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French scientists warn more severe global warming by 2100

French scientists warn more severe global warming by 2100

Xinhua 2019-09-18 17:27:27

Global warming would be more severe than expected by 2100 unless governments take concrete moves to cut greenhouse gas emissions, French scientists warned on Tuesday. By 2100, global mercury rise wou...

Astronomers find most massive neutron star to date

Astronomers find most massive neutron star to date

Xinhua 2019-09-17 16:18:18

Astronomers at West Virginia University in the United States have discovered the most massive neutron star to date, which packs 2.17 times the mass of the sun into a sphere only 20 to 30 kilometres....

Newly discovered comet likely "interstellar visitor", says NASA

Newly discovered comet likely "interstellar visitor", says NASA

Xinhua 2019-09-15 16:18:25

A newly discovered comet appears to have originated from outside the solar system, said NASA's Jet Propulsion laboratory (JPL) in a release. The object, designated C/2019 Q4, was discovered on Aug. 3...

Govt to fund ICT entrepreneurs

Govt to fund ICT entrepreneurs

-- 2019-09-13 20:40:12

The government is set to launch a project to fund the ICT entrepreneurs aiming to develop innovative potentials of young people in the sector. “Under the project to be called 'Bangabandhu Innov...

Digital Device and Innovation Expo to begin from October 14

Digital Device and Innovation Expo to begin from October 14

-- 2019-09-13 18:35:26

Digital Device and Innovation Expo-2019, said to be the largest information technology exhibition in country’s history, is set to begin from October 14. ICT Division, Bangladesh Hi-Tech Park au...

Scientists discover oldest ancestor of spider, scorpion

Scientists discover oldest ancestor of spider, scorpion

Xinhua 2019-09-13 18:16:21

An international joint research found a new species called Mollisonia plenovenatrix, which is believed to be the oldest chelicerate. The discovery places the origin of chelicerate, a vast group of ar...

Water found on planet beyond our solar system

Water found on planet beyond our solar system

Reuters 2019-09-12 10:38:16

Scientists for the first time have detected water in the atmosphere of an Earth-like planet orbiting a distant star, evidence that a key ingredient for life exists beyond our solar system, according t...

Xiaomi to launch wireless charging alliance to empower mobile life

Xiaomi to launch wireless charging alliance to empower mobile life

Xinhua 2019-09-11 16:32:32

Chinese tech giant Xiaomi will launch a wireless charging alliance to work with cross-sector partners to promote the technology, the company announced Monday. The alliance aims to promote full covera...

India's moon mission locates landing craft, no communication yet

India's moon mission locates landing craft, no communication yet

-- 2019-09-10 13:29:48

BENGALURU, Sept 10: India has located the spacecraft it was trying to land on the moon but has not been able to establish communication with it yet, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said...

Blockchain smartphones to enter Bangladesh in Oct

Blockchain smartphones to enter Bangladesh in Oct

-- 2019-09-10 10:29:19

Finney a Switzerland based Sirin Lab’s smartphone will be launched in Bangladesh market in October. The approval was already received by Sirin Lab in the month of August from the import authori...

BBC, tech firms join forces to fight fake news

BBC, tech firms join forces to fight fake news

-- 2019-09-08 19:57:21

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and some of the biggest names in journalism and technology have announced plans to help tackle so-called fake news. The new measures include an early warnin...

Facebook faces fresh anti-trust investigation

Facebook faces fresh anti-trust investigation

BBC 2019-09-07 16:39:51

Facebook is under investigation in the US to determine whether it has "stifled competition and put users at risk". The new action was announced by New York state Attorney General Letitia James on beh...

India loses contact with spacecraft on mission to the moon

India loses contact with spacecraft on mission to the moon

-- 2019-09-07 10:06:29

India lost contact with a spacecraft it was attempting to land on the moon on Saturday, the chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said, in a setback to the nation's ambitious plans...

Huawei unveils 'revolutionary' 5G chipset amid US pressure

Huawei unveils 'revolutionary' 5G chipset amid US pressure

Global Times 2019-09-06 18:29:40

Chinese tech giant Huawei unveiled its latest high-end system-on-chip (SoC) 5G chipset, Kirin 990, on Friday in Beijing, which the company calls a new breakthrough amid the ongoing US crackdown. The...

