Govt sees end to wheat flour crisis soon amid strike threat in KPLAHORE: As the masses continued to struggle to get wheat flour at official rates, the federal minister for food security on Sunday announced that the crisis would be over soon and prices would normalise by Tuesday.
The announcement came a day before the nanbais across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa are set t....
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Intl. TV Newswire: Discovery U.K. Records, Netflix Stop Motion, Annecy GrowthIn this week's International TV Newswire, Variety recaps Discovery U.K.'s best-ever year, a new Netflix stop motion series from Nexus Studios, Annecy's growth, DCD's pre-sales and Natpe lineup and another plaudit for "Friends" creators David Crane and Marta Kauffman. 2019 Marks Biggest Year Yet fo....
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BOMBSHELL: Rockefeller Family Fund Behind The "Pay Up Climate Polluters" CampaignIn 2017, the Rockefeller Family Fund (RFF) gave the Institute for Governance & Sustainable Development (IGSD) over $1 million to launch an aggressive climate litigation campaign against America’s top energy producers, according to a new Energy In Depth analysis of New York state tax disclo....
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19 home-improvement projects that will give you the coolest homeThese 19 home-improvement projects will give you the coolest home.
They include hidden decks, expandable balconies, garage screen doors, mini-golf courses, and more.
You can buy it, DIY it, or hire a professional to get the look you want.
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The best-looking Pixel ever made only comes in one sizeGoogle abandoned the Nexus line a few years ago, replacing it with a brand new Pixel series of phones that came with high-end specs and a premium price to reflect that. But that didn't help Google sell a meaningful number of phones. Just over two years after the Pixel launch, Google did something to....
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Pixel 3a, revisited: Android 10 makes this an even better budget phoneThe Pixel 3a was Android Police's Smartphone of the Year, and for good reason. It marked Google's return to the budget phone arena, which it left after the Nexus 5X and 6P were retired in 2016. More importantly, the 3a is just a really good phone, with decent performance and one of the best camera....
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Underwhelming LG G9 renders show off quad-camera system, returning headphone jackThere was once a time when the G series represented the best hardware LG had to offer. However, as the company struggles to turn a profit in the smartphone market, the former Nexus partner has fallen far from the warm embrace of relevancy. Proof positive: these 360-degree renders of the upcom....
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Bilawal says will not appear before NAB on Dec 24, terms call-up notice 'illegal'PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Monday announced that he will not appear before the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on December 24, saying the call-up notice served to him by the anti-corruption watchdog is "unconstitutional and illegal".
Addressing a press conference in Karachi, Bi....
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Whatever happened to the Next Big Things?In tech, this was the smartphone decade. In 2009, Symbian was still the dominant ‘smartphone’ OS, but 2010 saw the launch of the iPhone 4, the Samsung Galaxy S, and the Nexus One, and today Android and iOS boast four billion combined active devices. Smartphones and their apps are a matur....
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OOH in 2020 will be fuelled by collaboration and creative thinkingThere is quite literally only one certainty about predictions, and that is how the "the future is not Google-able", as author William Gibson says.
Yes, we can give rigorous evidence-based forecasts of the rational - DOOH is growing, and saw growth of 17.1% in Q3, comparable to Q2 (17.2%) and strong....
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Dynamics of digital economyTHE fast pace of digitalisation of economies is having a profound impact on the lives of people, governments and markets. As more and more people adapt to the digital economy, policymakers need to think swiftly and carefully about devising policies that will maximise the benefits of the digital revo....
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Google reveals ADT-3 Android TV box with 4K and HDR, but it's only for developersEver since the Nexus Player fell out of support, there hasn't been a first-party Android TV box — at least not for regular buyers. The ADT-2 was released last year as a budget Chromecast-like dongle, supporting 4K and HDR, but it was only intended for developers creating Android TV apps. Alo....
Awan denounces besieging of Dawn's office, says 'govt will discourage such acts'Prime minister's aide Firdous Ashiq Awan on Wednesday denounced the besieging of Dawn's office in Islamabad and said that action was taken immediately after the protest came to her notice.
Addressing a press conference in Islamabad, Awan further said that the government "will discourage such act....
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'Niazi-NAB nexus once more defeated,' says Shehbaz Sharif after pleas challenging his bail withdrawnPML-N president Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday held a press conference in London to declare that the "Niazi-NAB nexus had once more been dealt a defeat".
His remarks came a day after PTI senior counsel Naeem Bokhari withdrew a set of appeals challenging bail granted to Shehbaz in the Ashiana case an....
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The youth challengeTHE perception has been growing for a while now that Pakistan's power elites believe in an apolitical society and thus tend to engineer young people's thoughts for that purpose. As 'politics' has become a dirty word, it is also considered forbidden territory for the young. Others assert that the per....
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Google Pixel 4 / Pixel 4 XL case roundup: Reviews of the best (and worst) cases out thereTimes have changed since the era of the $349 Nexus 5 and $499 Nexus 6P; instead, practically every flagship smartphone nowadays, Google's included, costs at least $800. The $800 Pixel 4 and the $900 Pixel 4 XL feel pretty great in the hand caseless, but if you don't want to risk damaging your shin....
