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
Cross border e-commerce platform Aadi delivers Bangladesh's T20 jersey globally
Bangladesh’s first-ever cross-border eCommerce platform, Aadi, is celebrating the Bangladesh cricket team’s T20 journey by offering free delivery of the cricket team’s T20 official matchday jerseys and official caps worldwide, with the global delivery support of DHL express.
The new, updated PS5 is lighter; perhaps not in a good way
Usually, PlayStation game console systems do not receive a hardware update until the consoles reach the half-life in their life cycle when Sony usually releases a slimmer version of the existing console, which is also cheaper to buy. This time around, however, Sony released a newly updated version of their existing PlayStation 5 model, not even after a full year.
Instagram to require users to share their birthday amid youth safety push
Instagram will begin requiring users to confirm their birthdays as part of an effort to create new safety features for young people, the Facebook Inc-owned social media app said Monday.
Don't host content propagating militancy, pornography: Mustafa Jabbar to Facebook
Posts and Telecommunications Minister Mustafa Jabbar has called on Facebook not to host content that propagates terrorism, militancy, sectarianism, sedition, pornography, and those that go against the socio-cultural values in Bangladesh.
Three hours a week: Play time's over for China's young video gamers
China has forbidden under-18s from playing video games for more than three hours a week, a stringent social intervention that it said was needed to pull the plug on a growing addiction to what it once described as "spiritual opium".
Realme launches Narzo 30, Realme Book Slim and two AIoT products
Smartphone brand Realme has launched the ‘Narzo 30’ and its first laptop ‘Realme Book Slim’ through an online launch event held at 12 PM onAugust 28, 2021.
Russian court fines Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp: report
A Russian court on Thursday fined Twitter 17 million roubles ($229,730), Facebook 15 million roubles and WhatsApp 4 million roubles over their refusal to localise user data as required by Russian law, Interfax news agency reported.
Free Fire, PUBG to be banned; ‘harmful apps’ to be monitored: BTRC
Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission, BTRC, is working on banning games like PUBG and Free Fire in Bangladesh, following a High Court order that directed the government authorities to ban ‘harmful online games and apps’. Alongside banning these games, BTRC is also preparing a list of ‘harmful apps’, according to sources.
Shikho partners with India-based Teachmint to bring live classes
Fresh from announcing their latest funding round of $1.3m USD, home-grown Bangladeshi edtech Shikho, a Dhaka-based edtech startup building a hyper-localized digital learning ecosystem, and Teachmint, India’s largest teaching platform, today announced a partnership to deliver classroom solutions to students in Bangladesh leveraging Teachmint’s live class technology infrastructure.
Thermocol in walls can make buildings earthquake resistant: Indian scientists
Thermocol could be the material of the future for construction of earthquake-resistant buildings, according to Indian scientists.