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While the Covid-19 cases in China have been majorly found amongst the elderly aged 65 and above but in the case of Pakistan, the majority of the cases are involving people between the ages of 21-30 years. Dr. Zafar Mirza, PM’s Special Assistant on Health said, “Twenty-four percent of the confirmed cases in Pakistan so far are between 21 to 30 years of age. This constitutes a majority of the cases. The pattern is unlike other countries where cases mostly comprise older people,” while speaking during his media briefing on Wednesday. ALSO READ Xiaomi’s New Face Mask is Better Than N95 With an Improved Fit While the SAPM failed to share a complete picture with regards to the virus trend in the country, it is easy to conclude that no one is immune to the virus regardless of age. Furthermore, new data from the US and Europe shows that young adults are not that immune to the virus with 705 of the first 2,500 cases in the US were aged 20-44. Although, complication and ICU admissions among..

During these times of lockdown within Pakistan due to the Coronavirus pandemic, Oppo considering it a corporate social responsibility, has extended the warranty for all its products by 2 months. Warranties expiring on the 26th of March 2020, will now expire on 26th May 2020 and so on. Consumers can check the status of their warranty easily on Oppo’s website by entering in the IMEI number. The 2-month extension is a first of its kind initative. With this promise, Oppo, re-affirms its focus on product quality and reliability backed by robust investments in product research, and development. The company aspires to offer value to their customers. In doing so, the company tries to bring up front and a closer experience that revolves around clarity. Oppo considers its valued customer’s safety a topmost priority amid such a crisis. Oppo is taking appropriate measures to make its consumer’s at ease and provide complete safety to its employees.

Check Point, a cybersecurity firm, recently reported a previously undetected malware that was present in a total of 56 applications on Play Store, 24 of them were focused on children. The malware, dubbed Tekya, imitates user actions to serve ads from networks such as Google’s AdMob, AppLovin’, Facebook, and Unity. The code takes advantage of Android’s MotionEvent actions that report user movement events. As a result, it can generate clicks that cannot be differentiated from the movement of a pen or finger across the screen. According to Check Point, the code is embedded in the application’s native code, which is why it could easily bypass Play Store’s security protocols. Even though the applications were removed after Check Point notified Google, they were collectively downloaded over a million times. Manager of Mobile Research at Check Point, Aviran Hazum, took this event to explain how Google’s efforts to remove malicious apps are in vain. He said: To us, the amount of applicatio..