Science, Gadgets, and Tech
US TV provider given first-ever space debris fine
US authorities have issued a "breakthrough" first-ever fine over space debris, officials said Monday, slapping a $150,000 penalty on a TV company that failed to properly dispose of a satellite
UN warns against 'excessive' tech use in classrooms
Heavy reliance on technology in education may be unproductive, or even detrimental, if it interferes with the acquisition of basic skills such as reading, the UN warned on Wednesday
Twitter website replaces bird logo with X
Twitter launched its new logo on Monday, replacing the blue bird with a white X on a black background as the company moves toward rebranding as X
Musk, top exec say Twitter to be renamed X, get big makeover
Twitter owner Elon Musk and the chief executive he brought aboard just a month ago say the social media network will ditch the bird logo, rebrand the platform with the name X and move quickly into payments, banking and commerce
Twitter challenger Threads struggles for traction
After a wildly successful first few days, Threads popularity has waned in the weeks since Meta launched its challenge to Twitter, which lives on despite its problems
AI news presenters: What they mean for the future of newsroom
Since the debut of the country's first-ever artificial intelligence news presenter named 'Aparajita', there has been a raging debate regarding whether AI news presenters will take over the job of human news presenters in Bangladesh.
Netflix adds 6 million subscribers after password crackdown
Netflix on Wednesday said subscriptions to the media streaming service climbed by nearly 6 million in the wake of its crackdown on password sharing
Musk says Twitter has lost half its advertising revenue
Twitter owner Elon Musk said Saturday that the social media platform he bought for $44 billion last October has lost roughly half of its advertising revenue
New publication on UK Bengali settlement out on Kindle
Migration of Bengalis from South Asia to the outside world started with taking up jobs as lascars (sailors) in the British East India Company's ships which carried precious goods from the Indian subcontinent, such as spice, tea and cotton. In addition, from the second half of the nineteenth century, Bengali educated and wealthy gentlemen began travelling to England mainly to pursue higher education.
Hifiman Sundara Review
Beneath it was the Sundaras sitting snug inside the foam cutout wrapped in a silky black cloth. Hifiman didn’t provide many accessories with this model,
Classic BlackBerry mobile phone keyboard to live on
The BlackBerry keyboard dethroned by touchscreens will live on in a new 5G smartphone planned for release next year, according to a deal announced on Tuesday.
Gmail and Google services down globally
Gmail, the email service offered by Google, was reported to be down Thursday in parts of the US, Europe and Australia, according to the website Down Detector.
SELISE Bangladesh to hold its first ever multinational coding competition on August 22
Secure Link Services BD Ltd (SELISE) will be hosting its first-ever multinational programming competition -- SELISE Coding Challenge 2020 -- on Saturday. August 22. Almost 1,000 coders from Bhutan and Bangladesh are joining the competition.
Microsoft's new Flight Simulator takes off
Many aircraft are still grounded due to the coronavirus pandemic, but would-be and real pilots took to the virtual skies on Tuesday with the first update in years of Microsoft's venerable Flight Simulator game. The bestselling title dates all the way back to 1982 -- when home computers had less processing power than a graphics card today -- and Microsoft tasked French developers Asobo Studio with giving it the biggest overhaul since 2006.
Samsung launches “Meet the Galaxy Note 20 Ultra 5G from home”
Eager customers who want to pre-order this power phone, can experience the latest Galaxy Note20 Ultra 5G online before pre-ordering—as the coronavirus outbreak suggests maintaining strict social distancing—under Samsung Bangladesh’s new initiative ‘Meet the Galaxy Note20 Ultra 5G from home’.
'Fortnite' app removal threatens social lifeline for young gamers
A YouTube alert interrupted Jack Erricker’s schoolwork on Friday morning as he and kids all over the world woke up to the news that their favourite game, Fortnite, had been taken down from Apple’s Store and Google Play store.
ZKTeco Brings Elite Series [TI], a robust face verification and thermal imaging temperature detection terminal with ultra-large capacity
ZKTeco has introduced the Elite Series [TI], a robust face verification and thermal imaging temperature detection terminal. Elite Series [TI] is a fully upgraded version of the Elite Series Visible Light facial recognition terminals using Thermal Imaging intelligent engineering facial recognition algorithms and the latest computer vision technology.
Fortnite maker sues Apple, Google after removal of game from app stores
Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google on Thursday removed popular video game "Fortnite" from their app stores for violating the in-app payment guidelines, prompting developer Epic Games to file federal antitrust lawsuits challenging their rules.