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Tech entrepreneurs pledge to protect civil liberties
Downtown San Jose South Market, Photo by XAtsukex via Wikimedia Commons In the backdrop of anti-immigration rhetoric and incidents of harassment , over 100 American tech entrepreneurs have pledged to resist any erosion of civil liberties...December 16, 2016 1011 0 -
Internet helping inclusive info society goal but 3.9 billion still offline
Photo Credit: Computer by Coolcaesar and Cell Phone By HLundgaard both via Wikimedia Commons While content-rich Internet has changed the way many people live, communicate and do business in advanced countries and urban centers, yet its benefits...November 30, 2016 1273 0 -
Dutch researchers developing device fingerprinting technology to fight hacking
A massive cyberattack on a company rerouting Internet traffic disrupted several leading websites in the United States on Friday, raising fresh concerns about cybersecurity. But Friday’s attack was just one of the several kinds of attacks...October 22, 2016 1061 0 -
All six 2016 American Nobel Laureates are immigrants
How critically immigrants contribute to United States’ scientific and technological superiority over other countries was evident this week after it emerged that all six American recipients of 2016 Nobel Prizes announced so far are immigrants. The...October 11, 2016 3073 0 -
Artificial Intelligence – Tech giants team up to address opportunities and challenges
Where is artificial intelligence? All around. Both offline and online. In what form? From commuting to computing, artificial intelligence (AI) has almost imperceptibly become such an important part of life. That means the AI technologies affect...October 2, 2016 1086 0 -
Yahoo confirms information stolen from 500 million user accounts
Internet service provider Yahoo has confirmed that information from at least 500 million of its user accounts were stolen in 2014, believing the company’s network was hacked by a state-sponsored actor. “The account information may have...September 23, 2016 902 0 -
World’s 47% people online; Pakistan has more than 34 million Internet users
In a sign of importance the Internet holds for the future, the number of global network users has increased rapidly as 3.5 billion people will be using it by the end of the year- a jump...September 20, 2016 1116 0 -
Scientists seek presidential candidates’ answers to 20 pressing questions
Seeking to inject a raft of pressing scientific, climate, health and technological challenges into the 2016 election debate, a coalition of more than 50 nonpartisan science and technology organizations has posed 20 high-stakes questions, asking candidates...August 12, 2016 1107 0 -
Pakistan aims to lift IT exports to $ 6 billion
Pakistan, which has doubled information technology exports in a digital upsurge during the last three years, aims to scale $ 6 billion annual mark by 2020. According to IT and Telecom State Minister Anusha Rehman Khan,...July 22, 2016 1014 0 -
Will IT advancement rescue Pakistani economy?
Saad Hussain, a software prodigy based in Lahore, the IT Capital of Pakistan, sent ripples in world’s software industry by developing a user-friendly app for blackberry phone a couple of years ago, winning acclaim at home...June 8, 2016 907 0