Renowned home appliance company suffers from online fraud worth millions of rupees

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

A well-known home appliance company in Pakistan has just been swindled to the tune of millions of rupees by a group of hackers. This massive…

Former SAPM Tania Aidrus launches her own YouTube channel

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

Tania Aidrus, former special assistant to the prime minister on e-governance and head of the Digital Pakistan Vision initiative, has returned to the mainstream after…

WomenInTechPK founder Faiza Yousuf earns spot in finals of Women in Tech Ally of the Year 2020

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

Founder of WomenInTech and cofounder of CodeGirls Karachi Faiza Yousuf has added yet another feather to her hat by securing a place in the finals…

Apple confirms iPhone 12 models are suffering from display issues

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

Apple has been selling its iPhone 12 models in unprecedented numbers. In fact, if anything, despite all the problems touted by tech media channels and…

FBR to deploy video analytics system at manufacturing sites to curb tax evasion

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

According to a recent report, the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has selected seven vendors, under Video Analytics Rules 2020, for the installment of video…

KPK govt is building Pakistan’s first ever motorsports arena

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

We might not have a Grand Prix here in Pakistan, but the local motorsport culture and fanbase cannot be underestimated. With enthusiasts dying to experience…

Apple to pay up $113m for intentionally slowing down iPhone performance

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

In a controversy that has fittingly become known as “batterygate”, Apple will be paying a considerable sum of $113 million in settlement for intentionally slowing…

Govt publishes controversial social media rules featuring Rs500m fines and 24hr content removal notices

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 7 min read

The Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication (MoITT)  has just published the Removal and Blocking of Unlawful Online Content (Procedure, Oversight, and Safeguards), Rules 2020…

Mozilla launches Firefox 83 with HTTPS-only mode and faster performance

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

The new and improved Firefox is finally here. Mozilla launched Firefox 83 with HTTPS-only Mode, performance improvements, and new developer features for Windows, Mac, and…

Here is how smartphones have become much better than pro cameras in 2020

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

Thanks to improvements in sensors and neural cores present in mobile processors, such as the ones developed by Qualcomm and Apple, we have come a…

You can play this one game anywhere, for free, with Google Stadia starting tomorrow

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

Google Stadia is officially allowing you to play a popular game for free on its platform, regardless of wherever you are in the world. Destiny…

Bitcoin hits $17k for the first time in three years

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

Bitcoin has been on a roll this year. The world’s best-known cryptocurrency just hit $17,000 (approx. PKR 2,700,000), a valuation that it has not reached…

Protests and Mobile Service outages – We are hampering our own growth

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

Regardless of the motivation behind them, protests are undoubtedly powerful. A large group of people gathering together over a single, unified cause to create the…

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