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TikTok under probe in UK over safety concerns of underage users

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The video-sharing mobile application TikTok that has the youth of the world engulfed, is presently under investigation in the United Kingdom over its handling of personal data of the underage users as well as their safety. As per a report by the Guardian, information commissioner Elizabeth Denham informed a parliamentary committee that the inquiry had initiated earlier this year in February. She added that the US Federal Trade Commission levied a $5.7 million fine against TikTok for breaching the law of children’s privacy. “We are looking at the transparency tools for children. We’re looking at the messaging system, which is completely open, we’re looking at the kind of videos that are collected and shared by children online. We do have an active investigation into TikTok right now, so watch this space,” Denham revealed to Guardian. Moreover, the probe also aims to evaluate if the app infringes the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) which stresses on s...
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8 things we love about Samsung’s 2019 TV line-up

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Samsung announced their 2019 line of televisions earlier this week at a special event held in Karachi. As the number one world leader in television sales for the last 13 years, expectations are high for Samsung’s 2019 QLED line. Indeed, to this end, Roy Chang, Managing Director of Samsung Pakistan highlighted the effort put into ensuring “the best viewing experience ever”, through cutting-edge innovation and an emphasis on intelligent, but stylish design. Here are 8 things we’re looking forward to from their new line-up: 1. A TV that thinks for itself Driving the new television is Samsung’s state-of-the-art Quantum Processor, which allows for the deployment of advanced Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies. In addition to using this to recommend content based on your viewing history, this AI technology is also being deployed in real-time to improve the viewing experience by adjusting picture quality, sound, brightness, contrast and a host of other feature...
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Huawei says 5G ´business as usual´ despite US sanctions

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Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei said Wednesday that its 5G business has not been impacted by the recent US sanctions amid a prolonged trade war between the world´s two largest economies. "I can clearly tell everyone here that our current 5G technology solutions are completely unaffected by the sanctions," said Ken Hu, Huawei´s deputy chairman, during a press conference at the Mobile World Congress in Shanghai. "For the contracts that we have signed and the ones that we are going to sign in the future, we can fully guarantee the supply to our customers." The Trump administration has been pressing other countries to ban Huawei equipment from their networks, particularly in the coming rollout of super-fast 5G networks, a global project in which Huawei had been expected to play a leading role. Huawei said it has signed 50 commercial contracts for 5G with a majority of European clients and that it will continue to maintain or even incre...
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NASA tests launch-abort system for moon-mission capsule

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NASA carried out a successful test Tuesday of a launch-abort system for a capsule designed to take US astronauts to the moon. The test was carried out at Cape Canaveral in Florida and carried live on NASA TV. The exercise aimed to test in almost real-life conditions the evacuation of astronauts from the Orion capsule in the event of an explosion or other problem shortly after launch of the rocket taking them into space. This is the US equivalent of an emergency system used last October to bring a Russian cosmonaut and a US astronaut safely back to earth when a problem emerged with their Soyuz rocket shortly after liftoff from Kazakhstan. In Tuesday´s test, an unmanned Orion capsule was launched by a mini-rocket -- a repurposed first stage of an intercontinental ballistic missile -- from Cape Canaveral. Fifty-five seconds after the launch, at an altitude of 9,500 meters, a rocket-powered tower on top of the crew module ignited its engines to quickly pull the O...
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SpaceX gets nod to put 12,000 satellites in orbit

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Washington: SpaceX got the green light this week from US authorities to put a constellation of nearly 12,000 satellites into orbit in order to boost cheap, wireless internet access by the 2020s. The SpaceX network would vastly multiply the number of satellites around Earth. Since the world´s first artificial satellite, Sputnik, was launched in 1957, humanity has sent just over 8,000 objects into space, according to the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs. Between one quarter and one half of those are believed to still be operational. On Thursday the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced it had authorized SpaceX to launch 7,518 satellites, adding to 4,425 satellites it has already approved. None of the satellites has launched yet. Elon Musk´s company has six years to put half in orbit, and nine years to complete the satellite network, according to FCC rules. SpaceX wants most of the satellites to fly in low Earth orbit, about...
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Nordic Pakistan IT Summit opens in Stockholm

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STOCKHOLM: Nordic Pakistan IT Summit is currently happening in Sweden's capital Stockholm. Pakistan-Sweden Business Council’s (PSBC) Secretary-General, Mr. Syed Naseh had signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Mr. Barkan Saeed, Chairman of Pakistan Software Housing Association (PASHA) to organize IT Summit in November this year. Nordic Pakistan IT Summit is an integrated platform for IT communities of Pakistan and Nordic region to exchange ideas, network and grow business. The summit brings together industry experts & executives to discuss efficient cooperation and launch potential partnerships. The summit is about engaging business entities on both sides in Pakistan as well as in Nordic region. The conference has been a success in promoting a positive image of Pakistan, its people and their skills in Sweden to the whole world. Chairman Finland Pakistan Business Council Wille Eerola said, “You’ve a lot of super talented Pakistanis around the world.” Se...
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'Super-Earth' discovered orbiting Sun's nearest star

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PARIS: A 'super-Earth' has been discovered orbiting the closest single star to our Sun, scientists said Wednesday in a breakthrough that could shine a light on Earth´s nearest planetary neighbours. Astronomers studied Barnard´s Star, a red dwarf just six light years away -- practically in our back garden, galactically speaking -- and noticed the presence of a "frozen, dimly lit world" at least 3.2 times heavier than Earth. The planet, known for now as Barnard´s Star b, is the second nearest to Earth outside the solar system and orbits its host star once every 233 days. "It´s important because it´s really our nextdoor neighbour and we like to meet our neighbours in general," Ignasi Ribas, from the Institute of Space Studies of Catalonia and Spain´s Institute of Space Sciences, told AFP. Despite being relatively close to its parent star, the planet receives less than two percent of the energy Earth gets from the Sun, and the team estimates it has a surface tem...
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