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Pakistan Ministry of IT unveils National Data Governance Policy 2026 covering data sovereignty privacy AI and citizens

Pakistan’s National Data Governance Policy 2026 Sets New Rules for AI, Privacy and Data Sovereignty

Nayab Fatima2026-06-29

National Data Governance Policy 2026 for the country has been launched by the Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication which is the most comprehensive effort made in the past in the direction of regulating the handling of government data. Under the ambit of the Digital Nation Pakistan Initiative, the National Data Governance Policy 2026 has ... Read more

Saigols Group battery project as Hebei Juhang Energy Technology signs an MoU to manufacture lithium-ion batteries and EV charging infrastructure in Pakistan.

Saigols Group, China Battery Giant Launch Battery Manufacturing Venture in Pakistan

Focus Pakistan2026-06-29

ISLAMABAD: Saigols Group and China’s Hebei Juhang Energy Technology Group signed a memorandum of understanding Sunday to manufacture lithium-ion batteries and electric vehicle charging infrastructure inside Pakistan, a deal that Special Assistant to the Prime Minister Haroon Akhtar Khan called the opening shot of a new industrial era. The signing, held at a local hotel, ... Read more

Meta AI capacity shortfall reported by the Financial Times in June

Google Rationed Gemini Access to Meta as AI Compute Crunch Delays Projects

Nayab Fatima2026-06-29

Meta was informed by Google that it cannot provide the required computing power needed for its entire Gemini platform, which created disruption in internal AI projects and forced Meta employees to manage AI tokens as Google Cloud had its own backlog double in just one quarter. Google informed Meta that it was unable to fulfill ... Read more

Expired CNIC SIM Block warning issued by PTA advising mobile users to renew their CNICs and update SIM registration details to avoid service suspension.

SIMs Linked to Expired CNICs Likely to Be Blocked: PTA

Faraz Ali Ansari2026-06-29

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Telecommunications Authority has started a new awareness drive this week regarding the suspension of mobile SIMs that have been registered using expired or canceled CNIC numbers. he authority directed users across all networks to renew their CNICs before expiry and immediately update registration records with their respective mobile operators afterward. Expired CNIC SIM ... Read more

Samsung Galaxy S27 Pro rumours and leaks showing an alleged four-phone Galaxy S27 lineup

Galaxy S27 Pro Rumors Point to Samsung’s Next Flagship Launch

Nayab Fatima2026-06-27

Filings from database and industrial leaks point to the possibility that Samsung might launch a Pro version of the Galaxy S27 series which would be an exclusive addition to the series and would be designed for consumers looking for an almost ultra quality device at pro-level costs. Samsung seems to be building something that the ... Read more

A server room corridor inside a high-tech data center featuring row cabinets of China supercomputer architecture.

China Overtakes US to Claim World’s Most Powerful Supercomputer

Nayab Fatima2026-06-26

There have been many changes that have occurred in the world of high-performance computers, with the recently developed Chinese computer taking over the mantle of being the most powerful computer from the United States. This particular supercomputer has been given the name “LineShine” and has managed to occupy the top spot in the TOP500 global ... Read more

Xbox price hike August 2026 showing Microsoft raising 512GB Xbox consoles by 100 dollars and 1TB models by 150 dollars

Xbox Hikes Consoles by Up to $150 from August 1 and Kills Its 2TB Model

Nayab Fatima2026-06-26

Microsoft increases the price of its Xbox gaming consoles for the third time recently all around the world, discontinues its high-storage capacity model, and informs that the cost of storage and memory has increased by 2.5 times and is set to double by the fall of 2027. The Xbox department at Microsoft hit consumers with ... Read more

Anthropic Accuses Alibaba over an alleged campaign to extract Claude AI capabilities through AI distillation attacks.

Anthropic Accuses Alibaba of Running 29 Million-Interaction Campaign to Steal Claude AI Capabilities

Faraz Ali Ansari2026-06-26

SAN FRANCISCO: Anthropic has accused Alibaba of orchestrating the largest known effort to illicitly extract capabilities from a commercial AI system, alleging that operators linked to the Chinese technology giant ran nearly 29 million interactions with its Claude model through thousands of fraudulent accounts to copy its most advanced reasoning abilities. The San Francisco-based AI ... Read more

Apple MacBook iPad price hike 2026 showing MacBook Air rising from 1099 to 1299 dollars MacBook Pro from 1699 to 1999 dollars and iPad Air from 599 to 749 dollars

Apple Raises MacBook and iPad Prices Up to $300

Nayab Fatima2026-06-25

SAN FRANCISCO: Apple admits that it couldn’t continue absorbing the skyrocketing costs of memory as a result of artificial intelligence data center expansion, increasing prices on the MacBook Air to $1,299, the MacBook Pro to $1,999, and the iPad Air to $749, while industry experts say that the iPhone price rise is already in the works ... Read more