Fazeel Ashraf
Noor Imtiaz
Jessica Baron, PhD
Amnah Fawad
Autonomous Vehicles: The Future of Transportation
Autonomous vehicles are no longer simply the future of transportation; smart cars capable of driving themselves are already here. The real challenge is their integration into the everyday fabric of…
Drone shuts down Dubai International Airport
On Friday morning, a drone sighting forced authorities to ground flights to and from the Dubai International Airport. The halt remained in effect for half an hour. Between 10:13 to 10:45…
Instagram users lose followers due to bug
Several Instagram users woke up on Wednesday to see a follower count much smaller than the day before. Users initially believed Instagram had deliberately shut down dummy accounts, but Instagram…
Facebook might face a multi-billion dollar fine from the FTC
According to The Washington Post, Facebook and the Federal Trade Commission are negotiating a multibillion-dollar fine. The FTC is planning to fine the social network over its privacy violations. This would…
Spotify has revealed the price of its deal for Gimlet and Anchor
We finally know the price of the Gimlet and Anchor acquisition. Spotify paid $340 million to buy the podcast networks. The announcement of the deal, which occurred last week, did…
Twitter CEO makes drastic statements in latest interview
Kara Swisher from Recode interviewed Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey on Tuesday and got some surprising responses to her questions. Several of Dorsey’s statements from the online interview, which took place…
LipPass verifies your identity based on your mouth movements
A new platform called LipPass is one of many new behavioral verification techniques for smartphones. Up until recently, identity verification involved simple password protection, followed by physical biometric scans such as fingerprints,…
Paris sues Airbnb over illegal listings
Airbnb is the platform on which people around the world can rent out their property to traveling strangers. As it grew more popular, people rented out all sorts of spaces…
Handwriting goes high-tech with Rocketbook’s Everlast reusable notebook
My love of writing goes well beyond composing stories and writing tech news – I actually love the action of writing words and literally putting pen to paper. If you’re…
Google is now making it easier to encrypt cheap smart devices
Data encryption has become a key feature of smart devices. It ‘s an underrated feature, and it’s key to understanding one’s privacy. Not every smartphone offers data encryption because it…
Twitter shares quarterly earnings and loss in active users
Twitter reported on Thursday that its monthly active users had fallen from 326 million in the third quarter to 321 million. In its earnings report, the company also revealed that it…
Facebook faces a strict ruling in Germany
In Germany, a ruling on Thursday has declared that Facebook abused its dominance in the social media market. A German antitrust watchdog had been investigating Facebook for apparent violations of…
UK government issues report with new guidelines for autonomous vehicle testing
The UK’s Department of Transport said that it wants to test autonomous vehicles on roads in order to get the technology up and running by 2021. In a new report,…
Musiio is using AI to make music more accessible
AI is the next big thing to happen to music (and everything else, it seems). The latest news is that Musiio, a Singapore-based startup that provides AI solutions to digital music…
Spotify buys Gimlet and Anchor to push its podcast service
Spotify is looking to change the face of the podcast industry. In a massive push towards catering to podcast listeners, the music streaming service confirmed yesterday that it has bought two…
SpaceX’s and Boeing’s commercial spacecraft tests postponed again
SpaceX and Boeing have suffered another setback in their quests to dock the first commercially built spacecraft at the International Space Station. NASA announced on Wednesday that the first test launches…
Facebook bans Myanmar military groups
Facebook wrote in a Newsroom post today that it has decided to ban four more military groups from Myanmar from their platform. The organizations include the Arakan Army (AA), the…
YouTube CEO admits annual “Rewind” video was “cringey,” makes promises for 2019
YouTube’s CEO Susan Wojcicki admitted that even her kids think Rewind 2018 is “cringey,” in an open letter to YouTube creators. The video had the dishonor of becoming the most…
