Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Nearly 30% vehicles in Riyadh to be powered by electricity till 2030

RIYADH: As part of the Riyadh Sustainability Strategy, the government is working to ensure that 30 per cent of all vehicles in the capital city will be powered by electricity by 2030, Arab News quoted CEO of the Royal Commission for Riyadh City Fahd Al-Rasheed, as saying. The CEO of the Royal Commission for Riyadh City said … Read more

Facebook announces 10,000 EU jobs to build ‘metaverse’

Rising tide of leaks threatens to inundate Facebook

PARIS: Facebook on Monday announced plans to hire 10,000 people in the European Union to build the “metaverse”, a virtual reality version of the internet that the tech giant sees as the future. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been a leading voice in Silicon Valley hype around the idea of the metaverse, which would blur … Read more

Squid Game: South Korea’s latest cultural phenomenon

Squid Game

A dystopian vision of a polarised society, Netflix smash hit “Squid Game” blends a tight plot, social allegory and uncompromising violence to create the latest South Korean cultural phenomenon to go global. It features South Korea’s most marginalised, including the deeply in debt, a migrant worker and a North Korean defector, competing in traditional children’s … Read more

PCB Director Commercial Babar Hamid resigns from his position

PCB Director Commercial Babar Hamid risigns from his position

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Director Commercial Babar Hamid has resigned from his position. According to sources, he sent his resignation to the PCB chairman Ramiz Raja, which he is yet to confirm. Sources also said that he was behind the New Zealand DRS mishap. it further added that the PCB chairman has ordered an inquiry, … Read more

West Indies Cricket Board says it will fulfill the commitment of any tour

West Indies Cricket Board says it will fulfill the commitment of any tour

Regarding the tour of Pakistan, a statement has come out from the West Indies Cricket Board stating that it intends to fulfill the commitment of any tour including Pakistan. Cricket WI says that they plan to fulfill the commitment of any tour including Pakistan, our intention is that we will fulfill the responsibilities of the … Read more

Pakistan vs New Zealand: Black Caps cancel the tour due to security alert

Pakistan vs New Zealand: Black Caps cancel the tour due to security alert

The New Zealand Cricket has cancelled its tour of Pakistan after informing PCB of a security alert. PCB confirms the news through its Twitter handle saying, “Earlier today, New Zealand Cricket informed us they had been alerted to some security alert and have unilaterally decided to postpone the series, PCB and Govt of Pakistan made … Read more

Pakistan tour of Bangladesh confirmed right after T20 WC: BCB

Pakistan tour of Banglasdesh confirmed right after T20 WC: BCB

The Pakistan national team will tour Bangladesh right after the ICC T20 World Cup ends, confirmed Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) CEO, Nizamuddin Chowdhury. Chowdhury further confirmed that the Men in Green will play all three formats during their tour of Bangladesh. The tour, according to the BCB, is scheduled to begin in November. Chowdhury said … Read more

Tesla’s robot will make physical work a ‘choice’

After dominating the electric vehicle market and throwing his hat into the billionaire space race, Tesla boss Elon Musk announced the latest frontier he’s aiming at conquering: humanoid robots, the company said in a statement. The irascible entrepreneur said he would have an initial prototype of an androgynous “Tesla Bot” by next year. Based on … Read more

Crypto exchange of India collaborated with Advertisement regulators

Crypto exchange

Mumbai-based crypto exchange, CoinDCX collaborated with ASCI (Advertising Standards Council of India). The objective of the collaboration is to bring further credibility and transparency to cryptocurrency Ads.

The decision seems to determine by the new Delhi High court orders that asked publishers to put essential disclaimers on their advertisements.

The High Court’s decision was based on a petition alleging that current crypto commercials lack prominent wording warning viewers of the risks associated with these types of digital asset transactions.

The collaboration would see CoinDCX incorporate rules allotted by ASIC towards advertisement publication.

This change would develop public confidence and too benefit individuals to become more conscious of the crypto world and the possible risks related to investing in them.

