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Vodafone connects 5G smartphones to its network for first time

Vodafone connects 5G smartphones to its network for first time

-- 2019-02-20 17:18:02

Mobile phone group Vodafone has conducted a successful trial connecting next-generation 5G smartphones to its network for the first time as it prepares to launch 5G in some European cities later this...

Scientists decode cancer-protective mechanism in white sharks

Scientists decode cancer-protective mechanism in white sharks

-- 2019-02-20 16:13:03

An international team of scientists have decoded the entire genome of white shark and identified their superior cancer-protective abilities. The study published on Monday in the journal Proceedings o...

German government unlikely to make quick decision on Huawei

German government unlikely to make quick decision on Huawei

-- 2019-02-19 19:49:38

The German government will probably not take a quick decision on whether to allow China’s Huawei to build Germany’s 5G network, a government source said on Tuesday.  “There wil...

Machine learning 'causing science crisis'

Machine learning 'causing science crisis'

-- 2019-02-18 13:39:18

Machine-learning techniques used by thousands of scientists to analyse data are producing results that are misleading and often completely wrong. Dr Genevera Allen from Rice University in Houston sai...

Scientists develop smart windows to clean air pollution

Scientists develop smart windows to clean air pollution

-- 2019-02-17 13:47:08

Scientists in China have developed a large-scale transparent smart window that can change light intensity while effectively capturing the particulate matter in smog, said a study published on Saturday...

Bangladesh World Champion at NASA Space Apps Challenge

Bangladesh World Champion at NASA Space Apps Challenge

FE Online Desk 2019-02-17 13:08:31

For the 1st time Bangladesh has become World Champion at NASA Space Apps Challenge. In Best Use of Data Category ‘Team Olik’ from Sylhet has secured top place by beating 1395 teams arou...

Gene-edited animals expected to reduce poverty in Africa

Gene-edited animals expected to reduce poverty in Africa

-- 2019-02-16 16:56:54

A researcher in Edinburgh is leading efforts to develop gene-edited farm animals for poor farmers in Africa. Prof Appolinaire Djikeng is developing cows, pigs and chickens that are resistant to disea...

Scientists create first ant-like walking robot without GPS

Scientists create first ant-like walking robot without GPS

-- 2019-02-16 14:40:40

French researchers got inspiration from desert ants and developed a first-of-its-kind walking robot that can move without GPS. The study published on Wednesday in the journal Science Robotics reporte...

Running an LED in reverse could cool future computers: Study

Running an LED in reverse could cool future computers: Study

-- 2019-02-16 14:29:10

Researchers at the University of Michigan (UM) ran a light emitting diode (LED) with electrodes reversed in order to cool another device mere nanometers away, according to a news release posted on UM'...

Lyft to woo investors with fast US growth

Lyft to woo investors with fast US growth

-- 2019-02-15 15:50:17

Lyft Inc will pitch investors on its fast growth in the United States as it seeks to beat out Uber Technologies Inc to become the first publicly listed ride-hailing company, according to people famili...

Apple to investigate Saudi app

Apple to investigate Saudi app

-- 2019-02-14 13:43:20

A Saudi Arabian app that can be used to track women and prevent them from travelling will be investigated by Apple, its chief executive has said. In an interview with NPR, Tim Cook said he wasn't awa...

China, India make planet leafier

China, India make planet leafier

-- 2019-02-13 17:20:13

China and India, two of the world's biggest polluters, are making it leafier - for now, a report says. The greening effect stems mainly from ambitious tree-planting in China and intensive farming in...

Self-driving cars learning to predict pedestrian movement

Self-driving cars learning to predict pedestrian movement

-- 2019-02-13 14:42:04

Researchers at the University of Michigan (UM) are teaching self-driving cars to recognise and predict pedestrian movements with greater precision by zeroing in on humans' gait, body symmetry and foot...

Venture capital firm uses AI to seek out start-ups across Europe

Venture capital firm uses AI to seek out start-ups across Europe

-- 2019-02-12 15:04:00

A London-based venture capital firm that uses artificial intelligence to find promising start-ups across Europe said on Tuesday it had raised 53 million euros (£46.6 million) for its biggest fun...

BD among least cyber-secure countries

BD among least cyber-secure countries

FE Report 2019-02-11 09:37:52

Bangladesh has been found the sixth least cyber-secure among 60 countries covered in a study. Around 35.91 per cent mobile phones and 19.07 per cent computers of the country were attacked by malwar...

