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ISLAMABAD: (Web Desk) Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) informed on Saturday that Pakistan is experiencing slow internet as IMEWE, the international underwater cable responsible for bringing internet to Pakistan, has gone offline due to technical problems. A spokesperson from PTCL said that a major flaw in IMEWE had occurred near …

KIEV (Web Desk) When the chief of Microsoft Ukraine switched jobs to work for President Petro Poroshenko, he found that everyone in the office used the same login password. It wasn’t the only symptom of lax IT security in a country suffering crippling cyber attacks.Sometimes pressing the spacebar was enough …

BEIJING (Web Desk) Apple Inc is removing virtual private network (VPN) services from its app store in China, VPN service providers said on Saturday, accusing the US tech giant of bowing to pressure from Beijing to comply with stringent cyberspace regulations.VPNs allow users to bypass China’s so-called “Great Firewall” aimed …

NAGOYA, Japan (Web Desk) With steely focus, player number 3 scored a stunning opening goal in the first few minutes of the high-stakes football match between a dominant Bordeaux and their plucky Chinese opponents. But as the crowds cheered, the pint-sized player, known as Arya, showed none of the customary …

ISLAMABAD (Web Desk) Nielsen, the ratings service, announced Tuesday that it will begin to tabulate how many people get their live TV from Hulu and YouTube, an effort to provide a more accurate picture of how many people now watch broadcast networks by streaming them, rather than watching them on …

LAS VEGAS (Web Desk) Facebook will provide initial funding for a nonprofit organization that aims to help protect political parties, voting systems and information providers from hackers and propaganda attacks, the world’s largest social network said on Wednesday.The initiative, dubbed Defending Digital Democracy, is led by the former campaign chairs …

PARIS (Web Desk)  Humanity will have used up its allowance of planetary resources such as water, soil, and clean air for all of 2017 by next week, said a report on Tuesday.Earth Overshoot Day will arrive on August 2 this year, according to environmental groups WWF and Global Footprint Network. …

SAN FRANCISCO (Web Desk) Twitter Inc heads toward its quarterly earnings report on Thursday with a stock that has risen more than 40 percent since April when much of Wall Street was ready to write off the tech company.The company’s share price popped after its most recent earnings report in …

WASHINGTON  (Web Desk)  Microsoft’s next Windows 10 update, called the Autumn (or Fall in the US) Creators Update, will bring a variety of new features. But one long-standing stalwart of the Windows experience has been put on the chopping block: Microsoft Paint, reported The Guardian. First released with the very …

RIYADH (Web Desk) During the once-in-a-lifetime experience of hajj, the pilgrims are being advised to install navigation applications which are very useful in locating the pilgrims and their tents even without internet connection.Here are top four apps to help guide pilgrims through the Hajj rituals. HAJJ NAVIGATOR This app will …