Hamza Zakir

Platonist. Humanist. Unusually edgy sometimes.

 

1174   stories by Hamza Zakir

Uber secures a billion dollar investment for its self-driving unit

Having already filed for an initial public offering (IPO) a week ago, Uber Technologies Inc. has now taken yet...

Apr 19 · >

Facebook to rival Apple and Google by introducing its own AI voice assistant for AR/VR products

With Google, Apple and Amazon having dominated the market for artificial intelligence-based voice assistants in the form of Google...

Apr 18 · >

IT sub-committee intends to increase pensions for all PTCL employees

Pakistan’s national telephone and internet services provider, Pakistan Telecommunications Company Limited (PTCL) holds an important status as the backbone...

in Telecom
Apr 17 · >

Govt invites global smartphone giants to set up manufacturing plants in Haripur

With the national economy barely up to the mark in recent months, the Pakistani government has decided to take...

in Mobile
Apr 16 · >

LinkedIn introduces reaction options on its platform

Facebook may have brought reactions to the fore, but there is no reason why any other social network can’t...

Apr 16 · >

Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp are finally back after experiencing global outages

You know social media means a lot to us humans when related apps manage to make the headlines just...

Apr 15 · >

Israeli spacecraft crashes in a failed attempt to land on the Moon

With only three countries, having achieved the feat of sending a mission to the Moon – the USA, the...

Apr 12 · >

We have the first ever photo of an actual black hole, thanks to this female scientist

It has been almost a century since Albert Einstein first made the historic prediction of the existence of black...

Apr 11 · >

Apple has “lost confidence” in Intel, Huawei happy to serve 5G modems

Having made a name for itself as a pioneer of 5G technology, Huawei has an important role to play...

in Mobile
Apr 10 · >

Hackers managed to keep their complex spyware hidden for five years

Spyware is inherently intriguing primarily because of the complexity that allows it to carry out its malicious plans, and...

Apr 10 · >

Samsung considers offering the Galaxy Note 10 in two different sizes

The world’s largest smartphone manufacturer is not shy of releasing its flagship phones with an interesting twist, be it...

in Mobile
Apr 9 · >

YouTube’s picture-in-picture mode to be released for non-premium users outside the US

The best thing about streaming YouTube videos on your desktop instead of on your mobile device is the ability...

Apr 9 · >

Samsung Galaxy S10 fingerprint sensor fooled by 3D printed fingerprint

While smartphone companies have been diligently implementing the best security measures in order to make their systems infallible, there...

in Mobile
Apr 9 · >