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Earth safe from asteroid for 100 years, NASA says

Earth safe from asteroid for 100 years, NASA says

-- 2021-03-27 21:06:10

NASA has given Earth the all clear for the next century from a particularly menacing asteroid. The space agency announced this week that new telescope observations have ruled out any chance of Apophi...

OneWeb launches 36 satellites from Russia to extend internet orbit

OneWeb launches 36 satellites from Russia to extend internet orbit

Reuters 2021-03-26 14:12:01

OneWeb launched 36 satellites into orbit from a cosmodrome in the far east of Russia on Thursday as part of the satellite firm’s plans to deliver global high-speed internet access. The launch,...

NFT artwork by humanoid robot sells at auction for nearly $700,000

NFT artwork by humanoid robot sells at auction for nearly $700,000

-- 2021-03-26 14:02:19

A digital artwork by humanoid robot Sophia was sold at auction on Thursday for $688,888 in the form of a Non-Fungible Token (NFT), the latest sign of a frenzy in the NFT art world. NFTs, a digital si...

India antitrust watchdog orders probe into WhatsApp policy

India antitrust watchdog orders probe into WhatsApp policy

Reuters 2021-03-25 13:07:57

India’s competition watchdog on Wednesday ordered a probe into a WhatsApp privacy policy update, saying the Facebook-owned messaging service had breached antitrust laws. The update announced in...

Chinese hackers used Facebook to target Uighurs abroad: Company

Chinese hackers used Facebook to target Uighurs abroad: Company

-- 2021-03-25 08:55:37

Facebook Inc said on Wednesday it had blocked a group of hackers in China who used the platform to target Uighurs living abroad with links to malware that would infect their devices and enable surveil...

Musk confident SpaceX to land Starship rockets on Mars well before 2030

Musk confident SpaceX to land Starship rockets on Mars well before 2030

Reuters 2021-03-24 11:11:52

Elon Musk’s SpaceX will be landing its Starship rockets on Mars well before 2030, the billionaire entrepreneur said in a tweet on Tuesday. The private space company had raised about $850 millio...

Serena Williams-backed SPAC to take printing firm Velo3D public at $1.6b valuation

Serena Williams-backed SPAC to take printing firm Velo3D public at $1.6b valuation

Reuters 2021-03-24 10:51:08

Velo3D Inc will merge with a blank-check company backed by tennis star Serena Williams, in a deal that takes the 3D printing technology venture public at a combined value of $1.6 billion, the companie...

Tesla's in-car cameras raise privacy concerns

Tesla's in-car cameras raise privacy concerns

REUTERS 2021-03-24 08:06:31

Tesla Inc’s use of in-car cameras to record and transmit video footage of passengers to develop self-driving technology raises privacy concerns, influential US magazine Consumer Reports said on...

Ascend Technologies expands operations in Bangladesh

Ascend Technologies expands operations in Bangladesh

Ariyana A Khan   2021-03-23 21:42:26

Ascend Technologies, a US-based IT company, headquartered in Silicon Valley, California, founded by Bangladeshi- American entrepreneur Kawser Jamal in 2003, has embarked on an expansion phase in Bangl...

Reporters without Borders sues Facebook over hate speech

Reporters without Borders sues Facebook over hate speech

-- 2021-03-23 17:47:20

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has filed a lawsuit against Facebook in France over hate speech and false information, the global media watchdog said in a statement on Tuesday, reports Reuters. RSF...

Twitter founder Jack Dorsey's first ever tweet sells for $2.9 million

Twitter founder Jack Dorsey's first ever tweet sells for $2.9 million

-- 2021-03-23 13:18:42

Twitter founder Jack Dorsey's first ever tweet has been sold for the equivalent of $2.9m (£2.1m) to a Malaysia-based businessman. The tweet, which said "just setting up my twttr," was first pub...

Digital artwork by humanoid robot Sophia up for auction

Digital artwork by humanoid robot Sophia up for auction

REUTERS 2021-03-23 09:30:36

Robot artist Sophia, whose first artwork goes up for auction on Wednesday, says she draws inspiration for her work from people and is open to future creative partnerships with humans. A digital artwo...

Trump plans social media return with his own platform

Trump plans social media return with his own platform

-- 2021-03-22 10:10:58

Former US President Donald Trump, suspended from Twitter, Facebook, and other social media sites after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, plans to launch his own platform in two to three months, one of...

US DOJ accuses Google of dragging its feet in antitrust trial

US DOJ accuses Google of dragging its feet in antitrust trial

-- 2021-03-20 13:31:34

The US Department of Justice accused Google of dragging its feet in providing documents in preparation for a trial on allegations that it broke antitrust law while the search and advertising giant sai...

Facebook services suffer global outage

Facebook services suffer global outage

Reuters 2021-03-20 08:51:37

Facebook has fixed a technical issue that caused a global outage of its services after more than a million people reported problems with its photo-sharing app Instagram. The issue had also affected t...

