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Turkish farmer used VR headset to increase milk production

Turkish farmer used VR headset to increase milk production

RASSIQ AZIZ KABIR 2022-01-17 15:23:27

If you tell a random cattle farmer who has been very much into farming for many years that making their cows watch different things through Virtual Reality would in turn increase their production of m...

Expect more worrisome variants after omicron, scientists say

Expect more worrisome variants after omicron, scientists say

-- 2022-01-16 17:39:26

Scientists warn that omicron's whirlwind advance practically ensures it won't be the last version of the coronavirus to worry the world. Every infection provides a chance for the virus to mutate, and...

Social media etiquettes that you must know

Social media etiquettes that you must know

MEGH RAHMAN 2022-01-15 16:06:39

Upon checking your notification bar after waking up, with your utmost irritation, you figure out that one of your Facebook friends tagged you along with 78 other friends on his picture. No wonder th...

Will Quantum Computers finally become useful in 2022?

Will Quantum Computers finally become useful in 2022?

SADMAN FAKID 2022-01-15 15:57:19

Quantum computing is a sort of computing that uses the collective features of quantum states to accomplish calculations, such as superposition, interference, and entanglement. Quantum computers are ma...

How international tech reviewers shape our expectations

How international tech reviewers shape our expectations

Fardeen Kabir 2022-01-15 13:33:02

When we think about tech reviewers, who are almost entirely based on YouTube, some very common names pop up such as Marques Brownlee, Linus Tech Tips, Unbox Therapy, Mrwhosetheboss, Dave Lee, Hardware...

Netflix raises subscription prices in US, Canada to compete in streaming TV market

Netflix raises subscription prices in US, Canada to compete in streaming TV market

-- 2022-01-15 10:29:41

Netflix Inc has raised its monthly subscription price by $1 to $2 per month in the United States depending on the plan, the company said on Friday, to help pay for new programming to compete in the cr...

Facebook, Google CEOs aware of formal advertising market deal

Facebook, Google CEOs aware of formal advertising market deal

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-01-15 09:44:16

Chief executives of Alphabet Inc's Google and Facebook were aware of a deal to carve up part of the online advertising market, according to an amended antitrust complaint filed by Texas and 15 other s...

Red blood cell deficiency in astronauts could be a challenge for space missions

Red blood cell deficiency in astronauts could be a challenge for space missions

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-01-15 09:32:02

The next "giant leap" for humans may be a trip to Mars, but having enough oxygen-carrying red blood cells for the journey might present a challenge, new research suggests. Astronauts are known to exp...

NASA begins process of bringing James Webb Space Telescope into focus

NASA begins process of bringing James Webb Space Telescope into focus

-- 2022-01-13 18:02:27

NASA on Wednesday embarked on a months-long, painstaking process of bringing its newly launched James Webb Space Telescope into focus, a task due for completion in time for the revolutionary eye in th...

When should you upgrade your device?

When should you upgrade your device?

Fardeen Kabir 2022-01-13 17:25:43

The Steam Hardware Survey is a very reliable way of getting an idea about what sort of PC components people are generally using all over the world. According to the latest survey report released in D...

India's TCS, Infosys confident on digital services growth

India's TCS, Infosys confident on digital services growth

-- 2022-01-13 11:17:31

Infosys raised its revenue forecast and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) predicted robust demand on Wednesday as the Indian IT giants said they expect tech spending to continue, particularly for digita...

Several govt websites inaccessible for hours

Several govt websites inaccessible for hours

-- 2022-01-11 20:17:59

A number of major government websites, including that of the ICT Division, have been inaccessible for hours due to what an official described as a problem in the server of the national web portal. Th...

Intel erases reference to Xinjiang after China backlash

Intel erases reference to Xinjiang after China backlash

-- 2022-01-11 11:13:23

US chipmaker Intel has deleted references to Xinjiang from an annual letter to suppliers after the company faced a backlash in China for asking suppliers to avoid the sanctions-hit region. Last month...

Some useful Bangladeshi apps launched in 2021

Some useful Bangladeshi apps launched in 2021

Fardeen Kabir 2022-01-09 15:36:18

We have seen some important development in the apps department in recent years in Bangladesh. Here are some important apps that were launched in 2021. Chorki  Chorki started its journey as an o...

India orders investigation into Google over violation of antitrust laws

India orders investigation into Google over violation of antitrust laws

-- 2022-01-08 18:11:00

India's competition watchdog on Friday ordered an investigation into Alphabet Inc's Google following allegations from news publishers, saying its initial view was that the tech giant had broken some a...

