Technology

Islamabad, 2nd August, 2023 (Online): Meeting of Senate Standing Committee on Science and Technology was held here at Parliament House on Wednesday with Senator Sardar Muhammad Shafiq Tareen in Chair. The Senate Committee deliberated on the recruitment process in Pakistan Standards and Quality Control Authority […]

Washington, Aug 1 (AFP/APP): NASA’s distant Voyager 2 probe has sent a “heartbeat” signal to Earth after mission control mistakenly cut contact, the US space agency said Tuesday. Launched in 1977 to explore the outer planets and serve as a beacon of humanity to the […]

OMAN, Aug 1 (SPA/APP): The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, represented by the Research Development and Innovation Authority, recently took part in a forum entitled “The Reality and Future of Research and Innovation in the GCC Countries 2023.” This event was organized by the Omani Ministry […]

Brussels, July 27 (AFP/APP): The European Commission on Thursday announced an antitrust probe into Microsoft bundling its Teams communications app with its popular Office suite, on concerns the firm could be cutting out competitors. The investigation, to see whether the US software giant is “abusing […]

KARACHI, July 24 (Online): Mujtaba Ahmad Lodhi, Commissioner, Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP), urged the industry to focus on tech-based financial innovation to serve the underserved and unserved businesses in Pakistan. He was speaking at the launching ceremony of the thirteenth edition of […]

ISLAMABAD July 21 (Online): Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Murtaza Javed Abbasi says government has introduced a social media platform and a whatsapp number for public complaints. Talking to media in Islamabad on Friday, he said people now can convey their grievances from their homes. The […]

BEIJING, Jul 21 (APP): Tencent is deepening its collaboration with international card organizations including Visa, Discover Global Network (including Diners Club), JCB, and Mastercard in order to further improve overseas users’ digital payment experience in China. The move coincides with the full resumption of travel […]

KARACHI, Jul 19 (APP): Mayor Karachi Barrister Murtaza Wahab has said that all the records of the Land Department are being computerized where the citizens will be provided with a one-window facility for their land-related matters including ownership, transfer and lease of land in Karachi […]

UNITED NATIONS July 19 (Online): The United Nations Security Council held its first meeting on artificial intelligence on Tuesday where China said the technology should not become a “runaway horse” and the United States warned against its use to censor or repress people. Britain’s Foreign […]

Paris, July 13 (AFP/APP): Google launched its AI chatbot Bard in the European Union and several more nations on Thursday, entering a key market in its race against Microsoft-backed ChatGPT after a delay over data privacy concerns. The US firm unveiled Bard in February but […]