Science

The constantly evolving internet and the rising number of cybercrime threats have affected the trust of global online users. According to PreciseSecurity.com research, 53 percent of them have become more concerned about their online privacy compared to a year ago. The statistics show it is the first time the level of internet privacy concerns has increased since 2014. Read More »

Dhaka, Nov 19 – Bangladesh urgently needs to overhaul its education system with a focus on technology and incorporating robotics into curricula to tackle the challenges to be posed by the ‘Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR)’ by reskilling and up-skilling manpower, say experts. Read More »

Dhaka, Nov 18 – The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Monday deferred its order until November 24 on a petition filed by the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) seeking a stay on the High Court order that issued an interim injunction for two months against the realisation of Tk. 12,580 crore due from Grameenphone. Read More »

Italy won’t back down from its plans to introduce a web tax, Deputy Minister of Economy Antonio Misiani said on Friday, despite complaints from the United States that the levy would unfairly target U.S. companies. Read More »

Dhaka, Nov 15 – Amazon is protesting the Pentagon’s decision to award a $10 billion cloud-computing contract to Microsoft, citing “unmistakable bias” in the process. Read More »

Facebook says it removed 3.2 billion fake accounts from its service from April to September, up slightly from 3 billion in the previous six months. Read More »

Though the rise of electric vehicle is assumed as a new technology, it was invented long ago. Looking back to the history, we found that electric vehicles debuted in the mid-era of the 19th century. Read More »

Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives (LGRD) Minister Tajul Islam on Monday said the government is willing to transform villages into cities through digital centres. Read More »

Seattle, Nov 9 (AP/UNB) — Family and friends of a former Twitter employee accused of spying for Saudi Arabia call him a dedicated husband and father who has overcome recent mental health struggles, according to letters of support filed to federal court. Read More »

China’s lunar rover Yutu-2 has driven 318.62 meters on the far side of the moon to conduct scientific exploration of the virgin territory. Read More »

Google, the company that helped make it fun to just sit around surfing the web, is jumping into the fitness-tracker business with both feet, buying Fitbit for about $2.1 billion. Read More »

Seeking to bolster its image as a forward-looking metropolis, Dubai hosted the largest-ever international robotics contest this week, challenging young people from 190 countries to find solutions to global ocean pollution. Read More »

Facebook Inc. announced Wednesday a big jump in its total revenue for the third quarter, with a 29 percent increase year-on-year to hit 17.65 billion U.S. dollars. Read More »

Democratic presidential candidates largely praised Twitter’s decision Wednesday to ban all political advertising, while President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign decried the move as attempting to muzzle conservatives on social media. Read More »

San Francisco, Oct 29 (AP/UNB) — Google parent company Alphabet reported mixed third-quarter results Monday, beating analyst expectations for revenue but falling short on profits. The stock fell more than 2% in after-hours trading. Read More »

Cape Canaveral, Oct 28 (AP/UNB) — The Air Force’s mystery space plane is back on Earth, following a record-breaking two-year mission. Read More »

Beijing, Oct 26 (Xinhua/UNB) — The China Innovation Index, the barometer of the country’s innovation capability, rose at a faster pace in 2018, official data showed. Read More »

Oct 25 (AP/UNB) — Over the course of its 15 year history, Facebook has variously ignored news organizations while eating their advertising revenue, courted them for video projects it subsequently abandoned, and then largely cut their stories out of its newsfeeds. Read More »

New York, Oct 25 (AP/UNB) — A remarkable trove of fossils from Colorado has revealed details of how mammals grew larger and plants evolved after the cataclysm that killed the dinosaurs. Read More »

Dhaka, Oct 24 (UNB) – Daraz Bangladesh, known as the country’s biggest online marketplace and shopping hub, is going to host biggest sale campaign “11.11” for the second time in the country on November 11 next. Read More »

Dhaka, Oct 24 (UNB) – Local handset manufacturer Walton has launched its new smartphone ‘Primo G9’ which features octa-core processor with 4G VoLTE network support. Priced at only 6,399 BDT, the attractively designed device comes in three different colours- Blue, Purple and Red and is available at all Walton Plaza, brand and retail outlets across the country. Read More »

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has tried to reassure sceptical US lawmakers over the safety of the social network’s proposed digital currency Libra. Read More »

Chicago, Oct 24 (AP/UNB) — Two centuries after its invention, the stethoscope — the very symbol of the medical profession — is facing an uncertain prognosis. Read More »

Washington, Oct 23 (Xinhua/UNB) — “I miss an important space agency in this panel. Where is China?” Attendees at a plenary of the ongoing weeklong International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Washington brought the question atop the panel voting system and demanded an answer. Read More »

The Tokyo Motor Show opens this week with plenty of futuristic technologies but absent one of the auto industry’s hugest influencers: Nissan’s former Chairman Carlos Ghosn. Read More »

– Jayant Menon 23 September 2019 If the industrial revolution leads to greater efforts to reskill and reshape the workforce to better adapt to change, then this is exactly what is required, and there is no overdoing it. Read More »

Prime Minister’s Information and Communication Technology (ICT) adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy on Tuesday inaugurated ‘Nagad account in one minute’ service connecting ‘Porichoy’ app with Bangladesh Post Office’s mobile financial service Nagad. Read More »

The UN’s monitor for freedom of expression has called on governments and companies to move away from “standardless policies and inconsistent enforcement” and to align their laws and practices against ‘hate speech’ with international human rights law. Read More »

Chattogram, Oct 22 (UNB) – Police arrested a youth from a hotel at Laldighi here on Monday night for reportedly sharing a provocative status on his Facebook wall against the Chattogram Police Commissioner. Read More »

With just over a year left until the 2020 U.S. presidential election, Facebook is stepping up its efforts to ensure it is not used as a tool to interfere in politics and democracies around the world. Read More »