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Why do we use smart devices – necessity, trending, compulsion?

Why do we use smart devices – necessity, trending, compulsion?

Sofia Noor Rafa 2021-08-26 19:49:20

Once wireless phone was a dream. Our dreams do come true. Quite visibly, we are dependent on smart devices much more than we can think of. It is tough to imagine a house with zero internet connection...

'Sexually explicit' content won't be banned on OnlyFans

'Sexually explicit' content won't be banned on OnlyFans

-- 2021-08-26 10:49:16

OnlyFans, an online subscription platform known for adult content, on Wednesday scrapped its planned policy that would have prohibited users from posting any material containing "sexually explicit con...

Akira Yoshino speaks of next generation of electric vehicle batteries

Akira Yoshino speaks of next generation of electric vehicle batteries

-- 2021-08-25 11:05:03

Akira Yoshino, a co-winner of the 2019 Nobel Prize in chemistry for his work on lithium-ion batteries, can take credit for the upheaval in both the automotive and technology industries. Lithium-ion b...

White House to tackle cybersecurity challenges with Apple, IBM, insurance CEOs

White House to tackle cybersecurity challenges with Apple, IBM, insurance CEOs

-- 2021-08-25 09:59:59

The White House is hosting an event on Wednesday that will bring together the largest US technology companies for a discussion about cybersecurity challenges following a raft of high-profile hacking i...

Facebook bringing voice, video calling to main app

Facebook bringing voice, video calling to main app

-- 2021-08-24 13:30:53

Facebook Inc is letting some users make voice and video calls within its main app on a trial basis, aiming to make it easier to place calls without opening its standalone Messenger app. The social me...

Will there be any Playstation 5 this year?   

Will there be any Playstation 5 this year?  

Shafkat Tanjeem Ahmad   2021-08-23 19:02:03

Playstation 5, one of the most sought-after electronics products of 2020 by Sony Interactive Entertainment, was almost immediately declared stock-out within a week after its release in markets. Not on...

'Twilight' investor sentenced to five years prison in fraud case

'Twilight' investor sentenced to five years prison in fraud case

-- 2021-08-21 20:30:45

A technology entrepreneur who invested in the studio behind the 'Twilight' films was sentenced to five years in prison on Thursday after being convicted of fraud related to the video technology compan...

Facebook 'bought and buried' rivals: FTC

Facebook 'bought and buried' rivals: FTC

REUTERS 2021-08-20 10:43:33

The US Federal Trade Commission refreshed its antitrust case against Facebook on Thursday, adding more detail on the accusation the social media company crushed or bought rivals and once again as...

Apple's child protection features 'could be exploited' by repressive regimes

Apple's child protection features 'could be exploited' by repressive regimes

Reuters 2021-08-13 10:33:52

A backlash over Apple's move to scan US customer phones and computers for child sex abuse images has grown to include employees speaking out internally, a notable turn in a company famed for...

Hackers return $260 million to cryptocurrency platform after massive heist

Hackers return $260 million to cryptocurrency platform after massive heist

Reuters 2021-08-12 09:41:13

Hackers behind one of the biggest ever cryptocurrency heists have returned more than a third of $613 million in digital coins they stole, the company at the centre of the hack said on Wednesday. Po...

Cryptocurrency platform loses $600m in ‘massive’ hacking attacks

Cryptocurrency platform loses $600m in ‘massive’ hacking attacks

REUTERS 2021-08-11 20:43:56

A cryptocurrency platform has lost an estimated $600 million in digital tokens after one of the sector's biggest ever hacking attacks, according to details of the heist which emerged on Wednesday. Po...

Scientists are watching new coronavirus variants beyond Delta

Scientists are watching new coronavirus variants beyond Delta

Reuters 2021-08-08 20:49:41

The continued spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus has spawned a Greek alphabet of variants - a naming system used by the World Health Organisation to track concerning new mutations of the virus that causes...

500,000 jobseekers, employees to get soft skills training in five years

500,000 jobseekers, employees to get soft skills training in five years

-- 2021-08-07 18:21:25

The government is going to provide soft skills training to 500,000 jobseekers and employees within the next five years, aiming to improve their employability skills. “The demand for soft skille...

Russia blames software failure after space station briefly thrown out of control

Russia blames software failure after space station briefly thrown out of control

Reuters 2021-07-31 11:45:35

A software glitch, and possible lapse in human attention, were to blame for throwing the International Space Station out of control, but work was proceeding to activate a newly attached module at the...

NASA says International Space Station briefly loses control due to misfire of Russian module

NASA says International Space Station briefly loses control due to misfire of Russian module

REUTERS 2021-07-30 11:55:10

The International Space Station (ISS) was thrown briefly out of control on Thursday when jet thrusters of a newly arrived Russian research module inadvertently fired a few hours after it was docked to...