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Online Tool Connects Energy Poverty to Climate, Housing CrisesA group of sustainability specialists is out with a new online mapping tool to help policy-makers navigate the challenging nexus between the climate crisis, the housing crisis, and poverty, to ensure that no one is left behind in the transition out of a fossil economy. Produced by Canadian Urban ....
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IHC asks media to suggest ways to regulate contentISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has formulated eight questions for the media and sought suggestions to regulate content in order to avoid airing of objectionable material in television programmes.
The IHC chief justice framed these questions on Monday during the hearing of a case relate....
Some Pixel 3 units are exhibiting Nexus 6P-like early shutdown problemsGoogle can't seem to catch a break: Just after covering earlier today that it finally "fixed" the early shutdown issues on the Nexus 6P, we've now spotted reports of a more recent flagship series showing similar symptoms. A few Pixel 3 and 3 XL owners are complaining that their battery life is get....
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Blast from the past: Google just marked the Nexus 6P early shutdown issue as 'fixed'Even though the Nexus 6P was considered to be one of the best Android phones back when it was released, a few issues soon became apparent. The processor easily overheated, a bootloop bug made quite a few units die prematurely, and lastly, a battery problem surfaced that led to early shutdowns anyw....
Misuse of antiterrorism lawLAST week's Supreme Court verdict has laid down the urgently needed guidelines on the applicability or otherwise of the antiterrorism law and asked parliament to make some essential changes to it. The judgement also offers much food for thought to jurists, students of law and civil society who inter....
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The Android Police Podcast is live!If it’s in with the new, then it must mean we’re out with the old. The 2016 Pixels are getting their last software update soon… so have they actually been good phones? And what’s their legacy? This is the Android Police Podcast.
We're usually live on Mondays, Wednesdays,....
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Google is trolling Nexus owners with a Pixel 4 deal that doesn't even workThe Pixel 4 is Google's latest Android flagship, and like its predecessors, it's far from perfect. The phone features a design that's stuck in 2017 and launched with a few issues out of the gate that need software fixes. More disturbingly, it turns out the Pixel 4 can bend with relative ease, a prob....
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Pixel 4 XL isn't as durable as its price suggestsEven more than the Nexus phones before it, the Pixel phones, designed and “Made by Google”, are supposed to represent the ideal Android phone. At least as Google sees it. That definitely works on the software side but by making its own phone, Google is risking that the overall package ma....
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Pixel and Pixel XL will get its last update in DecemberOne of the perks of owning a Nexus device back in the days was the pure, unadulterated Android experience straight from Google as well as a regular and steady supply of updates faster than any OEM could muster. That, fortunately, carried over to the Pixel line but not even Google could keep the soft....
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Hilarious Google ad offers $26 for old Nexus phones on Pixel 4 trade-in, doesn't even workI'm not even sure how many functional Nexus 6Ps are still out there, but Google apparently really wants anyone hanging on to its last Nexus phone to upgrade a Pixel 4. In fact, they're offering you a sweet twenty-six Washingtons if you box it up and send it to them in the mail. Just look at t....
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Pixel 4 has USB video output disabled in softwareThe Nexus 5 was the last of Google's phones to support video output over a wired connection (remember SlimPort?), but some have continued to hold out hope for the feature. While it doesn't come as much of a surprise that the Pixel 4 still doesn't support wired video output, one interesting fact ab....
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How Nexus Studios Plans to Bring Augmented Reality to Entertainment VenuesAmusement park guests may soon be able to get personal tours from their favorite characters, who will guide them from ride to ride with the help of mobile augmented reality (AR) technology, helpfully pointing out landmarks along the way. London- and Los Angeles-based Nexus Studios has been working o....
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'Terrorism' too widely defined in Anti Terrorism Act, says SC; recommends Parliament bring changesThe Supreme Court on Wednesday issued a judgment reviewing the meaning and scope of the term 'terrorism' as defined in the Anti Terrorism Act, 1997 and recommended that Parliament bring changes to the current understanding of the term, which is "too wide".
The 59-page judgment was authored by Chi....
The Pixel 4 was just released today and it already has major issues that need to be fixedGoogle has been developing its own phones for a decade now, although it started taking things more seriously when it pivoted from affordable Nexus phones to premium Pixels. These high-end devices are supposed to offer buyers the purest taste of Google's next-gen mobile operating system, and showcase....
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Google just accidentally admitted that iPhones are more valuable than PixelsWhen Google launched the Pixel line two years ago, two things were clear. One: The Nexus phone replacement was going to be a more expensive, premium Android meant to deliver a high-end Android experience. Two: The Pixels would copy the iPhone. Fast forward to the Pixel 4, and things haven't really c....
