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
5 ways to earn up to Tk 1 lakh per month with ChatGPT
While most of the questions or prompts have been placed for entertainment purposes, the AI model can perform some useful functions which can result in financial benefits as well.
The technology behind OpenAI's ChatGPT: Generative AI
Here is everything you need to know about this technology.
'I'm back': Trump returns to Facebook, YouTube after 2-year ban
The posts on his Facebook page and YouTube channel, titled "I'M BACK!", show a CNN video announcing Trump's election as president in the 2016 race against Hillary Clinton. It then fades to a "Trump 2024" screen
Microsoft announces AI-powered Copilot
Copilot harnesses the potential of massive language models in conjunction with business data and Microsoft 365 apps to boost creativity, productivity, and skills.
TikTok says US threatens ban if Chinese owners don't sell stakes
The move is the most dramatic in a series of recent steps by US officials and legislators who have raised fears that TikTok's US user data could be passed on to China's government. ByteDance-owned TikTok has more than 100 million US users
This computer is powered by real mushrooms: Here’s how
Developed by researchers at UK’s Unconventional Computing Laboratory at the University of the West of England Bristol, the mushrooms are capable of establishing memory links similarly to how brain cells form habits.
Grammarly to introduce AI-powered GrammarlyGO
Online writing app Grammarly is introducing an "on-demand contextually aware" generative AI-powered writing assistant called ‘GrammarlyGO’ to enhance its services for precise writing.
imo brings new features to safeguard online privacy
The three new features were announced during imo’s new campaign, ‘Your privacy, Your Control,’ intending to offer enhanced privacy protection and ensure cyber security for the users.
TikTok banned in Belgium’s government phones
The Chinese-owned entertainment app will be temporarily prohibited from devices owned or paid for by Belgium's federal government for at least six months, according to a post on Alexander De Croo’s website.
Bangladeshi student wins prestigious award in computational biology competition
Bangladeshi student wins prestigious award in computational biology competition: Raj Shekhor Roy, a Bangladeshi PhD student under the supervision of Dr. Jianlin Cheng, has garnered exceptional success at the prestigious Critical Assessment of Structure Prediction (CASP) competition in the Estimation of Model Accuracy (EMA) category, making him one of the few Bangladeshis to achieve this feat.