Uzma Nawaz, one of the few female car mechanics in Pakistan belongs to Dunyapur, a small town of South Punjab grew up with a passion for cars and completed her degree in mechanical engineering. Uzma followed her passion and degree against all the odds, started a job at Toyota Motor’s workshop in Multan later she was promoted to general repairs with determination and hard work.
Fawad Chaudhry, Federal Minister for Science and Technology called for people to come up with distinctive and futuristic ideas and solutions to replace Police checkpoints. The deadline for the competition is 3 weeks. As crossing checkpoints and waiting in queues become a hassle for the citizens, it is a great opportunity for the technology lovers to find a way to replace it.
Paper books are being replaced with E-books as people depend more and more on technology. Two innovators from Pakistan, Muhammad Zainulabadin Mughal and Sheikh Muhammad Sharjeel want to promote the reading culture in the country by way of their app. WeRead will help encourage the resurgence of a culture of reading and will also help underprivileged students access course books
Two motorbike manufacturers are working together in Sahiwal, Punjab to manufacture electric motorbikes in Pakistan. Electric bikes which has almost become a need for the middle-class motorbike riders due to a rise in fuel prices were introduced earlier by many companies but didn’t win any public attention as they were very costly.
Karachi-based Pakistani tech vlogger Ameer Dagha, founder of ReviewsPK has been awarded a Silver YouTube Play Button for having surpassed 100,000 subscribers. Dagha, who currently has 130,000 subscribers, provides insightful reviews on mobile phones in Urdu. The Silver Play Button won by Dagha makes the channel eligible to apply for the verification badge which just adds more credibility to it.
Pakistani astrobiologist Dr Nozair Khawaja and his team have discovered a key organic molecule on Enceladus – one of the 62 moons orbiting the planet Saturn. Enceladus which is about 500 kilometres in diameter, is the first to be in the list of the most notable candidates for having extra-terrestrial life. Experts have termed the discovery to be the first of its kind beyond Earth.
Apple Inc, in its biggest marketing event of the year, revealed a triple-camera iPhone, and it rolled out a streaming TV service priced at $5 a month, undercutting Disney and Netflix. Prices start at $699, down from last year’s new iPhone that started at $749. Apple said its new iPhone 11 will come with two back cameras, including an ultra wide-angle lens.
A new Whatsapp scam in Pakistan has the users scratching their heads. Users have been receiving fake calls from individuals who claim to be PTA officials and ask for verification codes that have been sent to the users’ numbers. By using these codes, these impostors gain access to Whatsapp accounts of users and use them to their advantage.
Apple has massively increased the amount it’s offering hackers for finding vulnerabilities in iPhones and Macs, up to $1 million. It’s by far the highest bug bounty on offer from any major tech company. That’s up from $200,000, and in fall the program will be open to all researchers. Previously only those on company’s invite-only bug bounty program were eligible to receive rewards.
Pakistan’s Arslan Ash has won the championship of Tekken 7 at the world’s biggest fighting game tournament, Evo 2019, in Las Vegas. Ash, a relatively unknown player in the tournament, defeated South Korea’s Knee last night to be crowned the winner. The final round of the event featured 8 top professional gamers from 4 countries including the USA, South Korea, and Japan.