U-Phone Moves IHC Against NAB For Initiating Inquiry On Permission Granted By PTA To Introduce 4G/LTE Service
ISLAMABAD (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News / Online - 14th May, 2019) Service U-Phone has resorted to ( ) against the inquiry initiated by on permission granted to it by Telecommunication Authority ( ) to introduce Text generation service 4-G/LTE.
China's Smartphone Firms Turn To R&D For 5G Edge: Newspaper
BEIJING, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 14th May, 2019 ):Celebrity branding seems to be getting less popular in China's smartphone arena, as local players are stepping up research and investment push to revive a market mired in an innovation lull, China Daily reported Tuesday. Oppo, previously known as a pioneer in writing big checks to hire celebrities as ...
The Moon is shrinking, wrinkling due to quakes: study
WASHINGTON: The Moon is steadily shrinking, causing wrinkling on its surface and quakes, according to an analysis of imagery captured by NASA´s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) published Monday. A survey of more than 12,000 images revealed that lunar basin Mare Frigoris near the Moon´s north pole -- one of many vast basins long assumed to be dead sites from a geological ...
Tesla car catches fire in Hong Kong parking lot
A Tesla Inc electric car caught fire in a parking lot in a Hong Kong shopping mall, the Apple Daily newspaper said on Tuesday, but no one was injured in the blaze, whose cause was not immediately known. The electric car burst into flames 30 minutes after being parked in the city's San Po Kong district on Sunday, the ...
Nasa dubs 2024 Moon mission 'Artemis,' asks for $1.6 billion
National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (Nasa) next mission to the Moon will be called Artemis, the US space agency announced on Monday, though it's still looking for the money to make the journey happen by its accelerated 2024 deadline. Nasa's total annual budget is approximately $21.5 billion, and in the 2019 fiscal year, the agency spent about $4.5 billion ...
Facebook facing 20-year consent agreement after privacy lapses: source
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The social media giant Facebook Inc is headed toward an agreement with the U.S. government over its privacy policies and practices that would put it under 20 years of oversight, according to a source knowledgeable about the discussions. Several U.S. lawmakers have criticized aspects of a potential agreement between the FTC and Facebook that would elevate ...
The Moon is shrinking, wrinkling due to quakes: study
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The Moon is steadily shrinking, causing wrinkling on its surface and quakes, according to an analysis of imagery captured by NASA?s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) published Monday.
Scientists reveal first-ever image of a black hole
Assembling data gathered by eight radio telescopes around the world, astronomers created the picture showing the violent neighborhood around a supermassive black hole, the light-sucking monsters of the universe theorized by Einstein more than a century ago and confirmed by observations for decades. Read: Jessica Dempsey, a co-discoverer and deputy director of the East Asian Observatory in Hawaii, said ...
Twitter accidentally shares user location data with advertising partner
Twitter Inc said Monday it may have accidentally collected and shared location data of some users accessing its app through Apple devices with an advertising partner. In a blog post here, the social media platform said the information collected was not retained and only existed in their systems for a short time and have informed the people whose accounts were impacted ...
US Adds 12 Foreign Parties To Technology Transfer Watch List - Commerce Department
"This list contains the names of foreign parties that are subject to specific license requirements for the export, re-export, and/or in-country transfer of controlled items, ensuring that sensitive technologies do not fall into the hands of those who would threaten US national security or American citizens," the release said. Four of the new entities are located in China or Hong Kong ...
US SC lets App Store antitrust suit proceed against Apple
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday (May 13) gave the go-ahead for a lawsuit by consumers accusing Apple Inc of monopolizing the market for iPhone software applications and forcing them to overpay, rejecting the company?s bid to escape claims that its practices violate federal antitrust law. Apple shares were down about 5% after the justices, ...
TV networks emerge as obstacles on YouTube's ads hunt
SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Three years ago, the beginning of the end of the U.S. television business looked certain when one of the largest ad buying agencies vowed to move a big chunk of its purchases to YouTube from TV budgets. Instead, data compiled by ad tracking firm MediaRadar at Reuters? request shows some advertisers are spending more ...
First hydrogen-powered engine by Indian inventor gets nod from Japan
COIMBATORE (Reuters) - An automobile mechanical engineer based in India?s southern Coimbatore city has developed the first of its kind, supersonic hydrogen fuel-powered high efficiency automobile engine, in the hopes of reducing vehicular pollution in the country. The technology which took Kumarasamy and his colleagues ten years to perfect has now received three patents and a nod from the ...
Bitcoin holds above $7,000 after hitting nine-month high
Bitcoin was last up 1.1% at $7,056 on the Bitstamp exchange after soaring 14% on Saturday - its second largest daily jump this year - to its highest since early August. David Thomas, of London-based cryptocurrency broker GlobalBlock, said the breaching of a key $6,000 support level last week had fueled interest among investors. Other market participants said perceptions ...
NASA reports moonquakes on lunar surface as moon shrinks
(Web Desk) ? The National Aeronautics and Space Administration?s (NASA) Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) reported that Moon?s tectonic plates are causing moonquakes on the lunar surface while it is continuously shrinking after its interior cooled down. Recently, researchers discovered cliffs in the lunar crust or thrust faults which are causing powerful moonquakes. In a study published in ?Nature Geoscience? ...
PITB To Implement Online Buildings Construction Plan Approval System “ePermit” For LDA, MoU Signed
Lahore (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 13th May, 2019 ) A Memorandum of Understanding for Process Automation & Implementation of Construction Permits (e-Permit System) at Lahore Development Authority (LDA) and all e-Khidmat Marakaz across Lahore under Punjab Information Technology Board (PITB) signed at Arfa Software Technology Park here today. According to MoU, PITB will implement an ePermit System ...
Top US court allows consumer lawsuit on Apple app store monopoly
The US Supreme Court ruled Monday that a consumer lawsuit accusing Apple of illegally monopolizing the company?s App Store may proceed, opening a new avenue of antitrust litigation against the iPhone maker. In a 5-4 ruling, the justices rejected Apple?s argument that consumers lacked standing to proceed with their lawsuit because it was merely an intermediary with app developers. ...
Amazon offers employees $10,000 to quit, launch delivery business
An Amazon statement said the latest incentive would also include three months of wages for employees who want to start their own delivery enterprise, and that they would be assured ?consistent delivery volume? from the company. Amazon first launched the ?delivery service partner? program in 2018, requiring employees to invest in their own start and estimating revenues for up ...
Is Pak Suzuki going to launch all-new 4th generation Swift?
LAHORE (Web Desk) ? An all-new Suzuki Swift has been spotted on the roads for a test run with a 1242cc engine. It presumably will be a fourth generation model launched by the company soon, although it has not been confirmed whether it will be introduced in the local market or not. As per PakWheels reported, the model year ...
LG’s Slimmed-Down Refrigerators Shed Inches, Put More Weight On Food Freshness
Karachi: (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News ? 13th May, 2019) LG Electronics (LG) presented its latest Slim French-Door refrigerators at InnoFest MEA 2019. The first French-Door refrigerators to be fitted with the company?s cutting-edge Linear Cooling? and DoorCooling + ? technologies, the slim models ensure that food stays fresher for longer. With LG?s advanced Inverter Linear Compressor, which helps ...