CoinDCX CEO and Co-Founder, Sumit Gupta stated:

“We are honored to be a member of ASCI that safeguards consumers’ interests. The involvement reaffirms our commitment to ensuring safety and security for our users and raising the bar for advertising transparency in the crypto space in India. This will boost confidence among the users, and they can use our platform without any apprehension. Being the safest crypto exchange, we have always gone the extra mile to ensure we are fully compliant with the laws and imbue credibility and trust in our service and products.”

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Engro Corporation to inject Rs21.5 billion in telecom infrastructure vertical

Engro

KARACHI: Engro Corporation has announced that it would enhance its total equity investment in the telecom infrastructure vertical to Rs21.5 billion, a bourse filing said on Wednesday. Engro has also formed a dedicated platform for connectivity and telecom infrastructure-related initiatives by the name of Engro Connect (Pvt) Limited (EConnect), it added. EConnect is a wholly-owned … Read more

Pakistan vs Afghanistan: Bilateral series postponed until next year

Pakistan vs Afghanistan: Bilateral series postponed until next year

The first bilateral series between Pakistan and Afghanistan has been postponed and will be played next year. According to the ongoing situation in Afghanistan, all the commercial flights have been stopped from operating from the capital city Kabul. Due to this Afghanistan faced logistical issues in sending the team to Hambantota, where the series was … Read more

SBP clears Atif Bokhari as Askari Bank CEO

SBP

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has granted clearance to the Askari Bank Limited to appoint Atif R Bokhari for a term of three years, a statement said on Friday. The board of directors of the bank in its meeting on July 28, 2021 appointed Atif R Bokhari as the new president and CEO … Read more

Binance warned by Central Bank for operating illegally in Netherlands

Binance

The Netherlands has imposed a ban on Binance. According to De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB), the company has failed to secure the necessary legal registration, making its services illegal in the country.

DNB said, “This means Binance is not in compliance with the Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Terrorist Financing Act and is illegally offering services for the exchange between virtual and fiduciary currencies and it is illegally offering custodian wallets”.

The central bank may take action against Binance. As of now the bank has not yet any details. A representative of De Nederlandsche Bank said.

In reply, Binance said that it aims to receive licensing approval from DNB “in due course.”

Binance has recently been the subject of intense regulatory investigation in the U.K., Italy, Japan, Canada, Poland, Thailand, the Cayman Islands, Malta, and other countries.

Changpeng Zhao, the company’s CEO, has even stated that he would be willing to resign if someone with a good compliance background was willing to take his place.

Zhao stated that hiring more workers with regulatory skills was his “top priority.”

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Kenya to boost horticulture exports to China

Evergrande misses third round of bond coupon payments

NAIROBI: Kenya is seeking to increase its horticulture exports to China in order to boost its revenues, the industry said on Monday. Ojepat Okisegere, CEO of Fresh Produce Consortium of Kenya told journalists in Nairobi that China, which has a huge consumer market, can give better revenues as compared to traditional markets in Europe. According … Read more

JS Bank, Trellis Housing sign deal to reshape housing finance

KARACHI: The JS Bank has partnered with Trellis housing finance limited to reshape the housing finance industry in Pakistan, a statement said on Friday. This collaboration will allow Trellis Housing Finance Limited to extend its digital mortgage origination services under GharHo product suite to JS Bank to build a sustainable affordable housing finance portfolio, it … Read more

We Are Vey Much Looking Forward to Tour Pakistan: NZC CEO White

We Are Vey Much Looking Forward to Tour Pakistan: NZC CEO White

New Zealand Cricket (NZC) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) David White said that New Zealand is very eager to return to Pakistan for cricket after 18 years. New Zealand will be the first team to tour Pakistan as the 2021-22 season starts. It will be a huge entertainment for the fans and supporters of cricket in … Read more

Aqeel Khan appointed Hascol Petroleum CEO

Hascol Petroleum

KARACHI: Hascol Petroleum Limited has approved the appointment of Aqeel Ahmed Khan as its CEO with effect from August 5, 2021, replacing Adeeb Ahmad, who has resigned from the position, a statement said. The board has also approved the appointment of Zafar lqbal Chaudhry and Mustafa Ashraf to the board as independent directors, it added. … Read more

ADB, Dubai Islamic Bank Pakistan ink deal to promote trade finance

Asia ADB

ISLAMABAD: The Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) Trade and Supply Chain Finance Program (TSCFP) has signed an agreement with the Dubai Islamic Bank Pakistan Limited (DIBPL) to support trade in Pakistan, a statement said. The ADB said it will provide guarantees to help the Dubai Islamic Bank expand its trade finance business in Pakistan. The Trade and … Read more

PayPal Teases a Future With “Interesting DeFi Apps”

PayPal

PayPal provided investors with an update on the progress of its new consumer wallet “super app,” as well as a suggestion that smart contracts could be used for “interesting DeFi applications.”

