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Swiss army knives WhatsApp at work

Posted on January 7, 2022 by News Desk

Zurich, Jan 6 (AFP/APP): Switzerland’s army has banned the use of WhatsApp whilst on duty, a spokesman confirmed Thursday, in favour of a Swiss messaging service deemed more secure in terms of data protection. The ban also applies to using other messaging apps like Signal […]

Webb telescope fully deploys sunshield in mission milestone: NASA

Posted on January 5, 2022 by News Desk

Washington, Jan 4 (AFP/APP):The James Webb Space Telescope fully deployed its five-layer sunshield Tuesday, a critical milestone for the success of its mission to study every phase of cosmic history, US space agency NASA said. “All five layers of the sunshield are fully tensioned,” said […]

Chinese internet firms log $223 bln in revenue in Jan-Nov 2021

Posted on January 4, 2022 by News Desk

ISLAMABAD, Jan 03 (APP):China’s Internet sector registered robust growth in business revenue and profits in the first 11 months of 2021, serving as a key driver to shore up the country’s economic growth. The business revenue of major Internet and related service companies in the […]

Pakistan Science Expo: Jan 15 last day to register for stalls

Posted on January 3, 2022 by Tuba Zafar

ISLAMABAD, Jan 3 (APP):January 15 is the final deadline for registration of stalls for the first-ever Pakistan Science Expo being arranged by Pakistan Science Foundation (PSF) under the auspices of Ministry of Science and Technology to showcase innovative projects in the fields of Science, Technology […]

Over 80 mln people granted digital driver’s licenses in China

Posted on December 27, 2021 by Tuba Zafar

BEIJING, Dec. 27 (Xinhua)APP):Over 80 million Chinese drivers have been granted digital driver’s licenses to date, according to the Ministry of Public Security on Monday. In recent years, the ministry has introduced a total of 69 reform measures in traffic management for people’s convenience, said […]

China launches new resource satellite

Posted on December 26, 2021 by News Desk

TAIYUAN, Dec 26 (XINHUA/APP):China sent a new resource satellite into planned orbit from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China’s Shanxi Province on Sunday. The resource satellite, ZY-1 02E, was launched at 11:11 a.m. (Beijing Time) by a Long March-4C carrier rocket.It was the […]

Major tech firms join Consumer Electronics Show exodus

Posted on December 24, 2021 by Tuba Zafar

San Francisco, Dec 24 (AFP/APP):Big-name tech firms such as Google, Lenovo and Intel on Thursday cancelled plans to attend next month’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, joining an exodus fueled by fear of Covid-19. The three are part of a growing list of companies […]

EU clears Microsoft buyout of telemedicine-oriented Nuance

Posted on December 22, 2021 by News Desk

Brussels, Dec 21 (AFP/APP):The EU on Tuesday cleared Microsoft’s purchase of artificial intelligence and cloud computing company Nuance, one of the biggest transactions in the fast-growing telemedicine sector. The bloc’s powerful antitrust authority said the $19.7 billion buyout posed no competition concerns in the European […]

The technology behind Covid jabs

Posted on December 22, 2021 by News Desk

Paris, Dec 21 (AFP/APP):The World Health Organization on Tuesday authorised its 10th Covid-19 vaccine — Nuvaxovid from US firm Novavax. As the highly mutated Omicron variant throws yet more uncertainty into the mix, here is a look at the technology behind the jabs. – ‘Subunit’ […]

Imparting digital skills to youth in merged districts top priority : Atif Khan

Posted on December 18, 2021 by Tuba Zafar

PESHAWAR, Dec 17 (APP):Minister for Science and Information Technology, Atif Khan on Friday said that IT department has introduced a series of courses for youth across the newly Merged districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to master digital skills to expand their employment opportunities and know-how of […]

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