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YouTube Premium and YouTube Music make Pakistan debut

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KARACHI: The world-famous streaming platform, YouTube, has announced the debut of “YouTube Premium”, and “YouTube Music” in Pakistan.

YouTube Premium is a paid membership that offers the ultimate ad-free viewing experience on YouTube, a statement released by the online streaming company said.

The new app provides users with a viewing experience uninterrupted by ads, background plays for multi-tasking between apps or listening to lectures and other educational videos, and downloads of their favorite shows and content creators for long flights or on commutes with limited access.

Meanwhile, YouTube Music is a music streaming app that offers an immersive listening experience. It is a reimagined, made-for-music app and web player with official songs, albums, playlists, and artist radio plus YouTube’s tremendous catalog of remixes, live performances, covers, and music videos.

With this app, users can listen to the latest hits, find songs they love, stay connected to the music world, and discover tons of new music to enjoy on their devices.

While all this is available for free in the ad-supported version of YouTube Music, users can also choose to have an ad-free music experience by joining YouTube Music Premium, included in YouTube Premium.

The premium version of YouTube Music offers background play and downloads via YouTube Music, along with an ad-free listening experience.

Google’s Director for Pakistan, Farhan S Qureshi said that over 400 channels have more than 1 million subscribers in Pakistan, which is an increase of over 35%, year over year while over 6,000 channels have over 100K subscribers, an increase of over 30%, year over year.

“That’s an impressive number! This makes me even more excited for YouTube to be part of this fast growth ecosystem and to continue our partnership with the Pakistani creative industry and support more Pakistani artists to grow their audience with YouTube Premium and YouTube Music.”

As the ultimate entertainment services make their way to Pakistan, more local artists are sharing their works and creations on YouTube, such as music video premieres, YouTube exclusive content, and featured song lists, and are expanding their fanbase globally.

The users can avail the YouTube Premium for Rs479 per month, with a membership to YouTube Music Premium.

They can also sign up for Premium Family Plan, starting from Rs899.00 per month, which allows them to share their Premium membership with up to 5 other members of their household.

Meanwhile, YouTube Music Premium is available for Rs299 and the Music Premium Family Plan starts at Rs479.

Eligible students can also sign up for Premium Student Plan which is available for Rs329 and Music Premium Student Plan for Rs149 on the web and Android devices.

Eligible users can get a special introductory offer of 1 month free for YouTube Premium or YouTube Music Premium.

The YouTube Music app can be downloaded from the Google Play Store and iOS App Store.

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Tessori promises to teach 50,000 children IT courses.

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In order to provide children with technical education and training, Sindh Governor Kamran Tessori has made the decision to set up IT classes for 50,000 children.

The governor urged the youth to play a vital part in the nation’s growth during a ceremony held here on Thursday.

“Pakistan has an abundance of skill. We will have to play our role in the development of the country. We will have to work to improve our economy,” the governor said.

He urged the overseas Pakistanis to invest in Pakistan and play their role in making the country prosperous.

Addressing the youth of the country, Kamran Tessori said, “Pakistan should be our priority. We need to do everything for Pakistan.

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Cybersecurity firm reports exposure of sensitive DeepSeek data on the internet.

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The New York-based cybersecurity firm Wiz has discovered a cache of sensitive data from the Chinese artificial intelligence business DeepSeek that was mistakenly exposed to the public internet.

In a blog post released on Wednesday, Wiz reported that examinations of DeepSeek’s infrastructure revealed that the company had inadvertently exposed over a million lines of unencrypted data. The materials were digital software keys and chat logs that seemingly documented prompts transmitted from consumers to the company’s complimentary AI assistant.

The chief technical officer of Wiz stated that DeepSeek promptly safeguarded the data following the notice from his organisation.

“It was removed in under an hour,” stated Ami Luttwak. “However, this was exceedingly easy to locate, leading us to believe we are not the sole discoverers.”

DeepSeek did not promptly respond to a request for comment.

DeepSeek’s rapid success after the introduction of its AI helper has exhilarated China and incited concern in America. The Chinese company’s evident capacity to rival OpenAI’s skills at a significantly reduced cost has raised concerns regarding the viability of the business models and profit margins of U.S. AI behemoths like Nvidia and Microsoft.

By Monday, it surpassed the U.S. competitor ChatGPT in downloads from Apple’s App Store, prompting a worldwide decline in technology stocks.

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WhatsApp launches bulk channel management functionality

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WhatsApp has initiated testing of a bulk channel administration feature on iOS for select beta users, enabling the simultaneous selection of many channels, hence enhancing the efficiency of managing following channels.

This essential update enables users to perform bulk activities, including muting many channels simultaneously, designating them as read, and altering notifications. If the chosen channels are muted, users will now have the option to activate notifications. Users can swiftly silence unmuted channels in one action.

Additionally, this feature enables users to unfollow many channels simultaneously, thereby optimizing the process of decluttering their channel list. This change is particularly beneficial for users that oversee numerous subscriptions, as reported by WABetaInfo.

Previously, users were required to manage each channel individually, rendering tasks such as muting or designating channels as read laborious and time-consuming.

The functionality provides enhanced flexibility and control over channel subscriptions, enabling users to efficiently manage notifications. The solution streamlines laborious operations for consumers who subscribe to numerous channels, hence enhancing their entire experience.

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The bulk management feature is presently accessible exclusively to a limited number of beta testers who installed the latest WhatsApp beta for iOS using the TestFlight application. WhatsApp, owned by Meta, plans to expand the feature’s availability to a larger user base in the next weeks.

This update demonstrates WhatsApp’s dedication to enhancing user experience by offering a clear and efficient method for managing channels and notifications.

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