Category: Tech

BEIJING (AP): To help make China a self-reliant “technology superpower,” the ruling Communist Party is pushing the world’s biggest e-commerce company to take on the tricky, expensive business of designing its own processor chips — a business unlike anything Alibaba Group has done before. Its 3-year-old chip unit, T-Head, unveiled its third processor in October,… Continue reading China pursues tech ‘self-reliance,’ fueling global unease

MOSCOW (AP): A Moscow court on Friday slapped Google with a nearly $100 million fine and also fined Facebook’s parent company Meta $27 million over their failure to delete content banned by local law, as Russia seeks to step up pressure on technology giants. The Tagansky District Court ruled that Google repeatedly neglected to remove… Continue reading Russian court slaps Google, Meta with massive fines

Kathmandu: Yeti Airlines has introduced electronic baggage tags in domestic flights. Starting from today, passengers traveling from Kathmandu via Yeti Airlines will have electronic tags on their luggage. Yeti, that started the electronic boarding pass after the first lockdown, said that now the baggage tag has also been taken to the automatic system. The electronic… Continue reading Yeti Airlines launches ‘electronic tag’ on domestic flights

Kathmandu: Nabil has signed tripartite agreement with Daraz and imark today for the introduction of Nabil SmartPOS, an Android portable payment solution that accepts any payments anytime, anywhere. Under the agreement, customers shopping through Daraz will now be able to make payments through the enhanced smart features available within the SmartPOS. Daraz shall soon enable… Continue reading Nabil bank lunch portable payment solution

Kathmandu: Nepal’s first female computer engineer Gunakeshari Pradhan has been honored with ‘Ncell Woman Icon ICT Award 2021’. Pradhan won the award in the category of Women Icon ICT Award, which honors women who have contributed to ICT sector. Pradhan has been contributing to the ICT sector of Nepal continuously for 35 years. Pradhan, who… Continue reading Nepal’s first female computer engineer Pradhan receives ‘Ncell Woman Icon ICT Award 2021’

Kathmandu: Telephone and broadband internet services will be expanded in all municipalities and wards across the country. For this, an agreement has been reached between the Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration and Nepal Telecom. On behalf of the Ministry, Joint Secretary Dr. Gopi Krishna Khanal and Managing Director of the company Dilli Ram… Continue reading Nepal Telecom to expand telephone, broadband internet service in all municipalities and wards

Kathmandu: Madan Krishna Shrestha and Haribansha Acharya have been appointed as brand ambassadors of Nepal Telecom. The agreement was signed at a program organized at the Nepal Telecom Central Office today. On behalf of Nepal Telecom, Managing Director Dilli Ram Adhikari and artists Madan Krishna Shrestha and Haribansha Acharya and media coordinator of the artist… Continue reading Maha Jodi became brand ambassador of Nepal Telecom

Kathmandu: Confederation of Nepalese Industries (CNI) has made public the app and website of ‘Make in Nepal – Swadeshi’ campaign . CNI President Bishnu Agrawal informed that the app and website have been made public to expand industrialization and create employment in Nepal. He said the app and website will help more and more entrepreneurs… Continue reading App and website of ‘Make in Nepal-Swadeshi’ made public

LONDON (AP): Instagram on Tuesday launched a feature that urges teenagers to take breaks from the photo-sharing platform and announced other tools aimed at protecting young users from harmful content on the Facebook-owned service. The previously announced “Take A Break” feature encourages teens to stop scrolling if they have been on the social media platform… Continue reading Instagram launches tool urging teens to take a break

WASHINGTON (AP): The elite Russian state hackers behind last year’s massive SolarWinds cyberespionage campaign hardly eased up this year, managing plenty of infiltrations of U.S. and allied government agencies and foreign policy think tanks with consummate craft and stealth, a leading cybersecurity firm reported Monday. On the anniversary of the public disclosure of the SolarWinds… Continue reading Report says Russian hackers haven’t eased spying efforts