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Facebook to ban all cryptocurrency ads

Facebook to ban all cryptocurrency ads

-- 2018-01-31 11:15:35

Facebook has said it will block any advertising promoting cryptocurrency products and services. The company said it was open to emerging technologies but many companies were not acting in "good faith...

Facebook to promote 'trusted' local news

Facebook to promote 'trusted' local news

-- 2018-01-30 10:44:55

Facebook says it is changing the way its news delivery service works by focusing on local news sources in its drive for "high quality" content. "Local news helps us understand the issues that matter...

Mobile phone subscribers now 145.11m

Mobile phone subscribers now 145.11m

-- 2018-01-29 21:32:20

A total of 145.11 million people are currently active mobile phone subscribers and 80.48 million people are internet users in the country. The number of active mobile phone subscribers in the country...

US considers 5G network as option to counter spying

US considers 5G network as option to counter spying

-- 2018-01-29 11:35:16

President Donald Trump’s national security team is looking at options to counter the threat of China spying on US phone calls that include the government building a super-fast 5G wireless networ...

Computers to function like human brain!

Computers to function like human brain!

-- 2018-01-29 11:17:49

Researchers at the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Colorado have developed a superconducting switch that "learns" like its biological counterpart. The switch, called a syna...

Dell considers going public

Dell considers going public

-- 2018-01-27 12:56:24

US computer maker Dell Technologies Inc is exploring a range of options that could see the world’s largest privately held technology company grow further through acquisitions or go public, peopl...

Google to allow ‘muting’ pestering ads

Google to allow ‘muting’ pestering ads

-- 2018-01-27 12:00:00

Google will now let people "mute" advertisements that encourage them to buy products from websites they have previously visited. So-called reminder ads track which products people have looked at onli...

iPhone SE 2 with wireless charging in June likely : Report

iPhone SE 2 with wireless charging in June likely : Report

-- 2018-01-27 03:04:28

Apple is reportedly working on a new iPhone, which will be similar to the iPhone SE, and will support wireless charging. According to Digitimes Research analyst Luke Lin, the company is preparing a n...

Apple moves to fix after slowdown row

Apple moves to fix after slowdown row

-- 2018-01-25 11:25:54

Apple Inc announced changes on Wednesday that make good on its promise to allow users to turn off a controversial feature that slows down iPhones when batteries are running low, although it signaled i...

Scientists term Ring of Fire's volcanic activity as normal

Scientists term Ring of Fire's volcanic activity as normal

FE Online Desk 2018-01-25 08:06:27

Tens of thousands of people have had their lives disrupted in the past week by seismic and volcanic activity along the Ring of Fire. An earthquake off Alaska, an avalanche and volcanic eruption in ce...

Facebook invents new unit of time!

Facebook invents new unit of time!

BBC 2018-01-24 12:00:00

A Facebook engineer has invented a new unit of time called a flick. The flick has been designed to help developers keep video effects in sync, according to a description on the code-sharing site GitH...

BCSIR fair for promoting local inventions begins Thursday

BCSIR fair for promoting local inventions begins Thursday

FE Report 2018-01-24 12:00:00

A three-day science and industrial technology fair will begin in the capital tomorrow (Thursday). The purpose of the event is to promote inventions by Bangladeshi scientists. Bangladesh Council of S...

Experts offer online degree in 'flying cars'

Experts offer online degree in 'flying cars'

-- 2018-01-24 03:17:26

Self-driving car pioneer Sebastian Thrun has shifted his gaze to the skies, as his Silicon Valley online school Udacity launches what it calls the first “nanodegree” in flying car engineer...

Stop installing security patches: Intel to users

Stop installing security patches: Intel to users

-- 2018-01-23 12:00:00

Intel Corp (INTC.O) said on Monday that patches it released to address two high-profile security vulnerabilities in its chips are faulty, advising customers, computer makers and cloud providers to sto...

'90pc of Gmail users' vulnerable to cyber attacks

'90pc of Gmail users' vulnerable to cyber attacks

-- 2018-01-22 12:00:00

Despite the growth of sophisticated cyber threats globally, Google has said that less than 10 per cent of active Gmail users have enabled two-factor authentication making the remaining 90 per cent mor...

Digital ICT Fair begins on February 7

Digital ICT Fair begins on February 7

FE Online Report 2018-01-22 07:17:49

The Digital ICT Fair-2018 is set to begin on February 7 at Multiplan Centre in Dhaka aiming to spread digital literacy among mass people. The 9th edition of this fair, organised by the ECS Computer...

