Technology
More News
-
Google is testing double-tap gesture on back of Pixel phones
The double-tap gesture allows you to launch the camera, Google Assistant and more
-
Met police deploy facial recognition technology in central London
Cameras installed by Metropolitan police will be scanning faces in London's Regent street
-
Horrifying 'Skull-Breaker Challenge’ goes viral on TikTok app
The skull-breaker challenge is as alarming as the descriptor suggests
-
Can a video game save a life? African refugee puts players in his race for survival
Salaam, will give players a better understanding of what it means to be homeless, hungry and on the run
-
Google gets sued for collecting school kids' personal data
The company sells its Chromebook laptops to schools around the world
-
Body work: Russia's 'biohackers' push boundaries
Alexei Rautkin is having a chip inserted in his hand so he can open the door to his office without swiping a card
-
Reboot failure detected
Sindh education authorities may have updated Computer Science curriculum but have decided to retain outdated textbook
-
Macho culture seen putting women off data science jobs
Women hold less than a quarter of jobs in data science
-
High-tech helps tackle novel coronavirus outbreak in China
Some hospitals in Wuhan have put into use medical robots
-
Youka lets you create karaoke song versions of any YouTube video
The service can cater to more than 108 languages so it’ll work on non-English songs as well
-
How to mute a single word on Twitter
You can also do this from your desktop
-
Going viral: Demand for disease-themed movies and games explodes
As the world confronts the spread of a deadly new virus
-
EU seeks 'responsible' AI to dispel Big Brother fears
Higher-risk uses of AI in health, security or transport
-
Kickstarter is first major tech firm to unionise
Workers at the Brooklyn-based firm voted 46 to 37 to unionise
-
Silicon Valley inventor of 'cut, copy and paste' dies
Bronx-born Lawrence "Larry" Tesler died this week at age 74
-
Digital Pakistan: Imran aims to increase scope of ICT industry by $20b
Digital Pakistan launched to provide youth a platform to become independent drivers of economic growth: PM Imran Khan
-
Germany to tighten screws on online hate speech
Law will step up pressure on social networking firms like Facebook and Twitter to quickly remove offending content
-
Their market shut, traders in China's Silicon Valley do business from bags
Word traveled across groups on the WeChat messaging platform
-
Robots, clocks and computers: How Ancient Greeks got there first
The robot is a recreation of the automatic servant of Philon
-
Facebook faces off with IRS in big-ticket tax case
A multi-billion-dollar dispute
-
Google Stadia is coming to Samsung, other Android phones on February 20
More than 120 games will be added to the cloud gaming service in 2020
-
India cracks down on use of VPNs in Kashmir to get around social media ban
As of 2018, India led the world in internet shutdowns
-
Dell sells RSA cyber-security unit for $2 bn
RSA specialises in defending computer systems
-
Israeli court orders Facebook to unblock account of NSO Group employee
A group of NSO employees filed a suit against the social media giant
-
US judge rejects Huawei challenge to federal law restricting its business
Huawei’s constitutional challenge to a US law
-
EU seeks AI champions: Five things to know
From translation apps to facial recognition, artificial intelligence is becoming a major part of everyday life
-
PTI govt to revisit social media rules amid outcry
PM Imran Khan directs incorporating stakeholders’ input before implementing new policy
-
SpaceX announces partnership to send four tourists into deep orbit
A mission that could take place by 2022 and easily cost more than $100 million
-
NUST team wins Imagine Cup Pakistan
Connection of augmented reality with physical world behind their inclusion among 60 finalists
-
Central Cotton Research Institute to train farmers
In collaboration with BCI, better cotton would be produced through latest technology
-
1.4 million people give up phones in Indian Occupied Kashmir
Despite communications blockade, residents keep getting bills for phone and internet services they are not using
-
Japan approves bill to help firms develop 5G, drone technologies
The bill will give companies which develop such technologies access to low-interest rate loans
-
New data indicates Instagram might be more profitable than Facebook
Facebook has been smart enough to acquire majority of its competition
-
Samsung poised to benefit from China virus woes afflicting Apple, other rivals
Half of Samsung’s smartphones are now made in Vietnam, where the coronavirus that has crippled the China operations
-
New Twitter filter deletes nudes from messages
Plugin was developed Kelsey Bressler after she received an unwanted nude picture from a man
-
Samsung offers phone delivery service for test use to ride out coronavirus impact
The move highlights efforts made by the global smartphone industry
-
Amazon's Jeff Bezos pledges $10 billion to battle climate change
The Bezos Earth Fund will try to safeguard the world from the effects of climate change
-
SpaceX re-useable rocket misses landing ship
The private company founded by billionaire Elon Musk has revolutionised spaceflight
-
PTI govt to use GPS to monitor trees planted under 10 Billion Tree Tsunami
Zartaj Gul Wazir urges parliamentarians to monitor plantation in their constituencies, control price hikes
-
Bodywork: Russia's 'biohackers' push boundaries
The lifestyle trend involves implanting technology under their skin
-
Apple to miss revenue forecast as iPhone supply hit by coronavirus
iPhone supplies worldwide would also be impacted
-
Malaysia to choose 5G partners based on own security standards
Huawei has signed a 5G deal with Malaysian mobile network operator Maxis and preliminary agreements with other telcos
-
Thailand raises $3.2 billion in 5G licence auction
Governments around the world are rolling out 5G networks, which offer vastly faster mobile internet speeds
-
No #DigitalPakistan without affordable access to data
The more impoverished Pakistanis are not even part of the transformation
-
Instagram trials ‘Latest Posts’ feature
The prototype was discovered by Jane Manchun Wong who generated screenshots
-
UK to invest $1.6 billion in weather, climate supercomputer
The supercomputer, which will be managed by the Met Office, will be used to predict changes to global climate and more
-
Fear of Big Brother guides EU rules on AI
European Commission is eager to answer the worries of European citizens about rising importance of AI in their lives
-
5G: what, how and when?
The Express Tribune takes a look at what the next generation technology means for the world and Pakistan
-
Are we ready for 5G?
Pakistan needs 5G plan, framework for spectrum-sharing, affordable IT devices
-
PTI govt’s social media rules will ‘cripple’ digital economy
Internet giants warn new policy will make it ‘extremely difficult’ for companies to operate in Pakistan