Science & Technology

AFP/APP SAN FRANCISCO: Google parent Alphabet reported its first-ever $100 billion quarterly revenue on Wednesday, powered by strong growth across its core search business and rapidly expanding cloud division buoyed by artificial…

AFP/APP Washington: Microsoft cloud customers faced major service disruptions on Wednesday after the company said an "inadvertent configuration change" affected its widely used Azure platform. The issue, which began around 1600 GMT,…

News Desk  Islamabad: Gmail users have been warned of a major security breach that may have left as many as 183 million email accounts vulnerable. The leaked data, which includes both email addresses and associated passwords, could…

AFP/APP San Francisco: Amazon plans to lay off tens of thousands of office workers as the e-commerce and technology giant seeks to trim costs while ramping up investments in artificial intelligence (AI), according to US media reports.…

AFP/APP Riyadh: Saudi Arabia is welcoming heads of state and global business leaders at a major investment conference this week as it seeks backing for its vast “gigaprojects” and ambitious artificial intelligence (AI) plans. Chinese…

News Desk  Islamabad: American multinational technology company Meta has officially launched Meta AI in Urdu for users in Pakistan, marking a major step toward making artificial intelligence tools more inclusive and locally accessible.…

 AFP/APP Sanfranciso: Popular internet services ranging from streaming platforms to messaging apps and banking networks were offline for several hours on Monday due to a major outage in Amazon’s cloud network, highlighting the world’s…

AFP Islamabad: TikTok has deleted more than 25.4 million videos in Pakistan during the second quarter of 2025 for violating its Community Guidelines, according to the platform’s latest Community Guidelines Enforcement Report. The…

AFP/APP Washington: The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has announced plans to invite new bids for its Moon mission contract amid delays by SpaceX, the Elon Musk-led company currently leading the program. NASA…

AFP/APP Paris: A global outage struck Amazon’s cloud services on Monday, disrupting numerous websites and online platforms including Amazon Prime, Perplexity, Fortnite, Alexa, Snapchat, and Duolingo, the US tech giant confirmed.…