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Can world agree on digital tax scheme targeting IT companies?While global IT giants get bigger and wealthier by the day,... a growing number of people becoming angry about their lack of initiative when it comes to paying their fair share of taxes. Looking to crackdown on powerful multi-national corporations like Google, Apple and Facebook, a handful of g....
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Get a sleek mouse pad with a built-in fast wireless charger for $19You need a mouse pad. You need a wireless charger. Since you need both of them and there’s no way around it, why not kill two birds with one stone? As the name suggests, the Zofine 2-in-1 Fast Wireless Charging Mouse Pad combines both of these must-have products into a single device. It looks ....
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Trump's Banned Nickelback Twitter Meme ExplainedPolitics and music are not such strange bedfellows in the Internet era, and this past week proved no exception. The latest band to get dragged into the nexus was Canada's Nickelback, who found their 2005 hit "Photograph" used in a meme which was tweeted by Donald Trump on Wednesday. Of all the laws ....
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With a huge battery and true wireless charging, this $27 portable charger is a no-brainerClose your eyes and imagine all you needed was one single charging accessory to take care of every possible charging need you might have. Now open your eyes and check out the Mumkai 10000 mAh Portable Charger with Built-In Wireless Charging Pad, because that’s exactly what it is. At home, it&r....
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Kriska Buys Two Small Canadian CarriersKriska Transportation Group has acquired two small fellow Canadian carriers, Trailwood Transport and Nexus Freight, expanding its automotive and local truckload businesses.
Kriska, which is partially owned by Mullen Group (TSX:MTL), announced the acquisitions on October 2. It did not disclose the....
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LDF doesn't need RSS votes: KodiyeriNew Delhi: Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, state secretary of CPM, has reiterated that the ruling party doesn't need RSS votes in any of the constituencies for the upcoming by- elections and has ruled out any sort of nexus with them. He said that UDF is trying to cover up the trade off with BJP through Saba....
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Android Auto Wireless now works on select Samsung Galaxy phonesGoogle promised over a year ago that the wireless version of Android Auto would work out-of-the-box on any Android 9.0+ phone, but that hasn't quite panned out. The only devices that have been able to use it are Google's own Pixel devices (plus the Nexus 5X and 6P), but that finally appears to be ....
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Fix the Nintendo Switch's biggest design flaw for $11Everything about the Nintendo Switch is awesome, from its convertible design to all the great games available for the console. Well… ALMOST everything about it is awesome. If you’re like me, you think the flimsy kickstand is going to break every single time you open it. And if you&rsquo....
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Force your Chromebook Android apps to recognize external SD cards as available storageGoogle's relationship with SD card support on mobile devices has been rocky at best; look no further than the absence of this feature since the very early days of the Nexus series and on every Pixel phone ever made. And while the company has been stepping up in terms of Chrome OS SD card features,....
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Leak reveals new details about a great Pixel 4 feature you won't find on the iPhone 11Google was never able to keep Nexus and Pixel phones secret, if it even wanted to, and Pixel 4 is no exception. But unlike in previous years, Google has come forward with revealing teasers and a full Pixel 4 announcement several months before the October Pixel press conference. The search giant conf....
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This $23 portable power pack has a built-in wireless chargerWireless chargers are so great, but there’s one issue that tends to annoy some people: when you travel, packing a wireless charger is just as annoying as packing a normal charger. Wouldn’t it be great if there was a single device that would work as a normal wireless charger at home, but ....
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Google to unveil the Pixel 4 at a hardware event on October 15thWell-sourced gadget news leaker Evan Blass spilled the beans last week on when Google's much-anticipated Pixel 4 phone would be released (Oct. 15 was the date he pegged, via a tweet we reported on here). Unfortunately, he did so on the same day as Apple's big iPhone 11 event, with the next generatio....
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Accept Apple Pay, Android Pay and credit card payments with this $33 Square readerIf you sell pretty much anything these days and you want to make it as easy as possible for people to pay you, you need to accept more than just cash. Credit card swipes, EMV chips, and contactless payment methods like Apple Pay and Android Pay are all a must. What you might not realize is that you ....
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Pixel 4 launch date leaked while Apple was unveiling the iPhone 11, and we almost missed itIf you follow tech news closely, then you may have noticed something strange this week. An increasing number of Pixel 4 rumors popped up online just as we were getting closer to Apple's iPhone 11 announcement. We saw more Pixel 4 units in the wild than ever before, complete with an additional, unexp....
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This stylish mouse pad wirelessly charges your phone while you work for $17Browse Amazon for a bit and you’ll see that you can easily spend $20, $25, or even $30 or more on a wireless charging pad that supports fast charging. Meanwhile, the ZOFINE Wireless Charging Mouse Pad is a stylish and comfortable mouse pad with a built-in 10W fast wireless charger and it doesn....
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Google Camera loses Smart Burst on Pixel 3 in favor of Top ShotAt some point, Google decided to take on Apple's status as the unchampioned camera master in the smartphone world, and for quite the large part, it's succeeded. During the era of the Nexus 6P, the company lay the foundation of that work, introducing new camera features like Smart Burst, slow-motio....