Mobile internet access in B'desh lower than South Asian average

Mobile internet access in B'desh lower than South Asian average

Ismail Hossain 2018-01-20 12:00:00

The mobile telephony sector must take data protection seriously if it wants be at the heart of digital community, a top executive of global telecom industry has said. "The mobile industry will not be...

Egyptian mummy duo not brothers, genetics finds

Egyptian mummy duo not brothers, genetics finds

-- 2018-01-20 12:00:00

Long ago, Egyptians carved a cemetery into a rock wall along the Nile River 250 miles south of Cairo. The cemetery outlasted its 12th Dynasty creators. It survived intermittent pillaging by tomb raide...

Internet giants 'better' at removing hate speech: EU

Internet giants 'better' at removing hate speech: EU

-- 2018-01-20 11:56:15

Net firms are getting better at removing illegal hate speech, according to the European Union. Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Microsoft all took place in a voluntary EU scheme to monitor their platfo...

Facebook to priotise news based on trust survey

Facebook to priotise news based on trust survey

Reuters 2018-01-20 11:35:59

Facebook Inc will prioritise "trustworthy" news in its feed of social media posts, using member surveys to identify high-quality outlets and fight sensationalism and misinformation, Chief Executive Ma...

Apple to release software update to resolve iPhone slowdown

Apple to release software update to resolve iPhone slowdown

-- 2018-01-19 12:00:00

Apple Inc will release a software update that will allow users to turn off a feature that slows down iPhones when batteries are low on charge, Chief Executive Tim Cook said. Apple will release a test...

A message that’s causing iPhones to crash   

A message that’s causing iPhones to crash  

-- 2018-01-18 10:39:29

A new "text bomb" affecting Apple's iPhone and Mac computers has been discovered. Abraham Masri, a software developer, tweeted about the flaw which typically causes an iPhone to crash and in some cas...

Social media firms defend AI’s effectiveness in spotting terrorism

Social media firms defend AI’s effectiveness in spotting terrorism

-- 2018-01-18 10:33:03

Top social media firms on Wednesday stressed the increasing effectiveness of artificial intelligence (AI) tools to spot posts from terrorists in a Senate Commerce Committee hearing. Executives from F...

WhatsApp now lets iPhone users watch YouTube videos

WhatsApp now lets iPhone users watch YouTube videos

-- 2018-01-18 01:19:44

WhatsApp has finally rolled out a new feature for iOS users where they can play YouTube videos right within the instant messaging app. Beginning Thursday, when a friend sends a YouTube link on WhatsA...

Strict rules set in place for making money from YouTube

Strict rules set in place for making money from YouTube

-- 2018-01-17 12:00:00

Google’s video sharing site YouTube is introducing tougher requirements for video publishers who want to make money from the platform. In addition, it has said staff will manually review all cl...

Uber limits driver hours in UK

Uber limits driver hours in UK

BBC 2018-01-17 10:46:48

Uber is introducing a new policy on drivers' hours across the UK next week, which it says will help to increase safety for drivers and passengers. A licensed driver on its app must take an uninterrup...

BlackBerry brings security tool for autonomous cars

BlackBerry brings security tool for autonomous cars

-- 2018-01-16 01:28:10

Software major BlackBerry has unveiled a new cyber security tool called “BlackBerry Jarvis” for automakers that will scan in real-time all software components in an autonomous vehicle to p...

WhatsApp’s update will prevent spam messages

WhatsApp’s update will prevent spam messages

-- 2018-01-15 11:17:31

WhatsApp is working on a feature in its app which will empower its users to prevent spam messages in the next update version 2.17.430, an app watcher said. According to WABetaInfo, a fan website that...

Twitter account of top UN diplomat hacked

Twitter account of top UN diplomat hacked

-- 2018-01-14 12:00:00

The Twitter handle of India's top diplomat to the United Nations was on early Sunday morning hacked and later restored. As part of the cyber attack, two images were posted from the verified handle o...

Fully autonomous car without steering wheel on cards

Fully autonomous car without steering wheel on cards

-- 2018-01-13 12:00:00

General Motors Co is seeking US government approval for a fully autonomous car - one without a steering wheel, brake pedal or accelerator pedal - to enter the automaker’s first commercial ride-s...