Apple has a big announcement about the repair industry. “Self Service Repair” will allow customers to complete their own device repairs. This includes common repairs such as battery replacements and iPhone screen replacements. In the Repair program, customers will be able to access genuine Apple parts and tools for completing repairs.
Mubashir Husain Rehmani has been recognized as one of the top 1% of researchers in the field of computer sciences in the world. He has been listed in the highly cited research list for the second straight year. The list is compiled by Clarivate Analytics. This list highlights the citations of researchers with significant influence in their fields during the past decade.
In an effort to train cyber security experts, President Arif Alvi has inaugurated the nation’s first national cyber security academy (NCSA) at Air University Islamabad. Alvi inaugurated the NCSA at the opening ceremony of the International Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security-2021 in Islamabad. The event was attended by civil, military, and foreign dignitaries.
The Pakistani startup, Sedenius Technologies, is working on introducing Self Driving Technology in Pakistan. The company designs and develops software for cars with autonomous driving systems. Currently, the company is working on developing an ADAS that is calibrated and modulated by technologies like Multisensor Data Fusion and the Automotive Data and Time-Triggered Framework.
The Formula Electric Racing NUST (FERN) has managed to grab 2nd place in the Formula Student Russia 202 1. The team competed against numerous other teams from around the world. NUST students placed second in all individual events, including Engineering Design event, Business Plan Presentation, Cost event, and EV Category.
Bitcoin will use 91 terawatt-hours (TWh) of energy, which is almost equivalent to the total energy consumed by Pakistan. Bitcoin’s power consumption is closely linked to its mining costs and price expectations, as measured by the Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index. The bitcoin network burns more and more energy in order to mine bitcoins.
Lahore-based Airlink Communication raised around $39 million in an initial public offering (IPO) on Tuesday at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX). The offering was the largest private sector IPO in the history of Pakistan. Airlink received bids for 147.64 million shares against 90 million shares offered in a two-day book building. PSX details show that the strike price was Rs71.5 against the offered Rs65 per share.
Pakistan’s telecom regulator said on Thursday that the country’s production of mobile phones has surpassed its imports of mobile phones. The number of locally manufactured devices reached 12.27 million from January to July 2021. In a statement, the PTA reported that 8.29 million mobile phones were imported during this period.
In July 2021, Pakistan’s exports of IT remained strong with an increase of 20% compared to the export’s value of the same month of the last financial year. The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) reports that the export of IT and IT-enabled services surged to $196 million in July 2021. Last year, the same month had exports worth $163 million.
popular feature among many manufacturers. The goal of automakers is to have the fastest accelerating cars that can outrun their peers in straight drag races. Typically, the ‘0-100 KM/H’ method is used to determine how fast a vehicle accelerates.