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Zuckerberg resists commitment to regulation

Zuckerberg resists commitment to regulation

-- 2018-04-11 09:42:18

Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday navigated through the first of two US congressional hearings without making any further promises to support new legislation or change how the so...

All facilities now powered by clean energy, says Apple

All facilities now powered by clean energy, says Apple

-- 2018-04-10 14:16:19

Technology giant Apple Inc on Monday said it had achieved its goal of powering all of the company’s facilities with renewable energy, a milestone that includes all of its data centres, offices a...

Zuckerberg prepares for Senate hearing

Zuckerberg prepares for Senate hearing

-- 2018-04-10 13:44:06

Facebook founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Mark Zuckerberg’s No. 1 mission during his appearance before US lawmakers on Tuesday and Wednesday will be to defend against calls to regulate...

Security app ‘Self Protect’ launched in Meherpur

Security app ‘Self Protect’ launched in Meherpur

-- 2018-04-09 15:58:35

A Smartphone-based security app ‘Self Protect’, developed with an aim to reduce crimes in the society, has been launched in Meherpur. Saddam Hossien, a local youth developed the app that...

ESCAP launches online toolbox on social protection

ESCAP launches online toolbox on social protection

-- 2018-04-09 14:32:40

The UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) has launched an innovative online platform in Bangkok aiming to support countries building inclusive social protection systems th...

Zuckerberg to meet with US lawmakers Monday

Zuckerberg to meet with US lawmakers Monday

-- 2018-04-09 12:44:12

Facebook Inc Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg will hold meetings with some US lawmakers on Monday, a day before he is due to appear at Congressional hearings over a political consultancy’...

Developing nations to study ways to dim sunshine, slow warming

Developing nations to study ways to dim sunshine, slow warming

-- 2018-04-08 10:05:39

Scientists in developing nations plan to step up research into dimming sunshine to curb climate change, hoping to judge if a man-made chemical sunshade would be less risky than a harmful rise in globa...

Facebook to introduce 'unsend' option in Messenger

Facebook to introduce 'unsend' option in Messenger

-- 2018-04-07 17:28:28

Facebook will introduce an unsend button in Messenger, which would let a user erase an unwanted message from their recipient’s inbox, as well as their own. The development immediately follows b...

Facebook backs political ad bill, sets limits on 'issue ads'

Facebook backs political ad bill, sets limits on 'issue ads'

-- 2018-04-07 12:56:27

Facebook Inc backed for the first time on Friday proposed legislation requiring social media sites to disclose the identities of buyers of online political campaign ads and introduced a new verificati...

Black holes huddling at the centre of our galaxy

Black holes huddling at the centre of our galaxy

-- 2018-04-06 20:28:52

Black holes are hanging out at the centre of our galaxy by the thousands, according to scientists who have detected a bunch of them in the neighbourhood of a supermassive black hole already known to r...

Japan's cryptocurrency exchanges face shortage of engineers

Japan's cryptocurrency exchanges face shortage of engineers

-- 2018-04-06 13:47:09

When cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck Inc explained how hackers made off with $530 million in digital money, it said part of the problem was beyond its control: Japan’s lack of software enginee...

I'm still the man to run Facebook, says Zuckerberg

I'm still the man to run Facebook, says Zuckerberg

-- 2018-04-05 16:26:15

Despite the turmoil that continues to surround his company, Mark Zuckerberg has insisted he is still the best person to lead Facebook. "When you're building something like Facebook which is unprecede...

HP launches special printer for educational sector

HP launches special printer for educational sector

FE Online Desk 2018-04-05 12:36:24

Unique Business System Limited has launched HP DesignJet printer in Bangladesh consisting of special features to simplify the educational curriculum operations in the country’s institutes. T...

Facebook data leak hits 87 million users

Facebook data leak hits 87 million users

-- 2018-04-05 11:33:03

Facebook Inc said on Wednesday the personal information of up to 87 million users, mostly in the United States, may have been improperly shared with political consultancy Cambridge Analytica, up from...

Remote places to get high-speed internet soon: Jabbar

Remote places to get high-speed internet soon: Jabbar

-- 2018-04-04 22:32:05

Post, Telecommunications and Information Technology Minister Mustafa Jabbar has said that the government will provide high-speed internet in all remote places of the country by this year.  "Thro...

