Samsung Electronics Q1 net profits up by more than half
South Korean telecoms giant Samsung Electronics saw net profits leap by more than half in…
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Will automation create jobs, or destroy them?
Asia’s economic evolution from agriculture to manufacturing shows how technology helped create prosperity. In an…
Australian radio telescope array to receive massive upgrade
The Murchison Widefield Array radio telescope in Western Australia is set to receive 2,048 additional…
Drone shot down near Riyadh palace
Saudi Arabian security forces said they had shot down a recreational drone in the capital…
SpaceX blasts off NASA’s new planet-hunter, TESS
NASA on Wednesday blasted off its newest planet-hunting spacecraft, TESS, a $337 million satellite that…
Govt offers int’l standard training courses online
The government has offered international standard training courses in Bangla through an online platform ‘REPTO’…
‘More than 600 apps had access to my iPhone data’
While Facebook desperately tightens controls over how third parties access its users’ data – trying…
Facebook’s Zuckerberg contrite ahead of grilling in Congress
Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg placed the blame for privacy and security lapses at the world’s…
Consumer groups seek probe of YouTube over ads for kids
Consumer and activist groups called Monday for an investigation into Google-owned YouTube for allowing advertising…
Facebook says “malicious actors” may collect personal data of 2 bln users
Facebook revealed Wednesday that outsiders took advantage of search tools on its platform, making it…
Facebook scandal affected more users than thought: up to 87M
Facebook revealed Wednesday that tens of millions more people might have been exposed in the…
Science-minded youths can help building knowledge-based society: Speakers
Speakers at a discussion here today said substantial and sustainable boosting the number of science-minded…
Emirates, Etihad announce VR trials
UAE airlines Emirates and Etihad are embracing virtual reality technology after announcing separate trials in…
Three shot at YouTube HQ, female suspect dead
A woman shot and wounded three people at YouTube’s headquarters in Northern California before killing…
Point Nemo, Earth’s watery graveyard for spacecraft
Chinese space scientists were not in control of their Tiangong-1 orbiting laboratory when it hurtled…
Out of this world: Inside Japan’s space colony centre
A newly created Space Colony Research centre led by Japan’s first female astronaut is bringing…
NASA pushes back giant space telescope launch to 2020
The launch of NASA’s next giant space telescope has been delayed until at least May…
Google Doodle celebrates Bangladesh Independence Day
Like previous years, the world’s search engine giant is celebrating the 48th Independence and National…
Zuckerberg regrets Cambridge Analytica ‘breach’
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has admitted that the social network “made mistakes” that led to…
App developer says he is scapegoat in Facebook data row
The academic behind the app which harvested data from 50 million Facebook users said Wednesday…
Now BTRC mulling over 5G
Amid the introduction of fourth generation (4G) mobile phone service in the country last month,…
Google guru Page tests flying taxis in New Zealand
Pilot-less flying taxis are being tested in New Zealand as part of a project backed…
Space bases could preserve civilization in World War III: Elon Musk
Bases on the moon and Mars could help preserve human civilization and hasten its regeneration…
Flippy, the burger-flipping robot forced to take a break
Flippy the burger-flipping robot that started work this week in a California restaurant has been…
Aussie researchers develop drone capable of reading person’s heart rate
Australian researchers have developed a drone capable of measuring a person’s breathing and heart rate…
UK video game industry, home of Lara Croft, fights gender imbalance
Giving life to a black elf in a fantasy video game, softly spoken schoolgirl Hannah…
Govt using technology to spread Bangabandhu’s strategies
Government, through its ICT Division, is applying modern technology to spread strategies and prudence of…
High winds cancel dozens of flights on Madeira
High winds forced the cancellation Saturday of dozens of flights on the Portuguese island of…
Demystifying technologies for digital identification
by Luda Bujoreanu With more than 1.1 billion individuals without official proof of identity, a…
Trilateral MoU on coop in Rooppur NPP construction
Moscow, March 1 – The State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom (Russian Federation), the Ministry of…