Germany has accused Russia of a cyber-attack on air traffic control and attempted electoral interference, and summoned the Russian ambassador. A foreign ministry spokesman said Russian military intelligence was behind a “cyber-attack against German air traffic control in August 2024”. The spokesman also accused Russia of seeking to influence and destabilise the country’s federal election…
Reddit has filed a lawsuit in Australia’s High Court aiming to overturn the country’s under-16 social media ban, Reuters reported. The forum platform called the law contrary to Australia’s constitution as it intrudes on free political discourse. It also argued that Reddit shouldn’t have been included in the ban since it isn’t a social media…
By Muhammad Shahzad – Lahore, Pakistan LAHORE: In a landmark step toward digital governance, Punjab has launched Pakistan’s first digital civil registration application, the Civil Registration Management System (CRMS) app, under the provincial government’s “Digital Punjab” initiative led by Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif. The app, developed by the Punjab Local Government Department in collaboration…
More shenanigans lie ahead for Sarah Trafford and Zoë Boehm: Apple TV has confirmed Ruth Wilson and Emma Thompson‘s Down Cemetery Road will return for a second season. On the heels of an explosive first-season finale —which Wilson dissected with The Hollywood Reporter this week, teasing “more juice” to be squeezed from their characters —…
By Dr. Ansab Ali – Lahore, Pakistan LAHORE: A high-level meeting chaired by Punjab’s Provincial Minister for Energy, Malik Faisal Ayub Khokhar, reviewed progress on the establishment of the Electric Power Regulatory Authority Punjab (EPRA Punjab)—a proposed provincial regulator aimed at enhancing Punjab’s control over its energy sector. During the meeting, Managing Director of the…
By Farzana Chaudhry – Lahore, Pakistan LAHORE: Acting on the directives of Provincial Minister for Labour & Human Resources Muhammad Manshaullah Butt and Commissioner Punjab Social Security Muhammad Ali, the Punjab Social Security Institution has inaugurated a high-level medical conference dedicated to women’s health. The Second PESSI Conference on Obstetrics and Gynecology begins today at…
If you’re still on the hunt for gifts, or simply good holiday deals for yourself, you can find them on the internet. Just because Black Friday and Cyber Monday have ended doesn’t mean the deals have dried up. One of the best deals available that we’re tracking is on the latest Apple Watch Series 11,…
A Japanese #MeToo campaigner’s documentary premiered in her homeland on Friday after months of delays, with one audience member saying she hoped it triggered a change in society. But some segments of Black Box Diaries contained video and audio that had been clandestinely shot or meant only for use in court, resulting in its Japan…
Messaging app Freedom Chat has fixed a pair of security flaws: one that allowed a security researcher to guess registered users’ phone numbers, and another that exposed user-set PINs to others on the app. Freedom Chat, released in June, bills itself as a secure messaging app, and claims on its website that users’ phone numbers…
The nominees for the 2026 Costume Designers Guild Awards have been revealed, with costume designer Colleen Atwood landing three nods as Weapons, Sinners, Palm Royale and costume designers Lindsay Pugh and Steven Norman Lee landed two nods each. Weapons is nominated in the contemporary film category alongside Bugonia, F1 The Movie, One Battle After Another…
