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Chinese researchers develop purple tomato

Chinese researchers develop purple tomato

Xinhua 2019-11-12 16:32:51

Chinese researchers have developed a genetically modified purple tomato rich in anthocyanins, according to the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Anthocyanins are a group of antioxidant-boosting pigments t...

Huawei all set for 5G technical support in BD

Huawei all set for 5G technical support in BD

-- 2019-11-09 13:49:44

China's telecommunication giant Huawei is all set to facilitate Bangladesh with technical support in the implementation of 5G technology. According to a statement received in Dhaka, Huawei's Senior V...

Indonesians invent device to help internet-addicted

Indonesians invent device to help internet-addicted

Reuters 2019-11-06 18:49:00

From browsing social media to watching videos and chatting with friends, Indonesian university student Tyas Sisianindita spends about eight hours a day on her phone. “I realise that I am addict...

Uber self-driving car had safety flaws before crash

Uber self-driving car had safety flaws before crash

BBC 2019-11-06 17:53:27

An Uber self-driving test vehicle that hit and killed a woman last year in the United States had software problems, according to US safety investigators. Elaine Herzberg, 49, was hit by the car as sh...

Facebook unveils new logo

Facebook unveils new logo

Reuters 2019-11-05 17:41:04

Facebook has unveiled a new logo for the company to distinguish it from its apps. The social media company on Monday said it would start using the new brand within its products and marketing material...

Brazil plans to create eight AI labs

Brazil plans to create eight AI labs

-- 2019-11-05 13:43:01

The Brazilian government on Monday (local time) announced a plan to build eight artificial intelligence (AI) labs across the country. The move is aimed at improving the country's AI research and deve...

Facial recognition drones to help in searches for missing people

Facial recognition drones to help in searches for missing people

BBC 2019-11-04 17:04:18

Police Scotland has unveiled a new aerial drone system to help in searches for missing and vulnerable people. The remotely-piloted aircraft system (RPAS) can see things we can't to try to work out wh...

China's lunar rover travels over 300 metres on moon's far side

China's lunar rover travels over 300 metres on moon's far side

-- 2019-11-04 13:36:56

China's lunar rover Yutu-2 has driven 318.62 metres on the far side of the moon to conduct scientific exploration of the virgin territory. Both the lander and the rover of the Chang'e-4 probe have en...

50 young scientists awarded Xplorer Prize

50 young scientists awarded Xplorer Prize

-- 2019-11-03 13:40:17

Fifty young scientists were bestowed Xplorer Prize in Beijing Saturday. Apart from receiving a trophy at Saturday's ceremony, each of the 50 prize winners will be awarded a total of 3 million yuan (a...

US launches investigation into TikTok

US launches investigation into TikTok

Reuters 2019-11-02 16:33:12

The US government has launched a national security review of TikTok owner Beijing ByteDance Technology Co’s $1.0 billion acquisition of US social media app Musical.ly, according to three people...

Dubai launches world’s first fatwa service using artificial intelligence

Dubai launches world’s first fatwa service using artificial intelligence

-- 2019-11-01 20:48:00

Dubai recently launched ‘Virtual Ifta’, said to be the world’s first service using artificial intelligence (AI) to issue fatwas or Islamic rulings on religious matters. Instead of a...

How Silicon Valley enables online slave markets

How Silicon Valley enables online slave markets

BBC 2019-11-01 19:55:45

Drive around the streets of Kuwait and you won't see these women. They are behind closed doors, deprived of their basic rights, unable to leave and at risk of being sold to the highest bidder. But pi...

WhatsApp hacked worldwide to spy on govt officials

WhatsApp hacked worldwide to spy on govt officials

Reuters 2019-11-01 11:50:09

Senior government officials in multiple US-allied countries were targeted earlier this year with hacking software that used Facebook’s WhatsApp to take over users’ phones, according to peo...

Apple details Double 11 promotions

Apple details Double 11 promotions

Global Times 2019-10-31 18:11:43

Apple's official online store in Alibaba's Tmall has released details of its promotion for the upcoming Double 11 shopping festival with discounts and more payment choices. Experts said it's a move to...

China releases report on science popularisation capacity

China releases report on science popularisation capacity

Xinhua 2019-10-31 16:36:40

China has released a report on its science popularisation capacity, China Science Daily reported Thursday. From 2006 to 2017, the country witnessed an 8.08 per cent average growth rate of science pop...

