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Huawei held a photography exhibition in Lahore where it announced the launch of its flagship P20 Pro model — featuring a revolutionary Leica triple camera. The event showcased the work of budding photographers who had who used the newly launched Huawei devices to encapsulate Pakistan’s rich beauty. The event was attended by media personalities and industry enthusiasts who took keen interest in the pictures on display, and appreciated the work of photographers. Addressing the audience, Huawei Consumer Business Manager Blueking Wang said, “With a breakthrough triple camera, and powerful artificial intelligence, today’s most vibrant consumers can capture and share the brilliance of the world around them with ease.” Pictures taken with Huawei mobiles put on display. The advanced camera system of Huawei P20 Pro allows users to capture more light, more details and more beauty. Artificial Intelligence (AI) image stabilisation eliminates shaky shots and enables steady ...

Ricult, a fintech startup, with offices in Philadelphia, Bangkok and Lahore, aims to empower small farmers in Asia unable to access traditional forms of credit. The company integrates alternative-credit risk metrics with crop and weather information to determine farmers’ creditworthiness. Rather than lending money, it lends farming inputs and couples them with data and agricultural advice to help farmers be more productive. “The biggest reason why microfinance institutions haven’t been able to alleviate poverty in developing markets is that they only focus on one part of the problem by providing credit,” says Usman Javaid, CEO of Ricult, a fintech data platform and marketplace for smallholder farmers. “I’m a firm believer that you need to address the entire value chain.” Smallholder farmers in various developing markets largely rely on middlemen and loan sharks to access credit but also for other services including purchasing inputs and selling their crop, says Javai...

Samsung Electronics, the world's biggest smartphone maker, has pledged to convert its operations in the United States, Europe and China to using only solar and other renewable energy by 2020. With its announcement Thursday, the tech giant joins Apple and other Silicon Valley companies in making such a commitment, but it faces bigger challenges due to its vast factory network, while other companies use outside contractors for manufacturing. Samsung, also a major producer of computer chips, said its plans include installing 42,000 square meters (420,000 square feet) of solar panels this year at its headquarters in Suwon, South Korea. South Korea gets 6 per cent of its energy from renewable sources, relying on coal and nuclear power for the rest.

                              SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook said on Thursday it would launch fact-checking of photos and videos as it expands the effort to curb misinformation to more countries. The social network said it will use machine learning and other technical tools for its effort to clamp down on manipulated images and videos. “One challenge in fighting misinformation is that it manifests itself differently across content types and countries,” said a blog post from Facebook product manager Tessa Lyons. “To address this, we expanded our test to fact-check photos and videos to four countries. This includes those that are manipulated (e.g. a video that is edited to show something that did not really happen) or taken out of context (e.g. a photo from a previous tragedy associated with a different, present day conflict).” After being blamed for allowing misinformation and manipulation during the 201...

he Pakistan Telecom Authority (PTA) announced on Thursday that the number of cellular service subscribers across Pakistan has crossed the 150 million mark. PTA Chairman Muhammad Naveed had issued directives for the preparation of the report which highlights the authority's performance over the years. According to the report the number of mobile service subscribers rose by 10.5 million during the first five months of the current calendar year. The figure has seen a steady increase in the past 7 years: 2011-2012: The number of cellular subscribers reached 120.2 million. 2012-2013: The Figures further rose to 127.7 million. 2013-2014: Subscribers hit the 140 million mark. 2014-2015: Due to the introduction of biometric verification, the number of subscribers dropped to 114.7 million. 2015-2016: The trend saw an increase with subscribers climbing to 133.2 million. 2016-2017: The number of subscribers continued to increase, reaching...

                          PARIS: The boulevards of Paris, already bustling with a dizzying range of transport devices, are set to feature a new shared electric scooter system that has swept the US and is now heading for Europe. California-based Lime launched a pilot scheme for the two-wheeled powered scooters on Thursday in several districts of the French capital and will roll them out across the city. The US start-up, which already operates bike-sharing schemes in Berlin and Frankfurt, has big ambitions in Europe as it competes with other fast-expanding American rivals such as Bird. The Lime scooters in Paris will have a top speed of 24 kilometres an hour and are able to travel 50 kilometres on a single charge. All the vehicles, which have a GPS and can be reserved using a mobile phone app, will be collected each evening by Lime and recharged.

San Francisco: Facebook said Thursday it would launch fact-checking of photos and videos as it expands the effort to curb misinformation to more countries. The huge social network, which has been a frequent target for failing to stop the spread of false news, said it will use machine learning and other technical tools for its effort to clamp down on manipulated images and videos. "One challenge in fighting misinformation is that it manifests itself differently across content types and countries," said a blog post from Facebook product manager Tessa Lyons. "To address this, we expanded our test to fact-check photos and videos to four countries. This includes those that are manipulated (e.g. a video that is edited to show something that did not really happen) or taken out of context (e.g. a photo from a previous tragedy associated with a different, present day conflict)." After being blamed for allowing misinformation and manipulation during t...