Pakistan’s freelance export earnings are expected to exceed $2.5 billion during the current fiscal year, according to the Pakistan Freelancers Association. More than three million Pakistani freelancers earned $1.76 billion last year and generated $175 million in July alone. Pakistan is reportedly the world’s fourth-largest emerging freelancing market. The association urged the government to exempt active educational YouTube platforms from the 5% tax or reduce it to 1%, arguing that supportive policies could expand freelancing and strengthen Pakistan’s IT services exports.

WhatsApp parental controls have been made easier to access on iPhone through a dedicated option in the iOS settings menu. Parents are guided through setup using a QR code or invite, while controls can be applied to contacts, groups, unknown message requests and setting changes. Channels, Status and Meta AI are disabled for child accounts, while end-to-end encryption is retained. Accounts can also be kept under parental supervision for up to 12 months after the standard minimum age is reached.

The trade-secret battle between Apple and OpenAI has been intensified after internal emails and messages were published by the ChatGPT maker. Apple’s July lawsuit alleged that confidential hardware data and manufacturing processes were misappropriated to support OpenAI’s consumer-device plans. The claims have been rejected by OpenAI, and the case has been described as careless, aggressive and personal. Apple’s earlier account has also been challenged after it was acknowledged that outside lawyers emailed the wrong person and that a claimed discussion with OpenAI’s general counsel never occurred.