Category: Emerging Tech
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Pakistan, UAE to Enhance Cooperation in Digital Innovation and AI: Shaza Fatima
DUBAI On the sidelines of GITEX 2025, Federal Minister for IT and Telecom Shaza Fatima Khawaja held a series of high-level meetings aimed at strengthening Pakistan’s collaboration in digital transformation, artificial intelligence, and technology-driven investment. During a meeting with H.E. Omar Suwaina Al Suwaidi, Undersecretary at the UAE Ministry of Industry and Advanced Technology, the…
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Ignite Launches AI Wrapper 2025 with Rs. 8.75M Prize Pool
PAKISAN Ignite National Technology Fund, operating under the Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication, has officially launched the AI Wrapper Competition 2025, a groundbreaking national initiative aimed at leveraging artificial intelligence to address Pakistan’s real-world challenges. The competition will be conducted across five major cities — Karachi, Lahore, Quetta, Peshawar, and Islamabad — culminating in…
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‘Meta to face EU charge for failing to police illegal posts’
World Meta Platforms is set to face a charge sheet from the European Union for failing to adequately police illegal content, risking fines for violating the bloc’s content moderation rulebook, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday. The European Commission is preparing to issue preliminary findings saying that Meta’s Facebook and Instagram lack an adequate mechanism that…
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Satellite Technology to Resolve Crop Data Disputes in Punjab
PAKISTAN Pakistan is preparing to launch a satellite-based monitoring system next year to address long-standing disputes over crop data, particularly in Punjab, where conflicting figures on acreage and production have complicated policymaking. The initiative, spearheaded by the Special Investment Facilitation Council (SIFC), will be implemented in collaboration with China and the Land Information and…
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Battery-Free Wireless Sensing: A Passive Approach
IEEE MTTS Organizes Seminar The IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society (MTTS) Student Branch, Mehran University of Engineering and Technology (MUET), Jamshoro, proudly hosted a thought-provoking research-oriented seminar titled “Battery-Free Wireless Sensing: A Passive Approach” at the Video Conference Hall, IT Building, MUET. The keynote speaker, Prof Dr. Valentina Palazzi, from the University of…