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Cyber threat detection body seeks access to cache servers

Cyber threat detection body seeks access to cache servers

ISMAIL HOSSAIN 2019-11-26 10:07:01

The government now wants to establish control over cache servers of internet service providers, international gateways and mobile phone operators in a bid to monitor internet contents. Cyber Threat D...

Fear of math can outweigh promise of higher rewards: Study

Fear of math can outweigh promise of higher rewards: Study

Xinhua 2019-11-23 18:29:41

A study from the University of Chicago (UChicago) offers evidence for the link between math anxiety and avoidance, as well as possible paths toward breaking that connection. Studying nearly 500 adult...

Putin vows to perfect mystery rocket after engine blast

Putin vows to perfect mystery rocket after engine blast

BBC 2019-11-22 16:55:12

Russian President Vladimir Putin has promised to press on with the development of a nuclear-powered rocket believed to have been at the centre of a deadly accident. Five engineers and two others died...

China reduces greenhouse gas emissions in rice production

China reduces greenhouse gas emissions in rice production

Xinhua 2019-11-21 16:35:32

The greenhouse gas emissions from China's rice fields have been reduced by 70 per cent over the past five decades, according to a recent Chinese study. China's rice agriculture, a primary source of g...

Google to restrict political ads

Google to restrict political ads

-- 2019-11-21 10:45:22

Alphabet Inc’s Google will stop giving advertisers the ability to target election ads using data such as public voter records and general political affiliations, the company said in a blog post...

NASA searches for life under ice in Antarctica

NASA searches for life under ice in Antarctica

Xinhua 2019-11-20 17:39:26

NASA is testing an underwater robotic explorer in Antarctica this month to look for life under the ice, according to a release of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) on Monday. Developed by engine...

'Facebook rival' has now more than 160,000 members

'Facebook rival' has now more than 160,000 members

BBC 2019-11-19 19:57:36

The founder of Wikipedia, Jimmy Wales, says his new social network, WT:Social, now has more than 160,000 members. The platform says it will never sell user data and relies on "the generosity of indiv...

Scientists discover giant karst sinkhole cluster in China

Scientists discover giant karst sinkhole cluster in China

Xinhua 2019-11-19 16:50:50

A team of multinational scientists said they have discovered a giant cluster of karst sinkholes in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The sinkhole cluster, which consists of 19 karst sin...

Water vapour detected on Jupiter's moon

Water vapour detected on Jupiter's moon

-- 2019-11-19 16:44:36

NASA scientists have confirmed, for the first time, the existence of water above the surface of Europa, one of Jupiter's 79 moons. The study published on Monday in the journal Nature Astronomy show...

India’s cheap data to get more expensive

India’s cheap data to get more expensive

-- 2019-11-19 14:04:16

Indian consumers, who enjoy the cheapest mobile data rates in the world, will now have to pay more, as two telecoms companies announced that they would increase tariffs. This comes after the two - Vo...

NASA's rover to hunt for microscopic fossils on Mars

NASA's rover to hunt for microscopic fossils on Mars

Xinhua 2019-11-16 17:15:02

NASA scientists have discovered a potential place for its Mars 2020 rover to look for signs of ancient life in Jezero Crater where the rover will land in February of 2021. The study published Tuesday...

China unveils experiment for landing on Mars

China unveils experiment for landing on Mars

Xinhua 2019-11-14 16:29:13

China on Thursday unveiled an experiment simulating the process of a probe hovering, avoiding obstacles and descending to land on Mars. The experiment was held on a trial ground, the largest one in A...

Facebook removes 3.2b fake accounts

Facebook removes 3.2b fake accounts

-- 2019-11-14 11:36:44

Facebook Inc removed 3.2 billion fake accounts between April and September this year, along with millions of posts depicting child abuse and suicide, according to its latest content moderation report...

Apple slammed for riot ‘support’

Apple slammed for riot ‘support’

Global Times 2019-11-13 17:07:52

Chinese netisens and analysts slammed and urged Apple to stop facilitating rioters in Hong Kong as the company has allegedly been providing videos and songs in support of the Hong Kong riots, which an...

Women's Internet use falls behind despite growing uptake globally: UN

Women's Internet use falls behind despite growing uptake globally: UN

Xinhua 2019-11-13 16:31:47

A new study from the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) on Tuesday showed that some 4.1 billion people worldwide are now online, but in most countries, developing ones particularly, women's u...

