MediaTek leapfrogs Qualcomm to become world’s biggest smartphone chipset vendor

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Qualcomm seems to have been dethroned as the number one smartphone chip supplier in the world, now that last year’s numbers have come out. According…

PayPal launches crypto checkout service to let consumers use crypto for purchases

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

PayPal is all set to start allowing U.S. consumers to use their cryptocurrency holdings to pay at millions of its online merchants globally, a move…

Google Maps to start directing drivers along eco-friendly routes

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Google’s Maps app will start directing drivers along routes estimated to generate the lowest carbon emissions based on traffic, slopes, and other factors, the company…

Pakistan’s first electric bus finally hits the road in Karachi

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

In a historic moment for the nation’s transport industry, Sindh Transport Minister Syed Owais Shah launched Pakistan’s first electric bus in Karachi today. Speaking to…

Punjab begins digital mapping of Lahore, other urban centres in $150m project

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

The Board of Revenue Punjab has, for the first time, launched digital mapping of all provincial urban centres including Lahore under the foreign-funded $150 million…

This 24-year-old earns $50k a month by playing video games in his storeroom

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Kim Min-kyo is just another South Korean young adult who happens to be living with his mother, except that his job is the stuff of…

Netflix to launch 40 new anime shows in 2021: report

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Netflix announced at Tokyo’s AnimeJapan 2021 Expo on Saturday that it will launch 40 new anime titles in 2021, following the success of its Blood…

KP Police launches Automated Complaints Redressal System

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Police has launched the automated Police Complaints Redressal System (PCRS) in Peshawar, which aims to provide “speedy access to justice to all citizens…

Facebook, Google plan new undersea cables to connect Southeast Asia and America

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 3 min read

Facebook said on Monday it planned two new undersea cables to connect Singapore, Indonesia, and North America in a project with Google and regional telecommunication…

Facebook planning to launch three new projects in Pakistan: Zia Ullah Bangash

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Social networking behemoth Facebook has something in the works for Pakistan. The company is reportedly planning to launch three new projects in the country. As…

Smartphone prices to increase due to global chip shortage: Xiaomi President

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi’s president Wang Xiang said on Wednesday that the global chip shortage was increasing the company’s costs and implied that in some…

U.S. lawmakers grill big tech CEOs on misinformation, fake news

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

In their first appearance before Congress since Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol, the chief executives of Facebook, Google and Twitter were asked by U.S.…

Xiaomi to manufacture EVs using another company’s plant

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

China’s Xiaomi Corp plans to make electric vehicles (EVs) using Great Wall Motor Co Ltd’s factory, said three people with direct knowledge of the matter,…

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