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Technology

Amazon buys Wondery to Expand into the Podcast Industry

Amazon acquires one of the last major independent podcast network, Wondery, yesterday.

Published 31 Dec, 2020 05:03pm

Pakistan

CPEC projects progressing despite COVID-19 pandemic: PCJCCI president

The timely implementation of the CPEC projects is one of the manifestations of time-tested friendship between the two countries that even the pandemic could not affect.

Published 25 Dec, 2020 12:44am

Technology

OnePlus to Launch First Smartwatch in Early 2021.

OnePlus CEO Pete Lau announced that OnePlus will be launching its first smartwatch early next year.

Published 24 Dec, 2020 11:38am

Technology

Xiaomi's Market Value Crosses the $100bn Mark

Xiaomi's market value has finally surpassed the $100 billion mark, a figure that the Chinese smartphone company had failed to reach two years ago when it listed its stock on the market.

Updated 24 Dec, 2020 11:37am

Pakistan

Minister for use of modern technology to explore minerals

He added that the department must present an effective action plan in the next meeting to enhance the revenue, set goals and work hard to achieve them.

Published 24 Dec, 2020 12:26am

Technology

PITB and KPITB Partner to expand two NICs in Swat and Kohat

Punjab Technology Board (PITB) and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Information Technology Board (KPITB) join hands to establish two National Incubation Centers (NICs) in University of Swat and Kohat University of Science & Technology.

Published 23 Dec, 2020 07:06pm

Technology

Netflix Introduces Audio-only Mode to its Android App

Netflix aims for the podcasting industry by adding an audio-only mode to its Android app.

Published 22 Dec, 2020 12:39pm

Technology

Atlas Group Invests in Integration Xperts' Cloud Solutions Business

Integration Xperts announced a strategic investment by Atlas Group in its technology business.

Published 19 Dec, 2020 04:27pm

Business & Finance

Zoom's Christmas gift: no cap on call lengths over the holidays

Zoom Video Communications Inc, whose technology has become a feature of household get togethers in 2020’s socially distanced world.

Updated 18 Dec, 2020 07:03pm

Technology

Google faces New Antitrust Lawsuit from 35 US States

35 States in the United States accuse Google of illegally protecting its monopoly in search and search advertising.

Updated 18 Dec, 2020 04:33pm

World

Google wins EU antitrust nod for $2.1 billion Fitbit deal

Alphabet’s Google won EU antitrust approval on Thursday for its $2.1 billion bid for Fitbit after agreeing restrictions on how it will use customers’ health related data.
The deal had triggered criticism from privacy advocates on both sides of the Atlantic, consumer organisations and Google rivals about the company’s market power and the use of people’s health data in targeted advertising.

Published 18 Dec, 2020 09:30am

World

Taiwan says US has approved key submarine technology sale

The digital sonar system and an integrated combat system are two key components Taiwan needs to build its own modern submarines. Chang did not elaborate on the status of the combat system.

Published 16 Dec, 2020 05:03pm

Technology

Pakistani Fintech SadaPay earns pilot launch approval from SBP

The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has finally granted approval to SadaPay, a Pakistani fintech startup, to officially begin its pilot operations in 2021.

Updated 16 Dec, 2020 10:31am

Business & Finance

Russia's Sberbank says proposed digital rouble may push lending rates higher

"Respectively, these same funds will no longer be available for lending, which will eventually lead to a liquidity deficit and as a consequence, rising rates," he said.

Published 15 Dec, 2020 04:06pm

Business & Finance

Tesla teams to visit Indonesia to check on investment in EV components

Musk has said he is planning to offer a 'giant contract for a long period of time" so long as the nickel is mined "efficiently and in an environmentally sensitive way".

Published 12 Dec, 2020 04:27pm

Technology

Sehat Kahani Partners with MNC to Launch Telemedicine Helpline in Pakistan

Sehat Kahani signs a MoU with the Ministry of Narcotics Control (MNC) to Launch UMANG, a telemedicine helpline for the Youth in Pakistan.

Updated 12 Dec, 2020 03:49pm

Technology

Twitter Buys Screen Sharing App Squad

Twitter has announced that it has acquired Squad, a screen-sharing social app on the 11th of December.

Updated 12 Dec, 2020 03:22pm

Technology

Pakistani E-bike Startup Teleport to Launch MODEL T1

Pakistan-based e-bikes startup, Teleport, is launching its product, the Model T1, on the 18th of December, 2020.

Updated 11 Dec, 2020 04:14pm

Business & Finance

Google faces $417 million claim from Czech search engine Seznam

Seznam said the claim, based on the period between 2011 and 2018, was sent to Google in the past few days with a 30-day deadline and it was prepared to take civil legal action.

Published 10 Dec, 2020 08:29pm

Pakistan

Pakistan has lot of potential in science, technology but needs to focus: Fawad Ch

Minister further said, fortunately, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government is paying full attention beyond its capabilities to the technology works that had been introduced since 1960.

Published 10 Dec, 2020 03:48pm

World

France imposes 135mn euros in fines on Google, Amazon

The regulator said "no matter what path the users used to visit the website, they were either insufficiently informed or never informed of the fact that cookies were placed on their computer."

Published 10 Dec, 2020 01:24pm

Technology

Facebook faces Antitrust Lawsuits in 46 US States

Facebook faces antitrust lawsuits from the United States FTC and 48 attorneys general across 46 states for engaging in illegal, anti-competitive tactics.

Updated 10 Dec, 2020 01:17pm

Pakistan

Cricket, coronavirus, US polls most trending searches on Google Pakistan

LAHORE: Cricket, passionately followed in Pakistan, Coronavirus and the US elections were the most trending searches...

Published 10 Dec, 2020 02:57am

Business & Finance

Toyota unveils new fuel cell car in fresh push on hydrogen technology

Toyota has failed until now to win drivers over to fuel cell vehicles (FCV), which remain a niche technology despite Japanese government backing.
The new Mirai will serve as a new departure point for creating a hydrogen-based society of the future.

Published 09 Dec, 2020 10:56pm

Pakistan

US Election, sports and COVID -19 among Google's top Pakistan trending searches in 2020

Google announced its annual year in search for Pakistan offering perspective on what were some of the burning topics in users’ minds
Turkish and local celebrities, Indian dramas and cellphones were also among top trending on search giant

Published 09 Dec, 2020 05:23pm

Business & Finance

Toyota unveils new fuel cell car in fresh push on hydrogen technology

Toyota's best chance of selling the Mirai and other FCV may, however, be in neighbouring China, where it has an FCV partnership with Guangzhou Automobile Group (GAC) and FAW Group.

Published 09 Dec, 2020 01:24pm

World

Tesla's Musk relocates to Texas from California; compares himself to war general

Musk said tech companies in Silicon Valley had too much influence on the world and predicted a decrease in their power.

Published 09 Dec, 2020 11:01am

Markets

Wall St slips on rising coronavirus cases, Tesla drags Nasdaq lower

Tesla Inc slipped 1.9pc and was one of the top drags on the tech-skewed Nasdaq after the electric-car maker unveiled a $5 billion capital raise, its second such move in three months.

Published 08 Dec, 2020 09:45pm

Markets

Tesla launches second $5bn share sale since September

The company also plans to launch new lines of vehicles, including a semi-truck called the Tesla Semi and its futuristic Cybertruck.

Published 08 Dec, 2020 06:12pm

Business & Finance

Tesla ordered to suspend tree clearance at German factory

An administrative court in Frankfurt an der Oder issued a temporary ban on further forest clearance activities, Tagesspiegel said, citing a copy of the court document.

Published 08 Dec, 2020 05:24pm