Facebook will stop allowing advertisers to target people under 18 years

Facebook will stop allowing advertisers to target people under 18 years

REUTERS 2021-07-28 16:23:02

Facebook Inc will stop allowing advertisers to target people under 18 on its platforms based on their interests or their activity on other sites, it said on Tuesday in a slew of announcements about yo...

Turn off, turn on: The simple steps that can thwart top phone hackers

Turn off, turn on: The simple steps that can thwart top phone hackers

AP 2021-07-28 15:26:32

As a member of the secretive Senate Intelligence Committee, Sen Angus King has reason to worry about hackers. At a briefing by security staff this year, he said he got some advice on how to help keep...

Facebook launches vaccine finder feature in Bangladesh

Facebook launches vaccine finder feature in Bangladesh

-- 2021-07-28 12:41:37

Facebook, in collaboration with the Health Ministry and ICT Division, has launched 'Vaccine Finder', a new tool to help Bangladeshis confirm their eligibility and identify nearby places to get a shot...

UNESCO defers downgrade of Australia's Great Barrier Reef

UNESCO defers downgrade of Australia's Great Barrier Reef

-- 2021-07-25 16:08:12

UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee has deferred its decision to downgrade the status of Australia's iconic Great Barrier Reef after the Australian government managed to garner enough internationa...

Bangladesh to launch ‘Jogajog’ as alternative to Facebook, says Palak

Bangladesh to launch ‘Jogajog’ as alternative to Facebook, says Palak

-- 2021-07-24 18:45:28

Bangladesh is going to create its own social media platform called ‘Jogajog’ as an alternative to Facebook and ‘Alapon” for WhatsApp, State Minister for Information and Communi...

SpaceX bags NASA launch contract for mission to Jupiter's moon Europa

SpaceX bags NASA launch contract for mission to Jupiter's moon Europa

Reuters 2021-07-24 10:20:55

Elon Musk's private rocket company SpaceX was awarded a $178 million launch services contract for NASA's first mission focusing on Jupiter's icy moon Europa and whether it may host conditions suitable...

Global outage hits major websites

Global outage hits major websites

REUTERS 2021-07-23 09:17:03

Many websites were briefly down in an outage sparked by a glitch in Akamai Technologies Inc's systems, the second major disruption linked to the cloud company in about a month. "We have implemented a...

India watchdog accuses Amazon of concealing facts in deal for Future Group unit

India watchdog accuses Amazon of concealing facts in deal for Future Group unit

Reuters 2021-07-22 16:01:16

India's antitrust regulator has accused Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) of concealing facts and making false submissions when it sought approval for a 2019 investment in a Future Group unit, a letter to the U...

Facebook says it should not be blamed for US failing to meet vaccination goal

Facebook says it should not be blamed for US failing to meet vaccination goal

REUTERS 2021-07-19 10:54:54

Facebook has defended itself against US President Joe Biden's assertion that the social media platform is "killing people" by allowing misinformation about coronavirus vaccines to proliferate, saying...

Google to allow users delete last 15 minutes of search history

Google to allow users delete last 15 minutes of search history

-- 2021-07-17 15:50:26

Google has rolled out a set of new privacy features, including an option that would let users delete their last 15 minutes of search history on mobile. Announcing extra protection for Google’s s...

18-year-old student to fly with Jeff Bezos in inaugural space tourism flight

18-year-old student to fly with Jeff Bezos in inaugural space tourism flight

-- 2021-07-17 12:47:34

An 18-year-old physics student whose father heads an investment management firm is set to take the place of a person who put up $28 million in an auction to take part in the inaugural space tourism fl...

Microsoft says Israeli group sold tool to hack Windows

Microsoft says Israeli group sold tool to hack Windows

Reuters 2021-07-16 11:17:06

An Israeli group sold a tool to hack into Microsoft Windows, Microsoft and technology human rights group Citizen Lab said on Thursday, shedding light on the growing business of finding and selling too...

TikTok hits 3b download milestone only after Facebook

TikTok hits 3b download milestone only after Facebook

-- 2021-07-15 13:28:51

Video-sharing platform TikTok, and its Chinese sister app Douyin, has become the fifth non-game app to surpass 3.0 billion global installs across app stores, a tier that used to be the exclusive domai...

Microsoft to offer cloud-based version of Windows operating system

Microsoft to offer cloud-based version of Windows operating system

-- 2021-07-14 22:33:28

Microsoft Corp on Wednesday said it will offer its Windows operating system as a cloud-based service, aiming to make it easier to access business apps that need Windows from a broader range of devices...

Russian-linked ransomware gang websites disappear from internet

Russian-linked ransomware gang websites disappear from internet

-- 2021-07-14 14:01:19

Websites for a Russian-linked ransomware gang blamed for attacks on hundreds of businesses worldwide have gone offline. Monitors say a payment website and a blog run by the REvil group became sud...