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Tech giants warn Australia against law to break encryption
The legislation proposed by Australia's government would undermine rather than enhance the nation's security
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New application launched to facilitate motorway users
Minister Murad Saeed says steps afoot to depoliticise institutions
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Mobile Internet faster than WiFi in Pakistan
According to a study by OpenSignal
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Facebook was warned of alleged Russian meddling back in 2014
The revelation came as the British Parliament held hearings featuring lawmakers
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Google workers want plug pulled on plan for China search
Saying it could offer "better information" to people than rival services
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Online 'funeral kits' help grieving Indians
A kit includes 38 items such as earthen pots, cow urine and dung, incense sticks and rice
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British, Dutch regulators fine Uber for 2016 data hack
Uber failed to protect customers' personal information during cyber-attack involving millions of users
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Pakistani entrepreneur's chatbot 'Aurat Raaj' wins big at BAFTA
'Aurat Raaj' was nominated in the Artificial Intelligence (AI): empowering the future category
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Indonesia's new 'heresy app' draws fire
Mobile app-'Smart Pakem' allows sacrilege reporting
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Microsoft briefly tops Apple as most valuable company
With an overall market capitalisation of $812.9 billion, just ahead of Apple's $812.6 billion
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Facebook election 'war room' goes quiet - for now
The social media giant confirmed that it will widen its focus to other parts of the world with upcoming elections
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Canada senate vote brings end to postal strike
After a rare weekend session, the Senate voted 53-25 for the back-to-work bill
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Cheers as Mars InSight spacecraft lands on Red Planet
The dramatic arrival of the $993 million spacecraft marked the eighth successful landing on Mars in NASA's history
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Jack Ma, China's richest man, is a Communist Party member
The billionaire's Communist bona fides were revealed by the party's official mouthpiece
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Kering steps up digital strategy with new Apple deals
To be used by staff at its stores and would have more control over e-commerce activities run
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PNG upholds deal with Huawei to lay internet cable
Amid broad efforts to limit China’s influence across the Pacific
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Video gaming fiends with an itch hit Twitch
Today's top "streamers" are celebrities who can earn fame and a healthy living from competitive video gaming
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Anxiety at NASA as Mars InSight spacecraft nears Red Planet
The unmanned spacecraft launched nearly seven months ago
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Technology can mitigate impact of climate change
It will help reduce carbon emissions while sustaining growth in economic structure
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Travellers allowed only one cellphone in a year to bring to Pakistan duty-free
Maximum of five phones can be brought in the country per year under the new regulation
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From parcel delivery to security, Singapore bets big on drones
Although the initiative may hit turbulence due to safety and privacy concerns
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Logitech in talks to acquire headphone maker Plantronics
The companies seek to keep down manufacturing costs following the introduction of tariffs on imports from China
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Black Friday deals lure US shoppers, biggest sales gains online
A healthy economy and rising wages gave people the confidence to splash out on retailers’ annual raft of bargains
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Chinese IT giant to provide $2m for ICT talent programme
Funds will help promote study of advanced technologies, increase IT exports
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Workshop on the challenges of 21st century teaching held at Arts Council
A multitude of education expert speak at the occasion
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Chinese online shopping sites ditch Dolce & Gabbana in ad backlash
The ads featured a Chinese woman struggling to eat spaghetti and pizza with chopsticks sparking criticism
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Tesla cuts China car prices to absorb hit from trade war tariffs
The electric carmaker said it will cut prices of the two models by 12-26 per cent
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Facebook to pay 100 million in Italian fiscal accord
Italy has already drawn similar agreements from Amazon, Apple and Google
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NASA counts down to landing of Martian quake-sensor, InSight
No one is on board the spacecraft, which launched nearly seven months ago and has traveled some 300 million miles
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Samsung apologises for factory cancer cases
The father and the company's co-president signed a formal settlement agreement
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Symposium on Educational Technology
A collaboration between Szabist and LearnTech.pk
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Divided by war, Israel and Gaza's Instagrammers tell their own stories
Instagrammers highlights photographs of farmland scorched in Israel and rockets fired by Gaza
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Spotify's Palestinian launch puts local artists on the map
Spotify has been unofficially available in West Bank and Gaza for several years through virtual private network or VPN
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Review: Huawei Mate 20 Pro, a leap of faith
The device is the company's most complete flagship yet
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Laravel workshop coming to Islamabad
The aim is to motivate web developers and help them grow under the umbrella of Laravel
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NASA probes 'drug-free' policies, safety at SpaceX, Boeing
The review would start next year as the agency focuses on safe and successful commercial crew missions
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Virtual reality resurrects ancient Rome bit by bit
It is the first to show users over 7,000 buildings and monuments from the year AD 320
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Silent plane with no moving parts makes 'historic' flight
Which could eventually slash greenhouse-gas emissions from aviation
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Amazon says some customer email addresses exposed
The company declined to disclose the extent of the software slip-up
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Spain approves contested data protection law
Among other things, the GDPR boosts people's right to be forgotten and guarantee free, easy access to personal data
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On Twitter, Canadians more polite than Americans
Canadians were more likely to use words like "great, thanks, good, amazing, happy," said the findings
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Departing Facebook comms chief takes blame for PR firm controversy
After chief operating officer, Sheryl Sandberg has pledged a "thorough" review of its use of Definers
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Digital media listening tool enters Pakistan market
Identifies real-time trending topics by gaining insights, conducting analysis
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Realistic masks made in Japan find demand from tech, car companies
Company based in Japan receives about 100 orders every year from entertainment, automobile and technology companies
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Twitter CEO trolled for 'hate mongering' against India's Brahmins
The executives of the company have said that the country was one of its fastest growing
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Big foreign cyber attack targets Italian certified email accounts
Certified emails guarantee the validity of a sender’s identity
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Musk hints at Tesla interest in Daimler van
The latest generation of Sprinter vans debuted in February
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Instagram ousting fake followers from accounts
As they strive to assure people that the leading social network and its services can be trusted
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Bitcoin falls below $5,000
It may hover above this level or bounce toward a resistance at $5,151
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Punjab govt proposes data processing, sharing protocols
Conference held to highlight importance of data protection and privacy issues