Ravi Riverfront Project bags foreign investment worth $8bn to develop “world’s largest riverfront modern city”

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

Touted to become the world’s largest riverfront modern city upon completion, the highly-anticipated Ravi Riverfront Urban Development Project (RRUDP) has managed to attract foreign investment…

Chinese scientists develop possible anti-ageing therapy

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

Is it possible to delay ageing and stay younger for longer than is naturally possible? We don’t know for sure, but as is the case…

Microsoft teams up with General Motors for self-driving cars

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

Self-driving cars are all the rage nowadays, and big tech companies are more than happy to clamber aboard the bandwagon. In the most recent such…

These AIs were designed to read sentences, but they can also catch coronavirus mutations

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

Natural Language Processing (NLP) algorithms have played a tremendous role in analyzing text sentiment and extracting meaning, hence why they have spurred the development of…

For the first time ever, factory produces electric car battery capable of charging in five mins

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

Imagine a world in which electric cars get “fueled up” almost as quickly as petrol or diesel vehicles. That world might not be too far…

Pakistan’s public debt shoots up to Rs3.7 trillion in a year: SBP

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

With the government under pressure to reduce its reliance on short-term debt to minimize refinancing risks, it has been revealed by a recent State Bank…

Hundreds of EVs stuck at ports as importers wait for govt ordinance to avail tax exemptions

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

Electric vehicle importers in Pakistan are in a frenzy, as many of them have imported dozens of electric vehicles already but are hesitant to get…

Google Play Store adds new icons to help you track changes in app rankings

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

Google Play Store has introduced a neat little feature that makes it much easier for you to track the rise and fall of specific applications…

PM Imran Khan to meet with Tesla executives to discuss launching EVs in Pakistan: Javed Afridi

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

The buzz began when the charismatic owner of Pakistan Super League (PSL) franchise Peshawar Zalmi and CEO of Haier Pakistan Javed Afridi tweeted “TESLA IN…

Samsung vice chairman sentenced to 30 months in prison in bribery case

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

Samsung Electronics vice chairman Jay Y. Lee is once again behind bars following a retrial of his 2017 conviction in a bribery case that helped…

Remittances to Pakistan to reach an all-time high of $28bn this year: report

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

This will be a massive year for remittance inflows to Pakistan. According to a recent report on the nation’s economy, Pakistan is expected to receive…

WhatsApp’s decision to delay privacy policy change is a positive step: Fawad Ch

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

Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry has called WhatsApp’s decision to postpone the implementation of its controversial privacy policy change “a positive step”.…

Telecom sector added Rs278bn to Pakistan’s exchequer in 2020: report

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

The telecom sector’s titanic status in Pakistan prevails as a recent report released by the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) shows that the sector’s contribution to…

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