And last year, tech firms including Microsoft and Amazon suspended sales of facial recognition software to police forces when confronted with 2020's Black Lives Matter movement.
Apple announced that its Apple Music will be receiving two major updates in the coming June: support for high-quality, lossless audio and new Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos feature.
This new feature will be available for free to all subscribers.
On Wednesday, Pakistan's IT Minister Syed Aminul Haque announced the launch of Tech Destination Pakistan, an initiative which aims to promote the country's information technology industry.
He also mentioned that this improved performance has been acknowledged by the State Bank of Pakistan, expressing his optimism that the IT exports will cross the target of $2 billion by the end of the year.
IT-related export remittances have risen up to $1.119 billion during the July to January period of financial year 2020-21, according to the Pakistan Software Export Board (PSEB).
Spotify has announced that it will be launching its services in Pakistan, Nigeria, Bangladesh, and more than 80 new markets in the next few days, in a recent tweet.