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Facebook is launching a convenient new feature called “Drives” that will help people collect clothes and food from each other in emergency situations. The feature will build on the social network’s fundraising and community causes, though this time it will be less about raising money and more about donating goods.

As always, Facebook Drives will launch in the US first and will be a part of the website’s Community Help hub. This can be accessed by typing “Community Help” in the search bar and selecting “Request or Offer Help” followed by “Create Drive”.

You will then be asked to fill a form with information including the type and number of items you’re looking for. Once that’s done, it will show you a tracker with the number of items left to collect.

As mentioned before, Facebook Drives is built on the social network’s fundraising tools that were released over the years including Emergency Relief, Charities, Non-Profits, and Personal Causes.

The feature will roll out to users in the US over the next few days and will hopefully become available to other regions in the future as well. Just like the US, it should be a highly welcome feature in Pakistan too.

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Tesla’s CEO, Elon Musk, has replaced Microsoft founder, Bill Gates, as the world’s second-richest person.

According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Musk’s total net worth reached $127.9 billion on Monday after an increase of $7.24 billion driven mainly by a surge in Tesla’s share price.

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When 2020 started, Musk ranked 35th at the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, a ranking of the world’s 500 richest people. Since then, the 49-year-old has added $100 billion to his total net worth, the most by anyone on the index.

Bill Gates’ net worth reached $127.7 billion after an increase of $67 million. He has added $14.5 billion to his total net worth this year.

For Gates, it is only the second time in the index’s eight-year history that he has ranked below second place.

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Till 2017, Gates ranked as the richest person on the index before being replaced by Amazon’s founder Jeff Bezos, whose total net worth reached $182 billion after a decrease of $713 million. Bezos has added $67 billion to his total net worth since the start of the year.

Overall, the world’s 500 richest people have registered a collective increase of 23% or $1.3 trillion in their wealth since the start of the year despite the Coronavirus pandemic that has disproportionately affected the working-class and poor around the world.

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Former fast bowler, Shoaib Akhtar, said that Mohammad Amir couldn’t fulfill his promising potential due to bad company.

Mohammad Amir burst onto the scene at the age of 17 in the 2009 T20 World Cup and was instrumental in Pakistan’s journey to lift their first and only T20 mega event’s title. His career was cut short due to the 2010 spot-fixing scandal, which shocked the cricketing world.

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Mohammad Amir, along with captain Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif were caught in a spot-fixing scandal and were subsequently banned from cricket. Mohammad Amir lost five years of his career and returned to cricket as a shell of his former self.

Shoaib believes that Amir would have been much more efficient and effective had he not involved himself in bad company and could have achieved new heights for Pakistan cricket.

“Pakistani pacer Mohammad Amir was also cautioned before the tour of England but he was taken away by bad company,” Akhtar said.

Amir, who was a mainstay in the national set up, has now lost his place in the team. Since his snubbing from the team, there have been question marks over his fitness and performance. He wasn’t selected for the recently concluded series against Zimbabwe and his name was again omitted from the 35-man squad from the tour of New Zealand.

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From his debut up until his ban in 2010, Amir represented Pakistan in 47 matches across all formats, picking up 99 wickets at an average of 25.66 and an economy rate of 3.76, including three five-wicket hauls.

Ever since his return, he hasn’t been the same Amir everyone knew back in 2010. He has participated in 100 matches across all formats, picking up 160 wickets at an average of 29.68 and an economy rate of 3.71, including two five-wicket hauls.

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Karachi University (KU) has announced its entrance-test-based online admission 2021 policy for its Bachelor’s and Master’s programs in Doctor of Pharmacy, Doctor of Physical Therapy, and Department of Visual Studies.

KU Registrar, Professor Dr. Abdul Waheed, said on Monday that all the relevant information regarding the admissions, including the online admission form, the prospectus, and the submission guidelines, is available on the university’s web portal. He added that applicants need to submit their documents with the paid fee voucher by 30 November.

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KU is also offering online admissions for its Bachelor’s programs in the departments of Applied Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Applied Physics, Biotechnology, Business Administration, Chemical Engineering, Commerce, Computer Science, Education, Environmental Studies, Food Science and Technology, International Relations, Mass Communication, Public Administration, Petroleum Technology, Special Education (BA Hons.) and Teacher Education (B.Ed. Hons.), and the School of Law.

Admissions are also open for the Master’s programs in the departments of Business Administration, Commerce, Mass Communication, Public Administration, and Pakistan Studies.

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Dr. Waheed also announced that this will be the first time in the history of KU that it will conduct its entry tests through its recently-established ‘KU Assessment and Testing Service’.

