ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has launched online service of VPN registration for uninterrupted provision of internet. The PTA said that VPNs of software houses, call centers, freelancers and foreign missions/embassies should be installed on PTA and PSEB websites to ensure uninterrupted and secure business operations. Registration is done under “one window” operations available on…
California: Instant messaging application WhatsApp is working on a feature that will allow users to add specific chats to a list of their own. According to a report by WhatsApp Beta Info, these user-created lists will be labeled in the app with the labels ‘All’, ‘Unread’ and ‘Groups’. The filter will have the same name…
BEIJING: According to a recent article published in the journal IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, Chinese researchers have proposed a new type of deep learning model to predict the life of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). The deep learning model has effectively eliminated the dependence on large amounts of charging test data and provided a new idea…
Iceland’s supermarkets are facing a peculiar crisis. Following a viral Tik Tok trend, there is a phenomenal increase in demand for cucumbers and supermarkets are scrambling to supply them. Demand for cucumbers skyrocketed when social media influencers in Iceland, a small Nordic country in Northern Europe, started sharing a salad recipe based on cucumber, sesame…
Amid complaints of slow internet in Pakistan, Minister of State for Information Technology and Telecommunication Shaza Fatima said during a press conference that ‘the reason for the slow internet is the high use of VPN in Pakistan.’ But does a VPN really slow down internet speeds?
