Technology

SYDNEY, April 30 (Xinhua/APP):Researchers from James Cook University (JCU) have released a study which saw a small, interactable robot taken to a Queensland hospital to help encourage the take up of vaccinations. The study published in the Inquiry Health journal and released to the public […]

ISLAMABAD, Apr 29 (APP): Federal Minister for IT and Telecommunication Syed Amin Ul Haque has directed the heads of the attached departments of the Ministry of IT and Telecommunication to complete all the ongoing projects speedily and on time. He was chairing a meeting to […]

KARACHI, Apr 26 (APP): National Vocational and Technical Training Commission (NAVTTC) Regional Office Sindh has completed first phase of monitoring of 134 partner institutes providing training under Batch III of Prime Minister’s “Skills for All” Program. Director General NAVTTC Sindh, Ms. Nabeela Umar, Director Muhammad […]

Moscow, April 26 (AFP/APP): A Russian court on Tuesday hit Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta and video platform TikTok with fines for refusing to take down LBGT content. In separate hearings, a Moscow court ordered Meta to pay four million rubles (about $53,000/50,000 euros) […]

Washington, April 25 (AFP/APP): Three businessmen and a former NASA astronaut splashed down Monday off the Florida coast after spending two weeks aboard the International Space Station in a landmark mission for the commercial sector. After a dizzying descent, a SpaceX Dragon capsule carrying the […]

BEIJING, Apr 22 (XINHUA/APP):Chinese scientists have mapped out the high-definition spike protein structure of the Omicron variant of the virus that caused the COVID-19 pandemic. The structure, under microscopy, revealed how Omicron escaped previous antibody therapeutics, said the study published recently in the journal Cell […]

Brussels, April 21 (AFP/APP): The European Union could agree on Friday a new regulation imposing unprecedented curbs on online content, the second part of its massive project to regulate tech companies. The Digital Services Act (DSA) aims to ensure tougher consequences for platforms and websites […]

BEIJING, April 18 (Xinhua/APP) –: Chinese scientists have translated human somatic cells back into pluripotent stem cells, an “adult” version of early embryonic cells, using chemical molecules.   A group of researchers led by Deng Hongkui from Peking University reported finding the chemical cellular reprogramming […]

San Francisco, April 6 (AFP/APP): Twitter announced Tuesday it will soon start experimenting with an edit button, but only on its monthly subscription service at first. The inability to tweak tweets after firing them off has been a key complaint among users of the one-to-many […]