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HANDSETS Oppo Find X specifications have leaked. The one true Oppo flagship may finally be coming. Oppo is set to launch a new flagship phone, dubbed Find X, in the coming days and has already posted a teaser on its official  Weibo  account. A new source from China has revealed some of its specifications, Oppo’s previous Find 7 had top-notch hardware and easily outperformed its rivals. We expect something similar from the Find X, the company might be going all-out on this one. A Snapdragon 845, 6 to 8 GB RAM, and some sort of multi-camera arrangement are highly likely. The tipster says that the Find X will come with a 6.42-inch display – that’s 0.12-inch larger than Samsung Galaxy Note 8’s panel – with at least 2K resolution. Leaked Images Moreover, it will have up to 256 GB of internal storage but we expect that it will come in other storage options as well. Also, Oppo has launched several midrange devices recently with notched display...

Honor has announced its flagship smartphone, Honor 10, in Pakistan. Officially launched in London on May 15 th , the  Honor 10  is expected to enter Pakistan on 8 th June 2018. The pre-booking campaign is already underway, with the Honor 10 available from the official e-commerce partner,  Telemart  and top smartphone retailers nationwide. Honor fans will receive special gifts and discount voucher of PKR 2,500 on pre-booking the Honor 10. The  pre-book  gift box includes a selfie stick, ring hook, honor cup and dual-faced charging cable. You also get a discount voucher with the gift box. Customers can save PKR 2,500 and can pre-book the device for PKR. 53,499 only. ALSO, READ PTA Bans Over 6,100 Websites Due to Objectionable Content With its Aurora Glass body, the Honor 10 has a unique colored device. The phone’s design provides a multi-colored body where the colors change when looked at from different angles. To...

INTERNET PTA blocked as much as 6,149 websites in the last year after Web Evaluation Cell’s recommendation. After scrutiny, Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has banned 6,149 websites out of a total of 46,200 sites that were scanned over the past year. The recommendation to block the websites were given by Ministry of Religious Affairs and Inter-faith Harmony’s Web Evaluation Cell (WEC). The Blocked Websites The WEC sent complaints about 15,481 domains to PTA after evaluating a total of 46,200 websites. Out of those 15,481 complaints, PTA blocked 6,149 websites after evaluation. ALSO, READ Researchers Design a Filter to Defeat Facial Recognition Software PTA, together with Higher Education Commission (HEC), previously launched an awareness program to filter the inappropriate content at all educational institutions. Additional Attorney General (AAG) Nayyar Rizvi added that a total of 9,846 proxies have been installed at education...

NEWS This new AI can prevent almost any facial recognition software from detecting your face. Most social networks these days, including Facebook, use facial recognition on your photos whenever you make an upload to gather data on you. In addition to social networks, the web is also full of similar software that is able to automatically recognize a person and figure out other things such as ethnicity, gender, and the environment. As privacy concerns have grown recently, University of Toronto researchers have developed an AI that counters facial recognition software in a subtle way, by making minute adjustments to your photos. The research, led by professor Parham Aarabi and Avishek Bose (an MASc candidate), has successfully disrupted common facial recognition systems. Personal privacy is a real issue as facial recognition becomes better and better. This is one way in which beneficial anti-facial-recognition systems can combat that ability. ALSO, RE...

NEWS A popular code sharing network, called GitHub, is getting purchased by Microsoft. GitHub, one of the world’s largest and most popular code repository for developers, is getting acquired by Microsoft. Reportedly, the companies might conclude a price, and announce the deal publicly later today (Monday). The news comes during a time when GitHub faces extreme financial pressure. GitHub has already been looking for a new CEO to take office as well. According to people familiar with the matter, GitHub aims to go public and has chosen Microsoft, partly because of its CEO Satya Nadella, for this purpose.  Bloomberg  reported that this information was revealed by a company spokesperson, but details related to the terms and conditions of the deal have been kept private. ALSO, READ Oppo Find X Will be The Company’s First True Flagship in Years: Leaks GitHub considered is a popular tool and a social network of sorts for developers. Even high ...

HANDSETS Oppo’s true flagship may be on its way with top of the line hardware and features. Oppo’s flagship department has been silent lately. Most devices launched by the company in recent times were mid-rangers or “selfie-experts” that primarily focused on front cameras and moderate hardware. That might change in the coming days, a leak suggests that Oppo is finally manufacturing its 2018 flagship, called the Find X, as part of its Find lineup. Oppo’s previous flagship, Find 7, was launched back in 2014 and it will be succeeded by the upcoming Find X. The name has already been copyrighted, and the company teased the new moniker in a poster, shown below. This an official promotional teaser, Oppo posted this on its social media account on the Chinese social network,  Weibo. Specifications? For now, there’s not much we can say about the Find X’s specifications. Market trends and speculations suggest that a notched iPhone X-like aesthetic is...

TECH AND TELECOM Xiaomi unveiled a new Oculus-like headset, a 75-inch smart TV and Mi Band 3, which come at impressive prices. Along with the event’s main attraction, the  Mi 8 and Mi 8 Explorer Edition , Xiaomi unveiled several other new products at its Shenzhen event that was held today (Thursday) in China. Among those products, is Xiaomi’s new 75-inch Mi TV 4, Mi VR Standalone headset and Mi Band 3. The TV comes as an addition to Xiaomi’s existing TV 4 series, it did not have a 75-inch version before. Mi VR is the company’s new VR headset that works just like an Oculus and the Mi Band 3 is the long-awaited successor of the Mi Band 2. Mi TV 4 The Mi TV 4 lineup consists of smart TVs with mostly 4K displays and numerous modern features. The company recently unveiled a  32-inch Mi TV 4X , and now added to the lineup by launching a 75-inch variant as well – which will be the biggest, and expensive, LED TV the company has ever produced. Mi TV 4...

Punjab has passed its first ever Provincial IT Policy of Pakistan consisting of 5 pillars, envisioning Punjab as the industrial hub of the country. The IT Policy was passed by the Provincial Cabinet on Thursday. According to the landmark policy, the five pillars are: Support the IT industry Bridge the digital divide e-Governance Citizen-centric services Entrepreneurship PunjabITBoard @PITB_Official # Punjab Announces the First Provincial IT Policy of Pakistan Focusing on 5 Key Pillars 10:05 PM - May 31, 2018 77 44 people are talking about this Twitter Ads info and privacy Support the IT Industry The policy aims to offer extended and unhindered support to the IT industry of the province. Establishing Special Economic Zones (SEZs), business-friendly policies and initiatives, developing software technology parks and knowledge centers, promoting e-commerce, smooth and user-friendly taxation policy, the intro...