TikTok likely to introduce group chat feature this year

TikTok likely to introduce group chat feature this year

Reuters   2021-03-17 16:58:56

Video-sharing platform TikTok may launch a group messaging feature this year, people with knowledge of the discussions told Reuters, putting the Chinese-owned app in more direct competition with socia...

Microsoft, Google openly feuding amid hacks, competition inquiries

Microsoft, Google openly feuding amid hacks, competition inquiries

REUTERS 2021-03-13 10:26:28

Google and Microsoft are at knives drawn. Driven in part by pressure from lawmakers and regulators over the extraordinary power the two technology companies wield over American life, the California-b...

Facebook launches Instagram Lite in Bangladesh

Facebook launches Instagram Lite in Bangladesh

UNB 2021-03-12 20:55:05

Facebook has launched Instagram Lite in Bangladesh to provide access to all users - irrespective of device, platform and network they are on. This lightweight version of the Instagram app for Android...

Light-speed travel in 'Star Wars', 'Star Trek' – Is it possible?

Light-speed travel in 'Star Wars', 'Star Trek' – Is it possible?

REUTERS 2021-03-12 12:45:34

Spaceships zipping at the speed of light or faster are a staple of science fiction. Think of the Millennium Falcon in the “Star Wars” movies and the starship Enterprise in “Star Trek...

Russia moves to slow Twitter's speed

Russia moves to slow Twitter's speed

REUTERS 2021-03-11 10:07:14

Russia said on Wednesday it was slowing down the speed of Twitter in retaliation for what it described as a failure to remove banned content, threatening to block the US platform outright if it did no...

Facebook tests feature in India to share Instagram reels on its news feed

Facebook tests feature in India to share Instagram reels on its news feed

REUTERS 2021-03-09 21:49:21

Facebook Inc said on Monday it was testing a feature on Instagram that allows some content creators in India to share short video clips, known as reels, on their Facebook accounts. In the test, some...

Why your laptop slows down over time

Why your laptop slows down over time

Nayeem Chowdhury 2021-03-07 12:26:17

Dealing with a slow laptop has become a perennial problem for us. A sluggish machine can make even the most basic tasks toilsome. There are several reasons a machine decelerates over time. Some of th...

Twitter's Dorsey auctions first ever tweet as digital memorabilia

Twitter's Dorsey auctions first ever tweet as digital memorabilia

REUTERS 2021-03-07 09:57:46

“just setting up my twttr” - the first ever tweet on the platform is up for sale after Twitter boss Jack Dorsey listed his famous post as a unique digital signature on a website for sellin...

Facebook being proped for 'systemic' racial bias in hiring, promotions

Facebook being proped for 'systemic' racial bias in hiring, promotions

REUTERS 2021-03-07 09:35:08

A US agency investigating Facebook Inc for racial bias in hiring and promotions has designated the probe as “systemic,” attorneys for three job applicants and a manager who claim the compa...

Over 20,000 US organisations compromised through Microsoft flaw

Over 20,000 US organisations compromised through Microsoft flaw

REUTERS 2021-03-07 09:31:36

More than 20,000 US organisations have been compromised through a back door installed via recently patched flaws in Microsoft Corp’s email software, a person familiar with the US government&rsqu...

US agency probes Facebook for 'systemic' racial bias in hiring, promotions

US agency probes Facebook for 'systemic' racial bias in hiring, promotions

-- 2021-03-06 17:56:44

A US agency investigating Facebook Inc for racial bias in hiring and promotions has designated the probe as “systemic,” attorneys for three job applicants and a manager who claim the compa...

SpaceX Starship rocket prototype blows up

SpaceX Starship rocket prototype blows up

-- 2021-03-06 10:40:00

The third time appeared to be the charm for Elon Musk’s Starship rocket - until it wasn’t. The latest heavy-duty launch vehicle prototype from SpaceX soared flawlessly into the sky in a h...

Microsoft email software hack spreads, experts brace for more impact

Microsoft email software hack spreads, experts brace for more impact

-- 2021-03-06 10:31:16

More than 20,000 US organisations have been compromised through a back door installed via recently patched flaws in Microsoft Corp’s email software, a person familiar with the US government&rsqu...

Twitter explores 'undo send' feature for paying users

Twitter explores 'undo send' feature for paying users

-- 2021-03-06 10:07:46

Twitter Inc is testing an “undo send” function that would give users a short time to withdraw a tweet before it is posted, the company confirmed on Friday. App researcher Jane Manchun Won...

Alien 'super-Earth' may offer clues about atmospheres on distant worlds

Alien 'super-Earth' may offer clues about atmospheres on distant worlds

-- 2021-03-05 14:32:48

Scientists have spotted a planet orbiting a star relatively near our solar system that may offer a prime opportunity to study the atmosphere of a rocky Earth-like alien world - the type of research th...