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Our outdated, inefficient higher education institutions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.

September 30, 2015
September 30, 2015

Google’s new smartphones: Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P

Just a week after Apple released its newest iPhones, Google has debuted two new phones of its own.

September 23, 2015
September 23, 2015

Gmail adds ability to block email, but there's a better way

Google says that their users will now be able to ‘block’ specific email addresses-except that they are not really blocked and Google already has more powerful tools to eradicate offensive email that are already in Gmail.

September 22, 2015
September 22, 2015

Skype service 'restored' after network problems

A problem with Skype's status system has been fixed, after many people were unable to use the service.

September 16, 2015
September 16, 2015

Horizon: How video games can change your brain

The video game industry is a global phenomenon. There are more than 1.2 billion gamers across the planet, with sales projected soon to pass $100bn (£65bn) per year.

September 16, 2015
September 16, 2015

Rumor claims Samsung will unleash its craziest smartphone ever in January

Samsung rolled out the stunning Galaxy S6 edge smartphone this year, but it looks like this is a mere prelude for what Samsung has planned for the next year, reports BGR news according to Yahoo Tech.

September 15, 2015
September 15, 2015

Technology doesn't make school pupils smarter: study

Computers do not noticeably improve school pupils' academic results and can even hamper performance.

September 2, 2015
September 2, 2015

Intel Skylake processors launched at Ifa tech show

Intel launches its latest range of processors; codenamed Skylake, targeting everything from high-powered gaming rigs to computers the size of a USB stick and smartphones.

August 31, 2015
August 31, 2015

Are we addicted to technology?

Tech-related burnout is common in people with certain personality traits.

August 29, 2015
August 29, 2015

Did Huawei just spill the beans?

Huawei’s long-awaited smartwatch briefly goes up on Amazon for preorders before price and other details are eventually taken down.

August 28, 2015
August 28, 2015

Days numbered for barcodes as shoppers demand more data

Growing demand for more information about the products we buy could mean the end of the simple barcode - the blocks of black and white stripes that adorn most objects for sale and are scanned five billion times a day.