Loopehole in Microsoft Excel’s power query feature threatens the security of 120 million users

By Sajeel Syed ⏐ 6 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

A new vulnerability found in Microsoft Excel’s power query feature poses a big threat to its millions of users. Researchers at security firm Mimecast Services…

Samsung raises mobile phone prices in Pakistan amid dollar price hike

By Sajeel Syed ⏐ 6 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

The Pakistani rupee has plunged to around Rs. 160 against the US dollar and has been constantly on a downward ride over the last year…

FBR reduces upto 45% tax on imported mobile phones

By Sajeel Syed ⏐ 6 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

In its effort to discourage the mobile phone smuggling mafias in the country, Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has reduced the tax on imported phones…

Now Twitter will not delete harmful tweets from public figures, instead it will hide them

By Sajeel Syed ⏐ 6 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

The micro-blogging site says it will start adding a special indication to certain tweets (certainly of public figures) even those that violate Twitter’s terms of…

Google gets a green light to restore Android license for Huawei

By Sajeel Syed ⏐ 6 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Just a month after the US government restricted Chinese tech companies including Huawei to trade with the US firms, President Trump in a recent meeting…

Apple is offering free repair for its faulty MacBook Air 2018 line-up

By Sajeel Syed ⏐ 6 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Though the Cupertino tech giant Apple has yet to decide whether it will start manufacturing its new Mac Pro in the US or China, yet…

Beware! This is why you are being charged with enormous tax/duty on mobile phones in Pakistan

By Sajeel Syed ⏐ 6 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 3 min read

We recently reported that Pakistan Telecommunication Authority’s (PTA) Device Identification Registration & Blocking System (DIRBS), which is responsible for verifying IMEI of mobile phones before…

Apple to expand iPhone production to take advantage of US-Huawei trade ban

By Sajeel Syed ⏐ 6 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Just last week we reported that Apple is going to shift its scalable production from China to other Asian markets in the coming years. And…

The CNBC-endorsed crypto exchange pulls exit scam on its over 200,000 users

By Sajeel Syed ⏐ 6 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

An Ireland-based cryptocurrency exchange, Bitsane, which was also endorsed by a mainstream media outlet, has just vanished in what may be called as an exit…

Nurses in Punjab banned to use mobile phones during duty hours

By Sajeel Syed ⏐ 6 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Earlier this year in March, the Punjab government has barred school teachers of both public and private schools from using phones during duty. And now…

Mobile phone dealers protest against PTA’s policy on used phones

By Sajeel Syed ⏐ 6 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Around 80% of Pakistanis buy used smartphones, claimed mobile phone dealers. Mobile phone dealers in Karachi have intimidated to go on a shutter down strike…

Google adds Honor 20 Pro to the list of Play Supported devices

By Sajeel Syed ⏐ 6 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

This could be the last smartphone to be added to the list of Google supported devices. Just over a month ago, Google revoked Huawei’s Android…

WhatsApp tests feature to hide Muted Status updates

By Sajeel Syed ⏐ 6 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

WhatsApp had introduced a quite useful feature to mute the unwanted WhatsApp stories, you don’t want to see. The unique feature has made our lives…

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