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
Bangladeshi freelancers to get fresh credibility through identity card project
Freelancers in Bangladesh are finally getting a state-endorsed electronic/virtual identity card.
No imminent targeted threat for Bangladeshi banks: Computer Council
Bangladesh Computer Council’s e-Government Computer Incident Response Team (BGD e-GOV CIRT) said that they did not have any specific credible intelligence regarding any imminent attack in the financial infrastructure of Bangladesh. Sources in the ICT Division informed that no such imminent threat was raised to CIRT in the last few days that might be deemed out of the ordinary.
Amazon's cloud service sees widespread outage
Amazon.com Inc's widely used cloud service, Amazon Web Services (AWS), is experiencing a large-scale outage, the company said on Wednesday, affecting users ranging from websites to software providers.
ICT Division launches ‘Bangabandhu Innovation Grant 2020’
The Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Division has launched an event titled “Bangabandhu Innovation Grant 2020 (BIG)”, marking the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
India bans 43 more Chinese apps
India banned 43 more Chinese apps on Tuesday including some from e-commerce giant Alibaba, saying they threatened its “sovereignty and integrity” as tensions remain high between the nuclear-armed neighbours following a deadly border clash.
Samsung to launch Galaxy M51, the 7000 mAh smartphone, in BD
Samsung Bangladesh has started taking pre-orders of Galaxy M51, a smartphone with humongous battery, recently.
Apple’s global security chief charged with bribery
Apple’s global security chief Thomas Moyer has been indicted by a grand jury in the US for his alleged involvement in a bribery case, along with two members of the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s office.
Gigabyte's 7 new gaming laptops launched in the market
Smart Technologies (BD), a leading hardware and solutions distributor, has launched seven new high-end gaming laptops of GIGABYTE brand in Bangladesh. The laptops were unveiled in the capital on November 23.
Twitter to hand @POTUS account to Biden, even if Trump doesn't yield
Twitter confirmed Saturday it will hand control of the presidential @POTUS account to Joe Biden when he is sworn in on inauguration day, even if President Donald Trump has not conceded his election loss. “Twitter is actively preparing to support the transition of White House institutional Twitter accounts on January 20th, 2021,” the social network said in a statement to AFP. “As we did for the presidential transition in 2017, this process is being done in close consultation with the National Archives and Records Administration,” the statement said.
Apple to pay $113 mn for intentionally slowing down older iPhones
Apple has agreed to pay $113 million to settle litigation with more than 30 US states over its slowdown in the performance of older iPhones to manage battery power. The latest “batterygate” settlement will divide the settlement among California and 33 other states, according to a statement by state Attorney General Xavier Becerra. The settlement resolves complaints that the tech giant made misrepresentations about iPhone batteries and software updates that throttled processing performance manage insufficient battery power, according to the state official.