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Tech Happening

PRESS RELEASE / Government ICT officers forum elects new leadership

The Government ICT Officers Forum, a body of first-class gazetted ICT officers in the government sector, held its biannual election on July 13. Thirty-one candidates competed for 17 positions across six categories.

5m ago

AI vs humans: influencers face competition from virtual models

Social media influencers have embraced artificial intelligence to spice up their content but they are also facing growing competition from AI-generated Instagramers, TikTokers and YouTubers

8m ago

'Game of Thrones' author, other writers sue ChatGPT creator over copyrights

"Game of Thrones" author George RR Martin and other best-selling fiction writers have filed a class-action lawsuit against OpenAI, accusing the tech startup of violating their copyrights to fuel its generative AI chatbot ChatGPT.

1y ago

AI both a risk and opportunity for journalism: study

AI is both a threat and an opportunity for journalism, with more than half of those surveyed for a new report saying they had concerns about its ethical implications on their work.

1y ago

Musk says X could charge all users 'small monthly payment'

Online platform X could introduce a monthly fee for all users, its owner Elon Musk said Monday, citing the need to cut down on bots.

1y ago

Twitter's blue ticks start vanishing

Twitter began the mass removal of its blue ticks on Thursday, as the symbol previously used to signify a verified account vanished from users including the Pope, Donald Trump and Justin Bieber.

1y ago

Indian celebrities, politicians lose Twitter blue ticks

Twitter has removed verified blue ticks from the accounts of a host of Indian celebrities and politicians ranging from Bollywood megastars Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.

1y ago

Will AI help achieve gender equality at workplaces?

Gender stereotypes continue to hold women back at work, but a handful of tech firms say they have developed AI (artificial intelligence) systems that can help break biases in hiring and promotion to give female candidates a fairer chance.

3y ago

France fines Google 500 mln euros over news copyright row

France's antitrust watchdog slapped a 500 million euro ($593 million) fine on Alphabet's Google on Tuesday for failing to comply with the regulator's orders on how to conduct talks with the country's news publishers in a row over copyright.

3y ago

Facebook, Twitter vow to tackle racial abuse of England footballers

Facebook and Twitter said Monday they were scrambling to take down racially abusive comments directed at members of the England football team following a heartbreaking loss in Sunday's Euro 2020 final.

3y ago

Creative IT launched 'Coding for Kids' for children

Creative IT Institute has launched an online course called 'Coding for Kids' to develop children's talents during the Corona situation. On Friday, 300 children officially joined the course. The Creative IT Institute inaugurated the new initiative through an online event.

3y ago

Realme launches ‘Realme 8 5G’, Watch 2, Watch 2 Pro

Realme has launched thje ‘Realme 8 5G’ phone along with two smartwatches – Realme Watch 2 & Realme Watch 2 Pro, in the Bangladesh market through an online launch event held on July 10, 2021.

3y ago

Microsoft and Google prepare to fight it out, again

After 2012’s Scroogled incident, where Microsoft’s aggressive ads treated Google like a political opponent, the two tech giants were publicly seen criticising each other, largely thanks to the truce agreement.

3y ago

Microsoft and Google prepare to fight it out, again

According to reports, a six-year legal truce between Microsoft and Google has come to an end. According to reports in The Financial Times and Bloomberg, Microsoft and Google reached an unusual truce in 2015, which expired in April of this year. But Microsoft and Google are seemingly warming up to get back in the ring. 

3y ago

The challenges facing Amazon's new CEO, Andy Jassy

Amazon.com Inc on Monday got a new chief executive: Andy Jassy, the mastermind behind its lucrative cloud computing division, who succeeds company founder Jeff Bezos. Here's a look at the business Jassy is taking over and the challenges that await him on the job.

3y ago

Facebook tests alerting users to extremist posts

A Facebook test of pop-up boxes asking people whether they think friends are becoming extremists raised concerns Friday among US conservatives who felt their voices might be stifled.

3y ago

Facebook, Google plan new undersea cables to connect Southeast Asia and America

Facebook has said it planned two new undersea cables to connect Singapore, Indonesia and North America in a project with Google and regional telecommunication companies to boost internet connection capacity between the regions.

3y ago

PROTRACKER ensures efficiency for in RMG sector

Mondol Group, a renowned RMG manufacturer's sister concern Cotton Club (BD) has increased its production capacity by 10 percent by implementing advanced technology software PROTRACKER, says a recently issued press release. Cotton Club (BD) Limited, a 100% export-oriented garments company, has been exporting readymade garments since its inception in 2006.

3y ago