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The profundity of ‘everything is a computer’ era

For decades, we have treated the “digital world” like a separate room we chose to enter. We “went to the computer...

Updated 23 Feb, 2026 05:21am

Technology

Uplift AI raises $3.5mn in seed funding, eyes thousands of jobs in Pakistan

Startup is founded by Zaid Qureshi and Hammad Malik, former Apple and Amazon engineers

Updated 29 Jan, 2026 12:57pm

Technology

Mari Energies-backed Sky47 launches cloud, AI platform near Islamabad

Sky47 Limited, a majority-owned subsidiary of Mari Energies Limited, has entered Pakistan’s high-tech landscape with...

Updated 17 Jan, 2026 10:32pm

Technology

AI boom: Pakistan must invest to stay relevant, says Tigris Data CEO

Any serious push into AI, being extremely energy intensive, would require sustained investment in clean and reliable energy sources, says Silicon Valley tech veteran

Updated 12 Jan, 2026 02:38pm

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Sindh marks three major PPP milestones with EnerTech: CM

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has stated that his government is setting new benchmarks in...

Published 24 Dec, 2025 06:21am

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OPINION: Big tech courts India, not Pakistan

In a world where tech dollars behave a bit like lovestruck teenagers—eager, impulsive, and occasionally...

Updated 18 Dec, 2025 07:10am

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BR RESEARCH: The real AI threat: falling behind

The global debate on AI and jobs has become much more serious in 2025. It’s no longer just Silicon Valley...

Updated 27 Nov, 2025 08:48am

Markets

From Riyadh to Silicon Valley: How EA became the jewel of Saudi Arabia’s gaming vision

LONDON: For years, tech-focused buyout group Silver Lake coveted video game developer Electronic Arts, the power...

Published 01 Oct, 2025 12:23pm

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Why such an exodus?

EDITORIAL: Another month, another record. Nearly 60,000 Pakistanis left the country in May to look for work abroad...

Published 09 Jul, 2025 06:21am

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All components of innovation ecosystem being integrated for first time: Ahsan

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Professor Ahsan Iqbal said that “for...

Published 22 May, 2025 06:30am

World

Dubai’s tech culture tops Silicon Valley: NVIDIA, Amazon-backed founder

One of the most crucial aspects of any city that is working to solidify its position as a hub for all things tech...

Updated 04 Apr, 2025 12:37pm

Life & Style

‘Social Network’ star Eisenberg slams Zuckerberg as ‘obsessed with power’

PARIS: Hollywood star Jesse Eisenberg, who played Mark Zuckerberg in 2010 hit ‘The Social Network’, told AFP the...

Published 07 Feb, 2025 02:30pm

BR Research

SME financing: ‘he’s just not that into you!’

Consider the following: an entry-level tech worker in Silicon Valley can get a higher spending limit on credit cards...

Published 25 Nov, 2024 09:02am

World

Asia Rising: Dubai’s transformation to becoming tech hub draws parallel with Silicon Valley and Bengalaru

DUBAI: Drawing parallels with India’s Bengaluru and Silicon Valley in the US, speakers highlighted Dubai’s rapid...

Published 22 Oct, 2024 06:33am

Technology

Meta putting AI in smart glasses, assistants and more

MENLO PARK: Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday said the tech giant is putting artificial intelligence into...

Published 28 Sep, 2023 12:19pm

Technology

Slack CEO is ready to ride AI wave

SAN FRANCISCO: Artificial Intelligence is transforming Slack, the widely used workplace messaging platform, its CEO...

Published 17 Sep, 2023 12:25pm

Technology

Zuckerberg and Musk throw verbal jabs over proposed cage match

WASHINGTON: Billionaires and social media business rivals Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk threw new online jabs at...

Published 14 Aug, 2023 11:42am

Technology

White House calls in tech firms to talk AI risks

WASHINGTON: The White House plans to meet with top executives from Google, Microsoft, OpenAI and Anthropic on...

Published 03 May, 2023 12:25pm

Life & Style

Komal Rizvi ties the knot with Silicon Valley entrepreneur

Pakistani actor and singer Komal Rizvi got married in San Francisco, to S. Ali Uppal, the ceo and co-founder of a...

Published 21 Apr, 2023 07:54pm

Business & Finance

SVB collapse 'textbook case of mismanagement': top Fed official

WASHINGTON: The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) was a "textbook case of mismanagement" which requires tougher...

Published 27 Mar, 2023 11:10pm

Technology

How AI could upend the world even more than electricity or the internet

SAN FRANCISCO: The rise of artificial general intelligence – now seen as inevitable in Silicon Valley – will bring...

Published 19 Mar, 2023 11:23am

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AI supercharges battle of web search titans

A new generation of AI chatbots has unleashed a titanic battle between Microsoft and Google for the eyeballs of...

Published 08 Feb, 2023 07:33am

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OpenAI, creator of ChatGPT, casts spell on Microsoft

The hottest startup in Silicon Valley right now is OpenAI, the Microsoft-backed developer of ChatGPT, a much-hyped...

Published 15 Jan, 2023 04:01am

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Timeline: tumult at Twitter since Musk takeover

PARIS: Since buying Twitter last month, Elon Musk has made radical, chaotic changes at the social media company,...

Published 21 Nov, 2022 07:53am

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Elizabeth Holmes sentenced to 11 years in prison for Theranos fraud

SAN JOSÉ: Fallen US biotech star Elizabeth Holmes was sentenced Friday to just over 11 years in prison for...

Published 21 Nov, 2022 07:41am

Business & Finance

US consulate, local partners observe Global Entrepreneurship Week

KARACHI: The US Consulate Karachi in collaboration with local partners celebrated Global Entrepreneur-ship Week...

Published 21 Nov, 2022 05:59am

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Envoy in US exhorts Pakistani-Americans to invest in Pakistan

WASHINGTON: “Pakistani American Tech entrepreneurs can act as a catalyst to accelerate growth and investment in...

Published 14 Nov, 2022 05:55am

World

Meta planning massive layoffs: report

SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook-parent Meta will become the latest tech firm to scale back its workforce, with plans to...

Published 07 Nov, 2022 12:11pm

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Layoffs hit Silicon Valley as Amazon freezes hiring

SAN FRANCISCO: Payments firm Stripe and rideshare company Lyft, two darlings of Silicon Valley, announced major...

Published 07 Nov, 2022 06:29am

World

Traffic, water shortages, now floods: the slow death of India's tech hub?

BENGALURU: Harish Pullanoor spent his weekends in the late 1980s tramping around the marshes and ponds of Yemalur, ...

Updated 15 Sep, 2022 02:58pm