Startup Bangladesh-Idea set to achieve ASOCIO award

Startup Bangladesh-Idea set to achieve ASOCIO award

FE Online Report 2019-11-12 16:38:47

Innovation Design and Entrepreneurship Academy (iDEA) project of Bangladesh Computer Council under the ICT Division is set to achieve international recognition through ASOCIO Award in the category of...

Chinese researchers develop purple tomato

Chinese researchers develop purple tomato

Xinhua 2019-11-12 16:32:51

Chinese researchers have developed a genetically modified purple tomato rich in anthocyanins, according to the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Anthocyanins are a group of antioxidant-boosting pigments t...

Huawei all set for 5G technical support in BD

Huawei all set for 5G technical support in BD

-- 2019-11-09 13:49:44

China's telecommunication giant Huawei is all set to facilitate Bangladesh with technical support in the implementation of 5G technology. According to a statement received in Dhaka, Huawei's Senior V...

Indonesians invent device to help internet-addicted

Indonesians invent device to help internet-addicted

Reuters 2019-11-06 18:49:00

From browsing social media to watching videos and chatting with friends, Indonesian university student Tyas Sisianindita spends about eight hours a day on her phone. “I realise that I am addict...

Uber self-driving car had safety flaws before crash

Uber self-driving car had safety flaws before crash

BBC 2019-11-06 17:53:27

An Uber self-driving test vehicle that hit and killed a woman last year in the United States had software problems, according to US safety investigators. Elaine Herzberg, 49, was hit by the car as sh...

Facebook unveils new logo

Facebook unveils new logo

Reuters 2019-11-05 17:41:04

Facebook has unveiled a new logo for the company to distinguish it from its apps. The social media company on Monday said it would start using the new brand within its products and marketing material...

Brazil plans to create eight AI labs

Brazil plans to create eight AI labs

-- 2019-11-05 13:43:01

The Brazilian government on Monday (local time) announced a plan to build eight artificial intelligence (AI) labs across the country. The move is aimed at improving the country's AI research and deve...

Facial recognition drones to help in searches for missing people

Facial recognition drones to help in searches for missing people

BBC 2019-11-04 17:04:18

Police Scotland has unveiled a new aerial drone system to help in searches for missing and vulnerable people. The remotely-piloted aircraft system (RPAS) can see things we can't to try to work out wh...

China's lunar rover travels over 300 metres on moon's far side

China's lunar rover travels over 300 metres on moon's far side

-- 2019-11-04 13:36:56

China's lunar rover Yutu-2 has driven 318.62 metres on the far side of the moon to conduct scientific exploration of the virgin territory. Both the lander and the rover of the Chang'e-4 probe have en...

50 young scientists awarded Xplorer Prize

50 young scientists awarded Xplorer Prize

-- 2019-11-03 13:40:17

Fifty young scientists were bestowed Xplorer Prize in Beijing Saturday. Apart from receiving a trophy at Saturday's ceremony, each of the 50 prize winners will be awarded a total of 3 million yuan (a...

US launches investigation into TikTok

US launches investigation into TikTok

Reuters 2019-11-02 16:33:12

The US government has launched a national security review of TikTok owner Beijing ByteDance Technology Co’s $1.0 billion acquisition of US social media app Musical.ly, according to three people...

Dubai launches world’s first fatwa service using artificial intelligence

Dubai launches world’s first fatwa service using artificial intelligence

-- 2019-11-01 20:48:00

Dubai recently launched ‘Virtual Ifta’, said to be the world’s first service using artificial intelligence (AI) to issue fatwas or Islamic rulings on religious matters. Instead of a...

How Silicon Valley enables online slave markets

How Silicon Valley enables online slave markets

BBC 2019-11-01 19:55:45

Drive around the streets of Kuwait and you won't see these women. They are behind closed doors, deprived of their basic rights, unable to leave and at risk of being sold to the highest bidder. But pi...

WhatsApp hacked worldwide to spy on govt officials

WhatsApp hacked worldwide to spy on govt officials

Reuters 2019-11-01 11:50:09

Senior government officials in multiple US-allied countries were targeted earlier this year with hacking software that used Facebook’s WhatsApp to take over users’ phones, according to peo...

Apple details Double 11 promotions

Apple details Double 11 promotions

Global Times 2019-10-31 18:11:43

Apple's official online store in Alibaba's Tmall has released details of its promotion for the upcoming Double 11 shopping festival with discounts and more payment choices. Experts said it's a move to...