Hamza Zakir

Platonist. Humanist. Unusually edgy sometimes.

IBM’s new AI can debate with humans by building intricate speeches

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 6 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

IBM is working on an ambitious, albeit very exciting platform called ‘Project Debater – Speech…

A look at Samsung’s glorious past as the Galaxy approaches its ten-year anniversary

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 6 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

The first Samsung Galaxy – the I7500 – was released in 2009. Now the world’s…

A record £200M was invested in UK based cryptocurrency startups in 2018

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 6 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

The infusion of funds into UK-based cryptocurrency and blockchain startups reached a record high in…

Pakistan gets a bomb disposal robot worth Rs. 70 million

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 6 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Rawalpindi’s Department of Civil Defense has obtained a robot worth 70 million PKR for the purpose…

Kidnappers demand $10M ransom in Cryptocurrency for Norwegian tycoon’s wife

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 6 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Norwegian millionaire, Tom Hagen’s wife has been missing for ten weeks. Now, details have emerged…

Samsung Galaxy Sport’s renders suggest a more rounded design

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 6 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Samsung Gear Sport’s successor will have a rounder and smoother design, as suggested by unofficial…

Fortnite’s merchandise store removes its cryptocurrency payment option

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 6 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Fortnite’s online retail store, Retail Row, has officially removed Monero (XMR), the open-source cryptocurrency, as…

Sony’s domination of the console generation continues

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 6 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Sony has sold over 91.6 million PlayStation 4 units worldwide as of Dec. 31, 2018.…

Oracle founder owns billion dollar stake in Tesla

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 6 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Tesla has confirmed that billionaire Larry Ellison owns a stake in Tesla worth about $1…

Apple loses traction in China as the Chinese smartphone market dips by 15%

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 6 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

According to analysts at Canalys, the Chinese smartphone market as a whole has fallen by…

Tim Cook

ASUS reveals the ‘world’s thinnest bezels’ in the Zenbook S13

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 6 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

ASUS has broken new ground in CES ’19 by announcing the Zenbook S13, which comes…

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System-wide Dark Mode might finally be coming to Android Q

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 6 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

System-wide Dark Mode will finally be an Android feature with the release of the Android…

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