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NetherRealm Studios announced the system requirements of the latest game in the ‘ Mortal Kombat ‘ franchise ‘ Mortal Kombat 1 ‘. Watch ARY News live on  live.arynews.tv   It will be the latest game in the video-gaming world which asks for 100GB of storage space. Here are the system requirements for the game, which is said to be the sequel of ‘Mortal Kombat 11’ and the franchise’s reboot.  ‘ Mortal Kombat 1 ‘ minimum system requirements. Processor : 64-bit OS:  Windows 10 64-bit Processor:  Intel® Core i5-6600 | AMD Ryzen 3 3100 or Ryzen 5 2600 Memory:  8 GB RAM Graphics:  Nvidia GeForce® GTX 980 or AMD Radeon RX 470 or Intel® Arc A750 DirectX:  Version 12 Storage:  100 GB available space ‘ Mortal Kombat 1 ‘ recommended system requirements Processor : 64-bit processor OS:  Windows 10/11 64-bit Processor:  Intel® Core i5-8400 | AMD Ryzen 5 3600X Memory:  8 GB RAM Graphics:  Nvidia GeForce® GTX 1080 Ti or AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT or Intel® Arc A770 DirectX:  Ver

ISLAMABAD: The students from Pakistan won the second and third prizes in the Network Track and third prizes in the Innovation Track at the Huawei ICT Competition 2022-2023 Global Final concluded at Huawei Headquarters in Shenzhen, China. The first to be held in person since 2019, the event’s culmination was a competition between finalists in 146 teams from 36 countries, the state news agency reported. Before the Final, more than 120,000 students from more than 2000 universities in 74 countries and regions around the world took part in the ICT Competition, said a news release received here on Tuesday. The winner of the second prize in the Network Track comprised of Muhammad Faeez, Asad Anwer and Faheem Yar Khuhawar from Mehran University of Engineering and Technology Jamshoro and Maryam Fareed from Lahore College for Women University while the team made of Fatima Shafique from Mehran University of Engineering and Technology Jamshoro, Eman Yaqoob from Lahore College for Women Univers

Bitcoin prices on the Australian arm of Binance, the world’s largest crypto-currency exchange, were at a 20% discount to rival exchanges on Tuesday, in a sign customers were seeking to exit their positions quickly. The price of the world’s biggest cryptocurrency, bitcoin , was around A$34,000 ($23,062) on  Binance Australia , compared with around A$43,000 on  BTC Markets , an Australia-based cryptocurrency exchange. Bitcoin was quoted around $27,790 outside Australia on other exchanges such as Bitstamp . “Due to the recent removal of fiat on-ramp services by our payment processor’s banking partner, some Australian users have been withdrawing their AUD holdings from the platform in advance of the off-ramp closure on 1 June,” a Binance spokesperson said in an emailed statement. “As a result, AUD pairs have experienced less liquidity which has impacted their pricing. We will be delisting remaining AUD pairs in line with the closure of fiat off ramp services.” Earlier this month, the

Artificial intelligence (AI) means everyone can now be a computer programmer as all they need to do is speak to the computer, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said on Monday, hailing the end of the “digital divide”. Nvidia has surged to become the world’s most valuable listed semiconductor company as a major supplier of chips and computing systems for artificial intelligence. The company last week  forecast  second-quarter revenue more than 50% above Wall Street estimates and said it was boosting supply to meet surging demand for its artificial-intelligence chips, which are used to power ChatGPT and many similar services. Speaking to thousands of people at the Computex forum in Taipei, Huang, who was born in southern Taiwan before his family emigrated to the United States when he was a child, said AI was leading a computing revolution. “There’s no question we’re in a new computing era,” he said in a speech, occasionally dropping in words of Mandarin or Taiwanese to the delight of the crowd

BEIJING: China sent three astronauts to its now fully operational space station as part of crew rotation on Tuesday in the fifth manned mission to the Chinese space outpost since 2021, state media reported. The spacecraft, Shenzhou-16, or “Divine Vessel”, and its three passengers lifted off atop a Long March-2F rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in the Gobi Desert in northwest China at 9:31 a.m. (0131 GMT). The astronauts on Shenzhou-16 will replace the three-member crew of the Shenzhou-15, who arrived at the space station late in November. The station, comprising three modules, was completed at the end of last year after 11 crewed and uncrewed missions since April 2021, beginning with the launch of the first and biggest module – the station’s main living quarters. China has already announced plans to expand its permanently inhabited space outpost, with the next module slated to dock with the current T-shaped space station to create a cross-shaped structure. Read mor