PayPal may begin to integrate DeFi in the future.

The payments giant revealed details about its new consumer wallet “super app” in development during its Q2 earnings call on Wednesday. According to the company’s president and CEO Dan Schulman, the new wallet will contain high-yield savings, improved bill pay capability, and other crypto possibilities.

PayPal has announced various steps to help integrate cryptocurrencies into its platform in recent months. The company started allowing customers to pay using crypto money at over 29 million retailers in March. Recently, the corporation revealed that cryptocurrency withdrawals to off-site wallets will be possible. PayPal teases additional crypto capabilities in its forthcoming “super app,” but no details have been confirmed.

PayPal’s earnings call, however, revealed that the business is studying decentralized financing in relation to its products, in addition to outlining its new crypto-friendly wallet. Schulman responded when asked how the company plans to expand its engagement with the crypto ecosystem:

“We are clearly thinking about what the next generation of the financial system looks like… How can we use smart contracts more efficiently? How can we digitize assets and open those up to consumers that may not have had access to that before? There are some interesting DeFi applications as well.”

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PTCL signs deal to transform its billing platform

  KARACHI: Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) has signed a strategic contract with Whale Cloud Technology to transform its critical charging and billing platform, a statement said on Thursday. PTCL & Ufone acting chief executive officer & Group chief financial officer Nadeem Khan and Whale Cloud Technology South Asia president Chen XiaoWei signed the contract … Read more

Ethereum co-founder, Musk should not see the crypto industry as a joke

Ethereum

During a recent interview with BNN Bloomberg, Ethereum co-founder Anthony Di Iorio expressed his dissatisfaction with Tesla CEO Elon Musk.

According to Di Iorio, people like Musk have the ability to bring about significant change.

However, he feels that they should concentrate on real issues rather than frivolous ones:

He said, “I’m just really wishing that their energy is going to be focused around educating people, and not having fun with something that’s so important”.

Musk, who owns Ether, has garnered the ire of many in the cryptocurrency community for pushing the joke cryptocurrency Dogecoin and helping to propel its market valuation to a staggering $90 billion in early May.

The billionaire continues to promote the cryptocurrency with regular tweets and memes, but his social media clout hasn’t helped the cryptocurrency climb out of the enormous hole it dug during the latest market correction.

From its high on May 8, the meme coin has dropped more than 72%.

Ethereum co-founder Di Iorio also chastised individuals who use technology to inflate their own tokens.

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Samsung is Donating $1,000 for Every Olympic Medal Won by Canada

Samsung is Donating $1,000 for Every Olympic Medal Won by Canada

Samsung stated last week that it will donate up to $25,000 to the Canadian Olympic Foundation. Samsung has been a long-time supporter of the Canadian Olympic Committee, and the business has announced that it will pay $1,000 for each medal won by Canada at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic, up to a total of $25,000, to … Read more

Binance may go public in the US, according to its CEO

binance

Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao claimed Binance U.S. was “looking at the IPO route” at an online event on Friday.

Soon, Binance U.S. may list shares on a U.S. exchange through an initial public offering.

Despite the exchange’s ongoing regulatory issues, Changpeng “CZ” Zhao, indicated that an IPO for its US-based division is in the process.

Zhao revealed the intentions while speaking at Siam Commercial Bank of Thailand’s online event REDeFiNE Tomorrow.

Zhao said the company was working with US regulators and instituting “structures” to make the IPO aspirations a reality.

“Binance U.S. is looking at the IPO route. Most regulators are familiar with a certain pattern or having headquarters, having corporate structure. But we are setting up those structures to make it easier for an IPO to happen” he said.

It’s important to understand that it is not the same as Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange. Because Binance U.S. operates within the confines of the United States’ regulatory environment, it offers a different set of trading pairs and a lesser trading volume than its global version.