Zipline blood delivery drone applies for US trial

Zipline blood delivery drone applies for US trial

-- 2018-04-04 14:46:04

Drone delivery firm Zipline has revealed a new aircraft that it says will let it make up to 500 deliveries every day. Zipline operates a commercial service delivering blood supplies in Rwanda. The n...

Zuckerberg aware of anti-Rohingya propaganda spread through Facebook

Zuckerberg aware of anti-Rohingya propaganda spread through Facebook

-- 2018-04-03 16:54:30

Facebook's chief executive and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg on Monday said the social media company is aware that its tools have been used to spread anti-Rohingya propaganda and "incite real harm" in My...

Facebook's Zuckerberg fires back at Apple's Tim Cook

Facebook's Zuckerberg fires back at Apple's Tim Cook

-- 2018-04-03 13:50:00

Facebook's chief executive has defended his leadership following criticism from his counterpart at Apple. Mark Zuckerberg said it was "extremely glib" to suggest that because the public did not pay t...

US safety agency slams Tesla crash data release

US safety agency slams Tesla crash data release

-- 2018-04-02 14:56:27

The US National Transportation Safety Board said on Sunday it was “unhappy” that electric car maker Tesla Inc made public information about the crash of its Model X vehicle on Autopilot th...

Chinese space station burns up over South Pacific

Chinese space station burns up over South Pacific

-- 2018-04-02 09:40:22

China’s Tiangong-1 space station re-entered the earth’s atmosphere and burnt up over the middle of the South Pacific on Monday, the Chinese space authority said. The “vast majority&...

China space lab plunges to Earth on Monday

China space lab plunges to Earth on Monday

-- 2018-04-01 18:37:12

Debris from a defunct Chinese space station is seen crashing to Earth on Monday, scientists monitoring it say. China's space agency said the station will re-enter the atmosphere in the next 24 hours...

Microsoft gambles on a quantum leap in computing

Microsoft gambles on a quantum leap in computing

-- 2018-04-01 13:11:02

In a laboratory in Copenhagen, scientists believe they are on the verge of a breakthrough that could transform computing. A team combining Microsoft researchers and Niels Bohr Institute academics is...

Bangabandhu-1 reaches launch site in Florida

Bangabandhu-1 reaches launch site in Florida

-- 2018-03-31 21:49:19

Bangladesh's first satellite to be launched into outer space, Bangabandhu-1, has been safely transported to its launch site. Thales Alenia Space, the French firm that built the 3.5-metric tonne commu...

Google employees organise to fight cyber bullying at work

Google employees organise to fight cyber bullying at work

-- 2018-03-31 13:06:32

About 100 Google US employees concerned about cyber bullying inside the company have organised into a group proposing new policies for conduct at the unit of Alphabet Inc, five people involved in the...

Call to promote safe internet for children

Call to promote safe internet for children

FE Online Report 2018-03-30 20:49:30

Eleven per cent children under 18 fall victim to cyber crimes in Bangladesh that pose a major threat to their lives, according to UNICEF. The Cyber Crime Awareness Foundation, a voluntary organisatio...

Scientists find galaxy without dark matter

Scientists find galaxy without dark matter

-- 2018-03-30 18:16:30

In a recent discovery, researchers uncovered a galaxy, that lacks the enigmatic substance known as the dark matter, which is generally considered as an essential ingredient in the birth of galaxies....

US regulator approves SpaceX plan for broadband satellite services

US regulator approves SpaceX plan for broadband satellite services

-- 2018-03-30 12:57:44

The top US telecommunications regulator on Thursday gave formal approval to a plan by Elon Musk’s SpaceX to build a global broadband network using satellites. “This is the first approval...

India sends notice to Facebook over ‘data leakage’

India sends notice to Facebook over ‘data leakage’

-- 2018-03-29 14:00:27

India’s government has sent a notice to Facebook asking whether the personal data of Indian voters and users has been compromised by UK-based Cambridge Analytica or any other downstream entity....

Robots for elder care

Robots for elder care

-- 2018-03-29 10:54:52

Paro the furry seal cries softly while an elderly woman pets it. Pepper, a humanoid, waves while leading a group of senior citizens in exercises. The upright Tree guides a disabled man taking shaky st...

Facebook tweaks privacy tools

Facebook tweaks privacy tools

-- 2018-03-29 10:35:48

Facebook Inc said on Wednesday it would end its partnerships with several large data brokers who help advertisers target people on the social network, a step that follows a scandal over how Facebook h...