Hamza Zakir

Platonist. Humanist. Unusually edgy sometimes.

 

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Newly confirmed WhatsApp update will allow you to shop directly via chats

Facebook clearly wants you to be able to shop no matter which of its apps you’re using. Following on...

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Oct 25 · >

Pakistani tech company develops drones to plant thousands of trees in multiple cities

Islamabad-based tech company ForresOn specializes in developing large self-navigating drones for forestation and precision-agriculture purposes. It has now collaborated...

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Oct 25 · >

Pakistan’s IT exports record impressive 44% growth rate in first three months of FY21

Pakistan’s IT industry continues to boom as it accomplishes yet another massive feat. According to the Pakistan Software Export...

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Oct 25 · >

Pakistan contributes significantly to CERN’s Large Hadron Collider

We are all familiar with CERN to some extent, especially its infamous Large Hadron Collider (LHC) that gets our...

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Oct 25 · >

Ministry of HR launches app to help differently-abled children in Pakistan

Earlier this week, Minister of Human Rights Dr. Shireen Mazari announced the launch of an application for the differently-abled...

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Oct 25 · >

Users can now issue content removal appeals to Facebook’s Oversight Board

Facebook’s Oversight Board has announced that users can now submit appeals related to the removal of content to them...

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Oct 23 · >

Pakistan has witnessed a 63% increase in venture capital funding between 2019 and 2020

The current age of COVID-19 has made it difficult for venture capital activity to keep up at its usual...

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Oct 23 · >

PTA confronts Twitter over fake news and anti-Pakistan propaganda

Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has approached the Twitter administration to immediately sensitize its moderation teams and ensure that the...

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Oct 23 · >

Investor of Pakistani origin invests $125M in a company whose founder also has Pakistani roots

Lux Capital, an investment firm that counts Pakistani-origin Bilal Zuberi as a VC partner, just led a $125 million...

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Oct 23 · >

Harvard professor launches startup to help companies protect their AI systems from hackers

It is one thing to climb the academic ladder at one of the world’s most prestigious universities and gain...

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Oct 22 · >

Corporate spending on AI is set to pass $50b this year, but there’s little to show for it

It can be hard to believe that massive investments in any form of technology could be money down the...

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Oct 22 · >

Microsoft creates a portable data center with Elon Musk as one of the first partners

Imagine being able to access the power of cloud computing even within a remote, far flung region. This is...

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Oct 22 · >

JavaScript remains the most popular programming language among developers, according to survey

According to analyst firm SlashData’s latest survey of developers, JavaScript is the most popular programming language in the world...

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Oct 22 · >