WhatsApp is introducing an exciting new feature ‘screen sharing’ for its beta users on the Android. The ‘screen sharing’ addition will enhance the user experience and provide a more effective way of communication. Through this new feature, users can now share their screens with others, allowing them to view documents, photos, or any other content on their device in real-time from their screen. To initiate screen sharing, beta users need to tap on the attachment icon in a chat and select the “Screen Share” option. When it is activated, the recipient will be able to see the sender’s screen. It’s worth mentioning that this feature is currently available exclusively for WhatsApp beta users on Android. Read more: WhatsApp introduces edit message feature The Meta-owned instant messaging platform WhatsApp has introduced a new feature that allows you to edit messages you have already sent. To make changes, simply long-press the desired message and choose the Edit option from the menu.

A cyberattack claimed by the Anonymous hacking group took down dozens of government websites for a second day Saturday in Senegal amid simmering tensions nine months before a presidential election. The @MysteriousTeamO account, claiming to belong to the hacker group Anonymous, said on social media that it had targeted websites run by the presidency and those using the domain of the government, including the defence ministry and the health ministry. It also claimed to have affected the site of the national airline Air Senegal. Most of the affected sites were back online by mid-afternoon on Saturday, but access to others remained intermittent. Global internet monitor NetBlocks told AFP that the attack started at around midnight on Friday and had affected “dozens of government websites, networks, and online services”. “There do appear to be intermittent restorations in service, however these have not been sustained and the attack is ongoing,” NetBlocks added. The @MysteriousTeamO a

KARACHI: Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication Syed Aminul Haq has said that an agreement has been inked with Google for 45,000 scholarships, which will increase up to 450,000 next year. At least 40 per cent of the scholarships of Google will be for women, the state news agency reported. He said this while addressing the Startups for Industries and IT Exports conference at the Korangi Association of Trade and Industry (KATI), here on Friday. The Minister said that the Google company had earlier given only 15,000 scholarships last year, but these were increased after consultation. The Federal IT Minister said that a building has been constructed in NED University at a cost of $ 1.6 million for gaming and animation, for further promotion and growth of this industry. Dignitaries including KATI Vice Patron Zubair Chhaya, Senator Abdul Haseeb Khan, Senior Vice President Nighat Awan, Chairperson of Standing Committee Maheen Salman, Former President Saleem-Uz

Dubai Municipality has announced the launch of a new online system for building permits and control services aimed at streamlining procedures for customers in the emirate. The system, which is aligned with the updated Dubai Building Code, comes as part of the Municipality’s ongoing efforts to strengthen Dubai’s position as a global pioneering city in adopting the latest technologies in the building sector. The new system will provide smart and integrated services and solutions while implementing automated checks using Building Information Modelling (BIM), which is a digital representation of the physical and functional characteristics of a building or infrastructure. By providing these solutions, Dubai Municipality seeks to enhance the quality of building permits and control services in Dubai, ultimately promoting the competitiveness of the city. Dawoud Al Hajri, Director General of Dubai Municipality, said: “We are pleased to launch the new online platform, which provides advanced

TOKYO: Group of Seven (G7) nation officials will meet next week to consider problems posed by generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools like ChatGPT, Japan said on Friday. Leaders of the G7, which includes the United States, European Union and Japan, last week agreed to create an intergovernmental forum called the “Hiroshima AI process” to debate issues around fast-growing AI tools. G7 government officials will hold the first working-level AI meeting on May 30 and consider issues such as intellectual property protection, disinformation and how the technology should be governed, Japan’s communications minister, Takeaki Matsumoto, said. The meeting comes as tech regulators worldwide gauge the impact of popular AI services like ChatGPT by Microsoft-backed (MSFT.O) OpenAI. The EU is coming closer to enact the world’s first major legislation on AI, inspiring other governments to consider what rules should be applied to AI tools. Read more: AI startup raises $70 million to build hu

Chinese search engine giant Baidu’s CEO Robin Li said on Friday that the company will “very soon” officially launch Ernie 3.5, a generative AI large-language model that will power Baidu’s ChatGPT-like app Ernie Bot and upgrade its search engine. Li made the announcement at the Zhongguancun Forum, one of China’s most well-known techology forums, around two months after Ernie Bot was first shown to the public to mixed reviews. Read More:  BAIDU REVEALS MORE CAPABILITIES OF CHATGPT COMPETITOR ERNIE Since then, Ernie Bot and other products powered by the company’s generative AI large-language model have remained in trial mode, with a select number of companies and users invited to test the products and provide feedback. from Science and Technology News - Latest science and technology news https://ift.tt/1Spc6ae

