Minister unveils plan to attract foreign, domestic investment in AI
Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication Syed Amin Ul Haque said the incumbent government was working on a strategy to attract more and more foreign as well as domestic investment in Artificial Intelligence (AI), considered a key element in strengthening economies in the modern world. In a statement, he said, at least 60 countries, including…
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Musk says video and audio calls coming to Twitter
TWITTER boss Elon Musk put out word that audio and video calls are coming to the platform. “Coming soon will be voice and video chat from your handle to anyone on this platform,” Musk said in a tweet. “So you can talk to people anywhere in the world without giving them your phone number.” In a…
Meta prepares more layoffs across Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram
META Platforms is set to commence company wide layoffs on Wednesday (Apr 19) as it restructures teams and works towards founder Mark Zuckerberg’s goal of greater efficiency. The Facebook parent company notified managers to prepare to announce job cuts on Wednesday, via a memo seen by Bloomberg News. It indicates Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram and Reality…
Google may lose search on Samsung devices to Microsoft Bing
MICROSOFT’s Bing may replace Alphabet’s Google as the default search service on Samsung Electronics devices, according to a New York Times report on Sunday. Suwon-based Samsung, the world’s leading smartphone maker, is considering making the switch, putting at risk roughly US$3 billion in annual revenue for Google. Bing’s threat to Google’s search dominance has grown more credible…
17 new projects launched by IT ministry in last three years: Amin Ul Haque
Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication Syed Amin Ul Haque said the ministry had launched 17 new projects with a cost of Rs 65 billion, in the last three years. Addressing the concluding ceremony of PROCOM’23 organized by FAST National University of Computer and Emerging (NUCES), Syed Amin-ul-Haque, who was the chief guest, said the…
Twitter suffers major outage disabling external links
TWITTER on Monday suffered a major outage with users worldwide reporting they could no longer read links to articles from outside websites. “Some parts of Twitter may not be working as expected right now,” the company’s tech support account said in a tweet, blaming the problem on “unintended consequences” from an update to the platform….
Open letter to Prime Minister for revival of mobiles manufacturing industry
Former State Minister and Chairman Board of Investment (BoI), Muhammad Azfar Ahsan has sought the government’s intervention to revive the mobile manufacturing industry on a war footing. The industry is threatened with a complete shutdown including the CPEC-based assembling unit, Transsion Tecno Electronics. According to a letter sent to Prime Minister of Pakistan Mian Muhammad…
Amin, Julian Gorman for collaborations in IT sector
Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication Syed Amin Ul Haque has met with Groupe Speciale Mobile Association (GSMA) Asia Pacific leadership headed by Julian Gorman in Barcelona. The agenda of the meeting was to align policy priorities for 2023 and future collaborations between both parties. Syed Amin Ul Haque is in Barcelona to attend the…
Amin Ul Haque meets SGCO Deemah Al-Yahya
Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecom Syed Amin Ul Haque met with Secretary General Digital Cooperation Organization (SGCO) Deemah AlYahya during the GSMA MWC-23 Barcelona summit. During a meeting, the minister said, “Government of Pakistan desires to build a strategic partnership with DCO to leverage the true potential of ICT for the socio-economic growth in…
Canada joins US and EU in banning TikTok from government phones
CANADA will bar civil servants from using TikTok on government-issued mobile devices due to security concerns around data collection. The social media app, which is owned by China’s ByteDance, will be automatically removed and blocked from devices starting on Feb 28, Treasury Board president Mona Fortier announced on Monday (Feb 27). “Following a review of…