Tag: technology
AI is the new electricity
Anthony Williams | “AI(I) is well until it gets out of control and causes havoc and disruption in our lives.” This quote is from Andrew Ng,...
Why social media might be causing depression?
A study published in Depression and Anxiety found that social media users are more likely to be depressed. This was just one of the...
10 signs you’re exceptionally smart though you don’t appear to be
News Desk | You could say that there are plenty of not-so-bright people walking around, but it’s not that there are so many of them,...
Facebook privacy drive may crimp some political campaigns
AFP | Facebook's new focus on protecting private user data is likely to change the game for many campaigns, making it harder to deliver highly...
Here’s how Scandinavian operation led to Pakistan’s first sentence against pornography...
News Analysis | Months after concerns regarding the presence of global pornographic operatives in Pakistan were raised, the country has sentenced a man from Sargodha...
Why Libraries need a new narrative
Umar Sheraz | Libraries as depositories of knowledge have been part of human history for thousands of years and it is difficult to locate any...
Syria: A battle playground for US and Russia
News Analysis | In another aggressive tweet directed at Russia, President of the United States Of America Donald Trump threatened it with “smart” missiles coming...
OPCW vote & South Asia: Why Pakistan backed Russia but India...
Andrew Korybko | Russia’s failed effort to get the OPCW to open up a joint investigation of the Skripal case importantly proved that the South...
Pak-China Military exchange will ensure regional peace
News Analysis | China-Pakistan defense cooperation would play a fundamental role to maintain regional and international peace and security. Ren Guoqiang, spokesperson for the Chinese...
Iran nuclear deal on ‘life support’
News Analysis | The Iran Nuclear Deal may be in jeopardy after the recent shifts in Trump’s cabinet. John Bolton became the national security advisor,...
Saudis in search of energy alternatives
Dr. Zafar Nawaz Jaspal | Saudi Arabia has been exploring various options to sustain and endure its energy security. Recently, it announced to improve its...
Technology going to dogs! Really?
Technology fairs demonstrate how high end technology can improve the lives of pet animals and their human friends or masters
Pakistan’s nuclear plants are heavily protected: IAEA Chief
News Analysis | The Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Yukiya Amano praised security arrangements of nuclear plants in Karachi. Mr. Amano...
USA drags India to the WTO
News Analysis | The U.S. launched a challenge at the World Trade Organization against India’s export subsidies, arguing the programs give Indian companies an unfair...
Macron and Modi join hands to build world’s largest power plant...
Asia Maqsood | French President Emmanuel Macron’s visit to India on March 9, 2018, has brought an unprecedented achievement for the latter. Macron and Modi...
Pakistan’s Horticulture Industry: Issues & ways to step forward
Beenish S Alvi | Coinciding with industrial revolution, the second agricultural revolution unlocked new horizons of nature reaping many benefits provided by mechanical technology. But...
Javed Sheikh responds to LSA controversy
News Desk | Javed Sheikh expressed his disappointment over the recent Lux Style Awards controversy where he was accused of making Mahira Khan feel uncomfortable...
5G to trigger global wave of technology growth
AFP | Blazing fast 5G wireless networks promise to unlock the potential of internet connected devices, or the Internet of Things -- making driverless cars...
Pakistan’s IT industry smashes export records
News Analysis | Pakistan’s IT Industry is continually on an upward trajectory. Having won several international awards and recognition at global forums, the Pakistani IT...
Ahsan Iqbal warns US against unilateral action on Pakistani soil
News Analysis | Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal warned the US against any unilateral action on its soil while giving an interview to CNN on Tuesday...
Sindh government ignores sugarcane woes, organizes seminar for farm owners.
News Analysis | A seminar is being organized by the Sindh Enterprise Development Fund, as the seventh installment of the Livestock Dairy...
Audi launches second generation Q5 in Pakistan
News Analysis | Chinese, Korean and Japanese automakers have long dominated the global auto market with their innovation, aesthetics and technology. But the world remembers...
New online payment portals launching in Pakistan
News Analysis | In a fresh IT triumph, three online transaction firms FonePay, Monet and TPL Rupya are entering Pakistan’s financial market, said a quarterly...
US bullying tactics that increasingly mean nothing
Asif Haroon Raja | America’s continued presence in Afghanistan as well as its increasingly aggressive “creep” over the Afghan-Pakistani border has been justified under the ambiguous and...
What is cryptocurrency and how can it help Pakistan?
Gulraiz Iqbal | In the modern age, the advancement of the technology has shrunk the gaps of communication, which in the past had confined humanity....
Hybrid wars against Pakistan
Saud Bin Ahsen | War is the oldest of adventures of the human race since times that created human civilization. Although it has nothing to...
North Korea set to launch satellite: report
AFP | North Korea is preparing to launch a satellite, a Seoul newspaper said Tuesday, as outside observers warn that the nuclear-armed regime's space programme...
CPEC: Pakistan’s quest for energy security
Asia Maqsood | Sufficient supply of energy is central to industry, transport, infrastructure, information technology, agriculture and households. Besides, economic growth and higher standard of...
Punjab leads using Information Technology to improve services
Saud Bin Ahsan | Information and communication technology (ICT) has become an indispensable tool in improving service delivery. In this competitive era, most regions of...
Telenor pushing for 80% 4G coverage by next year
News Analysis | Telenor, one of the four major cellular mobile operators in Pakistan (others being Zong, Mobilink and Ufone), has so far contributed Foreign...
