Technology

TOKYO, Nov. 11 (Xinhua/APP) –:Japan’s industry minister on Friday unveiled that the central government and eight major Japanese companies are joining forces to set up a new company to develop next-generation semiconductors amid intensifying international competition. Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura told a […]

San Francisco, Nov 9 (AFP/APP):Twitter on Wednesday unveiled — and then almost immediately scrapped — a new gray “official” label for some high-profile accounts as Elon Musk struggles to revamp the highly influential platform following his $44 billion buyout. “I just killed it,” Musk tweeted […]

Paris, Nov 8 (AFP/APP):European regulators have launched an investigation into Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard, the biggest buyout in video game history. The deal announced in January capped a series of blockbuster takeovers that has left four major players still standing in an industry estimated […]

San Francisco, Nov 6 (AFP/APP):The whirlwind week that Elon Musk took over Twitter began with sleepless nights for company engineers — and ended with half the staff getting the axe. “It was a strange week,” said one former employee speaking on condition of anonymity. “Executives […]

Geneva, Nov 6 (AFP/APP):UN rights chief Volker Turk on Saturday urged Twitter’s new owner Elon Musk to make respect for human rights central to the social network after he sacked around half the company’s employees. Reports of Musk laying off the platform’s entire human rights […]

SUKKUR, Nov 04 (APP): Pakistan Science Foundation (PSF), Sukkur office, will observe the World Science Day for Peace and Development on November 10th to create awareness about the benefits of science. According to Irfan Shaik, district officer PSF, the day will be observed in collaboration […]

ISLAMABAD – November 2 (ONLINE) Major Social Media sites including WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram on Wednesday faced yet another outrage across country, media reports said. “WhatsApp down” trended on twitter as the website said the apps went down in the evening. The company that owns […]

ISLAMABAD, Oct 31 (APP):The 2022 World Internet Conference (WIC) Wuzhen Summit is slated to be held from Nov. 9 to 11 in Wuzhen, east China’s Zhejiang Province. This year’s event will be the first summit convened by the WIC since the international organization’s inauguration in […]

Lisbon, Oct 30 (AFP/APP):One of the world’s biggest technology get-togethers kicks off in the Portuguese capital on Tuesday, with organisers saying a key aim is to ask tough questions about cryptocurrencies. Around 100,000 people are expected to gather in Lisbon for the four-day Web Summit […]

San Francisco, Oct 27 (AFP/APP):US tech titans looking to the future are seeing growth take a beating in the face of foreign competition and a tough economy in the here and now. With Apple and Amazon due to report quarterly earnings after the close of […]