Oil industry under pressure to respond to climate change
PARIS: The oil industry, under mounting pressure from environmental activists to react more quickly to counter climate change, has begun to adapt its strategy but is struggling to convince critics it is doing enough. "They are mastodons whose business model is based on fossil fuels and which don?t want to shift one iota because up until now they?ve made ...
WHO issues warning as measles infects 34,000 in Europe this year
LONDON (Reuters) - More than 34,000 people across Europe caught measles in the first two months of 2019, with the vast majority of cases in Ukraine, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday as it urged authorities to ensure vulnerable people get vaccinated. The death toll among 34,300 cases reported across 42 countries in the WHO?s European region reached ...
In revamp, Facebook bets on small-scale connections, and romance
Changes announced on Tuesday put groups at the centre of the experience and add dating, friend-making and events features intended to promote people getting together in real life, Facebook's new app head Fidji Simo told . While counterintuitive, Facebook sees the change as potentially bringing people with opposing political viewpoints together rather than separating them in ?filter bubbles.? ?We ...
گزشتہ برس تباہ ہونے والے جنگلات کا رقبہ بیلجیئم کے برابر نکلا
واضح رہے کہ ماہرین نے 2001ء سے عالمی جنگلات کے رقبے کا حساب رکھنا شروع کیا اور اس کے بعد سے کسی ایک سال میں جنگلات کی یہ چوتھی بڑی کمی ہے جس کے اعداد و شمار یونیورسٹی آف میری لینڈ نے گلوبل فاریسٹ واچ کے تحت جاری کیے ہیں۔ منطقہ حارہ (ٹراپیکل) خطے کے بنیادی بارانی جنگلات وہ جنگلات ہیں ...
Facebook removes more pages tied to Russian operators
?We found two separate, unconnected operations that originated in Russia and used similar tactics, creating networks of accounts to mislead others about who they were and what they were doing,? Facebook head of cybersecurity policy Nathaniel Gleicher said in a blog post. ?We identified some of these accounts and Pages through follow-on investigations of the accounts and Pages we ...
A whale is pining for the fjords, and Norwegians are worried
OSLO: A white beluga whale is loitering off the coast of northern Norway, and that is starting to worry Norwegians, who are afraid it might not be able to fend for itself. Hesten got in touch with the authorities, who were interested, because Hesten was off the northern coast and whales don?t often show up there this time of ...
ناسا نے مریخی زلزلے کی پہلی ریکارڈنگ جاری کردی
ماہرین نے اسے ’مارس کوئیک‘ یعنی مریخی زلزلے کا نام دیا ہے جس سے ظاہر ہوتا ہے کہ سرخ سیارہ مریخ اب بھی ارضیاتی طور پر سرگرم ہے۔ اس سے قبل ماہرین نے کہا تھا کہ مریخ پر رونما ہونے والے زلزلے کے جھٹکے اس پر چلنے والی ہوا یا فضا کی بجائے اندرونی زلزلوں سے واقع ہورہے ہیں اور ...
Pakistan demands Facebook remove polio vaccine misinformation
In recent months social media in the country has been inundated with fake news reports and videos ? garnering thousands of views and shares in the last week alone ? claiming numerous children have been killed by the polio vaccine. See: ?The parental refusals due to propaganda on Facebook regarding the vaccine is emerging as the major obstacle in ...
Ariane begins work on new satellite launchers
?It?s a decisive step for the Ariane 6 programme,? said Stephane Israel, the executive president of Arianespace, which provides commercial satellite launches from its South American base in French Guiana.
N. Korea tested rocket launchers and ‘tactical guided weapons’
A return to missile launches would be likely to infuriate US President Donald Trump, but the North?s official KCNA news agency shied away from the term in its report, saying Kim had ordered a ?strike drill? involving ?long-range multiple rocket launchers? ? which are not targeted by UN sanctions resolutions ? and unspecified ?tactical guided weapons?. Pompeo, speaking Sunday ...
واٹس ایپ نے صارفین کی بڑی پریشانی کا حل پیش کردیا
عمومی طور پر کوئی بھی واٹس ایپ یوزر گروپ بنا کر بغیر اجازت کسی بھی صارف کو ایڈ کرتا تھا جس پر صارفین سخت ناپسندیدگی کا اظہار کرتے تھے اور بلااجازت کسی انجان گروپ میں زبردستی ایڈ ہونے کے معاملے پر میسجنگ ایپ کو شدید تنقید کا نشانہ بناتے تھے۔ اب واٹس ایپ نے اس پریشانی کا حل پیش کردیا ہے، ...
Is Pak Truck Driver the most exciting driving game to come from Pakistan? We find out
Newly launched Android game ?Pak Truck Driver? is arguably the most exciting driving game to have come out of Pakistan. By putting you behind the wheel of a beautifully decorated truck, it takes you through Pakistan?s breathtaking mountain ranges. The trucking experience of course, is not complete without the flamboyant truck horns and folk music in the background; and ...
سائنس دانوں نے بلیک ہول ’’دیکھ‘‘ لیا ہے… کیا واقعی؟
سائنس دانوں نے بلیک ہول ’’دیکھ‘‘ لیا ہے… کیا واقعی؟. For best experience download and install PkShorts app on your smartphone
Tesla boosts capital raise to $2.7 billion, Musk buys more stock
The company said in a filing that it had increased its offer to 3.1 million shares, rising to 3.5 million including a tranche for underwriting banks, from an initially planned 2.7 million, priced at $243 per share. ?As far as Tesla is concerned, the more money in the bank, the better.? Tesla?s launch of a capital raise was greeted with ...
اپنے فیس بک کو ناپسندیدہ مواد کے لیے ممنوعہ علاقہ بنائیں
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Huawei's founder says world can't live without it
The founder of Chinese telecom giant Huawei has hit back at United States' (US) efforts to blacklist the company, saying defiantly that the world cannot do without Huawei and its ?more advanced? technology. ?The world cannot leave us because we are more advanced.? Ren, 74, also denounced as ?politically motivated? the of his daughter, Huawei Chief Financial Officer ...
چین میں 20 ہزار سے زائد سمندری حیات کی حنوط شدہ باقیات دریافت
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5G conference warns on security as Huawei controversy rages
?We discussed a set of issues dealing with the problems arising from the vendors we have now rather than vendors we might like to have in the future,? said Ciaran Martin, head of Britain?s National Cyber Security Centre. ?There are a range of security challenges which we noted, sometimes they are issues of quality ? poor engineering, poor security ...
کائنات کے کنارے بہت بڑے 83 بلیک ہول دریافت
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US calls for cautious EU policy on 5G networks
Speaking at a conference in Prague organised by the Czech government, he singled out national security as ?a mandatory criterion in evaluating suppliers of information and communication technologies, products and services.? ?We hope that like-minded governments will avoid committing to any one system or vendor until they?re able to properly vet and compare available technologies and fully assess risks across ...
