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Global smartphone sales decline to lowest in decade
Sales of smartphones continued to shrink globally in the recently-ended quarter as consumers watched spending, market tracker Counterpoint reported.
Smartphone sales fell 8 percent, marking the ninth consecutive quarter of decline in…
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Cabinet approves auction of 5G spectrum: IT Minister
Caretaker Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication Dr Umar Saif said that the federal cabinet has given the green signal for the auction of the much-anticipated 5G spectrum.
The minister said that a Spectrum…
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Internet shutdown cost Pakistan Rs1.3 bn in direct loss: report
ISLAMABAD: A study conducted by the Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE) revealed that the closure of internet services for 24 hours results in a direct loss of Rs1.3 billion, which equates to 0.57% of the daily GDP average…
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Elon Musk’s X removes headlines from news story links
Social media site X, formerly known as Twitter, has stopped showing headlines on articles shared on the platform.
Now, X only displays an article’s lead image and a link to the story. Linked articles now appear as an image, and include…
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Prada to design NASA space suits for astronauts
Italian luxury fashion designer Prada will develop next-generation space suits for NASA’s Artemis III mission which will attempt to put boots on the moon in 2025.
The lunar mission is expected to be the first to put a woman on the moon…
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Google to give 44,500 scholarships in Pakistan
Google has announced that they will be giving away scholarships to people who want to hone their digital skills which is in high demand across the globe. This initiative will allow students to learn new skills through their Google Career…
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Apple to now produce 7% iPhones in India
Apple has increased the production of iPhones in India to 7% from 1% in 2021. As per the Bloomberg news report, the company has assembled iPhones worth over $7 billion in India in the last fiscal year. This move by Apple is made to…
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NOKIA revamps logo and change their business identity
Nokia has moved away from its famous blue and white block lettered logo and introduced the new one which consists of five shapes forming the word NOKIA and a wider colour range depending upon its use. The previous iconic logo was launched…
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Wikipedia revived in Pakistan
The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority has restored the popular online website Wikipedia across Pakistan on the orders of the Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif. The Prime Minister issued a statement regarding the same which was shared by the…
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Instagram, Facebook banned in Russia
A Russian court on Monday banned Facebook and Instagram as "extremist", part of sweeping efforts by Moscow to crack down on social media during the conflict in Ukraine.
The Russian authorities have accused US tech giant Meta -- the…
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Google to overhaul ad tracking system on Android devices
Google announced plans Wednesday to limit ad tracking on its Android operating system running on billions of devices, a sensitive privacy issue that rival Apple has already moved to address on its iPhones.
Tech giants are under growing…
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Google agrees competition, privacy pledge over online ads
Britain on Friday said it had accepted changes proposed by Google to address competition and customer privacy concerns linked to online advertising, with the US tech giant vowing to apply them globally.
"The commitments we have obtained…
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Meta’s profit slips as Facebook loses users
CFO Dave Weiner told analysts that user growth was impacted by "headwinds" including disproportionate growth in the Asia-Pacific during the pandemic that has slowed and an increase in mobile data prices in India.
"In addition to these…
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The race is on to translate viral app Wordle
Wordle, the simple word game that has taken the English-speaking world by storm, is sparking spontaneous efforts to develop similar games for other languages.
The English-language app poses a simple puzzle: it thinks of a five-letter…
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Apple hits revenue record despite chip shortage
Apple reported record $124 billion quarterly revenue on Thursday, despite a global chip pinch and shifting impacts of the pandemic that have weighed down other big tech players.
The expectations-beating results offered signals that the…
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