China's state telecos to launch 5G services Friday

China's state telecos to launch 5G services Friday

-- 2019-10-31 13:50:50

China’s three state telecoms on Thursday announced the roll-out of 5G mobile phone services, marking a key step in Beijing’s ambitions to become a technology superpower at a time when it r...

Twitter to ban political ads

Twitter to ban political ads

Reuters 2019-10-31 10:33:19

Twitter will ban political advertising on its platform next month, the company’s chief executive said on Wednesday (US local time), a move that won praise from Democrats and scorn from Donald Tr...

Hundreds of engineers join Nokia to speed up 5G development

Hundreds of engineers join Nokia to speed up 5G development

Reuters 2019-10-30 17:21:31

Telecom network equipment maker Nokia has hired hundreds of engineers in Finland this year to speed up its 5G development, the company said on Wednesday. The Finnish company, rival to Sweden’s...

Facebook agrees to pay UK fine over Cambridge Analytica scandal

Facebook agrees to pay UK fine over Cambridge Analytica scandal

Reuters 2019-10-30 17:15:22

Facebook has agreed to pay a 500,000 pound ($644,000) fine for breaches of data protection law related to the harvesting of data by consultancy Cambridge Analytica, Britain’s information rights...

China's space telescope opens new window to observe black holes

China's space telescope opens new window to observe black holes

Xinhua 2019-10-30 16:28:24

China's first X-ray space telescope has helped scientists open a new window to observe and better understand bizarre celestial bodies like black holes and neutron stars. The Hard X-ray Modulation Tel...

WhatsApp sues Israeli firm over phone hacking claims

WhatsApp sues Israeli firm over phone hacking claims

-- 2019-10-30 14:47:35

Facebook-owned WhatsApp has filed a lawsuit against Israel's NSO Group, alleging the firm was behind cyber-attacks that infected devices with malicious software. WhatsApp accuses the company of sendi...

Humankind's ancestral 'homeland' pinpointed in Botswana

Humankind's ancestral 'homeland' pinpointed in Botswana

-- 2019-10-29 21:05:31

A large ancient wetlands region spanning northern Botswana - once teeming with life but now dominated by desert and salt flats - may represent the ancestral homeland of all of the 7.7 billion people o...

Scientists name new beetle species after Greta Thunberg

Scientists name new beetle species after Greta Thunberg

-- 2019-10-26 17:13:08

Scientists have named a species after teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg in recognition of her 'outstanding contribution' to raising awareness of climate change, reports bdnews24.com citing The D...

Microsoft wins Pentagon's contract beating Amazon

Microsoft wins Pentagon's contract beating Amazon

-- 2019-10-26 16:42:25

Microsoft Corp. has won the Pentagon’s $10 billion cloud computing contract, the Defence Department said on Friday, beating out favourite Amazon.com Inc. The contracting process had long been m...

China's clean energy grows rapidly in first three quarters

China's clean energy grows rapidly in first three quarters

Xinhua 2019-10-22 18:17:25

China's clean energy use grew rapidly and the energy consumption per unit of GDP continued to fall in the first three quarters, official data showed. Energy consumption per unit of GDP in the first t...

GovInsider recognizes 333 as the Best Citizen Engagement Project in Asia

GovInsider recognizes 333 as the Best Citizen Engagement Project in Asia

FE Online Desk 2019-10-22 13:33:44

333- the national call centre providing information on procedures of receiving public services and redressal of social problems has been recognized as the best citizen engagement project in Asia by Go...

Huawei’s 5G technology a best buy for US firms

Huawei’s 5G technology a best buy for US firms

Global Times 2019-10-20 18:56:07

Huawei is betting its chance of success in the US on licensing its 5G network technology to US telecom carriers. According to media reports, the Chinese technology giant is currently engaged in early-...

Internet service provider association election on October 26

Internet service provider association election on October 26

-- 2019-10-19 20:11:44

The election of Internet Service Provider Association of Bangladesh (ISPAB) will be held on October 26. The ISPAB is an association for all the internet service providing organisations in Bangladesh,...

Govt unblocks online game PUBG shortly after blocking

Govt unblocks online game PUBG shortly after blocking

-- 2019-10-19 10:42:30

The Bangladesh authorities have unblocked online multiplayer game PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds or PUBG shortly after blocking it at the request of police following complaints by parents of adolescent...

BTRC blocks online battle game PUBG

BTRC blocks online battle game PUBG

-- 2019-10-18 20:03:54

The Bangladesh telecom regulator has blocked online multiplayer game Player Unknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) at the request of cyber security police following complaints by parents of adolescent players...