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Punjab ups the ante on regulating ride-hailing apps
Provincial IT board takes charge of policy formulation which has been pending for long
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Year-long fake news campaign costs $0.4m
Includes generating fake social media profiles and news stories and circulating them through fictitious followers
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Al Jazeera says Twitter feed working again after suspension
Al Jazeera is the flagship broadcaster for Qatar
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Nokia 3310 launched in Pakistan
The iconic mobile phone will come at a retail price of Rs6,490
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France must be country that 'thinks and moves like a startup': Macron
France's startup scene has been gaining traction with expectations high for business-friendly government under Macron
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Chinese start-up Mobike gains $600 million in biggest financing round to date
With the latest injection the firm has raised over $900 million since October
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Canada cyber-spy agency expects hacktivist attacks in 2019 vote
Targets may range from voter suppression to stealing party information and discredit candidates
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Amazon shakes up grocery aisles with $13.7b Whole Foods deal
This marks internet retailer's largest deal and biggest foray into brick-and-mortar retail sector
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Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos asks Twitter followers how to donate his money
Bezos' twitter post generated nearly 4,000 replies within three hours
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Former Oracle board member dogged by links to China-backed chip deal
The 71-year old technology veteran helped set up a private equity fund backed by China’s central government last fall
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CIA could potentially hack your router, according to WikiLeaks
WikiLeaks previously published publications on CIA hacking tools including information on targeting Apple and Samsung
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Microsoft’s online design lab lets you create your perfect Xbox controller
But customisation doesn’t come cheap
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Sushi chef in a day: Japan food firms showcase tasty technology
The company says its machines can churn out anywhere from 300 to 20,000 yakitori sticks an hour
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Facebook seeks to become 'hostile place' for extremists
The effort extends to other Facebook applications, including WhatsApp and Instagram
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Snap sinks to IPO price for first time since market debut
Snap climbed to $29.44 in the days immediately after its market debut but has since declined
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LCWU all set to become a ‘smart university’
Students to get smartcards and computerised roll number slips
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You'll soon be able to back up your entire computer on Google Drive
New feature will help you recreate your desktop folder system in Drive
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Careem closes $500m Series-E funding led by Diamler, Saudi prince
Dubai-based ride hailing service is valued at $1billion
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You can finally respond with GIFs in Facebook comments
Nearly 13 billion GIFs were sent on Messenger last year
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UK to step up support for startups, infrastructure ahead of EU exit
British projects and businesses can currently bid for financing from the European Investment Bank
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Messaging startup Slack said to draw interest from Amazon: Bloomberg
San Francisco-based Slack has raised more than $500 million from venture capitalists and was valued at $3.8 billion
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Uber's trucking ambitions in lower gear after Otto deal
Uber's self-driving truck effort is weighed down by a high-stakes lawsuit over allegedly stolen trade secrets
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China launches its first X-ray space telescope
The Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope (HXMT), named Insight, will allow Chinese scientists to observe magnetic fields
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Racist post fines on social media firms illegal
Critics said the government was rushing through legislation that could damage free speech
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Instagram now lets you hide your embarrassing pictures from your profile
Instagram hopes this feature will prevent users from permanently deleting a post by giving them a middle option
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Drones could save lives with rapid heart attack response
Drone delivery of easy-to-use kit could raise the chances of survival of cardiac arrest victims
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Sindh govt driving away IT exports by imposing sales tax: P@SHA
Sindh is the only province where sales tax is imposed on the export of IT services
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Leak confirms iPhone 8 bezel-less design
iPhone 7S and iPhone 7S Plus to make a switch from aluminium to glass chassis
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Verizon closes Yahoo deal, Mayer steps down
The tech pioneer was once valued at more than $100 billion
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Apple focusing on autonomous car system: CEO Cook on Bloomberg
Apple secured a permit in April to test autonomous vehicles in California
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Uber CEO Kalanick to take leave of absence
Uber unveiled steps aimed at restoring confidence in the scandal-plagued ridesharing giant
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Is Atari making a comeback with new console?
New video shows a device styled after the company’s retro consoles
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Classic PC game 'Age of Empires' to be resurrected in 4K
The remaster will boast a host of new changes
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Coinbase exchange has outage due to high trading volume
Market capitalization of digital currencies has increased by around 95 per cent to $106 billion
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Five cheaper alternatives for the Galaxy S8
Find out here
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Sponsored: OPPO takes its loyal customers to London
If you have a valid UK visa and an OPPO F3, be at Hafeez centre on the 13th of June
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Instagram user meltdown after app crashes
Facebook-owned Instagram tends to be relatively stable and is used by over 700 million people
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Uber CEO Kalanick likely to take leave, SVP Michael out: source
Uber's image, culture and practices have been largely defined by Kalanick's brash approach
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Hyundai unveils new small SUV, electric version to arrive next year
The Kona will compete with Nissan's Juke and Honda's CR-V
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Israeli intelligence discovered IS plans for laptop bomb: report
Israeli hackers penetrated Syria-based IS cell of bombmakers that led to the ban on laptops
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Myanmar anti-Islam monk says barred from Facebook
Firebrand preacher Wirathu claims Facebook's team is in the hands of Muslims
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Postman behind online suicide game 'Blue Whale challenge' arrested in Russia
The twisted online game has been linked to more than 130 deaths
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Google will now let you find the Qibla on your phone
For Android users, their phone camera will draw a clear blue line pointing towards the direction of the Qibla
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Facebook could develop technology to spy on you through your webcam
Seeks to see how your facial expressions change as you come across different content
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Jaguar Land Rover invests $25 million in Lyft to help develop self-driving cars
Self-driving technology is expected to transform transportation in the years to come
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Uber board adopts all recommendations from Eric Holder investigation
The board's decisions follow a series of public-relations crises for the company
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Marissa Mayer fades out as Yahoo ends its run
Mayer took charge of Yahoo 5 years ago but was unable to stem the decline of the iconic Silicon Valley company
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Microsoft challenges Sony with powerful new Xbox One X
The ultra-high definition gaming console will be available worldwide on November 7
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Costs of bank cyber thefts hit SWIFT profit last year
Financial institutions use the messaging system to move trillions of dollars each day
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Germany's Merkel says digital world needs global rules
Global policymakers are facing uncharted territory as emerging technologies open new frontiers for regulation