Google And Android System Start To Cut Ties With Huawei
San Francisco, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 20th May, 2019 ):US internet giant Google, whose Android mobile operating system powers most of the world's smartphones, said Sunday it was beginning to cut ties with China's Huawei, which Washington considers a national security threat. In the midst of a trade war with Beijing, President Donald Trump has barred US ...
How to use Google Maps to help someone find you
When you want someone to be able to track your location: ? Open the Maps app on your iOS or Android device ? Tap the blue dot, which represents your current location, then select ?Share location? from the menu that appears. ? If you want to share your location for a specific amount of time, select the ?1 hour? option, and then use the ...
Google uses Gmail to track your online purchases
(Web Desk) ? Google saves years of information on purchases you?ve made, even outside Google, and pulls this information from Gmail. Last week, CEO Sundar Pichai wrote a New York Times op-ed that said ?privacy cannot be a luxury good.? But behind the scenes, Google is still collecting a lot of personal information from the services you use, such ...
Little Printer returns as an open-source messaging device
(Web Desk) ? Berg?s Little Printer, an adorable internet-connected box that printed out tiny snippets of news, Instagram photos, and to-do lists, stopped working when the studio and its servers shut down in 2014. A group of Little Printer enthusiasts on GitHub collaborated to get the device back online through an open-source server called Nord Projects then designed a ...
Scientists build laser from sound waves
Recently there has been considerable scientific interest in creating phonon lasers in which the oscillations of light waves are replaced by the vibrations of a tiny solid particle. By generating sound waves that are perfectly synchronised, researchers figured out how to make a phonon laser ? or a "laser for sound." In the work,?researchers recently published in the journal ...
Google suspends some business with Huawei after Trump blacklist
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc?s Google has suspended business with Huawei that requires the transfer of hardware, software and technical services except those publicly available via open source licensing, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Sunday, in a blow to the Chinese technology company that the U.S. government has sought to blacklist around the world. ...
Take this app: Tech firms tackle opioid crisis with software
WASHINGTON, May 19, 2019 (AFP) - Technology firms are taking aim at the opioid crisis and related health problems with a new class of treatments -- digital therapeutics -- delivered by smartphone. These new treatments, backed by medical research and offered by prescription, are seen as potential ways to supplement, and in some cases replace, pharmaceuticals to treat ...
Wing to deliver packages using drones in Finland
(Web Desk) ? Wing, the Alphabet-owned drone startup, will launch a delivery service in Finland?s capital Helsinki next month. The trial will make deliveries to residents in the city?s Vuosaari district, which Wing notes is the capital?s most populous area.
Healthiest weight can actually be 'overweight': Study
(Web Desk) ? A study spanning almost four decades and involving more than 100,000 adults in Denmark found that those with an ?overweight? body mass index (or BMI) were more likely to live longer than those in the ?healthy?, ?underweight?, and ?obese? categories. The results, which were published in May 2016, bring into question one of the fundamental assumptions ...
Blocking Huawei won't "make America great again"
Also on Friday, Huawei?s chipset subsidiary HiSilicon said it will use backup chips it has independently developed for years to cope with the ban from the United States. As put by Huawei?s statement, restricting Huawei from doing business in the United States will not make it more secure or stronger; instead, this will only serve to limit the United ...
Falling and scoring, robots compete on football pitch
TIANJIN (Reuters) - Falling and scoring, robots from all across China and other countries kicked off the RoboCup Asia-Pacific Tianjin Invitational Tournament. The city is one of China?s most important Northern ports, and received 100 billion yuan ($144,544,522USD) worth of support for the local artificial intelligence industry.
Terrorists Get Less Financial Support On Internet, Yet Fight Not Over - UNESCO Official
PARIS (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 19th May, 2019) Owing to the efforts taken by , terrorists receive less financial support via the but the fight against terrorism is not over, the chief of Section for Universal Access and Preservation, Communication and Information Sector at UNESCO told Sputnik. The first is propaganda, [for example] to show how they ...
Infinix Brings Exceptional Discounts This Ramadan
Lahore (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 18th May, 2019 ) A month of high spirits, Ramadan has begun, and Infinix welcomes and celebrates it differently, through offering huge discounts on all its top smartphones. Since everyone loves to grab gifts for their friends and family for the upcoming Eid, this promotion gives them a chance to get what ...
Facebook closes fake news pages in Poland: rights group
WARSAW (AFP) - Facebook has closed 27 pages in Poland for spreading fake news and hate-filled content ahead of the European parliamentary elections, the civil rights group Avaaz said on Friday. Last week, following a similar investigation in Italy, Facebook closed 23 mostly pro-government pages, with nearly 2.5 million followers, for spreading fake news and anti-immigrant content. ...
Facebook wants your data: 5 ways to keep it safe
And Facebook has similar information about all the friends who went on the trip, and it knows you were all together, because it has your location data. But that shouldn't give you comfort, they say, because Facebook's information gathering is much more effective than spying on your conversations could ever be. You can't stop Facebook from collecting data about ...
Huawei won’t bow to US pressure: founder
BEIJING: Chinese telecoms giant Huawei is ready to deal with Washington?s crackdown and will reduce its reliance on US components, its founder has told Japanese media. ?We have already been preparing for this,? Huawei founder and CEO Ren Zhengfei told a group of Japanese journalists on Saturday in his first interview since Trump?s move. ?We will not change our ...
Careem's new 'on-call' service lets you book a ride without internet
The service is getting kicked off through their bike rides rolling out in Karachi?s ten locations primarily, these include, Civic Centre, Shaheen Complex, Millenium Mall, Karachi University [Maskan Gate], Teen Talwar, Jinnah Hospital, Nipa Chowrangi, Water Pump, Cantt Station and Amma Tower.
Tech Talk: A startup does all for your home renovation
Finding the right paints, perfect tile fit and then the person to oversee everything doesn?t seem like the most convenient thing to me. It works like any other online retailer where you have to go to the website, select the stuff you need and place the order. As for the inventory, EZMakaan doesn?t hold any of its own and ...
After the Moon, people on Mars by 2033...or 2060
Washington: On December 11, 2017, US President Donald Trump signed a directive ordering NASA to prepare to return astronauts to the Moon "followed by human missions to Mars and other destinations." The dates fixed by the space agency are 2024 for the Moon and Mars in 2033, but according to experts and industry insiders, reaching the Red Planet by ...
PayPal refuses to introduce services in Pakistan
Their internal working is such that they are not ready to introduce services in Pakistan.? Senator Mian Mohammad Ateeq Shaikh said PayPal is afraid to come to Pakistan unless there are laws to protect the company?s interests.
