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Twitter lets users sideline unwanted direct messages
Providing a new tool to stymie abuse
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Why don’t they eat cake?
Struggling to make ends meet, many Pakistanis still live below the poverty line
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A black hole rips apart an unfortunate star
The star, roughly the same size as our sun, was eventually sucked into oblivion in a rare cosmic occurrence
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NayaPay gets SBP in-principle approval to operate as EMI
NayaPay to enable citizens to open e-money accounts for digital payments
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Elon Musk unveils new Mars rocket prototype, expects missions in months
Starship, a shiny steel rocket ships designed to ferry dozens of humans to the moon and Mars
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Lack of innovation leaves Pakistan uncompetitive globally
Innovation should be promoted to upgrade Pakistani products in global value chain
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Instagram users finally get dark mode feature
After popular demand, Instagram is set to launch its dark mode feature
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#ImranKhanVoiceofKashmir trends globally
With more than 1024k tweets, hashtag started trending soon after PM Imran Khan started his speech at the UNGA session
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Artist-scientist breathes new life into ancient fossils
Drawing depicting rauisuchian -- a forerunner of today's crocodiles that roamed the world more than 200 million
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Going underground in Slovenia to prepare for outer space
Astronauts swapped their spacesuits for caving gear and spending six full days underground
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Giant telescope project in Hawaii delayed by protests
The $1.4 billion project would sit on a volcano that is sacred to Native Hawaiians
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Apple will seek theater deals for movies before streaming
The iPhone maker is spending $2 billion on original content this year, but is still dwarfed by Netflix
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How Google Doodles it
The Express Tribune looks back to the Doodles that Google designed and marked its past birthdays
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Google celebrates 21 years with a throwback
Marking two decades of having search engine giant in our lives
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Revamped Uber app adds transit options, passenger safety features
Uber on Thursday unveiled a revamped version of its smartphone app
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Toyota to develop hydrogen fuel cars with Chinese partners
Toyota will expand cooperation on hybrid vehicles
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Samsung to offer financing to help to boost India smartphone sales
In order to boost smartphone sales in India where it faces fierce competition
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US unlikely to extend waiver for US firms to supply China's Huawei: Bloomberg
The Trump administration had blacklisted Huawei over national security concerns
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Scientists puzzled by really big planet orbiting really little star
With a large Jupiter-like planet orbiting a diminutive star known as a red dwarf
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Silicon Valley goes to the Vatican to talk tech ethics
The three-day conference is being attended by executives from companies such as Facebook, Mozilla, and Western Digital
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New York sues Dunkin' Donuts over cyberattacks
The chain failed to protect customers whose accounts were targeted in a series of “brute force” cyberattacks
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Facebook wins dismissal of investor lawsuit over privacy breach
Though the investors will have a chance to refile their case
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Internet sector contributes $2.1 trillion to US economy
The Internet Association released its estimate as the tech sector has come under increasing criticism
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The next generation: mice can reproduce after space stints, study finds
Male mice that spent more than a month in space were able to successfully reproduce back on Earth
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Workaround: K-P’s first move towards digitalisation
K-P's first business process outsource (BPO) system will provide facilities to international firms & create jobs
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Viral visuals driving social media manipulation on YouTube, Instagram: researchers
Facebook and YouTube both came under intense scrutiny over their ability to monitor and police visual content
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Gmail finally goes dark again
This will also enable users to save battery
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HBO Max needs AT&T's reach to compete in streaming wars
The company has plans to expand to international markets over the next few years
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Amazon CEO says company working on facial recognition regulations
Technology from Amazon and others that struggled to identify the gender of individuals with darker skin
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Microsoft challenges federal judge's order on 'sneak and peek' searches
Microsoft along with other technology giants such as Apple and Amazon sued the government over this practice
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How a sanctions-busting smartphone business thrives in North Korea
North Korea is evading UN sanctions to cash in on soaring domestic demand for smartphones
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US Justice Department to open Facebook antitrust investigation
Facebook also faces probes by the Federal Trade Commission
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Oracle says investigators have asked it for information about Google
Oracle claims that Google infringed on Oracle’s Java copyright to make the Android operating system
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Facebook to launch hand tracking feature on Oculus Quest
The feature allows users to operate the headset using hand gestures
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CEO Wenig steps down as eBay mulls asset sales
eBay is one of the success stories of the early internet period but in recent years it failed to keep pace
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Amazon brings Samuel L. Jackson's voice to Alexa
The company the biggest market share for voice speakers among its rivals
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US hits dating operator over 'fake love interest' messages
The company said it offered to resolve the allegations with a consent decree and a payment of $60 million
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Beijing's new airport showcasing 5G technology
Passengers of China Eastern Airlines do not need to show up their ID cards or scan QR codes anymore
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Health workers aim to save lives of mothers and babies with smartphone data
The plan is to give frontline health workers inexpensive data analytic tools to help them gather the intelligence
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Google steps up battle on 'deepfakes' with data release
Some analysts expect realistic deepfakes to be used to disrupt the 2020 US elections
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Emirati becomes first Arab to reach ISS
The first Arab to reach the International Space Station, after blasting off from Kazakhstan
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‘Protect children from negative effects of technology’
Ministers, adviser call for effective measures for early childhood care through proper planning and management
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Nintendo's Mario mobile game has server overload on launch day
The company was aware that due to heavy traffic some users were having trouble accessing the game
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Trump, Imran most googled UNGA leaders
Imran Khan comes in 2nd, Narendra Modi takes 5th spot on GoogleTrends
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Race against time to finish Brazil's particle accelerator
The fourth-generation synchrotron, called Sirius, is in the final stage of construction
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Facebook takes down pro-Trump pages with reported Ukraine links
The social media giant said it had taken down "I Love America" and related pages
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The JLo dress that created Google Images
Fast forward 18 years, Google images has become one of the most used search services
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Facebook exempts political speech from fact-checking
Move comes amid fears of misinformation campaigns on social media ahead of November 2020 US polls
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As competition looms, Netflix shares set for worst quarter since 2012
It has lost 30% since the end of June
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US lawmakers propose $1 billion fund to replace Huawei equipment
Blacklisted Huawei, alleging the Chinese company was involved in activities contrary to US national security