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Censoring social media not the 'right reflex': Zuckerberg

Censoring social media not the 'right reflex': Zuckerberg

Reuters 2020-05-28 10:03:15

Facebook Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg, commenting on US President Donald Trump’s threats against social media companies, said on Wednesday censoring a platform would not be the &ldquo...

BD start-up sets sights on coronavirus contact tracing app

BD start-up sets sights on coronavirus contact tracing app

-- 2020-05-26 14:24:31

The outbreak of COVID-19 in Bangladesh has provoked the imposition of several drastic and unprecedented measures as part of a nationwide lockdown to limit the spread of the deadly coronavirus. One in...

In land of big data, China sets individual privacy rights

In land of big data, China sets individual privacy rights

-- 2020-05-26 11:45:42

China is poised to enshrine individuals’ rights to privacy and personal data for the first time, a symbolic first step as more of the country of 1.4 billion people becomes digitised - and more v...

Fifth Generation Fixed Network (F5G) industry initiative launched

Fifth Generation Fixed Network (F5G) industry initiative launched

FE Online Desk 2020-05-25 19:11:50

At the 17th Huawei Global Analyst Summit (HAS), the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), China Broadband Development Alliance, Altice Portugal, and Huawei jointly launched the Fifth...

Google Doodle celebrates Nazrul’s birth anniversary

Google Doodle celebrates Nazrul’s birth anniversary

FE Online Desk 2020-05-25 10:38:45

Search engine giant Google has created a new Doodle on its homepage, marking the 121st birth anniversary of Bengali poet, musician, writer and activist Kazi Nazrul Islam. Google made an alterati...

Australia records 44tbps internet speed

Australia records 44tbps internet speed

-- 2020-05-23 16:55:35

Australian researchers from Monash, Swinburne and RMIT universities claim to have logged a data speed of 44.2 terabits per second – the fastest internet data speed so far, reports BBC. With th...

Facebook to let employees work remotely even after lockdown

Facebook to let employees work remotely even after lockdown

Reuters 2020-05-22 11:56:33

Facebook will permanently embrace remote work even after coronavirus lockdowns ease, Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said on Thursday, accelerating the tech sector’s geographic diversification a...

Facebook to launch new shopping feature

Facebook to launch new shopping feature

-- 2020-05-20 17:30:09

Facebook is launching Shops, a service that will allow businesses to display and sell products on the world's largest social network's platforms, Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said on Tuesday. Acco...

Indonesia will impose VAT on digital services from July

Indonesia will impose VAT on digital services from July

-- 2020-05-15 22:03:03

Indonesia will require big internet companies to pay value-added taxes (VAT) on sales of digital products and services from July as part of efforts to boost revenue amid the coronavirus pandemic. It...

Zoom gains popularity in Bangladesh during pandemic

Zoom gains popularity in Bangladesh during pandemic

-- 2020-05-10 17:05:41

Zoom, world’s most popular video communication service, has become a household name in many parts of the globe including Bangladesh during the pandemic of COVID-19. Since so many people have be...

WHO readies coronavirus app for checking symptoms, possibly contact tracing

WHO readies coronavirus app for checking symptoms, possibly contact tracing

Reuters 2020-05-09 10:30:10

The World Health Organization (WHO) plans to launch an app this month to enable people in under-resourced countries to assess whether they may have the novel coronavirus, and is considering a Bluetoot...

China plans to complete space station by 2022

China plans to complete space station by 2022

-- 2020-05-06 16:38:40

China plans to send four crewed space missions and the same number of cargo craft to complete work on its permanent space station within about two years, officials said after the launch of a newly des...

Huawei launches 5G-powered Wi-Fi 6 routers

Huawei launches 5G-powered Wi-Fi 6 routers

-- 2020-05-05 22:19:22

Huawei launched ten all-new air engine Wi-Fi 6 series models for the Asia Pacific region which are ideal for laying a high-quality fully-wireless campus. The products stand out with technological inn...

Apple, Google ban use of location tracking in contact tracing apps

Apple, Google ban use of location tracking in contact tracing apps

-- 2020-05-05 10:06:06

Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc’s Google on Monday said they would ban the use of location tracking in apps that use a new contact tracing system the two are building to help slow the spread of the n...

Govt launches coronavirus test system on Viber

Govt launches coronavirus test system on Viber

-- 2020-05-02 19:55:03

State Minister for ICT Division Zunaid Ahmed Palak on Saturday launched live corona risk assessment test system for citizens’ on Viber bot. Viber is a cross-platform voice over IP and instant m...

