Month: November 2024

Indonesia said it has banned sales of smartphones made by Alphabet’s Google due to rules requiring the use of locally manufactured components, days after blocking sales of tech giant Apple’s iPhone 16 for the same reason. Indonesia blocked sales of Google Pixel phones because the company has not met the rules that necessitate certain smartphones […]

Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has fractured his foot while deboarding an airplane upon his arrival at the Dubai International Airport. The incident occurred on Wednesday night , but his office confirmed it only late on Thursday night. According to a statement from the President House, he was immediately taken to a hospital for treatment following […]

Microsoft Corp, which is struggling to bring data centers online fast enough to meet the demand for its artificial intelligence products, hired one of the engineering chiefs who kept Facebook’s infrastructure humming.  Jay Parikh will join the senior leadership team and report to Satya Nadella, Microsoft’s chief executive officer.  “There are very few leaders in […]

In the spirit of Halloween, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg celebrated the holiday with his family and shared photos on Facebook. This year, the billionaire chose to dress as Hollywood’s top assassin for a day, while his “girls” decided to be ballerinas. In his post, he shared pictures of himself, dressed in a black suit and […]

<p>Noted economist and chairman of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s economic advisory council, Bibek Debroy breathed his last on Friday at the age of 69. He was admitted to All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi with subacute intestinal obstruction.&nbsp;</p> <p>He also suffered from hypertension and diabetes mellitus, reported PTI quoting an official source at AIIMS.&nbsp;</p> […]