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Bitcoin will be a key part of Twitter’s future, according to Jack Dorsey

Bitcoin

Over the last few years, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has been a big supporter of Bitcoin. He and Jay Z just formed a Bitcoin fund. In a recent development, Dorsey stated that Bitcoin, together with decentralization (In blockchain, decentralization refers to the transfer of control and decision-making from a centralized entity) and artificial intelligence, will be the future of the company.

If the internet had a native currency, he claims, products like subscription, Commerce, Tip Jar, and Super Follows will be able to move faster.

“I think this is a big part of our future. I think there is a lot of innovation above just currency to be had, especially as we think about decentralizing social media more and providing more economic incentives. So I think it’s hugely important to Twitter and to Twitter shareholders that we continue to look at the space and invest aggressively in it” he said.

Dorsey stated on Twitter’s second-quarter earnings call that Bitcoin is the greatest asset to become the internet currency and that once this is established, the company would be able to expand its product line more quickly.

This is the first time Dorsey has openly discussed Bitcoin integration into Twitter’s products, according to a Twitter spokesperson.

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Huawei Might be Working on 90W Fast Charging System

Huawei Might be Working on 90W Fast Charging System

Huawei is currently working on 90W fast charging, according to DigitalChatStation. Currently, the fast charge is available up to 66W, which was introduced in Mate 40 series. the 66W fast charging can also be found in the latest Nova 8i, which can be fully charged in 38 minutes, Huawei claims. Does this imply that the … Read more

Tesla can now be bought for bitcoin, Elon Musk tweeted

Elon Musk

Tesla customers can now purchase electric vehicles using bitcoin, according to Elon Musk, the company’s CEO.

This is a huge step forward for bitcoin‘s usage in commerce.

“You can now buy a Tesla with bitcoin,” Elon Musk said on Twitter, The option will be available outside of the US later this year, according to the company.

Last month, the electric-car producer said that it had purchased $1.5 billion in bitcoin and would soon accept it as a form of payment for automobiles, marking a significant step toward widespread acceptance that pushed bitcoin to a new high of about $62,000.

After Musk’s tweet, Bitcoin, the world’s most valuable digital currency, jumped more than 4% to US$56,429 at the time of posting.

Musk stated that bitcoin payments to Tesla would not be converted into traditional currency, but he provided some further information about how the payments would be handled. The company was using “internal & open source software,” he said.

Most major companies that accept bitcoin payments, such as AT&T Inc and Microsoft Corp, rely on specialized payment processors to convert bitcoin into, dollars and transmit the money to the company.

Because of its volatility and relatively expensive and slow processing periods, bitcoin, like other cryptocurrencies, is currently infrequently used for commerce in wealthy nations.

Musk, who frequently makes comments about cryptocurrencies on Twitter, criticized conventional money last month, saying that “has a negative real interest, only a fool wouldn’t look elsewhere.”

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Bitcoin miners in Texas are breaking new ground

bitcoin

Chad Harris, the CEO of Whinstone Inc., which operates North America’s largest bitcoin “mine,” recalls one of the last times Texas’ electric power crisis is now also his problem.

It was in June, and the temperature in the evening had risen to roughly 94 degrees, significantly higher than the state’s average for that time of year.

Texans were cranking up their air conditioning, putting a strain on the state’s grid, which had already failed for days during a cold spell in February, was exhausting.

“We just got a text saying, The power grid needs support. Please curtail now,’ ” Harris said while standing outside the company’s mining center at an old Alcoa aluminum facility about six miles outside this Central Texas town.

Instantly, Whinstone’s system went offline. The tens of thousands of computer servers that spin away generating bitcoin inside three long buildings simply stopped. “With the flip of a switch, we turned this off,” Harris said.

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Square to Make a Hardware Wallet for Bitcoin

Square is Going to Make a Hardware Wallet for Bitcoin

Square is going to make a hardware wallet for bitcoin, the company’s hardware lead, Jesse Dorogusker, announced on Thursday. CEO Jack Dorsey, who is also the CEO of Twitter, said in June that the company was going to make one. And now Square has made the decision to move forward. “We have decided to build … Read more