Wednesday saw the release of fresh information on the development of Threads, a social networking site owned by Meta that was introduced as an alternative to Elon Musk’s X last year. According to the statistics, Threads is gaining ground on Elon Musk’s previous Twitter, X, in the contest for daily active users. Apptopia’s analytics show […]
The intentions of Facebook’s parent company Meta to invest heavily in artificial intelligence (AI) appear to have been met with disapproval by investors, as the company’s market value plummeted by $163 billion on Thursday. When Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta revealed that its quarterly earnings had quadrupled year over year while revenue had increased by 27%, the […]
Apple’s share in the world’s biggest smartphone market fell to 15.7% in the first quarter from 19.7% a year earlier. That put it almost level with Huawei, which saw sales jump 70%, according to research firm Counterpoint. Apple lost its crown as the biggest smartphone seller in China to rival Vivo, sliding to third place […]
Pakistan’s IT and IT-enabled Services (ITeS) sector has been experiencing significant growth in its export performance recently. Between July 2023 and March 2024, the sector’s export remittances reached $2.283 billion, marking a substantial increase of 17.37% compared to the $1.945 billion recorded during the same period in the previous fiscal year. Several factors have contributed […]
With aspirations sky high and an aura that relentlessly is screaming “We’re here to stay!”, the momentous collaboration between GWM and SAZGAR Engineering Works Limited is getting from strength to strength, year after year. This time around, after the successful launches of Haval H6, the Haval H6 HEV, Haval Jolion, GWM, and SAZGAR have launched […]
Google, the tech giant, recently provided a rare look inside its exclusive testing facility, which it uses to fine-tune the cameras on its Pixel devices. But this testing facility is not like any other. According to CNET tech experts who visited Google’s Real World Testing Lab, the facility seems more like “a cluster of Ikea […]
A group of AI researchers at Microsoft Research Asia have created an AI application that can animate still photos of people and audio files. With appropriate facial expressions, the persons in the pictures are depicted conversing or singing along with the audio files. A single static image and a voice audio clip may be used […]
Shaza Fatima Khawaja, the state minister for information technology and telecommunications, reaffirmed the government’s commitment to encouraging investments in ICTs through a number of flagship projects, including the national fiberization plan, Special Technology Zones (STZs), and programs to guarantee that the general public has affordable access to fast broadband internet and smart digital devices. In […]
In the first three months of 2024, global smartphone shipments increased by 7.8%, reaching a total of 289.4 million units compared to the same period last year. This marks the third consecutive quarter of growth for the smartphone market, signaling a recovery after a challenging time, according to a report from the market research firm […]
Google announced on Thursday that it has let go of 28 workers after some of them took part in demonstrations against the Israeli government’s cloud contract. A limited number of protesting employees entered and interfered with work at a few unidentified office sites, according to the Alphabet (GOOGL.O) company. “Physically impeding other employees’ work and […]