Technology

Apple is expected on Tuesday to unveil a keenly anticipated iPhone 12 line-up starring models tuned to super-fast new 5G telecom networks in an update considered vital to the company's fortunes. A streamed event was cryptically teased…
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After endlessly swiping through pictureless profiles on dating apps, Muhammad Ali Shah still hasn't found the one -- or really anyone -- to get serious with in Pakistan. In the ultra-conservative Islamic republic, where arranged marriages…
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BEIJING: Pakistan on Friday blocked TikTok after the China-based video-sharing company failed to comply with the instructions for “development of an effective mechanism for proactive moderation of unlawful online content”. In a statement…
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After a four-year journey, NASA's robotic spacecraft OSIRIS-REx will descend to asteroid Bennu's boulder-strewn surface on October 20, touching down for a few seconds to collect rock and dust samples, the agency said Thursday. Scientists…
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AFP: Taking advantage of the ban imposed on TikTok by India owing to rising tensions with China, YouTube has decided to launch a rival of the short video application, stating that it will release it in other countries in the coming future.…
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US tech giant Microsoft said Sunday its offer to buy TikTok was rejected, as a deadline looms for the Chinese-owned video app to sell or shut down its US operations. TikTok has been at the center of a diplomatic storm between Washington…
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Microsoft is back in the smartphone business -- sort of -- with a new Android-powered folding device it claims fills a needed gap in mobile computing. The tech giant began taking orders Wednesday for its Surface Duo, a dual-screen…
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US President Donald Trump on Thursday ordered sweeping restrictions against Chinese-owned social media giants TikTok and WeChat that could strangle their ability to operate in the United States. The executive order, which takes effect in…
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US President Donald Trump on Thursday ordered sweeping restrictions against Chinese-owned social media stars TikTok and WeChat, which could strangle their ability to operate in the United States. Trump's executive order, which takes…
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The question of whether ancient life could have existed on Mars centres on the water that once flowed there, but new research published Monday suggests that many of the Red Planet's valleys were gouged by icy glaciers not rivers. The…
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REUTERS: The U.S. tech giant formally declared its interest on Sunday after President Donald Trump, who has cited national security risks posed by the Chinese-owned short video app, reversed course on a planned ban and gave the two firms 45…
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday withdrew its ban on the Players’ Unknown Battle Ground (PUBG), an online game, that was banned nearly a month ago. The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority announced its decision on Twitter. The PTA…
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Alphabet Inc’s Google said on Monday it would allow employees, who do not need to be in the office, to work from home until the end of June 2021. Google had said in May it would begin reopening more offices globally as early as June this…
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The United Arab Emirates celebrated in the early hours of Monday morning the launch of its "Hope" probe to Mars, the first interplanetary mission by an Arab nation. The long-anticipated blast-off of the unmanned spacecraft at 6:58 am…
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The official Twitter accounts of Apple, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and others were hijacked on Wednesday by scammers trying to dupe people into sending cryptocurrency bitcoin, in a massive hack. The list of accounts commandeered grew rapidly…
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