Category: Tech

Kathmandu: The Nepal Telecommunications Authority (NTA) has initiated a process to study the possible interference between the 5G frequencies and the frequencies used in the latest technology. NTA has signed an agreement with Tribhuvan University Institute of Engineering Studies on Monday. The agreement was signed on Monday by Purushattam Khanal, chairman of the Nepal Telecommunications… Continue reading Govt begins study of possible frequency interruptions in 5G

ROME (Reuters): The Italian data privacy watchdog ordered video app TikTok on Friday to block the accounts of any users in Italy whose age it could not verify following the death of a 10-year-old girl who had been using the Chinese-owned app. In a statement, the regulator said that although TikTok had committed to ban… Continue reading Italy tells TikTok to block users after death of young girl

Kathmandu: Nepal has improved its mobile broadband quality by one place. According to Okla’s Speedtest Global Index, a monthly report, Nepal has risen one place to 115th position. According to the index, Nepal’s mobile broadband internet has a download speed of 18.42 Mbps, an upload speed of 11.62 Mbps and a latency of 31 milliseconds.… Continue reading Nepal improve its place in internet quality ratings

SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP): General Motors is teaming up with Microsoft to accelerate its rollout of electric, self-driving cars. In the partnership announced Tuesday, the companies said Microsoft’s Azure cloud and edge computing platform would be used to “commercialize its unique autonomous vehicle solutions at scale.” Microsoft joins General Motors, Honda and other institutional investors… Continue reading GM teams up with Microsoft on driverless cars

ISTANBUL (AP): Facebook announced Monday it has begun the process of assigning a legal entity in Turkey to comply with a controversial law governing social media companies. The law, which passed in July, requires social media companies such as Facebook and Twitter to maintain representatives in Turkey to deal with complaints about content on their… Continue reading Facebook bows to Turkish demand to name local representative

Kathmandu (Rastriya Samachar Samiti): The ‘Citizen App’, which was unveiled on Friday under the slogan ‘Support for Communication and Information Technology, Government Service at Hand’, has attracted a lot of users. It has been found that 162,500 users have downloaded the app on the Android till 12 noon today. According to the National Information Technology… Continue reading One lakh 62 thousand downloaded ‘Nagarik App’

Kathmandu: Both Connect IPS and QR code syllable usage and payment amounts, which have become easy means of payment, have increased significantly. People were more attracted to e-commerce during the Corona epidemic. Due to which e-commerce has been increasing significantly in recent times. According to the Nepal Rastra Bank, the number of connected IPS transactions… Continue reading Significant increase in the use of Connect IPS and QR codes

Kathmandu: The government has launched a Nagarik app to make public services faster and more effective. Minister for Communications and Information Technology Parbat Gurung unveiled the citizen app at a press conference. At the press conference, Minister Gurung said that the app was brought as a test to make the government service simple, transparent and… Continue reading Govt launch ‘Nagarik App’

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP): Europe’s push into electric cars is gathering speed — despite the pandemic. Automaker Volkswagen tripled sales of battery-only cars in 2020 as its new electric compact ID.3 came on the market ahead of tough new European Union limits on auto emissions. And Germany, long a laggard in adopting electric vehicles, saw more… Continue reading Volkswagen triples electric car sales ahead of climate rules

Kathmandu: Bagmati Pradesh has demanded applications for setting up IT labs in its subordinate community campuses. To improve the quality of community campuses, the state is going to set up an IT lab / science laboratory. This program was launched by the state in the previous fiscal year as well. Therefore, it has been mentioned… Continue reading Application demand for setting up IT labs in colleges