On Thursday, X, formerly recognized as Twitter, faced another bout of disruption in Pakistan, causing widespread issues on social media platforms across the country. Downdetector.com, a website tracking outages, reported global disruptions affecting both the standard social media platform X and its premium version, X Pro. Users encountered various problems, including a blank timeline and…
Accelerated Digitization: Pak Hajj App Launched for Streamlined Pilgrim Operations In a groundbreaking achievement on Wednesday, authorities successfully digitized Hajj operations, unveiling the Pak Hajj application in record time. The Caretaker Minister of Information Technology, Umar Saif, and the Caretaker Minister of Religious Affairs, Aneeq Ahmed, jointly inaugurated the application, marking a pivotal moment in…
WhatsApp, owned by Meta, has unveiled a new ‘automatic album’ feature for channels. As per WaBetaInfo, this feature automatically organizes consecutive images or videos shared in a WhatsApp channel into a cohesive album. Currently, this update is accessible to select beta testers and is set to be progressively rolled out to a wider user base…
Musk’s critique underscores his perspective on striking a balance between linguistic inclusivity and personal liberty. Elon Musk, the owner of Tesla and X, ridiculed Microsoft Word’s Inclusiveness feature, alleging that the feature “reprimands” users for not employing words considered inclusive. Musk posted a screenshot on his X accounts, revealing Microsoft Word’s inclusivity feature proposing the…
Norway’s Telenor (TEL.OL) announced on Thursday that it had reached an agreement to divest its Pakistani unit to state entity Pakistan Telecommunications (PTCA.PSX) in a deal that values the unit at 5.3 billion Norwegian crowns ($490 million). The Norwegian conglomerate has been restructuring its Asian operations, consolidating larger entities in Thailand and Malaysia through local…
