Talha Ikram

Sharing clear, practical insights on tech, lifestyle, and business. Always curious and eager to connect with readers.

US Tech companies’ stocks grow as election ends

By Talha Ikram ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐

2 min read

The US elections came nerve-rackingly close at the end with no one being sure over who would win the Biden vs Trump race. It seems…

Multiple NUST departments closed over COVID-19 cases

By Talha Ikram ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐

2 min read

National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Islamabad, has finally fallen victim to the Corona Virus as multiple departments have been closed by the District…

In conversation with Afnan Sharief — CEO of Codistan

By Talha Ikram ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐

12 min read

Starting a company is essentially easy. To sustain it or break even in terms of profits and loss is harder and even harder is to…

Anti-Islamic or Anti-Pakistan content won’t be tolerated in Pakistan – IT Minister

By Talha Ikram ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐

2 min read

The Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecom, Syed Amin Ul Haque, declared that the state will not tolerate any Anti-Islamic or Anti-Pakistan content will…

These are the top 20 projects from NIC’s Built By Her Hackathon

By Talha Ikram ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐

2 min read

National Incubation Center (NIC) recently held a hackathon that aimed to provide female technology enthusiasts with a platform to address developmental challenges by building innovative…

WhatsApp is adding disappearing messages and storage management tools

By Talha Ikram ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐

2 min read

It seems like everyone is trying to be more like their competitors. With Instagram adding the vanishing message mode a few weeks ago, it seems…

Apple is holding another event dubbed “one more thing”

By Talha Ikram ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐

2 min read

Apple announced plans earlier this year to leave Intel’s processor lineup for their ARM architecture-based in-house designed chips much like the A-series that it uses…

Alphabet X Lab’s AI can detect depression from brain waves

By Talha Ikram ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐

2 min read

Alphabet’s X Lab has announced, in a blog post, an AI that uses Electroencephalography (EEG) brain waves to detect depression among various individuals. Dubbed the…

Pakistan’s exports cross $2 billion after COVID-19 dip

By Talha Ikram ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐

2 min read

Prime Minister’s Advisor for Commerce and Investment announced that Pakistan’s exports have finally crossed the $2 billion mark after July 2020 following months of low…

AWS releases AI toolkit to help predict COVID-19’s spread

By Talha Ikram ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐

2 min read

Amazon Web Services’ (AWS) machine learning team has released an open-source machine learning toolkit that helps predict the spread of COVID-19. The toolkit consists of…

Google’s new AI lets you create videos from webpages automatically

By Talha Ikram ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐

2 min read

Google’s researchers have published a paper that details how their newest AI can create a video using any given webpage automatically. Imagine you have a…