NASA selects SpaceX, Blue Origin, Dynetics to build lunar lander

NASA selects SpaceX, Blue Origin, Dynetics to build lunar lander

-- 2020-05-01 21:16:28

NASA has selected three companies - SpaceX, Blue Origin and Dynetics - to build lunar landing systems that can carry astronauts to the moon by 2024, the White House’s accelerated deadline under...

Coronavirus patients at Tokyo hotels get greetings from robot

Coronavirus patients at Tokyo hotels get greetings from robot

-- 2020-05-01 17:04:59

Coronavirus patients with light symptoms arriving to stay at several Tokyo hotels are likely to get a pleasant surprise - a robot greeter in the lobby. Japan is now using hotels to house patients who...

Clash of tech titans over coronavirus lockdowns

Clash of tech titans over coronavirus lockdowns

REUTERS 2020-04-30 11:01:56

Silicon Valley billionaires Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg offered dueling views on lockdown measures designed to slow the spread of the coronavirus on Wednesday, with Facebook’s Zuckerberg endor...

Google doodle inspires people to stay home

Google doodle inspires people to stay home

-- 2020-04-24 18:03:50

Google on Friday urged people to stay home for saving lives by a special doodle on its regular home page. The animated doodle shows that every single letter of ‘Google’ is busy with indoo...

Facebook launches third-party fact-checking programme in Bangladesh

Facebook launches third-party fact-checking programme in Bangladesh

-- 2020-04-19 13:45:13

Facebook authorities on Sunday launched a third-party fact-checking programme in Bangladesh to reduce the spread of misinformation and improve the quality of the news people find online. Facebook wil...

Amazon using thermal cameras for temperature check

Amazon using thermal cameras for temperature check

Reuters 2020-04-19 12:30:08

Amazon has started to use thermal cameras at its warehouses to speed up screening for feverish workers who could be infected with the coronavirus, employees told Reuters news agency. The cameras in...

Apple tracks changes in travel behaviour during coronavirus pandemic

Apple tracks changes in travel behaviour during coronavirus pandemic

-- 2020-04-15 11:26:32

Apple has launched a tool that reveals changes in the travel behaviour of people who use its Maps app. The Mobility Trends Report produces three daily percentage figures, showing how many fewer peopl...

Singapore teachers allowed to use Zoom again

Singapore teachers allowed to use Zoom again

-- 2020-04-14 16:32:29

Singapore has lifted its suspension of the video conferencing app Zoom for teachers, reports BBC. The ban came into effect last week after at least one lesson was hijacked by outsiders. One mother s...

Huawei urges UK not to make 5G U-turn after pandemic

Huawei urges UK not to make 5G U-turn after pandemic

-- 2020-04-13 13:21:43

Chinese telecoms company Huawei has said that disrupting its involvement in the rollout of 5G would do Britain "a disservice". In January, the UK government approved a limited role for Huawei in buil...

Coronavirus: Indian researchers develop antimicrobial face-shield, hands-free object

Coronavirus: Indian researchers develop antimicrobial face-shield, hands-free object

Xinhua 2020-04-11 17:05:42

The "National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER)", situated in India's north-eastern state of Assam, has come out with two innovative products to help the country fight COVID-1...

ISPAB urges customers to pay monthly bills amid COVID-19 shutdown

ISPAB urges customers to pay monthly bills amid COVID-19 shutdown

FE Online Report 2020-04-11 14:45:54

Internet Service Providers Association of Bangladesh (ISPAB) urged its customers to pay monthly bills in time amid the coronavirus shutdown. The internet service providers (ISPs) are providing intern...

Apple, Google to create contact tracing technology to fight coronavirus spread

Apple, Google to create contact tracing technology to fight coronavirus spread

-- 2020-04-11 10:29:27

Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc’s Google said on Friday that they will work together to create contact tracing technology that aims to slow the spread of the coronavirus by allowing users to opt into...

France rules Google to pay news firms for content

France rules Google to pay news firms for content

-- 2020-04-09 17:20:32

France’s competition authority ruled on Thursday that Google must pay French publishing companies and news agencies for re-using their content, reports Reuters. The US tech firm said it would c...

Twitter boss pledges $1b for coronavirus relief

Twitter boss pledges $1b for coronavirus relief

-- 2020-04-08 11:30:08

Jack Dorsey, the founder of Twitter and payment app Square, has said he will donate $1 billion (£810m) towards efforts to tackle the coronavirus pandemic. According to Mr Dorsey, the donation r...

Facebook launches new chat app for couples

Facebook launches new chat app for couples

-- 2020-04-08 10:39:57

Facebook Inc on Tuesday launched a new messaging app for couples called “Tuned” that allows them to chat, share photos and music as well as have a timeline of shared memories. The app i...