A US government default would trigger an initial pull-back from crypto currencies followed by a “push upward” the CEO of London-based crypto firm Blockchain said on Thursday. The U.S. government could fall behind on its bills next month – and even default on its debt – if Congress does not raise a $31.4 trillion  cap on government borrowing , a failure that could trigger economic calamity and panic on global financial markets. In the short term, “a U.S. default or a U.S. recession are probably bad for crypto. These are risk assets, and you want to take risk off,” Blockchain.com CEO Peter Smith said at the Qatar Economic Forum, organised by Bloomberg. “On a long horizon, these are probably good for crypto…If the U.S. government defaults, we’ll probably see a quick pull-back and then a very strong push upward in the crypto market.” The crypto currency market has followed cyclical patterns and while 2022 was “quite painful”, it is recovering this year and 2024 will be “another expone

Meta Platforms, owner of Facebook, slashed jobs across its business and operations units on Wednesday as it carried out its last batch of a three-part round of layoffs, part of a plan announced in March to eliminate 10,000 roles. Dozens of employees working in teams such as marketing, site security, enterprise engineering, program management, content strategy and corporate communications took to LinkedIn to announce that they were laid off. The social media giant also cut employees from its units focused on privacy and integrity, according to the LinkedIn posts. Meta earlier this year became the first Big Tech company to announce a second round of mass layoffs, after showing more than 11,000 employees the door in the fall. The cuts brought the company’s headcount down to where it stood as of about mid-2021, following a hiring spree that doubled its workforce since 2020. The company’s shares closed marginally up in a broadly weaker market. They have more than doubled in value this

Windows 11 has introduced built-in support for RAR files, without the need for third-party applications such as WinRAR. According to Microsoft’s announcement, it now includes native compatibility with RAR files. Additionally, Windows 11 also extends its support to other file compression formats like 7-Zip and tar. RAR files are utilized for compressing files, often used for sharing large files or creating data backups. However, since its initial release, Windows did not offer native support for RAR files. Consequently, users who wanted to access RAR files were required to install third-party applications like WinRAR. Read more: MICROSOFT ADDS NEW AI-POWERED BING TO WINDOWS COMPUTERS Now users can now open and extract RAR files without the need for extra software installations. This convenient feature not only makes file sharing and backup processes easy but also frees valuable storage space on users’ computers. Furthermore, Windows 11 extends its support beyond RAR files and enc

Figure, a startup that wants to build general-purpose humanoid robots, has raised $70 million from investors led by Parkway Venture Capital in its first external round, the company said on Wednesday. The new funding will be used to accelerate the development and manufacturing of the company’s first autonomous humanoid, which is expected to launch in the next few months. The valuation of the one-year-old company was not disclosed, but a source close to the firm put the value at over $400 million. Brett Adcock, founder and chief executive at Figure, invested $20 million personally in the round. Other investors include Aliya Capital and Bold Ventures. Based in Sunnyvale, California, Figure develops general-purpose humanoid robots that could work in different environments and handle a variety of tasks, from warehouses to retail. It’s in talks with retailers about commercialization opportunities, the company said. Adcock, former founder of Archer Aviation, said Figure differentiates f

It is more than clear that the future of the world will be shaped up by advanced technology, innovation and sustainability. The concentrated movement towards innovating and fine-tuning technology is bound to substantially alter human existence and would do wonders. Increasing focus on sustainability and decarbonisation of the economy are among the most obvious advances and though challenges ahead are numerous but the future looks promising and full of opportunities for development and progress for humanity. Amongst a plethora of innovations being on the anvil some have started to make their presence felt already and are widely considered to be extremely beneficial. Artificial Intelligence (AI) will perform more and more tasks and may be the ultimate game-changer. Artificial intelligence is already revolutionizing many industries but the future will increasingly see this kind of technology performing complex and important tasks. It is increasingly seen that robots are picking up ga

