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Half of the public used social media to get US election season news
Featured photo above by Brian Solis and JESS3 via Wikimedia Commons Americans’ usage of and frequent visits to the social media platform are on rise, a Pew Research report on social media trends in 2016 says. With...Nov 18, 2016 876 0 -
Voters turn up in large numbers in New York, Washington regions
Voters turned up in large numbers in Washington metro area and New York City Tuesday after a long divisive campaign and record early voting turnout that may prove critical to the outcome of White House race...Nov 8, 2016 873 0 -
Artificial Intelligence – Tech giants, opportunities and challenges
Featured image above by Polimerek in MIT Museum during Wikimania 2006 via Wikimedia Commons Where is artificial intelligence? All around. Both offline and online. In what form? From commuting to computing, artificial intelligence (AI) has almost...Nov 5, 2016 802 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...Oct 11, 2016 3059 0 -
Bill Gates reminds presidential candidates of leadership on innovation
With the election just a month away, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has reminded candidates of a key responsibility a U.S. leader must fulfill to keep America on top of the world – focus on advancing innovation....Oct 8, 2016 999 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...Oct 2, 2016 1074 0 -
UN Security Council asks India, Paksitan to ratify nuclear test ban treaty
The United Nations Security Council Friday called on Pakistan, India and six more nations to ratify a treaty banning nuclear explosions, which would allow the deal negotiated two decades ago to come into effect. The other...Sep 23, 2016 759 0 -
Monday’s presidential debate likely to attract more than 100 million viewers
As excitement mounts over the weekend for the first presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, experts are predicting that a record number may watch the high-stakes showdown. Apart from the unusual nature and growing...Sep 23, 2016 799 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...Sep 20, 2016 1108 0 -
Pakistan’s economic and security challenges, 15 years after 9/11 terror attacks
Fifteen years ago when al-Qaeda terrorists flew two passenger planes into the twin towers of World Trade Center, Pakistanis shared the grief with Americans as they watched destruction on TV screens, some 12,000 kilometers away from...Sep 11, 2016 1403 0