He added that the applicants for the Bachelor’s program in the Department of Visual Studies must have at least 45 marks in their Higher Secondary School Certificate or in its equivalent examinations, and that the equivalent diploma holders should have at least 60 marks to appear in KU’s aptitude test.

The KU Registrar also clarified that students applying for self-finance or the reserved seats must take the university’s entry test and clear it to be considered for admissions.

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The fourth round of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy came to a conclusion with two matches ending in a draw and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa claimed victory in the third match.

After a 2 week break due to the PSL playoffs, the six teams were back in action in Karachi with defending champions, Central Punjab, taking on KPK, league leaders Southern Punjab taking on Sindh, and Northern going head to head with Balochistan.

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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa continued where they left off and defeated Central Punjab by 5 wickets, leaving Central Punjab without a win in the first four rounds.

Sindh and Southern Punjab played the match to a draw as both teams refused to back down from the challenge. Omair bin Yousuf, Asad Shafiq and Sharjeel Khan all scored centuries for Sindh, but Southern Punjab put on a strong showing as they batted out on the last day.

Northern and Balochistan played out a thrilling draw on the last day. Northern required 394 in the fourth innings to win the match and were reduced to 62-4. But a resilient fight by Umar Amin and Mohammad Nawaz helped them to reach close to the target as they finished the day at 385/8. Both teams shared points.

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Here is the updated QeA Trophy points table after the fourth round:

Team
Matches
Won
Lost
Drawn
Points
Net Run Rate

Southern Punjab
4
2
1
1
64
+0.127

Northern
4
2
1
1
61
-0.030

KPK
4
2
1
1
56
+0.060

Balochistan
4
1
1
2
56
-0.191

Sindh
4
1
1
2
49
+0.241

Central Punjab
4
0
3
1
21
-0.285

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Variable refresh rate (VRR) is a feature that should have been available on the PlayStation 5 by default, but Sony says that it will be added to the console in the near future.

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The Japanese tech company confirmed through an official PS5 FAQ that VRR is in the works and will be available for everyone soon, something that should have been there by default since the console comes with an HDMI 2.1 which supports said feature.

The Xbox One X, Series X, and Series S, all have support for VRR, which is quite a convenient feature for gamers since the new consoles are easily capable of pushing 120fps at 1080p resolution. Some games tend to suffer from stuttering and FPS drops with higher refresh rate displays, but VRR helps smooth out the gaming experience quite a bit.

Keep in mind that once the feature becomes available on the PS5, it will not enable VRR everywhere by default as your TV will also need to have support for HDMI 2.1.

There is no word on when VRR will be added to the PS5, but it should come pretty soon.

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The fastest bowler in the world, Shoaib Akhtar, declared that he has never taken drugs to enhance his performance.

The celebrated cricketer was invited as the guest of honor to the symbolic drug burning ceremony of the Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) of Pakistan.

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“When I started playing cricket, I was told by many that ‘you can’t bowl fast, and to achieve the speed of 100 mph, you will have to use drugs’, but I always refused to do so,” Akhtar told the attendees.

Akhtar also spoke about how the career of a top-class Pakistani cricketer was destroyed by drugs, but he did not name the player. It is speculated that the player in question is the former fast bowler, Mohammad Asif, who was once caught with drugs at the Dubai International Airport.

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Akhtar also advised the youth to indulge in sports and healthy activities, to look up to the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan, who regularly goes for a morning walk, and to stay away from drugs.

The player whose unparalleled performances earned him the title of the ‘Rawalpindi Express’ disclosed that many people had personally suggested him to use performance-enhancing drugs. He said that it was without drugs that he became the fastest bowler in the world and broke the 100mph barrier.

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After launching its Mate 40 series, the Chinese Smartphone maker Huawei is working on launching its next flagship series, the P50. Despite multiple disruptions by the US imposed sanctions, the OEM is on track to launch the P50 phones in the first half of 2021.

A recent report by The Elec, a South Korean publication, citing internal sources, details that Samsung Display and LG Display are ready to supply OLED panels for the new models. Both companies acquired licenses to work with Huawei back in October this year.

The Smartphones will use the new Kirin 9000 chipsets from the in-house HiSilicon division, which shows things are in line for the Chinese company. This is the usual course of action it follows, the new Kirin chips debut with the Mate series and are used in the P-series a few months later.

Reportedly, Huawei stockpiled several million Kirin 9000 chips to use in its phones before sanctions cut off its supply from TSMC. Most likely, a portion of the chipsets was freed since Honor smartphones will no longer use Kirin chipsets. However, it’s highly likely that TSMC will also acquire a license to work with the company soon.

In 2019, due to the massive success of its flagship lineups, Huawei nearly caught up to Samsung. Unfortunately, the company’s woes this year will allow Samsung to retain its lead, but we might see Huawei get back in the race by 2021.

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