Apple stops production of ipods By: News Desk on May 11, 2022Apple announced on Tuesday that it will no longer make iPods, the MP3 players that changed how people listen to music and led to the creation of the iPhone. Steve Jobs, who died in 2011, was a co-founder of Apple and was known for his showmanship. He introduced the devices almost 21 years ago, and […]
‘Brain training’: the new frontier for eSports By: APP on May 7, 2022 The days of playing your favourite game for hours at a time to stay competitive in eSports are gone, with gamers now focusing on brain development, if one leading team is to be believed. At the Team Liquid training centre in the Dutch city of Utrecht, coach David Tillberg-Persson, alias “Fuzzface”, frowns and […]
JavaScript purchased by Austrian government. By: Web Desk on May 1, 2022 Brendan Eich, the developer of JavaScript, has confirmed that he has sold the JavaScript rights to the Austrian government. The move surprised the technology world because JavaScript is one of the most used languages on the web. Eich stated in a statement that he was “weary of politics and haters” and wanted to “concentrate on […]
Hydrogen planes not enough to green aviation: study By: AFP/APP on January 26, 2022Paris: The aviation industry looks at hydrogen-fuelled planes as a solution to decarbonise the sector, but a report by an environmental group released Wednesday found that they will only help limit CO2 emissions. Using hydrogen as fuel produces no climate-warming CO2 when it burns, just water. Automakers and planemakers alike have been looking at it […]
NASA craft ‘touches’ sun for 1st time, dives into atmosphere By: AP on December 15, 2021A NASA spacecraft has officially “touched” the sun, plunging through the unexplored solar atmosphere known as the corona. Scientists announced the news on Tuesday during a meeting of the American Geophysical Union. The Parker Solar Probe actually flew through the corona in April during the spacecraft’s eighth close approach to the sun. Scientists said it […]
Daughter of first American astronaut to launch on Blue Origin flight By: AFP on December 11, 2021Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin is set to blast its third private crew to space on Saturday, this time including the daughter of the first American astronaut. The spaceflight will last roughly 11 minutes, launching from the company’s base in Texas and soaring to just beyond the internationally-recognized boundary of space, 62 miles (100 kilometers) high. The six-member crew will unbuckle […]
Under MoFA’s Science Diplomacy, envoys of African countries visit PAEC’s institutes By: APP on December 10, 2021ISLAMABAD: The envoys of four African countries, including Tunisia, South Africa, Kenya, and Sudan, visited the two institutes of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC), namely Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS) and Pakistan Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology (PINSTECH). The visit was conducted under the Science Diplomacy initiative of the Ministry […]
Twitter admits policy ‘errors’ after far-right abuse By: AFP on December 4, 2021Twitter’s new picture permission policy was aimed at combating online abuse, but US activists and researchers said that far-right backers have employed it to protect themselves from scrutiny and to harass opponents. Even the social network admitted the rollout of the rules, which say anyone can ask Twitter to take down images of themselves posted without their consent, […]
High risk accounts on Facebook to be fully protected by 2FA By: Web Desk on December 4, 2021Facebook announced that high-risk accounts that are likely to be targeted by bad hackers will be required to use two-factor authentication (2FA). The project simplifies security tools, such as 2FA, and adds extra security measures for accounts and pages, such as monitoring for potential hacking threats, to assist these accounts in adopting greater security protections. […]
Google will forbid political advertising prior to the Philippines election By: Web Desk on December 1, 2021MANILA: In the run-up to Philippine elections in May next year to determine a successor to President Rodrigo Duterte, Alphabet Inc’s Google announced on Wednesday that political advertising will be banned on its platform. The move comes amid pressure on social media platforms over their handling of political advertising during the US presidential election in […]