appointed Indian finance founder Kunal Shah as the new head of WhatsApp. Alongside the announcement on Monday night, it was revealed that Meta wo ...
Under-16s are prohibited from using social media in Malaysia.
In an effort to prevent minors from being exposed to dangerous content online, Malaysia's communications regulator announced on Monday that the country has started prohibiting anyone under the age of sixteen from creating accounts on social media pl ...
From May 11-18, PTCL customers may experience internet disruptions in the evenings.
Customers may experience internet outages between May 11 and May 18 as a result of maintenance work on a submarine cable, Pakistan Telecommunicatio Company Ltd (PTCL) announced on Sunday. "A maintenance activity is planned on one of our submarine ...
The CEO of Anthropic pays the White House a “productive” visit.
In contrast to the recent conflic between the US government and the AI startup, Anthropic CEO Dairo Amodei visited US authorities at the White House on Friday. Amodei met with US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and President Donald Trump's chief ...
The “pay-to-humanize” fraud is driven by dubious AI detectors.
When you feed some text detectors a literary masterpiece or an Iranian news report, they always come back with the same conclusion: AI-generated. Then comes the pitch: pay to "humanize" the writing, a tactic that experts claim has all the makings of ...
In a social media addiction trial, a US jury found Meta and Google accountable.
In a historic case involving social media addiction, a Los Angeles jury found Alphabet's Google and Meta responsible for $3 million in damages on Wednesday. The decision may have an impact on thousands of similar lawsuits that parents, attorneys ...
Anthropic promises to challenge the Pentagon in court.
WASHINGTON: According to Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, the company has "no choice" but to contest the Pentagon's official classification of the AI company as a threat to US national security in court. However, the CEO emphasized in a blog post on T ...
By 2030, Pakistan will invest $1 billion in AI, the prime minister said.
On Monday, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif declared that the government would spend $1 billion on AI by 2030. The dates of the Indus AI Week 2026 are February 9–15 (Sunday). "Pakistan's official national platform for artificial intelligence — where ...









