Tag: technology

  • World’s top firms to set up solar panel plants in Pakistan: Fawad Ch

    World’s top firms to set up solar panel plants in Pakistan: Fawad Ch

    Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry has announced that the world’s two major solar panel companies will establish their plants in Pakistan.

    The minister tweeted saying, “good news gets lost in political plays, yet I am very happy that the world’s two major companies are setting up solar panel’s plants in Pakistan.”

    The minister said that China’s second-largest Lithium battery producer will also set up its workshop in Pakistan, adding that the Lithium battery-powered buses will also be manufactured in Pakistan.

    The federal minister earlier visited Beijing, where he met various Chinese officials and the country’s business leaders.

  • VIDEO: Whatsapp fight leads to violent brawl

    VIDEO: Whatsapp fight leads to violent brawl

    A fight in a Whatsapp group led to an intense physical and violent fight in Jatoi Tehsil. 

    According to a television channel, members of a Whatsapp group were have a discussion when it led to a heated debate and eventually a fight between two people. This online fight then led to offline violence.

    A video of the fight shared on television and social media, shows people beating each other up with sticks. People can be seen kicking, punching and slapping each other. Several people were even injured in the process.

    Elders of the area later intervened and broke up the fight and put some sense in the youngsters who were behaving like hooligans. 

    Ironically, the Whatsapp group was called ‘Yaaraana‘, which is Urdu for ‘friendship’. 

  • Facebook rolls out dark mode for desktop

    Facebook has begun rolling out a new interface for desktop users, with an optional dark mode in addition to the traditional white design, Tech Radar reported.

    According to the details, after logging into the desktop site, some users have reported seeing a pop-up asking whether they would like to try the new design, which is referred to as ‘Facebook Beta’.

    Since the new update is on trial bases, therefore it is only available for a few people. The users who were invited to use the new interface have shared screenshots of the dark mode and they reveal that there are few problems with the new update.

    Users are facing problems in reading the text in the new dark mode on the desktop, so people who accepted the invitation and currently using the new interface.

    But they can also revert their decision by simply going to the quick settings option through your picture in the top right corner.

    Earlier in the Developer conference, the social media giant had announced to bring a new interface for Android and Desktop users just like Twitter. The dark mode, however, is not yet available to the Facebook mobile app users.

  • US carried out secret cyber strike on Iran following Saudi oil attack: report

    US carried out secret cyber strike on Iran following Saudi oil attack: report

    The United States (US) carried out a secret cyber operation against Iran in the wake of the September 14 attacks on Saudi Arabia’s oil facilities, which Washington and Riyadh blame on Tehran, Dawn has reported.

    According to the details, the operation took place in late September and took aim at Tehran’s ability to spread “propaganda”. The strike only affected physical hardware and did not provide further details.

    The attack appears more limited than other such operations against Iran this year after the downing of an American drone in June and an alleged attack by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards on oil tankers in the Gulf in May.

    US, Saudi Arabia, Britain, France and Germany have publicly blamed Iran for the Sept 14 attack, which denied involvement in the strike. The Iran-aligned Houthi militant group in Yemen later claimed responsibility for the attack.

    Publicly, the Pentagon has responded by sending thousands of additional troops and equipment to bolster Saudi defences, which is the latest US deployment to the region this year.

    Tensions in the Gulf have escalated sharply since May 2018, when Trump withdrew from the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action with Tehran that put limits on its nuclear program in exchange for the easing of sanctions.

  • PM Imran orders to launch “Mera Bacha Alert” mobile app

    PM Imran orders to launch “Mera Bacha Alert” mobile app

    Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan has directed the concerned authorities to launch a new application called “Mera Bacha Alert” to effectively tackle the child abduction and missing cases in the country, Radio Pakistan has reported.

    According to the details, the application will be launched within two weeks and the details of the registration of data on this application will be immediately accessible to the Inspector Generals and other senior officers of the provinces.

    “Mera Bacha Alert” application will be connected with the Pakistan Citizen Portal to monitor the progress on any case.

    PM Imran apprised the cabinet meeting of the success achieved in the investigation of the cases regarding the immoral and unfortunate incidents faced by the children, which, he said, would help reach other culprits of such heinous acts.

  • Pakistani student builds first voice-operated wheelchair

    Pakistani student builds first voice-operated wheelchair

    A student of Lahore University of Management Sciences’ (LUMS), Faaiz Arbab has developed a voice-controlled electric wheelchair that can be operated through a smartphone application.

    Faaiz is a graduate of electrical engineering program from LUMS and invented the voice-operated smart wheelchair, named ‘GOBEE’, in collaboration with the National Incubation Center (NIC) Lahore and AYEco.

    It operates with the help of a smartphone application which has a ‘Call N Go’ feature in it. The wheelchair responds to the voice commands of the user, being able to turn left or right and move forward or backward. It can also be summoned from a distance of 15 kilometers.

    Faaiz aims to assist people with disabilities through the use of technology. The smart wheelchair offers Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and a remote control which goes over the range of a 100 feet.

    GOBEE is water repellent, anti-rusting, and has alloy rim wheels combined with an anti-sweat technology sofa seat.

    National Design Awards (NDA) Pakistan also awarded Arbab with the best Consumer Product Design Award (2018) for his Voice Operated Smart Wheel Chair.

    Pakistan Tehreeke Insaf’s (PTI) MNA Asad Umar shared lauded the Arbab’s efforts on Twitter and shared a video of the wheelchair.

    “This is just the kind of work that needs to be projected,” Asad wrote.

  • VIDEO: Fawad Chaudhry wants to be Deputy Prime Minister?

    VIDEO: Fawad Chaudhry wants to be Deputy Prime Minister?

    Minister of Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry says that he told PM Khan that in countries like Korea, Indonesia, Singapore and Malaysia, the ministers for science and technology are as powerful as a Deputy Prime Minister. (hint hint)

    When we asked Fawad whether he was joking or being serious, he said he meant it as a joke.

    Fawad’s counterparts in the countries he mentioned are:

    The Minister of Science and Tech in Korea is Dr Yanghee Choi since 2014 but doesn’t have an active Wikipedia page. He was previously the Chairman of Samsung Science and Tech Foundation.  

    Minister of Science and Tech in Singapore doesn’t exist. Science and Tech comes under the Ministry of Trade and Industry whose minister is Chan Chun Sing who is a former major general and also served as Singapore’s Chief of Army (Infantry).

    Yeo Bee Yin currently is the Minister of Energy, Science and Tech, Environment and Climate change in Malaysia. A member of parliament, one of her first initiatives was to ban on the import of plastic waste.

    Indonesia’s Science and Tech minister is professor. Mohamad Nasir was also the Dean of the Accounting program at a university and was involved in a major controversy in 2016 when he wanted to ban the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender community on campus.

    Indonesia’s Science and Tech minister is professor. Mohamad Nasir was also the Dean of the Accounting program at a university and was involved in a major controversy in 2016 when he wanted to ban the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender community on campus.