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US warns 5G wireless use could prompt flight diversions
Aviation industry and the FAA raise concerns about potential interference of 5G with sensitive aircraft electronics
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Searches for 'how to heal' on Google reached an all time high in 2021
Search interest for “covid vaccine” officially surpassed interest in “covid testing.”
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China used cloud seeding tech to modify weather for event
'An extensive cloud-seeding operation was carried out on July 1, 2021 to ensure clear skies and low air pollution'
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Instagram tightens teen defenses as US hearing looms
Mosseri is to testify at a hearing titled "Protecting Kids Online: Instagram and Reforms for Young Users."
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Rohingya refugees sue Facebook for $150 billion over Myanmar genocide
Facebook is failing to stem hate speech on its platform, exacerbating violence against the vulnerable minority
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Bitcoin back over $50,000, as market calms
Bitcoin fell as much as 22% on Saturday on a combination of profit-taking and macro-economic concerns
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Tesla's Musk says Biden's EV bill shouldn't pass
The billionaire entrepreneur is escalating criticism about the administration and Democrats
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Xiaomi unveils Zindagi: A music video shot completely on the Xiaomi 11T Pro
Bring your daily moments to life with the all-new Xiaomi 11T series
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Apple to make fewer iPhones as demand wanes
Apple has informed suppliers that demand for the iPhone 13 lineup may fall short of their initial expectations
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Researchers create camera the size of a salt grain
Researchers at Princeton University and the University of Washington have created an ultracompact camera
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Spotify unveils top artists, albums, songs, podcasts of 2021
Wondering what the world was listening to while you were binge-listening to your favourites? Spotify has the answers
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Alibaba names new CFO as it overhauls e-commerce businesses
Toby Xu will succeed Maggie Wu as Alibaba's new CFO from April 1, 2022
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Bitcoin below US$50,000 after weekend's battering
The price of the world's largest digital asset at one point, lost over one fifth of its value
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Unicode reveals the most and least popular emojis of 2021
The least popular category? Flags. They represent the largest collection (258 emoji!), but are used the least
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Wall Street romance with Chinese big tech comes to an end
Chinese tech giants are under siege from authorities in Beijing and regulators in America
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International Space Station swerves to dodge space junk
Station's orbit dropped by 310 metres for less than three minutes to avoid a close encounter with a fragment
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Singapore tests out ‘smart bandage’ for remote recovery
A wearable sensor attached to a transparent bandage tracks progress in healing, using information like temperature etc
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Latecomers beware: New Zoom feature tracks attendance status
Zoom introduces new features that allow hosts to keep track of attendees and who joined in late.
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Musk's Starlink to apply for India licence by end of January
Starlink will apply early next year for a commercial licence in India to provide broadband and other services.
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NASA launches rocket to study mysterious region in north pole
CREX-2 launched on first December to investigate the Polar cusp in the north and why the air dynamics are different
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Musk says Tesla's Cybertruck will have four-motor variant
Elon Musk announced that the much-awaited Tesla's Cybertruck will have high- end four-motor variant.
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US State Department phones hacked with Israeli company spyware
iPhones of nine US State Department employees were hacked by an unknown assailant using Israeli spyware.
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Bitcoin tumbles 5.5% to $53,436
Bitcoin dropped to $53,435.9 losing $3,112.06, on friday.
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Whistleblower says transparency needed to fix social media ills
Facebook Whistleblower says a much deeper investigation is needed to prevent misinformation and abuse in all languages
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NFTs next hit may be music industry, says former Beyonce manager
Merck Mercuriadis is looking at another emerging technology for music: non-fungible tokens.
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NASA awards $415.6 million for new space hubs
NASA said that it will reward $415.6 million to develop privately-owned and operated commercial space stations.
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Flying cars and taxi drones: transport's future is in the skies
The advanced air mobility market is worth $17 billion by 2025, as fiction slowly turns to reality.
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Metaverse won't be turning point in cryptocurrency adoption
Chesnais says that virtual worlds will help advance cryptocurrency adoption but it won't be a game-changer.
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Google delays mandatory return to office beyond January 10
Google delays its employees from coming back to the office three days a week, setting a deadline beyond January 10.
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Twitter removes more than 3,000 accounts operating as state
Twitter blocked more than 3,000 accounts that were operating as foreign state-linked operations.
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White House to unveil alliance to curb human rights abuse of tech
The White House and a group of countries have pledged to curb exports of technology that can be used by bad actors.
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Musk exercises more options, sells Tesla shares worth $1.01b
Elon Musk has sold another 934,091 shares worth $1.01 billion to meet his tax obligations.
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Pakistan ranks third in Global Crypto Adoption Index
Here is a list of the nations with the highest cryptocurrency usage and adoption, evaluated by Chain analysis.
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TECNO rolls out the revolutionary Camon 18 series throughout the country
Start the new year off on the right foot by investing in the new Camon 18 series
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Facebook, Instagram remove Chinese network over fake COVID claims
Meta platform announced that it had removed accounts that promoted claims of a fake "Swiss biologist" against Covid 19
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Trump's social media venture seeks $1 billion raise
Donald Trump's new social media venture is trying to raise up to $1 billion by selling shares to hedge funds.
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Apple tells suppliers demand for iPhone 13 lineup has weakened
Apple reported to its supplier that its demand for iPhone 13 has slowed.
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Instagram head to testify before Senate on 'protecting kids'
Adam Mosseri will testify before the US Senate hearing on 'protecting kids online'.
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Facebook risks meta flop, metaverse developers say
Facebook is failing to permit digital ownership, which misses the point of the Metaverse.
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Google to ban political advertising ahead of Philippine election
Google announced that it will ban political advertising on its platform in the run-up to Philippine elections.
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Facebook digital wallet exec David Marcus to leave company
Facebook Inc executive David Marcus announced that he will be leaving the company at the end of this year.
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This browser extension reveals which brands on Amazon are just Amazon
The Markup is a browser extension that will reveal who is the real seller behind a product being sold on Amazon
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UK watchdog orders Facebook owner Meta to sell Giphy
UK competition watchdog has asked Meta to sell off its platform, Giphy, in an effort to regulate big tech companies.
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Twitter prohibits sharing of personal media without consent
Twitter announced that it will prohibit the sharing of personal photos and videos without the person's consent.
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Xiaomi’s smartphone production to commence in Pakistan as PTA grants license to Select Technologies
Xiaomi's manufacturing partner in Pakistan anticipates production of 2.5-3 million handsets per year
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Factbox: Who is Twitter's new CEO Parag Agrawal?
Facts on Twitter's new CEO, Parag Agrawal
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AI designs robot that can make babies
Xenobots are made of frog cells and can biologically self-repair and self-replicate.
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TECNO releases the long-awaited Camon 18 series in Pakistan
Get your hands on TECNO's cutting-edge Gimbal Camera phone for just PKR 55,999
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GlaxoSmithKline to begin human trials for HIV cure
GSK is aiming to find a cure for HIV while also developing longer-acting drug treatments and preventive therapies.
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British man gets world's first 3D printed eye
Steve Verze becomes the first patient to be fitted with a 3D printed prosthetic eye in London.