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Apple’s new Vision Pro has big ambitions – know them all

March 9, 2024March 9, 2024 Digital Khabar

Critics have doubted the appeal of the face-worn computer, which “seamlessly blends digital content with the physical world”, but Apple has pre-sold as many as 180,000 of the US$3,500 gizmos. Luke Heemsbergen, Deakin University It’s unclear yet when Vision Pro will be available in Nepal. But concerns over the device’s capability to spying on our bodies have already started growing. 09... Read More

‘Report on Ncell share deal is being studied’

February 10, 2024February 13, 2024 Digital Desk Digital Desk

10 February, Kathmandu: Minister for Communications and Information Technology Rekha Sharma has said that the report of the probe panel on telecommunications company Ncell’s share deal was under consideration in the council of ministers. Responding to the lawmakers’ concerns in today’s meeting of the Committee on Education, Health and Information Technology, Minister Sharma said study on the report submitted by... Read More

IT development is instrumental for good governance, prosperity: Minister Sharma

February 8, 2024February 13, 2024 Digital Desk Digital Desk

08 February, Kathmandu: Minister for Communications and Information Technology, Rekha Sharma, has advocated for utilising information technology as the basis of good governance and prosperity. Inaugurating the 29th CAN Infotech organised by the Computer Association of Nepal (CAN) Federation here today, the Minister said the government acknowledged the information technology as a basic need of the citizens as well as... Read More

Apple overtakes Samsung as world’s biggest phonemaker

January 17, 2024January 17, 2024 Digital Desk Digital Desk

17 January, Kathmandu: Apple now has the lion’s share of the global smartphone market, knocking Samsung off the top spot for the first time in 12 years. The American phone giant accounted for more than a fifth of phones shipped last year, according to data from the International Data Corporation (IDC). Samsung took 19.4% of the market share with Chinese... Read More

2023 was the year of generative AI. What can we expect in 2024?

January 16, 2024January 16, 2024 Digital Khabar

T.J. Thomson, RMIT University and Daniel Angus, Queensland University of Technology ChatGPT reached a user base of 100 million by February – about four times the size of Australia’s population. Where to from here? 16 January, KATHMANDU : In 2023, artificial intelligence (AI) truly entered our daily lives. The latest data shows four in five teenagers in the United Kingdom are using generative AI tools. About two-thirds... Read More

Nepal Telecom’s 16th AGM approved cash dividend of Rs 40 per share

January 15, 2024January 16, 2024 Digital Khabar

15 January, KATHMANDU: The 16th Annual General Meeting of Nepal Telecommunication Company concluded on Sunday. The General Assembly held at the Kathmandu has unanimously passed the proposal to distribute cash dividends to the shareholders at the rate of 40 rupees per share from the profit amount of the financial year 2079-80. The general meeting was attended by shareholders representing about... Read More

Nepal bans TikTok and says it disrupts social harmony

November 13, 2023November 14, 2023 Digital Khabar

13 November, KATHMANDU — Nepal’s government decided to ban the popular social media app TikTok on Monday, saying it was disrupting “social harmony” in the country. The announcement was made following a Cabinet meeting. Foreign Minister Narayan Prakash Saud said the app would be banned immediately. “The government has decided to ban TikTok as it was necessary to regulate the... Read More

Accessibility sets generative AI apart

October 13, 2023October 13, 2023 Digital Desk Digital Desk

13 October, Dubai: Generative AI’s key differentiator lies in its accessibility through a natural language interface, explained Dr Martin Heinig, Senior Vice President, Head of SAP New Ventures and Technologies and Managing Director, SAP Labs Berlin, at the Dubai Assembly for Generative AI on Wednesday. During a keynote titled ‘SAP: Future-Proofing Organisations with GenAI’, he explained that while this technology... Read More

Amazon Tests Satellites for Internet

October 8, 2023October 8, 2023 Digital Desk Digital Desk

08 October, Kathmandu: Amazon launched the first test satellites for its planned internet service on Friday as a rival to SpaceX’s broadband network. United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V rocket blasted off with the pair of test satellites, kicking off a program that aims to improve global internet coverage with an eventual 3,236 satellites around Earth. Amazon plans to begin offering... Read More

EU tells Apple chief to ‘open up’ to rivals

September 27, 2023September 27, 2023 Digital Desk Digital Desk

27 September, Brussels : The EU’s digital chief Thierry Breton told Apple CEO Tim Cook on Tuesday that the iPhone maker must open up its products to competitors as part of Brussels’ tough curbs on tech behemoths. Earlier this month, the European Union unveiled a list of the digital giants, including Apple, which will face new rules under the Digital... Read More