Free alternatives to essential paid software

Free alternatives to essential paid software

Fardeen Kabir 2022-01-08 11:05:29

Today’s workflows require a lot of versatile software and for a lot of people, paying for regular and expensive subscription fees can be difficult.  Luckily, the internet has some good fre...

Sony looks to electric cars for its next big hit

Sony looks to electric cars for its next big hit

-- 2022-01-05 17:38:02

Japan's Sony Group Corp plans to launch a company this spring to examine entering the electric vehicle market, looking to harness its strengths in entertainment and sensors to play a bigger role in ne...

Toyota to launch its own operating system by 2025

Toyota to launch its own operating system by 2025

-- 2022-01-04 16:16:47

Japanese automaker Toyota Motor Corp is planning to launch its own operating system, which would be capable of handling advanced operations such as autonomous driving, for its vehicles by 2025, report...

The problem in Bangladeshi budget laptop segment

The problem in Bangladeshi budget laptop segment

Fardeen Kabir 2022-01-03 11:48:25

Budget laptops are specifically made to cater basic needs of a laptop user so that these machines stay affordable and functional at the same time.  Laptop manufacturers try to avoid any sort of...

A look back into 2021 global tech scene

A look back into 2021 global tech scene

Fardeen Kabir 2022-01-01 14:06:09

2021 was the inflection point of many technological progresses that would shape our understanding and interaction of the world to come.  Let’s look back into some of the most important tec...

Budget DSLR camera for beginners

Budget DSLR camera for beginners

Fardeen Kabir 2021-12-29 18:31:44

Buying a DSLR camera on a budget can be tricky, especially for beginners who are just looking for a good camera that is affordable and easy to use.  Here are some suggestions that might help you...

Apple's App Store broke competition laws, Dutch watchdog says

Apple's App Store broke competition laws, Dutch watchdog says

-- 2021-12-27 19:56:34

The Netherlands' top competition regulator on Friday said Apple Inc broke the country's competition laws and ordered changes to the iPhone maker's App Store payment policies. Apple's practise of requ...

Some productivity apps you did not know about

Some productivity apps you did not know about

Fardeen Kabir 2021-12-27 19:07:40

The purpose of smartphones is to help us become more productive. They're like miniature supercomputers that we carry with us. As a result, they're ideal candidates for assisting us all in becoming a l...

Microsoft joins Google, Amazon, others in cancelling physical presence at CES

Microsoft joins Google, Amazon, others in cancelling physical presence at CES

-- 2021-12-26 10:56:28

Microsoft Corp said on Friday it will not participate in person at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2022 in Las Vegas, joining a list of companies opting not to have a physical presence at next mon...

NASA launches revolutionary space telescope to give glimpse of early universe

NASA launches revolutionary space telescope to give glimpse of early universe

-- 2021-12-25 20:24:51

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, built to give the world a glimpse of the universe as it existed when the first galaxies formed, was launched by rocket early Saturday from South America's northeaste...

Russian court fines Alphabet's Google and Meta Platforms

Russian court fines Alphabet's Google and Meta Platforms

-- 2021-12-25 18:46:46

A Moscow court on Friday said it was fining Alphabet's Google 7.2bn roubles ($98m) for what it said was a repeated failure to delete content Russia deems illegal, the first revenue-based fine of its k...

NASA's revolutionary James Webb Space Telescope set for blastoff

NASA's revolutionary James Webb Space Telescope set for blastoff

-- 2021-12-25 12:30:12

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), a NASA instrument designed to allow humankind's first glimpse of the infant universe as it existed when the earliest galaxies are believed to have formed, was se...

Intel facing backlash from China after Xinjiang statement

Intel facing backlash from China after Xinjiang statement

-- 2021-12-23 10:27:42

US chipmaker Intel is facing a backlash from China after telling its suppliers not to source products or labour from the northwestern region of Xinjiang. Intel said it had been "required to ensure th...

Beware of fraud in Facebook second-hand PC market

Beware of fraud in Facebook second-hand PC market

Fardeen Kabir 2021-12-20 17:48:01

The second-hand computer market in the Facebook marketplace has become a major point of online trading for pc parts and components as the consumer base for computers in Bangladesh has grown substantia...

Japanese space tourists return to Earth after 12 days

Japanese space tourists return to Earth after 12 days

-- 2021-12-20 15:45:50

Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa, a space enthusiast, returned to Earth on Monday after a 12-day journey into space. He has ended the trip as a practice run for his planned trip around the moon wi...