technology

Why we need to learn from the Shenzhen innovation model

Shenzhen rose from a fishing village to a tech hub through market-driven innovation.

International Mother Language Day / Technology can play a crucial role in language preservation

Bangladesh marks 25 years of promoting linguistic diversity and multilingualism.

Valentine’s Day / Love ensnared by technology

Technology, as Binoy Mukhopadhyay said, gives speed, and steals emotions. Love suffers its impact.

Our outdated, inefficient higher education institutions

The world has never witnessed such unprecedented human-to-technology interactions.

Let’s stake our claim to outer space

Though the Outer Space Treaty specifies space as a global common resource, it does not mean that the space is public property.

Finding a balance between technology and nature in our daily lives

It is true that living without our smartphones or social media in this day and age is next to impossible but it is also true that due to technology we often feel disconnected from the natural world.

#Technology / Tech trends that will shape our future

Let's look at some tech trends that will change our future.

Review: Nonfiction / Tech bias: not a glitch, but a structural problem

With statistics backing her up, Broussard does a stellar job of portraying this bias for the readers with stories from individuals who have faced such discrimination. The book opens with the story of Robert Julian-Borchak Williams who gets wrongfully identified by a police facial recognition technology and gets taken into custody.

A technological evolution of crimes

Technology has advanced at a rapid pace, bringing many benefits to society, but it also has led to changes in crime patterns. Law enforcers’ race against crimes has become even more challenging faced with these technology-facilitated crimes. On many occasions, these techno criminals catch the police off guard.

April 19, 2016
April 19, 2016

The ancient Peruvian mystery solved from space

In one of the most arid regions in the world a series of carefully constructed, spiralling holes form lines across the landscape. Known as puquios, their origin has been a puzzle – one that could only be solved from space.

April 15, 2016
April 15, 2016

Microsoft sues US government over secret data requests

Microsoft is suing the US government over the right to tell its users when federal agencies want access to private data.

March 3, 2016
March 3, 2016

PM pins hope on technology to check graft

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said it would be easier to free the society from corruption by making the best use of technology.

February 24, 2016
February 24, 2016

Internet by light promises to leave Wi-Fi eating dust

Connecting your smartphone to the web with just a lamp -- that is the promise of Li-Fi, featuring Internet access 100 times faster than Wi-Fi with revolutionary wireless technology.

February 8, 2016
February 8, 2016

Should Twitter ignore its users?

For the last 48 hours Twitter has been… well, all of a Twitter. An article in Buzzfeed suggesting that the social network was about to introduce what is known as an algorithmic timeline - promoting tweets deemed most relevant rather than publishing them in reverse chronological order - sparked a wave of what can only be described as furious panic.

February 7, 2016
February 7, 2016

iPhones 'disabled' if Apple detects third-party repairs

The latest software update for iPhone 6 handsets is allegedly rendering the devices useless if it detects repairs not carried out by Apple.

February 3, 2016
February 3, 2016

Microsoft buys UK AI firm SwiftKey

Technology giant Microsoft acquires UK-based artificial intelligence firm SwiftKey.

February 1, 2016
February 1, 2016

Smart agriculture with smart technology

Unlike many other sub-continental countries, one of the major limitations in designing ICT based services for the rural farmers in Bangladesh is the low literacy and technology adverseness.

January 28, 2016
January 28, 2016

Will you like Facebook’s new reaction?

Do you ever "like" something on Facebook? If so, life is about to get a bit more complex.

January 26, 2016
January 26, 2016

Its ORS, not DRS for India now

Indian team wants an Overall Review System (ORS) in place of the DRS, keeping in mind the 13 home Tests this season.