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Facebook to pay $5b to settle privacy allegations

Facebook to pay $5b to settle privacy allegations

Reuters 2019-07-24 12:05:51

The Federal Trade Commission is set to announce today (Wednesday) that Facebook has agreed to a sweeping settlement of significant allegations it mishandled user privacy and pay $5 billion, two people...

Computer genius Roopkotha’s game on Google Play

Computer genius Roopkotha’s game on Google Play

-- 2019-07-23 13:57:08

Another feather has been added to the crown of Wasik Farhan Roopkotha, a teenage Bangladeshi computer sensation, as an arcade game developed by him was released recently from Google Play Store. &ldqu...

India launches its second lunar mission successfully

India launches its second lunar mission successfully

-- 2019-07-22 18:07:34

India has successfully launched its second lunar mission a week after it halted the scheduled blast-off due to a technical snag. Chandrayaan-2 was launched at 14:43 local time (09:13 GMT) on Monday f...

Xiaomi makes Fortune Global 500 list

Xiaomi makes Fortune Global 500 list

FE Online Desk 2019-07-22 14:24:38

Xiaomi Corporation has for the first time made the Fortune Global 500 list, nine years after its iteration. The Beijing-based global technology leader announced this in a media statement received tod...

Apollo 11 Astronaut Michael Collins returns to launch site on 50th anniversary

Apollo 11 Astronaut Michael Collins returns to launch site on 50th anniversary

-- 2019-07-17 16:13:51

Michael Collins, 88, one of the surviving crew members of the first manned mission to the Moon - Apollo 11 - has returned to the site where the mission set off 50 years ago. He visited Florida's Kenn...

Computer password inventor dies at 93

Computer password inventor dies at 93

-- 2019-07-16 18:22:13

Computer pioneer Fernando Corbato, who first used passwords to protect user accounts, has died aged 93. Dr Corbato introduced the basic security measure while developing methods that let more people...

NASA shake-up in new race to the moon

NASA shake-up in new race to the moon

-- 2019-07-16 13:12:39

As NASA scrambles to meet US President Donald Trump’s mandate to return humans to the moon by 2024, two longtime heads of NASA’s human exploration wing were demoted Wednesday in a slew of...

India aborts moon mission launch for technical glitch

India aborts moon mission launch for technical glitch

-- 2019-07-15 16:48:12

India aborted the launch on Monday of a spacecraft intended to land on the far side of the moon less than an hour before liftoff. The Chandrayaan-2 mission was called off when a “technical snag...

Powerful X-ray telescope launched to map cosmos

Powerful X-ray telescope launched to map cosmos

BBC 2019-07-13 18:53:48

One of the most significant Russian space missions in the post-Soviet era has launched from Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The Spektrum-SG telescope is a joint venture with Germany that will map X-rays across...

US okays $5b Facebook settlement over privacy issues

US okays $5b Facebook settlement over privacy issues

-- 2019-07-13 10:36:45

The US Federal Trade Commission approved a roughly $5.0 billion settlement with Facebook Inc this week over its investigation into the social media company’s handling of user data, a source fami...

BASIS National ICT Awards kicks off

BASIS National ICT Awards kicks off

FE Online Report 2019-07-09 16:04:17

The third edition of BASIS National ICT Awards 2019 has begun today (Tuesday). The winners of this award will be nominated for the APICTA Awards 2019 which is going to be held at Ha Long Bay, Vietnam...

Junior antitrust researchers behind India’s latest Google probe

Junior antitrust researchers behind India’s latest Google probe

-- 2019-07-09 11:23:24

Two junior Indian antitrust research associates and a law school student were behind a complaint that sparked a probe into Google’s alleged anti-competitive practices in the country, in what has...

Chinese AEW aircraft 50pc more efficient than US ones

Chinese AEW aircraft 50pc more efficient than US ones

Global Times 2019-07-07 18:05:48

China's aerial early warning (AEW) aircraft are 50 per cent more efficient than US ones in terms of electromagnetic resources utility. Military analysts said on Sunday that the Chinese aircraft could...

Man pours water on Baidu chief

Man pours water on Baidu chief

-- 2019-07-04 16:40:32

The chief executive of Chinese tech giant Baidu has been doused with water during a speech about artificial intelligence (AI). Robin Li, co-founder of the firm, was mid-presentation when a man walked...

Climate change makes heatwave five times more likely: Scientists

Climate change makes heatwave five times more likely: Scientists

-- 2019-07-04 16:27:02

Last week's record breaking heatwave across much of Europe was made "at least five times" more likely to happen by climate change, say scientists. Their rapid attribution study says that rising tempe...

