Category: Technology

WASHINGTON: With Facebook’s announcement that it would end its US fact-checking programme the latest victory for Donald Trump and his billionaire adviser Elon Musk, tech leaders continue to fall in line around the president-elect. Meta’s move into fact-checking came in the wake of Trump’s shock election in 2016, which critics said was enabled by rampant disinformation on Facebook and interference by foreign actors, including Russia, on the platform. It was long-criticised by conservatives who found themselves ensnared in its anti-disinformation work. Its paring down comes days before Trump’s inauguration, and…

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MUMBAI: In a major development, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said Tuesday his company plans to invest $3 billion in the country’s artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud infrastructure over the next two years. In the last few years, the South Asian country has become a key AI battleground with US tech giants looking to find new users for their services and tap into fresh pools of talent. In recent months, top executives including Nvidia boss Jensen Huang and Meta’s chief AI scientist Yann LeCun have visited India. On Tuesday, Nadella said the $3…

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Moon, the Earth’s natural satellite, may seem like a lifeless cold rock but how cold does it actually get on the lunar surface and what is the temperature on it? In actuality, the Moon is not that cold, at least not all the time. Similar to Earth, the moon’s surface temperature changes depending on whether sunlight hits it. Notably, these fluctuations in temperature can be quite dramatic, reported Live Science. “The temperature just wildly swings from extremely hot to extremely cold,” John Monnier, a professor of astronomy at the University of…

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ISLAMABAD: Elon Musk’s satellite broadband company, Starlink, has been registered with the Security Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP), Minister of State for Information Technology and Telecommunication Shaza Fatima Khawaja confirmed to Geo.tv on Monday. “[Following the approval] the space board authority is looking into various technical aspects and we have communicated [about this] to Starlink,” she said. Furthermore, the IT minister said, a regulatory regime was being worked out so that all low earth orbit (LEO) satellite companies including Starlink “is open to all international companies”. The development came two days after…

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CAPE CANAVERAL: Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin is set to launch its first ever orbital rocket next week, seeking to mark a pivotal moment in the commercial space race currently dominated by SpaceX owned by Elon Musk. The rocket, named New Glenn, is scheduled for liftoff as soon as Wednesday from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 1am (0500 GMT), with a backup window on Friday, as per a Federal Aviation Administration advisory. While Blue Origin has not officially confirmed the launch date, excitement has been building since a…

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The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) said on Saturday that the degradation of internet services across the country has been resolved through the incorporation of a temporary bandwidth into the system. An ad hoc bandwidth was arranged and added in the system to address the issue of degradation of Internet services due to fault in AAE1 submarine cable on January 2, 2025. “Now there is no degradation of Internet services across the country,” the PTA said. The statement read that the PTA is actively overseeing the restoration efforts for the AAE-1…

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Meta-owned WhatsApp is working on a feature to manage autoplay animated images which will be available for users in a future release. By permitting users to disable animations for emojis, stickers and avatars directly from the app settings, the new feature aims to provide users with greater control over their chat experience, reported WABetaInfo. The app is exploring the implementation of a new feature which allows users to manage certain animations in their chats and groups. This new feature offers even more control over which message should animate than the previous…

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Apple has agreed to pay $95 million in cash to settle a proposed class action lawsuit claiming that its voice-activated Siri assistant violated users’ privacy. A preliminary settlement was filed on Tuesday night in the Oakland, California federal court, and requires approval by US District Judge Jeffrey White. Mobile device owners complained that Apple routinely recorded their private conversations after they activated Siri unintentionally, and disclosed these conversations to third parties such as advertisers. Voice assistants typically react when people use “hot words” such as “Hey, Siri.” Two plaintiffs said…

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GUANGZHOU, CHINA – JANUARY 2, 2025 – Kuro Games announced that its award-winning, open-world, action RPG Wuthering Waves is now available on PlayStation 5. Sharing data with PC and mobile devices, The PS5 version will provide a seamless gaming experience across all your devices. The console version will include content from the game’s previous updates, plus its most massive update yet, Version 2.0.  Launching simultaneously on PC, mobile, and PS5, Version 2.0 invites players to experience the all-new continent of Rinascita, a nation of independent city-states. In this version, Wuthering Waves introduces a main story Shortcut…

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A submarine cable AAE-1 near Qatar has developed fault that may impact internet and broadband user experience across the country, Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) said on Thursday. In a statement for general public information, the PTA said that a fault has been reported in the submarine cable AAE-1 near Qatar — one of the seven international undersea cables connecting Pakistan for international internet traffic. — Instagram/@ptaofficialpk “The concerned teams are working to fix the fault. The PTA is monitoring the situation and will keep updating telecom users accordingly,” the statement…

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