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
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.
Paris gets a taste of pizza-making robots
Behind the dark green facade of a new Paris pizzeria, arms wielding ladles and spatulas perform an intricate ballet to churn out made-to-order pies -- but no human hands are involved in the performance.
Smart foam material gives robotic hand the ability to self-repair
Singapore researchers have developed a smart foam material that allows robots to sense nearby objects, and repairs itself when damaged, just like human skin.
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.
Hackers demand $70 mln to restore data held by companies hit in cyberattack: blog
Hackers suspected to be behind a mass extortion attack that affected hundreds of companies worldwide late on Sunday demanded $70 million to restore the data they are holding ransom, according to a posting on a dark web site.
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.
All phones will be auto-registered by June 30, here’s everything you need to know
Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has taken an initiative to have all mobile phones (smartphones/buttoned feature phones) automatically registered by the 30th of June. Moreover, the process of identifying and blocking illegal mobile phones will continue, as from the 1st of July, any unauthorised, cloned or counterfeit handsets bought by evading tax or illegal means will no longer get registered or work
Windows 11: what’s new and how to know if you can get it
‘It’s the beginning of a new generation’, declared Satya Nadella, Microsoft CEO, at the Windows 11 unveiling event. And from the looks of it, it might as well be true.
World Wide Web source code is latest NFT for sale
Tim Berners-Lee's source code for the World Wide Web is the latest non-fungible token (NFT) to go up for sale. Sotheby's in New York is selling the program that paved the way for the internet we know today more than 30 years after its creation.
Dhaka ranks 225th among 264 cities in the Global Fintech Ecosystem Rankings
Dhaka has ranked 225th among 264 cities in the Global Fintech Ecosystem Rankings in 2021 with a score of 0.581.