Technology

Alphabet Inc’s Google on Monday said it would spend around $10 billion in India over the next five to seven years through equity investments and tie-ups, marking its biggest commitment to a key growth market. The investments will be done…
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Washington - Robotic landers and rovers have been touching down on Mars since the 1970s, but when will humanity finally set foot on the Red Planet? Experts believe the technical challenges are nearly resolved, but political…
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REUTERS: Britain’s decision to grant Huawei a limited role in building its 5G network is not “fixed in stone” and a government update on the Chinese company will be published before July 22, a government minister and official said on…
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Geetha Sridhar never used to enter her kitchen in Mumbai without her smartphone. The 54-year-old homemaker used to post dozens of short videos daily on the Chinese video app TikTok, mostly of herself cooking traditional recipes. With 1…
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The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority has temporarily suspended online game PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG), calling it addictive. In a statement on Wednesday, the telecom regulator said it had received several complaints about…
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India on Monday banned 59 mobile apps including Tik Tok, as tensions between its nuclear-armed neighbour China rose more than a week after the Ladakh clash which left at least 20 Indian soldiers killed in the disputed area. Tik Tok,…
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Google has begun auto-deleting new users' search data and location history on a rolling 18-month basis, CEO Sundar Pichai announced, as the tech giant moves to tighten privacy settings. The tweak was introduced Wednesday and is the…
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People from west Africa to the Arabian Peninsula, Pakistan, India and southern China witnessed on Sunday a dramatic "ring of fire" solar eclipse. So-called annular eclipses occur when the Moon -- passing between Earth and the Sun -- is…
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Kennedy Space Center (United States) (AFP) - Two veteran NASA astronauts were headed for the International Space Station on Saturday after Elon Musk's SpaceX became the first commercial company to launch a rocket carrying humans into orbit,…
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Pakistan's intelligence services are deploying secretive surveillance technology normally used to locate militants to instead track coronavirus patients and the people they come into contact with. In a programme publicly touted by Prime…
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Twitter said Monday it began tagging "misleading" and "disputed" claims about the coronavirus pandemic in a stepped-up effort to label potentially harmful content. The move by Twitter comes with social networks struggling to deal with a…
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Pakistani digital rights activist Nighat Dad has been named in a newly established global independent oversight board for Facebook and Instagram content. Taking to Twitter on Thursday, Dad said: "I joined because I truly believe in the…
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Australia announced Monday it will begin forcing Google and Facebook to pay news companies for content, in a landmark move aimed at shielding traditional media from the tech giants' digital dominance. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said a…
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ISLAMABAD: China Mobile (CMPak) has deposited Rs 37.16 Billion ((US$ 238.6 Million) against its license renewal fee with Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA). According to a statement issued by the cellular phone regulator, the…
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