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ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has initiated the licensing of Virtual Private Network service providers under the reinstated Class Value Added Services (CVAS-Data) licensing regime. This move is a major policy shift to regulate and streamline the usage of VPNs in Pakistan according to the national standards of cybersecurity and data protection. As […]

  CALIFORNIA (Kashmir English): Technology giant Google has warned smartphone users to beware of a surge in fake virtual private network (VPN) apps that, it said, are stealing sensitive personal and financial data under the guise of protecting privacy. The alert has been issued as part of Google’s November 2025 Fraud and Scams Advisory. It

ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): OpenAI is facing seven lawsuits in California state courts alleging that its AI chatbot, ChatGPT, contributed to suicides and severe psychological distress, according to ABC. The complaints filed on Thursday on behalf of six adults and a teenager by the Social Media Victims Law Centre and the Tech Justice Law Project, accuse

CALIFORNIA (Kashmir English): Apple’s 2026 iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max are being predicted as the company’s most advanced smartphones yet. Apple is reportedly changing its launch schedule with iPhone 18 Pro, iPhone 18 Pro Max, and the first foldable iPhone to be launched in the fall of 2026. The Tech giant is

CALIFORNIA (Kashmir English): An interesting feature has been started for the instant messaging application WhatsApp channels. According to the report, a limited test of the feature of inviting others to follow the channel has been started on WhatsApp channels. Under the said feature, WhatsApp channel admins will be able to send invitations to people in

ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): Federal Minister for Information Technology Shaza Fatima has said that the government will soon announce the 5G spectrum policy. Addressing the 26th meeting of the South Asian Telecommunication Regulators Council in Islamabad, she said that Pakistan will auction more than 600 MHz of 5G spectrum policy, which will not only improve the existing

  CALIFORNIA (Kashmir English): Apple has reportedly rebranded its web interface for its App Store, making it possible for people who aren’t viewing the store on Apple devices. Previously, users could only view individual app pages on the web, often through search engines, without having the ability to browse the App Store directly. While navigating

CALIFORNIA (Kashmir English): WhatsApp has begun testing a new Apple Watch companion app – its first major step toward deeper smartwatch integration. The update comes via the TestFlight program and is available with version 25.32.10.71 for WhatsApp beta on iOS. The new companion app allows Apple Watch users to see their WhatsApp chat list, read