Technology

IHC to take up X ban plea in February

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has fixed February 6 for hearing a petition challenging the ban on social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter. The petition, which was last
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ByteDance, TikTok seek temporary halt to US ban pending Supreme Court review

China-based ByteDance and its short-form video app TikTok asked an appeals court on Monday to temporarily halt a law that would have given parent company ByteDance until January 19 to
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How did water come to earth? Interesting discovery by scientists

Scientists say that comets may have been the cause of water in Earth’s early days. When the world formed about 4.6 billion years ago, some water was present in gas
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US House to vote to provide $3 billion to remove Chinese telecoms equipment

The U.S. House of Representatives is set to vote next week on an annual defense bill that includes just over $3 billion for U.S. telecom companies to defend against security
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Internet service affected even today, IT sector suffering from severe problems

Internet speed is slow in various parts of the country including Karachi, Islamabad and Rawalpindi, services of social media applications Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp are affected. The IT sector is
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Is this the end of TikTok in US after major Court verdict amid security risks?

Chinese short video streaming platform TikTok is close to being banned in the United States after a federal appeals court upheld a law that could force the app to either
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Register VPN now with mobile number, PTA has provided great facility

Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has introduced VPN registration facility from mobile number for freelancers. The PTA says freelancers can register their mobile number to use the VPN over their mobile
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PICA amendments under review to address fake news, online misinformation: Shaza Fatima

Minister of State for Information Technology and Telecommunication Shahza Fatima told the committee on Wednesday that the government will auction the 5G spectrum in April 2025. The meeting of the
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Internet woes dent nation’s IT ambitions

Users across Pakistan are experiencing widespread internet disruptions, delays in WhatsApp messages, inability to upload files and photos, and problems sending voice notes, adding to communication challenges. This disruption is
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UK to publish provisional report on cloud computing in January

Britain’s competition regulator will release the provisional results of its cloud computing investigation in January instead of this month, according to a revised timetable published on Wednesday. ) is investigating
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