Islamabad: A majority of smartphones currently in use across Pakistan are now compatible with fifth-generation mobile networks, clearing a major hurdle ahead of the country’s long-awaited 5G spectrum auction, officials at the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) said. According to PTA sources, nearly 80% of mobile handsets in Pakistan support theContinue Reading
Islamabad: Federal Minister for Information Technology Shaza Fatima Khawaja on Friday said the Center of Excellence in Gaming and Animation (CEGA) is playing a vital role in strengthening Pakistan’s digital economy by transforming creative talent into sustainable careers. In a statement, the IT minister said she was encouraged to seeContinue Reading
Lahore: The Punjab Health and Population Department has imposed a complete ban on the use of mobile phones by hospital staff in emergency departments during duty hours, aiming to improve patient care, discipline and professionalism in critical healthcare settings. According to an official notification issued on January 16, the banContinue Reading
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German AI startup Black Forest Labs (BFL) has launched FLUX.2 [klein], a new open-source image generation model designed to create AI images in under a second, marking a push toward faster and more accessible generative tools for developers and enterprises. Founded by former Stability AI engineers, BFL said the latestContinue Reading
Chinese researchers have reported a major advance in material science that could redefine the limits of digital data storage, unlocking a pathway toward memory devices with capacities far beyond today’s technologies. In findings published in the journal Science, a team from the Institute of Physics at the Chinese Academy ofContinue Reading
Google has rolled out a new generative AI feature in Google Photos that allows users to turn themselves into memes, marking one of the company’s most playful uses of artificial intelligence to date. The feature, called “Me Meme,” enables users to insert their own photos into popular meme templates usingContinue Reading
ISLAMABAD Pakistan’s National Cyber Emergency Response Team (NCERT) has launched a final round of stakeholder consultations on the revised Pakistan Information Security Framework 2025, as the government moves to strengthen protections for the country’s growing digital infrastructure. NCERT said the updated framework, known as PISF 2025, has been published forContinue Reading