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Bangladesh to launch 5G services this year, Joy says

Bangladesh to launch 5G services this year, Joy says

-- 2021-09-22 18:00:20

The government of Bangladesh plans to launch fifth-generation (5G) mobile network services on a trial basis at the end of this year. Prime Minister's Information and Communication Technology Affairs...

History-making space tourists return to earth safely

History-making space tourists return to earth safely

-- 2021-09-19 12:01:37

Four amateur astronauts have splashed down successfully in the Atlantic Ocean after three days in space. They are the first all-civilian team ever to orbit the Earth. The Inspiration4...

Bangladeshi software firms take a hit from Covid

Bangladeshi software firms take a hit from Covid

ISMAIL HOSSAIN 2021-09-19 10:02:35

Like most of the businesses in Bangladesh, the pandemic Covid-19 has brought the software and ICT sector, especially the smaller and medium ones, to its knees. Over a third of computer software firms...

Bangladesh's SOLbazaar among 15 finalists for Earthshot Prize 

Bangladesh's SOLbazaar among 15 finalists for Earthshot Prize 

-- 2021-09-18 17:17:42

SOLbazaar, Bangladesh, the world's first peer-to-peer energy exchange network, has been named as one of the 15 finalists for the Earthshot Prize 2021. The Earthshot Prize has announced its first ever...

India antitrust probe finds Google abused Android dominance

India antitrust probe finds Google abused Android dominance

-- 2021-09-18 15:20:44

Google abused the dominant position of its Android operating system in India, using its "huge financial muscle" to illegally hurt competitors, the country's antitrust authority found in a report on it...

Three Chinese astronauts return to earth after 90-day space mission

Three Chinese astronauts return to earth after 90-day space mission

-- 2021-09-17 20:58:14

Three Chinese astronauts returned to earth on Friday after a 90-day visit to an unfinished space station in the country's first crewed mission since 2016. In a small return capsule, the three men - N...

Google, Apple remove Navalny voting app from stores as Russian elections begin

Google, Apple remove Navalny voting app from stores as Russian elections begin

-- 2021-09-17 12:54:22

Alphabet's Google and Apple have removed jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny's tactical voting app from their stores, his team said on Friday, after Russia accused the US tech firms of medd...

Facebook cracks down on harmful real networks

Facebook cracks down on harmful real networks

-- 2021-09-17 09:57:23

Facebook is taking a more aggressive approach to shut down coordinated groups of real-user accounts engaging in certain harmful activities on its platform, using the same strategy its security teams t...

Ozone hole over Antarctica larger than usual, scientists say

Ozone hole over Antarctica larger than usual, scientists say

-- 2021-09-16 18:44:12

Scientists say the Southern Hemisphere ozone hole is larger than usual and already surpasses the size of Antarctica.  The European Union’s Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service said Thu...

SpaceX’s first all-civilian crew rocket ship launched into orbit

SpaceX’s first all-civilian crew rocket ship launched into orbit

-- 2021-09-16 09:09:58

A SpaceX rocket ship blasted off from Florida on Wednesday carrying a billionaire e-commerce executive and three less-wealthy private citizens he chose to join him in the first all-civilian crew eve...

New iPhone 13 touts faster 5G, sharper cameras to encourage trade-ins

New iPhone 13 touts faster 5G, sharper cameras to encourage trade-ins

-- 2021-09-15 10:12:30

Apple Inc unveiled the iPhone 13 and a new iPad mini on Tuesday, expanding 5G connectivity and showing off faster chips and sharper cameras without raising the phone's price. The Cupertino, Cali...

Russia fines Facebook, Twitter for not deleting content that Moscow deems illegal

Russia fines Facebook, Twitter for not deleting content that Moscow deems illegal

-- 2021-09-14 19:30:42

A Russian court on Tuesday said it had fined US social media giants Facebook and Twitter for failing to delete content that Moscow deems illegal, part of a wider crackdown on the internet and Big Tech...

Apple issues software patch to block 'zero-click' iPhone spyware

Apple issues software patch to block 'zero-click' iPhone spyware

-- 2021-09-14 10:35:38

Apple has issued a software patch to block so-called "zero-click" spyware that could infect iPhones and iPads. Independent researchers identified the flaw, which lets hackers access devices t...

SpaceX to launch first all-civilian crew into orbit this week

SpaceX to launch first all-civilian crew into orbit this week

-- 2021-09-13 11:30:59

Yet another billionaire entrepreneur is set to ride into space this week, strapped inside the capsule of a SpaceX rocketship as part of an astro-tourist team poised to make history as the first all-ci...