Russia aims to land astronauts on moon in 2031

Russia aims to land astronauts on moon in 2031

-- 2019-02-10 13:05:59

Russia plans the country's first manned mission to the moon in 2031, RIA Novosti news agency reported Saturday, citing a document by the Russian Central Research Institute of Machine Building. The cr...

Scientists develop air-conditioning clothes

Scientists develop air-conditioning clothes

-- 2019-02-09 14:43:32

American scientists developed a fabric that can automatically regulate the amount of heat that passes through it, according to a study published recently in the journal Science. The study showed that...

Apple to contribute to US teen's education for spotting FaceTime bug

Apple to contribute to US teen's education for spotting FaceTime bug

-- 2019-02-08 16:01:53

Apple Inc on Thursday rolled out software updates to iPhones to fix a privacy issue in its FaceTime video calling service, and said it would contribute toward the education of the Arizona teenager who...

Bees can solve basic maths problems: Study

Bees can solve basic maths problems: Study

-- 2019-02-07 13:24:59

A study released on Thursday has shown that bees, despite their tiny brains, are able to solve basic addition and subtraction problems - a stunning feat considering the level of cognition required for...

Cyber attacks continue to rise in Bangladesh

Cyber attacks continue to rise in Bangladesh

Yasir Wardad 2019-02-06 10:32:32

The incidents of cyber attacks continue to rise at different commercial and service-providing outlets in the country despite taking various preventive measures. As the country achieved a good progres...

Crypto exchange founder's death locks $140m

Crypto exchange founder's death locks $140m

-- 2019-02-05 13:12:29

Canada's largest cryptocurrency exchange is unable to access millions in digital currency following the sudden death of its founder. Quadriga has filed for creditor protection and estimates that abou...

New e-commerce rules jolt Amazon in India

New e-commerce rules jolt Amazon in India

-- 2019-02-02 14:07:38

India’s revised e-commerce rules caused widespread disruption on Amazon’s India website when they kicked in on Friday, forcing the company to take down its key grocery service and remove a...

Smart materials get stronger like muscle-building: Study

Smart materials get stronger like muscle-building: Study

-- 2019-02-01 16:56:49

A study published on Thursday in the journal Science reported a strategy to fabricate materials that become stronger in response to mechanical stress, similar to the process of muscle growth. The fin...

Google disables iPhone app that studied users' digital habits

Google disables iPhone app that studied users' digital habits

-- 2019-01-31 13:24:54

Alphabet Inc’s Google said on Wednesday it disabled an iPhone app that it had paid some users to install to study their digital habits, following a similar move late on Tuesday by social media n...

NASA probe to make closest approach to Sun in April

NASA probe to make closest approach to Sun in April

-- 2019-01-29 21:42:34

Just 161 days after its launch, NASA's Parker Solar Probe has completed its first orbit of the Sun and has now begun the second of 24 planned orbits, which will mark its closest approach to the Sun in...

Apple to patch privacy bug in video-calling feature

Apple to patch privacy bug in video-calling feature

-- 2019-01-29 14:40:47

Apple Inc said on Monday it will issue a software patch later this week for a bug that lets iPhone users hear audio from users who have not yet accepted a video call. The bug, which Reuters news agen...

Instagram is back after partial outage

Instagram is back after partial outage

-- 2019-01-29 11:38:19

Facebook’s photo-sharing social network Instagram said on Monday the service is fully functional now after an issue that caused an outage for some users was resolved. However, Instagram did not...

International Data Protection and Privacy Day observed

International Data Protection and Privacy Day observed

FE Online Report 2019-01-28 18:10:55

The Cyber Crime Awareness Foundation (CCA Foundation) observed ‘International Data Protection and Privacy Day’ on Monday across the country. Hundreds of organisations and individuals also...

France’s Altran Tech says it was hit by cyber attack

France’s Altran Tech says it was hit by cyber attack

-- 2019-01-28 13:51:58

French engineering consulting firm Altran Technologies was the target of a cyber attack last Thursday that hit operations in some European countries, it said. Altran said on Monday it had shut down i...

China tests new generation of faster, bigger maglev

China tests new generation of faster, bigger maglev

-- 2019-01-27 14:20:42

China's major train maker on Saturday tested a new generation of maglev train with a designed speed of 160 km per hour, about 60 per cent faster than the current model, in Changsha, capital of central...