TechOne Incubator NUST launches Student Startup Business Center Challenge 2020

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

TechOne Incubator NUST has officially opened up applications for the second batch of startups interested in joining the Student Startup Business Center (SSBC). In order…

Looking for a challenge? NIC Karachi is looking for a Project Director

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

For those who want to be at the forefront of the startup ecosystem in Karachi, National Incubation Center and LMKT are looking for a Project…

UVAS tops Times Higher Education Impact Rankings 2020 in Pakistan

By Hamnah Khalid ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Times Higher Education has been releasing Impact Rankings every year since 2019. These rankings determine and assess the world’s universities against the Sustainable Development Goals…

The NCRA is holding a Startup challenge in the fields of Robotics & Automation

By Hamnah Khalid ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

The National Centre of Robotics and Automation has announced a Startup Challenge in the fields of Robotics and Automation. The NCRA, with its central headquarter…

Twitter reacts to Tinder block in Pakistan

By Hamnah Khalid ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

I think it’s safe to say that we have a well-rounded community living in our sweet, sweet country. Granted, the majority are Muslims, but every…

NUST’s N-ovative Health Technologies Pvt Ltd receives praise from National Assembly Standing Committee

By Hamnah Khalid ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

The National University of Sciences and Technology’s very own N-ovative Health Technologies Pvt Ltd. (NHTPL) recently welcomed a 17-member delegation of the National Assembly Standing…

This Pakistani Entrepreneur is running the largest car-rental platform in UAE

By Shaheryar Ehsan ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 4 min read

Meet Ammar Akhtar, the Founder and CEO of the biggest car rental platform in the UAE. Ammar is a Pakistani-origin entrepreneur, who is transforming the…

Deep Dive – What is GPT-3, and why is it becoming so popular?

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 7 min read

  A famous artificial intelligence researcher once said, “No matter how good our computers get at winning games like Go or Jeopardy, we don’t live…

Deep Dive – What is Linear Regression in Machine Learning?

By Hamnah Khalid ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 6 min read

For nearly seventy years now, machine learning has had this crude definition attached to it: that it is a way to give computers and machines…

Facebook has removed more than 450 fake accounts in Pakistan

By Naima Rabbie ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Facebook removed fake accounts last month in Pakistan as it seeks to combat ‘influence operations’ on its platform. In a blog post, the internet giant…

A Chinese manufacturer will invest $50 million to launch electric buses in Pakistan

By Naima Rabbie ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

The Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Hussain Chaudhry announced that Skywell, a Chinese automaker, will invest $50 million in Pakistan for the launch…

Punjab Qeemat app has hit 700K downloads

By Naima Rabbie ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

A popular app by the Punjab government intended to fight against the price hike and profiteering on utility items known as Qeemat Punjab has crossed…

Facebook open-sources Opacus, a PyTorch training library with differential privacy

By Hamnah Khalid ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Facebook has open-sourced Opacus, a PyTorch training library that uses Differential Privacy (DP) to train models. Facebook says that with this act, it hopes engineers…

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