Scientists suffering insults and mass-spam are abandoning Twitter for alternative social networks as hostile climate-change denialism surges on the platform following Elon Musk’s takeover. Researchers have documented an explosion of hate and misinformation on Twitter since the Tesla billionaire took over in October 2022 — and now experts say communicating about climate science on the social network on which many of them rely is getting harder. Policies aimed at curbing the deadly effects of climate change are accelerating, prompting a rise in what experts identify as organised resistance by opponents of climate reform. Peter Gleick, a climate and water specialist with nearly 99,000 followers, announced on May 21 he would no longer post on the platform because it was amplifying racism and sexism. While he is accustomed to “offensive, personal, ad hominem attacks, up to and including direct physical threats”, he told AFP, “in the past few months, since the takeover and changes at Tw

ISLAMABAD, May 23 (APP): Pakistan earned US$ 1,941.350 million by providing different Information Technology (IT) services to various countries during the first nine months of the current fiscal year 2022-23. This shows a decline of 0.45 percent as compared to US$ 1,950.080 million earned through the provision of services during the corresponding months of the fiscal year 2021-22, the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) reported. During July-March (2022-23), the export of computer services grew by 0.09 percent as it surged from US$ 1,566.870 million last fiscal year to US$ 1,568.270 million this year. Among the computer services, the exports of software consultancy services witnessed a decrease of 0.85 percent, from US$ 578.454 million to US$ 573.544 million while the exports of hardware consultancy services rose by 148.69 percent from US$ 1.645 million to US$ 4.091 million. The export and import of computer software-related services surged by 6.05 percent, from US$ 420.169 millio

The Meta-owned instant messaging platform WhatsApp has introduced a new feature that allows you to edit messages you have already sent. To make changes, simply long-press the desired message and choose the Edit option from the menu. Text editing is only available within the first 15 minutes after sending the message. When you edit a sent message, it will be labelled as “Edited” when viewed by others, ensuring transparency and preventing any secretive actions. However, the edit history itself will not be visible. It is important to mention that worth mentioning that all of these features maintain the end-to-end encryption of WhatsApp. The new editing feature is currently being rolled out globally to WhatsApp users and is expected to be fully available “in the coming weeks”. Earlier, WhatsApp announced that they are currently working on a new feature that will enable users to create their stickers within the app itself. While still in the development phase, the feature promises to p

18th April 2023, Bandra Kurla Complex, Mumbai. The famed CEO of Apple Tim Cook greeted the people of Mumbai with phenomenal zest, their very first Apple store ever. People flocked in heaps; the ambiance mirrored the first day opening of an A-class Bollywood movie. Here it was, people, the businesses, the entire economy, and Tim Cook- all eager to light up this new journey. A journey of Apple and its ever-increasing investment in the Indian market. Apple’s interest and skyrocketing investment chart in India displays the company’s nature- that is currently hellbent in its efforts of seeking an alternative location of manufacturing as it gradually moves away from China. Apple’s revenue from  India, which currently stands at an estimate $6 billion is a staggering figure that has doubled from the past year. Executives from the investment firm Westbush Securities predicts Apple’s revenue from theIndian consumer market to go up to $20 billion in 2025. But why India? Some of the answer

TikTok on Monday filed a lawsuit challenging the US state of Montana’s new ban  on use of the Chinese-owned app, the first state to bar the popular short-video sharing service. TikTok argues the ban, which would take effect on Jan. 1, violates First Amendment rights of the company and users. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Montana, also argues the ban is pre-empted by federal law because it intrudes upon matters of exclusive federal concern and violates the Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution, which limits the authority of States to enact legislation that unduly burdens interstate and foreign commerce. TikTok, which is owned by China’s ByteDance and used by more than 150 million Americans, has faced growing calls from U.S. lawmakers and state officials to ban the app nationwide over concerns about potential Chinese government influence over the platform. Montana could impose fines of $10,000 for each violation by TikTok and additional fines of $10,000 per day if

Meta was hit with a record 1.2 billion euro ($1.3 billion) fine by its lead European Union privacy regulator over its handling of user information and given five months to stop transferring users’ data to the United States. The fine, imposed by Ireland’s Data Protection Commissioner (DPC), came after Meta continued to transfer data beyond a 2020  EU court ruling that invalidated an EU-U.S. data transfer pact. It tops the previous record EU privacy fine of 746 million euros handed by Luxembourg to Amazon.com in 2021. The battle over where Meta’s Facebook stores its data began a decade ago after Austrian privacy campaigner Max Schrems brought a legal challenge over the risk of U.S. snooping in light of disclosures by former U.S. National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden. Meta said in a statement that it will appeal the ruling, including the “unjustified and unnecessary fine that “sets a dangerous precedent for countless other companies.” It will also seek a stay of the susp