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Final stages: PTA to issue satellite internet licenses within weeks

Dedicated Satellite Directorate established at PTA headquarters in Islamabad 6 months ago

Social media companies remove over 13,000 URLs at PTA's request

Report shows social media companies acted on nearly 99% of PTA’s takedown requests 6 months ago

OpenAI’s long-awaited GPT-5 model nears release

Testers believe leap from GPT-4 to GPT-5 not as large as one from GPT-3 to GPT-4 6 months ago

After Starlink, Chinese firms may launch satellite internet in Pakistan

Govt accelerates efforts to finalise regulatory framework to facilitate operations 6 months ago

ChatGPT hits 700m weekly users, over 4x from last year

OpenAI now has five million paying business users on ChatGPT, up from 3m in June 6 months ago

Spotify to raise premium subscription price from September

Subscription price to rise to 11.99 euros a month in South Asia, Mideast, Africa, Europe, Latin America 6 months ago

UK's online safety law is putting free speech at risk, X says

Users complain about age checks that require personal data to be uploaded to access sites 6 months ago

Starlink network suffers rare global outage

Ukraine says Starlink's global outage hit its military communications 6 months ago

Microsoft server hack hit about 100 organizations

Hacks allow spies to penetrate vulnerable servers, drop backdoor to secure continuous access 6 months ago

5G launched in 101 countries, Pakistan lags far behind in 4G even: ADB

Report says digital sector currently contributes only 1.5% to Pakistan’s GDP 7 months ago

Alert! PTA warns against sharing OTP with unknown callers

Fraudsters call people pretending to be from courier companies asking for OTP sent to phone 7 months ago

PTA can block platforms but not specific content: Chairman

Cybercrime agency says 554 people arrested for spreading defamatory content online 7 months ago

Reuters X account restored in India after brief legal suspension

Spokesperson said Reuters was working with X to resolve matter and get account reinstated 7 months ago

Starlink registration in Pakistan expires; setback to satellite internet

Starlink Pakistan representatives confirm expiration of temporary registration 7 months ago

Pakistan delays 5G launch by missing another deadline

Minister says third-party consultancy firm has completed recommendations regarding auction 7 months ago

Free internet, on-net minutes announced for all Pakistanis

Minister says 200 smartphones will be distributed among female SIM owners 7 months ago

Malaysia gets local court order against Telegram over 'harmful content'

Commission says content on two channels has 'potential to undermine public trust' in national bodies 7 months ago

Starlink gets India licence to offer satcom services

Approval good news for Musk, whose spat with Trump threatens $22bn of SpaceX's contracts 8 months ago

Govt urges parents to ensure safe social media use among children

Advisory says children should be educated about protecting personal details online 8 months ago

X (Twitter) down again in Pakistan with widespread outage

Many users say even VPNs failing to restore access 8 months ago

Warning: Dangerous Google Play Store apps stealing users’ data

Cyber threats being orchestrated by North Korean hacker groups 8 months ago

Pakistan sees record rise in internet use among women

Minister says gap in internet usage between men and women dropped from 38% to 25% 9 months ago

Pakistanis warned against haring unverified military content online

CERT urges not to share photos, videos, information related to military movements, operations 9 months ago

Pakistan finds 500 social media accounts 'running' anti-state propaganda

NCCIA has launched formal investigation against accounts involved 9 months ago

16 Indian news channels, 31 YouTube links blocked over anti-Pakistan content

PTA says strict action will be taken against online content endangering national interests 9 months ago

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