Apple dealt huge blow in Epic Games trial

Apple dealt huge blow in Epic Games trial

-- 2021-09-11 12:02:04

Apple has been dealt a major blow in its ongoing trial against Fortnite-maker Epic Games. A court in Oakland, California, has ruled that Apple cannot stop app developers directing users to th...

Google may be exposed to EU fine of 10pc of global turnover

Google may be exposed to EU fine of 10pc of global turnover

-- 2021-09-10 10:51:19

Alphabet Inc’s Google (GOOGL.O) under investigation by EU antitrust regulators to see if this could force device makers to use Google Assistant as the default voice assistant on Android devices,...

China launches Zhongxing-9B satellite

China launches Zhongxing-9B satellite

-- 2021-09-09 22:01:11

China successfully launched a new satellite from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province Thursday. The satellite, Zhongxing-9B, was launched at 7:50pm (Beijing Time)...

Pro-China social media campaign expands: US researchers

Pro-China social media campaign expands: US researchers

-- 2021-09-09 11:08:35

A misinformation campaign on social media in support of Chinese government interests has expanded to new languages and platforms, and it even tried to get people to show up to protests in the United S...

Money, mimicry, mind control -- Big Tech slams ethics brakes on AI

Money, mimicry, mind control -- Big Tech slams ethics brakes on AI

-- 2021-09-09 08:55:05

In September last year, Google's cloud unit looked into using artificial intelligence to help a financial firm decide whom to lend money to. It turned down the client's idea after weeks of inter...

Apple will now delay child safety updates following privacy criticism

Apple will now delay child safety updates following privacy criticism

-- 2021-09-04 09:18:11

Apple said on Friday (US standard time) it would take more time to collect feedback and improve proposed child safety features after the criticism of the system on privacy and other grounds both insid...

Amazon to remove more content that violates rules from cloud service

Amazon to remove more content that violates rules from cloud service

-- 2021-09-03 10:01:23

Amazon.com plans to take a more proactive approach to determine what types of content violate its cloud service policies, such as rules against promoting violence, and enforce its removal, according t...

Apple faces antitrust case in India over in-app payments issues

Apple faces antitrust case in India over in-app payments issues

-- 2021-09-02 15:07:45

Apple Inc is facing an antitrust challenge in India for allegedly abusing its dominant position in the apps market by forcing developers to use its proprietary in-app purchase system, according t...

Smartphone won't talk to your car?

Smartphone won't talk to your car?

-- 2021-09-01 11:06:06

Problems getting smartphones to connect properly with vehicle infotainment systems are now the No. 1 gripe among consumers according to the latest study of new model quality released on Tuesday by mar...

Russian cosmonauts find new cracks in International Space Station module

Russian cosmonauts find new cracks in International Space Station module

-- 2021-08-31 11:53:12

Russian cosmonauts have discovered new cracks in a segment of the International Space Station that could widen, a senior space official said on Monday, the latest in a series of setbacks. "Superficia...

US SEC charges broker-dealers, investment advisors over cybersecurity failures

US SEC charges broker-dealers, investment advisors over cybersecurity failures

-- 2021-08-31 11:47:11

Units of three broker-dealer and investment advisory firms agreed to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in penalties to settle charges from the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) over cyber...

Can holograms, avatars replace Zoom calls?

Can holograms, avatars replace Zoom calls?

-- 2021-08-30 12:11:37

Video meetings are now a permanent part of our work lives. Are there new solutions that can take out some of the agony? Few things strike fear in the hearts of millions of workers quite like th...

Clubhouse launches surround-sound feature to help chats feel life-like

Clubhouse launches surround-sound feature to help chats feel life-like

-- 2021-08-30 10:00:19

Clubhouse, an audio-only chat app, said on Sunday it will launch a spatial audio feature to make voices sound as if they're coming from different directions, helping conversations and virtual performa...

Microsoft fixes its cloud platform vulnerability

Microsoft fixes its cloud platform vulnerability

-- 2021-08-28 17:56:16

Microsoft says it has fixed a flaw in its cloud computing platform that cybersecurity researchers warned could have enabled hackers to take over a cloud-based database product used by many big compani...

Apple strikes App Store deal with small developers

Apple strikes App Store deal with small developers

-- 2021-08-27 11:33:24

Apple on Thursday agreed to loosen App Store restrictions on small developers, striking a deal in a class-action lawsuit as the iPhone maker awaits a ruling by the same judge in a separate App Store d...

Microsoft warns cloud customers of exposed databases

Microsoft warns cloud customers of exposed databases

-- 2021-08-27 10:59:46

Microsoft on Thursday warned thousands of its cloud computing customers, including some of the world's largest companies, that intruders could have the ability to read, change or even delete their mai...