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Biden campaign asks Twitter, Facebook to remove Trump posts bashing mail-in voting
Trump tweeted several times criticising vote-by-mail plans that numerous states have implemented
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Six ways you can prevent misinformation from spreading on WhatsApp
Despite WhatsApp tightening message forwarding limits, the app remains a hub of misinformation
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Google launches its own Pinterest-like service
You can use Google's Keen on desktop or mobile to build a collection of your best resources on a topic
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Pakistan ‘key partner’ of China’s satellite programme
Sino-Pak cooperating in training, application systems and performance monitoring
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Karachi teenager shooting TikTok video ‘accidentally’ kills himself
The 17-year-old was filming the video with his father's pistol when it went off
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'Huawei to receive planning permission to build 400-million-pound facility in UK'
Huawei facility, 11 km from Cambridge, will be built for researching and developing chips for use in broadband
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Snapchat removes Juneteenth filter, apologises
Snapchat's Juneteenth themed filter drew criticism for being insensitive
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Top French court upholds $56 million Google privacy breach fine
French regulator found Google lacked transparency, clarity in how it informs users about its handling of personal data
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Going virtual: Sindh lawmakers quibble over online session
“How can we discuss matters when no minister is available either physically or online?”
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IT to help Pakistan promote trade with Canada
Envoy urges entrepreneurs to collaborate with Canadian counterparts
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Pakistan uses tech to boost tax ratio
Aims to deploy 8,500 electronic devices like POS at retail outlets by end of Dec 2020
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Indian billionaire gets $1.5b from Saudi Arabia for tech war chest
Kingdom’s Public Investment Fund will buy a 2.32% stake in Reliance Industries’ digital unit Jio Platforms for...
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Pakistani scholars among winners of Facebook’s Ethics in AI Research awards
Junaid Qadir, Amana Raquib were awarded by Facebook for research into pro-social AI regulation
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UK switches from homegrown Covid-19 tracing app to Google-Apple model
Apple and Google’s contact-tracing app has frustrated governments, as it prioritises user privacy
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Facebook removes Trump ads over 'organized hate' policy
Facebook has previously removed Trump campaign ads, including ones that violated policy against misinformation
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Google Chrome extensions may have been spying on you
Spyware attacked users through 32 million downloads of extensions to Google’s Chrome web browser
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India tells two state firms not to use China telecoms gear, source says
New Delhi’s move comes amid a backlash against companies from China after the killing this week of 20 Indian...
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Five key trends shaping how Pakistanis search on Google
Searches for ‘super food’ are up by a whopping 767% and ‘HIIT’ by 600%
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Twitter tests new voice tweeting feature
New Twitter feature will be available to a limited number of users on Apple's iOS platform for now
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Trump administration to remove protections for big tech
Trump in May proposed to weaken law shielding big tech, to punish outlets where he had been criticized
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Zoom to offer end-to-end encryption for all users
Zoom will now offer end-to-end encryption for video calls to all users and will launch a trial version in July
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US to allow companies to work with Huawei on 5G, other standards
US decision comes following amendment to rule which restricts sales of goods, technology to Huawei
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Facebook will now affix labels to political ads
Facebook is facing demands to do more to combat false viral information
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ASMR Slicing most downloaded mobile game worldwide in May
Ludo King, PUBG also among ten most downloaded mobile games for May 2020
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Facebook hopes to help millions of Americans register to vote
Zuckerberg, in an opinion piece published by USA Today said the best way to hold politicians accountable is by voting
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EU antitrust regulators to investigate Apple's App Store, Apple Pay
The case was triggered by a complaint from Swedish music streaming service Spotify
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Two former Pinterest policy employees say they faced racism at work
Former Pinterest employee Ozoma called the company’s recent solidarity with Black Lives Matter movement “a joke.”
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Rawalpindi district kuchery to get digital record room
Files in British-era archives room to be digitised
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Wonder kids: Pakistani teenagers develop world's first game to help fight Covid-19
STOP the SPREAD busts the myths and encourages to apply behavioural changes to embrace the 'new normal'
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Careem unifies all its services to launch super app
As a super app, Careem will provide multiple services alongside its core business of ride hailing
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Chinese gaming giant develops new 'Lord of the Rings' mobile game with Warner Bros
New officially licensed strategy game, “The Lord of the Rings: Rise to War”, is based on the books by Tolkien
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Nokia to supply around 10% of China Unicom's 5G core network
Despite progress in its core network sales in China, Nokia has been on the sidelines for larger radio network orders
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OPPO launches F15 smartphone in Pakistan
OPPO F15 is now available in the market and for online booking on OPPO’s official website
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Facebook rejects call to share revenue with Australian media
Australia is set to unveil plans to force Facebook, Google to share advertising revenue they earn from news
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WhatsApp is developing several new features for Android, iOS
Tracker website WABetaInfo reveals new features being tested for WhatsApp
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Researchers in Thailand test horseshoe bats for coronavirus
Thailand has 23 species of the horseshoe bat, but there has not been an investigation before
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Google’s summer internships go virtual
Many technical internships at Google will focus on open source projects this year
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Zoom to launch new blocking feature
Zoom is adding the block feature to comply with requests from local authorities about illegal activity on the platform
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Facebook fires employee who protested inaction on Trump posts
Former Facebook employee Dail was dismissed for publicly scolding a colleague over the Black Lives Matter movement
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UK competition watchdog to investigate Facebook's Giphy deal
Advocacy groups had already raised concerns when Facebook's acquisition of GIF website Giphy was announced
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Microsoft bans face-recognition sales to police as Big Tech take a stand
Microsoft announcement came shortly after Amazon declared it was pausing police use of its facial-recognition tech
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Twitter deletes 170,000 Beijing-backed accounts
Deleted Twitter accounts deceptively spread messages favorable to the Chinese government, including about coronavirus
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Sony reveals PlayStation 5 console, games
Games shown during the PS5 event included Marvel’s Spider-Man Miles Morales and first-person shooter Deathloop
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OPPO to launch Find X2 Pro in Pakistan
OPPO Find X2 Pro is set to hit the Pakistani smartphone market on June 15
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Tesla shares surge past $1,000
Elon Musk also announced that Tesla is scouting US states for a site to build a new factory
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TikTok under scrutiny from EU privacy watchdogs
European Data Protection Board (EDPB) will set up a task force to assess TikTok’s activities across the bloc
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Russia's space chief complains about American jokes
Head of Russian State Corporation for Space Activities said Americans still don't take Russian space program seriously
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Amazon bans police use of its facial recognition tech
Amazon's ban comes just after IBM announced exit from facial recognition business
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Twitter tests new feature prompting users to read articles before sharing
Twitter has been tightening its policies in recent years amid criticism that its hands-off approach had allowed abuse
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Vodafone says UK's desire to lead in 5G will suffer a blow if Huawei is ripped out
London is looking at the possibility of phasing Huawei out of its 5G network completely by 2023

















































