YouTube allocates $25 million to combat fake news

By Aqsa Khunshan ⏐ 7 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

YouTube announced a $25 million commitment to fighting fake news on its platform. This move is a part of the $300 million Google News Initiative…

How are political parties harnessing the power of digital media for General Elections 2018?

By Aqsa Khunshan ⏐ 7 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 3 min read

There are two weeks to go for General Elections 2018. Campaign activities of all contesting political parties are in full swing in every corner of…

People are boycotting Careem & here is why

By Aqsa Khunshan ⏐ 7 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 4 min read

Social media is enraged at Careem and boycotting the popular ride-hailing service in Pakistan. Netizens in Pakistan are boycotting and uninstalling the Careem app over…

Pakistan launches two indigenously manufactured satellites today

By Aqsa Khunshan ⏐ 7 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Pakistan just launched two indigenously (locally) manufactured satellites into orbit using a Chinese Long March 2C rocket. Last month, we reported that Pakistan will launch…

Careem may soon be delivering food in Pakistan and UAE

By Aqsa Khunshan ⏐ 7 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

The Middle-East based taxi-hailing company is going to start a food delivery business in Pakistan and Middle-East and in order to do so the company…

WhatsApp to introduce a new feature to deal with fake posts

By Aqsa Khunshan ⏐ 7 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

The world’s most popular chatting app WhatsApp is reportedly testing a new feature Suspicious Link Detection that helps users detects suspicious links and spam posts…

Facebook may feature Cristiano Ronaldo in its upcoming reality show

By Aqsa Khunshan ⏐ 7 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Facebook is in talks with global soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo for featuring him in what could be its biggest original series deal to date. According…

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Pakistani scientist’s research to be presented at prestigious SIGCOMM forum

By Aqsa Khunshan ⏐ 7 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Dr Ihsan Ayyub Qazi, Associate professor of Computer Science, at Lahore University of Management and Technology (LUMS) conducted a research on “Facebook’s Free Basics” initiative…

These features have got you addicted to Facebook & Twitter

By Aqsa Khunshan ⏐ 7 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Social media apps like Facebook and Twitter keep users scrolling through their feed longer than required with features like infinite scrolls and likes, according to…

Samsung’s upcoming foldable phone will have a curved battery, speculations

By Aqsa Khunshan ⏐ 7 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Samsung’s first highly rumoured foldable flagship Galaxy X is not made official yet but still, the rumour mill is getting stronger with each passing day.…

Pakistan to open its first free University soon

By Aqsa Khunshan ⏐ 7 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Pakistan is all set to open its first free university on Independence day, 50kms away from Lahore, in Kasur district. Mohammed Amjad Saqib who is…

Now you can play Tennis against Serena Williams on Snapchat

By Aqsa Khunshan ⏐ 7 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Snapchat now lets you play Tennis with your favourite legend Serena William on the Snapchat lens. Snapchat and Williams have collaborated on a new interactive…

Facebook hired the AI team of a UK startup to combat fake news

By Aqsa Khunshan ⏐ 7 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Facebook announced on 3rd July that it has hired the team behind the startup Bloomsbury AI to cope with fake news shared on the social…

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