Records of Land dept being computerized: Mayor Karachi

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 […]

UN Security Council meets for first time on AI risks

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 […]

Google launches ChatGPT rival Bard in EU, Brazil

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 […]

Huawei Powers first national Hyper-Scale Financial Cloud

Islamabad (PNI) Huawei Technologies Ltd and Khazana Enterprise have taken a monumental step to build the first of its kind, hyper-scaler financial cloud in the country. They announced this at the launch event attended by the key leaders from the financial industry, government and business […]

Flying taxis star at Paris Air Show, next stop: the Olympics

Le Bourget, France, June 20 (AFP/APP): Barely making a buzz, a two-seat helicopter powered by an electric battery landed softly on the tarmac at the Paris Air Show after a 15-minute flight. Such futuristic “flying taxis” are among the star turns of this year’s aerospace […]

European leaders host Musk, chase Tesla investment

Paris, June 16 (AFP/APP): Billionaire Elon Musk swept into Paris on Friday to hold court at an event with thousands of spectators hours after meeting the leaders of Italy and France, as European capitals jostle for investment from his electric car firm Tesla. He told […]

Macron demands French AI ‘champions’

Paris, June 14 (AFP/APP): President Emmanuel Macron made a pitch on Wednesday for France to become a leader in artificial intelligence (AI) as he spoke at VivaTech in Paris, one of Europe’s biggest technology trade shows. He announced 500 million euros ($543 million) in new […]