Striking new satellite images that reveal the extent of Pakistan’s record flooding show how an overflowing Indus River has turned part of Sindh Province into a 100 kilometer-wide inland lake. Swaths of the country are now underwater, and it is described as a “monsoon on steroids” brought the heaviest rainfall in living memory and flooding […]
Balochistan, the country`s area-wise largest province of Pakistan, is faced with an electricity crisis in these flash floods. A power supply of 220kV has been stopped from Uch-Sibi transmission line to the province on Thursday, August 26 afternoon, the Quetta Electric Supply Company (QESCO) spokesperson said. Due to the suspension of 220kV from the Sibbi […]
Pakistan is racing to prevent further loss of life as it reels from one of its worst climate disasters with floodwater threatening to cover up to a third of the country of 220 million people by the end of the monsoon season. Climate change minister Sherry Rehman said Sunday the unprecedented rain had created […]
Many people, including those whose bread and butter thrives on uninterrupted internet service, in the northern and central regions of Pakistan recently suffered massive internet outages due to a technical fault in the Pakistan Telecommunication Limited (PTCL) optic fiber network. “A cut in the optic fiber has been repaired,” Amir Pasha, head of cooperate communication […]
The purpose of this report is to analyze the viability of investing in digital currencies and to argue that people should invest in them for the long term. Currency is a virtual currency protected by encryption, which prevents double spending on a distributed network. In today’s world, there are over 1600 cryptocurrencies that can be […]
The SpaceX Inspiration4 mission’s four newly minted citizen astronauts were set to splashdown in the Atlantic off the coast of Florida on Saturday, after a three-day voyage for the first all-civilian crew ever sent into Earth orbit. The SpaceX Crew Dragon ship conducted two rocket “burns” on Friday to lower its altitude and align the […]
Volkswagen has launched the ID. Life, a small, boxy electric SUV suited for city driving. Currently, it’s only a cute concept car, but VW wants to put something similar into production around 2025. The ID is priced at youthful, first-time automobile purchasers. At current exchange rates, life will cost around €20,000, or just under $24,000. […]
Google’s path to its massive tech campus planning in San Jose; began with activists chaining themselves to chairs inside City Hall; over the city’s decision to sell public land to the tech giant. It ends up with some of its biggest opponents signing its praises. Last month, the San Jose City Council approved Google’s plan for a mixed-use […]
Digital privacy moves from Apple and Google are forcing the advertising industry to reconsider the way it works; Publicis Groupe’s Maurice Levy told CNBC. Also, the chairman of the world’s third-biggest advertising company says; so, changes to Apple’s iOS smartphone software and Google’s Chrome web browser means advertisers will have to revisit the whole way they are working. “It’s […]
At school, 11-year-old Oscar Korson takes tests and turns in assignments on a Chromebook. When he gets home, the sixth-grader watches basketball highlights and checks Instagram on his iPad. After he finishes his homework, Oscar plays on his Xbox or watches Netflix with his family. “I can’t imagine life without screens,” he says. Oscar says […]
