Turkey launches investigation into WhatsApp in the wake of controversial privacy policy

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

The Turkish Competition Board announced today that it had launched an investigation into the messaging app WhatsApp and owner Facebook over the controversial new terms…

China and Pakistan could promote digital economy through CPEC, says Chinese professor

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

According to Chinese scholar Professor Cheng Xizhong, high-level and high-quality cooperation between China and Pakistan could boost collaboration over innovative technologies and promote the concept…

Pakistan’s first instant payment system developed by SBP launched by PM today

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

In a launch ceremony that kicked off at 4:30 PM today, Prime Minister Imran Khan officially launched Raast, the nation’s first-ever instant payment system developed…

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Customs duties, taxes over Rs. 1 million to be paid online from January 15, 2021

By Talha Ikram ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Pakistan Customs has announced that starting from January 15, 2021, the payment of customs duties and taxes amounting to Rs. 1 million or more will…

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Google Phone App will let you automatically record calls from unknown numbers

By Talha Ikram ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

A teardown of the latest Google Phone App version 59 (performed by XDA-Developers) has revealed that Google might include a new feature that will allow…

Strong data protection laws needed in Pakistan after WhatsApp privacy policy change

By Talha Ikram ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

In a response to the new WhatsApp privacy policy that openly allows the sharing of user data with Facebook, the Minister of Science and Technology,…

Fact Check: Is the “Argentina COVID” video really a virus?

By Talha Ikram ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

The National Information Technology Board (NITB) of Pakistan has just released a warning for all of its citizens stating that a video is circulating on…

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#BlackOutPakistan – Here are the best reactions to the national grid power breakdown

By Talha Ikram ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Pakistan just witnessed a nation-wide blackout yesterday that lasted more than 8 hours for most cities but is still ongoing in some parts of the…

[UPDATED] – #Blackout – Electricity goes out in major cities of Pakistan

By Shaheryar Ehsan ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

UPDATE 7: Electricity was partially restored in areas but has gone out again in some. #Loadshedding is now trending on Twitter. Latest statement by the…

Boeing 737 crashes with 62 people on board

By Talha Ikram ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

A Boeing 737-500 passenger plane of the Sriwijaya Airline has gone missing shortly after take-off from the Indonesian capital Jakarta. The plane is estimated to…

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Pakistani twin sisters become the youngest Microsoft Power Platform Certified professionals at age 10

By Talha Ikram ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Two twin sisters hailing from Pakistan, Zara Khan and Zenubia Khan, have become the youngest Microsoft Power Platform Certified Professionals. What is even more astonishing…

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#WhatsAppPrivacyPolicy – So suddenly we are all privacy centric?

By Shaheryar Ehsan ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 6 min read

WhatsApp has announced changes to its Privacy Policy which will take effect from 8th February. The question now arises that with the update in the…

Online qurbani fraud: Karachi man takes legal action against meat company

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

The sky is the limit when it comes to committing online fraud, as a man from Karachi found to his annoyance when an online meat…

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