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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 children in the country. Designed by…
AIC issues strong statement against the Govt of Pakistan regarding social media rules
The Asia Internet Coalition (AIC) and its member companies have issued a strong statement against the social media rules that Pakistan recently banned. This comes…
Dean of Apple University gives insight into company’s unique hierarchical structure
Joel Podolny, the Dean and Vice President of Apple University in Cupertino shared an interesting look into what makes Apple one of the most successful…
PITB is working on a Labor app for small businesses
Punjab Information and Technology Board is working on an application to be used by the Punjab Labour and Human Resource Department (PL&HRD). The app will…
App developers join forces to criticise Apple
Apple’s App Store vendors have seemingly had enough and have now sought to joining forces and retaliating against the strong rules and regulations the company…
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 for an independent review. With 40…
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 pace, but an interesting exception to…
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 platform is not used as a…
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 Series C financing round of Applied…
SBP allows IT exporters to keep a major piece of their Foreign Exchange Earnings
To encourage IT exporters, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has relaxed up the requirements of keeping up foreign exchange permitting them to hold up…
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 full professorship in just seven years,…
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 drain, let alone for a buzzword…
