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
Apple to open first company-owned retail store in India
Apple also plans to assemble iPads and AirPods in India
Meta releases AI model that can identify items within images
Facebook-owner Meta published an artificial intelligence model on Wednesday that can pick out individual objects from within an image, along with a dataset of image annotations that it said was the largest ever of its kind
Tech companies must ensure safety of AI products: US President Biden
U.S. President Joe Biden recently said that Artificial Intelligence (AI) could be dangerous, but emphasised that technology companies had a responsibility to ensure their products were safe before making them public.
Meta introduces fact-checking course in Bangladesh
Meta has recently introduced a free introductory fact-checking course for journalists in Bangladesh as well as in the Asia Pacific region, along with the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) of Poynter Institute.
Netflix to release fewer movies on its platform
The streaming service plans to restructure its movie business this year, departing from its schedule of releasing at least one film every week for the previous two years.
Twitter makes abrupt logo change to Dogecoin image
Microblogging platform Twitter has recently changed its blue bird logo to an image of a dog meme which was popularised due to cryptocurrencies.
Nasa to announce astronauts chosen for Artemis II lunar flyby mission
Nasa plans on Monday to introduce the four astronauts for its Artemis II lunar flyby mission, set for launch as early as next year in what would be the first crewed voyage around the moon since the end of the Apollo era more than 50 years ago.
Now you can virtually visit Madina’s Al-Masjid an-Nabawi
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has created a virtual 3D platform that allows Muslims worldwide to visit Madina’s Al-Masjid an-Nabawi, the second holiest mosque in the world.
vivo launches V27 and V27e smartphones in Bangladesh
vivo has recently launched two of its V series smartphones, V27 and V27e in Bangladesh.
Musk defends paid Twitter as blue tick ultimatum looms
"The fundamental challenge here is that it's (easy) to create literally 10,000 or 100,000 fake Twitter accounts using just one computer at home and with modern AI (artificial intelligence)," Musk told a question and answer session on Twitter
