Pakistan is among the 21 countries which were “not free” in terms of freedom and access to Internet use Herald Report Islamabad: Internet freedom in Pakistan has further shrunk due to blocking of websites, shutting down of networks and increasing disinformation during the last one year, finds a report. According to a report “Freedom of the Net 2019” which assessed 65 countries, …

President Sooronbai Jeenbekov highlighted digital transformation goals for Kyrgyzstan  Herald Report Bishkek, (Kyrgyzstan): Technology experts, academics, researchers and government officials at an international conference highlighted the increasing role of information and communication technology in the governance system, public and private enterprise management, education and research. They discussed the latest approaches to solving intriguing challenges in the fields of data collection and …

By Ammar Rashid Starting today, we will see the largest worldwide climate mobilisation in the history of the planet for a week. Millions of young people across over 120 countries, including Pakistan, will flood out of schools, universities, and workplaces into the streets for a global climate strike to demand that governments take radical action to address the ecological crisis …

Herald Report A Jeddah-bound plane made an emergency landing at Lahore airport minutes after take-off on Sunday morning, according to media reports. The flight was aborted after a fire in the Boeing 777’s main engine caused apparently by short-circuited wire. However, Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) spokesperson Mashood Tajwar said the flight was delayed due to a “technical fault” in the …

WASHINGTON: The United States regulators on Wednesday slapped a record $5 billion fine on Facebook for privacy violations in a settlement requiring the world’s biggest social network to “submit to new restrictions and a modified corporate structure.” The Federal Trade Commission said the penalty was the largest ever imposed on any company for violating consumers’ privacy and one of the …

Family of apps, WhatApp, Instagram and Messenger — appear to be recovering from most severe outage ever around the world. Company spokesman says it is not a cyber attack A partial Facebook outage affecting users around the world has stretched beyond 14 hours, but was showing some signs of ending early Thursday. It’s believed to be the biggest interruption ever suffered by …

The Moon: A Voyage Through Time explores wonder, knowledge, and beauty inspired by the moon through the ages The Apollo 11 lunar landing on July 20, 1969, was a transformative event for humanity, yet the moon has captivated cultures since the dawn of civilization. The Moon: A Voyage Through Time is a major new exhibition opening March 9 at the Aga …

HAH Report Political systems across the world have undergone a wave of populism, and are hard pressed to balance majoritarian political demands against fundamental human rights. Nowhere is this contest more visible than on social media where the worst tendencies of online political participation are demonstrated in policy debates on human rights, development and peace. This discussion was taken up …

The computer in our hands can do astonishing things, but new studies show just how dramatically they’re distracting us. By Yudhijit Bhattacharjee Not long ago, as happens almost every day, I got a Skype call on my smartphone from my dad, who lives in Kolkata, India. My dad is 79 and doesn’t get out very much, having become increasingly housebound. …

International team say ‘spectacular’ data hints at historic breakthrough Astronomers attempting to capture the first images of the black hole at the heart of the Milky Way have given early hints that the ambitious project has been successful. The observations, by the Event Horizon Telescope, are expected to be unveiled in March in one of the most eagerly awaited scientific …