MUZAFFARABAD: On Wednesday, the nation's first Women's Software Technology Park was opened at Fatima Jinnah Women's Postgraduate College in downtown Muzaffarabad by the Special Communications Organization (SCO), a public-sector telecom provider in A ...
Further postponement of the PTCL-Telenor merger
ISLAMABAD: The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) expressed grave concerns about PTCL's financial sources, corporate ethics, and lack of openness in important documents, which caused additional delays in the planned merger of Telenor Pakistan ...
In July, IT exports reached a record $354 million.
KARACHI: In July, the value of Pakistan's IT exports hit a record high of $354 million, representing a 24% YoY and a 5% MoM increase. This amount shows the sector's growth as it exceeds the 12-month average of $317 million. Topline Securities' ...
Musk’s xAI claims antitrust violations in a lawsuit against Apple and OpenAI.
On Monday, Elon Musk's businesses xAI and X launched a broad US antitrust suit against Apple and OpenAI, claiming the tech behemoths conspired unlawfully to suppress competition in the smartphone and artificial intelligence sectors. Apple and Ope ...
AI app from the FIA to stop people smuggling
ISLAMABAD: To prevent human smuggling and streamline the immigration procedure, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has created an artificial intelligence-based application. Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi presided over a high-level meeting at ...
A city in Japan suggests limiting smartphone use to two hours per day.
In a proposed rule with no fines, a Japanese city will encourage all smartphone users to keep their screen time to no more than two hours each day outside of work or school. The draft legislation states that there would be no consequences for inc ...
AI recruiting is frozen by Meta, which refers to it as “basic organizational planning”.
After recruiting over 50 researchers and engineers, Meta Platforms has halted hiring in its artificial intelligence branch, according to a Wall Street Journal story published on Wednesday. The action was taken in response to growing worries throu ...
Companies are required to adhere to data protection standards in order to secure citizens’ private information.
Citing an increasingly insecure cyberspace environment, the National Cyber Emergency Services Response Team (PKCERT) released data protection rules for organizations handling citizens' personal information on Wednesday. Protecting Pakistan's digi ...
Pakistan’s spacecraft enters orbit and starts functioning
LAHORE: On Saturday, officials at the Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (Su--parco) said that Pakistan's latest remote sensing satellite had successfully returned to orbit and started operations. On July 31, the satellite was launche ...
After a flawless splashdown, four astronauts return home from the space station.
After spending almost five months on board the ISS, a multinational team of four astronauts safely returned to Earth on Saturday in a SpaceX spacecraft. At 8:44 a.m. local time (8:34 p.m. PKT), the spacecraft carrying Russian cosmonaut Kirill Pes ...