Facebook evacuates buildings after possible sarin exposure

Facebook evacuates buildings after possible sarin exposure

Reuters 2019-07-02 13:20:30

Facebook evacuated four buildings and two people were being evaluated for possible exposure to the nerve agent sarin on Monday (local time) after a package at the social media company’s Silico...

Internet service provider association election on July 6

Internet service provider association election on July 6

-- 2019-06-28 20:16:21

The election to form new executive committee of Internet Service Provider Association of Bangladesh (ISPAB) will be held on July 6. Two panels, Team United and Team Catalyst, are vying in the polls f...

Huawei's US research arm builds separate identity

Huawei's US research arm builds separate identity

-- 2019-06-25 15:01:45

The US-based research arm of China's Huawei Technologies Co Ltd - Futurewei Technologies Inc - has moved to separate its operations from its corporate parent since the US government in May put Huawei...

India's space start-ups ignite investor interest

India's space start-ups ignite investor interest

-- 2019-06-23 15:25:36

From companies building palm-sized satellites to those aiming to propel satellites into space using cleaner fuels, a new wave of space technology start-ups are mushrooming in India, catching the atten...

Chinese scientists map out deer’s genomes

Chinese scientists map out deer’s genomes

Xinhua 2019-06-21 18:58:19

An international team led by Chinese scientists explained why deer are less likely to develop cancer, how reindeer adapt to the harsh environments, and how they produce more Vitamin D. The answers cou...

Walmart uses AI cameras to detect theft

Walmart uses AI cameras to detect theft

-- 2019-06-21 17:55:04

US supermarket giant Walmart has confirmed it uses image recognition cameras at checkouts to detect theft. The cameras identify when items are put in a shopping bag without first being scanned by a c...

Facebook maps Bangladesh using AI

Facebook maps Bangladesh using AI

-- 2019-06-21 11:47:33

The Facebook artificial intelligence (AI) researchers have created the world’s most detailed population density maps for Bangladesh and the Asia Pacific. Using its machine-learning capabilities...

Facebook creates detailed population density maps for Asia Pacific

Facebook creates detailed population density maps for Asia Pacific

FE Online Desk 2019-06-20 12:51:44

Facebook is working closely with key non-profit and research partners to use artificial intelligence (AI) and big data to address large-scale social, health and infrastructure challenges in Asia and a...

Facebook plans to launch cryptocurrency

Facebook plans to launch cryptocurrency

-- 2019-06-18 21:38:47

Facebook Inc revealed plans on Tuesday to launch a cryptocurrency called Libra, the latest development in its effort to expand beyond social networking and move into e-commerce and global payments. F...

Huawei files to trademark ‘Hongmeng’ around the world

Huawei files to trademark ‘Hongmeng’ around the world

Reuters 2019-06-13 13:04:53

China’s Huawei has applied to trademark its “Hongmeng” operating system (OS) in at least nine countries and Europe, data from a UN body shows, in a sign it may be deploying a back-up...

Huawei seeks trademark for 'Hongmeng' in Peru

Huawei seeks trademark for 'Hongmeng' in Peru

-- 2019-06-13 11:22:26

Chinese telecoms giant Huawei Technologies has asked Peruvian authorities to trademark its “Hongmeng” operating system, a sign it may be deploying a back-up plan in key markets in case US...

India unveils rocket for second Moon mission

India unveils rocket for second Moon mission

-- 2019-06-12 16:33:47

India's space agency has unveiled its spacecraft that it hopes to land on the Moon by September. If successful, India will be the fourth country to achieve a soft landing on the Moon, following the U...

$35,000 a night - NASA to open space station to tourists

$35,000 a night - NASA to open space station to tourists

-- 2019-06-08 13:21:11

NASA is to allow tourists to visit the International Space Station from 2020, priced at $35,000 per night. The US space agency said it would open the orbiting station to tourism and other business ve...

No Facebook on new Huawei phones

No Facebook on new Huawei phones

-- 2019-06-07 17:01:34

Facebook Inc is no longer allowing pre-installation of its apps on Huawei phones, the latest blow for the Chinese tech giant as it struggles to keep its business afloat in the face of a US ban on its...

Huawei to build Russia’s 5G network, China grants licences in domestic market

Huawei to build Russia’s 5G network, China grants licences in domestic market

CNN News 2019-06-06 18:59:16

Embattled Chinese tech company Huawei has struck a deal to build Russia’s first 5G wireless network. The agreement with Russia’s largest carrier, MTS, was signed on the sidelines of talks...