Google fined $170m for tracking children

Google fined $170m for tracking children

-- 2019-09-05 12:10:58

YouTube has been fined a record $170 million by a US regulator for violating children's privacy laws. Google, which owns YouTube, agreed to pay the sum in a settlement with the Federal Trade Commissi...

BASIS membership made compulsory for software firms

BASIS membership made compulsory for software firms

FE Online Report 2019-09-04 20:18:15

The government has made it mandatory for the country’s software firms to obtain membership of Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS). BASIS received a circular to t...

One-in-three young people victim of online bullying: UN

One-in-three young people victim of online bullying: UN

-- 2019-09-04 13:40:29

Around one-in-three young people across 30 countries, including Bangladesh, India and Myanmar, say they have been bullied online while one-in-five report that they have skipped school because of it....

Huawei accuses US of cyber-attacks

Huawei accuses US of cyber-attacks

-- 2019-09-04 12:07:23

Huawei has accused the US government of "using every tool at its disposal" to disrupt its business. In a press release on Tuesday, the Chinese tech giant said the US had launched cyber-attacks to i...

Int'l IoT conference to begin in China

Int'l IoT conference to begin in China

-- 2019-09-03 16:51:02

The conference on the Internet of Things (IoT) for Industry and Energy will open in the city of Wenzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province on Sept 10. There are 12 exhibition areas including smart new e...

Moon lander separates from India's Chandrayaan-2 orbiter

Moon lander separates from India's Chandrayaan-2 orbiter

Xinhua 2019-09-03 16:47:58

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Monday said that Vikram Lander has successfully separated from India's second moon mission Chandrayaan-2 Orbiter. ISRO said in a statement that, "The...

Google to pay up to $200m on YouTube probe

Google to pay up to $200m on YouTube probe

Reuters 2019-08-31 17:32:34

Alphabet Inc’s Google will spend up to $200 million to settle a US Federal Trade Commission investigation into YouTube’s alleged violation of a children’s privacy law. Politico repo...

New trends driving China's AI industry

New trends driving China's AI industry

-- 2019-08-31 17:18:29

Approach the categorised dustbins, scan the garbage in front of an image-recognition camera on the bin, and the intelligent system will automatically sort your trash by type. The "smart" trash can, w...

Twitter CEO and co-founder has his own account hacked

Twitter CEO and co-founder has his own account hacked

BBC 2019-08-31 10:23:18

The co-founder and chief executive of Twitter had his own account on the service briefly taken over by hackers. A group referring to itself as the Chuckling Squad said it was behind the breach of Jac...

China to send polar-observing sat into space

China to send polar-observing sat into space

Xinhua 2019-08-30 19:36:06

China will send a remote sensing satellite into orbit for polar climate and environment observation in September, according to its developers.The satellite called "Ice Pathfinder" (Code: BNU-1), which...

Birds have strong ties to climate of habitats: Study

Birds have strong ties to climate of habitats: Study

-- 2019-08-29 19:53:19

A study posted on the website of the University of Chicago (UChicago) on Wednesday showed that birds have strong ties to the climate patterns of their habitats, and the geographical distribution of bi...

Facebook acknowledges flaw in Messenger Kids app

Facebook acknowledges flaw in Messenger Kids app

-- 2019-08-29 10:35:45

Facebook Inc acknowledged a flaw in its Messenger Kids app, weeks after two US senators raised privacy concerns about the application, and said that it spoke to the US Federal Trade Commission about t...

Instagram influencers: Have we stopped believing?

Instagram influencers: Have we stopped believing?

BBC 2019-08-25 18:19:20

Last month, Nashville Instagrammer Tiffany Mitchell posted photographs of herself lying by the side of the road. She wrote that they were taken following a motorbike accident. But after an initial wa...

Facebook removes dozens of accounts from Myanmar

Facebook removes dozens of accounts from Myanmar

Reuters 2019-08-22 13:09:01

Facebook said on Thursday it had shut 216 social media pages, groups, and accounts in Myanmar, some tied to the army, to stymie efforts to “manipulate or corrupt public debate”. The compa...

World Robot Conference kicks off in Beijing

World Robot Conference kicks off in Beijing

Xinhua 2019-08-21 12:57:07

Cutting-edge robotic technologies and products are being displayed at the 2019 World Robot Conference that kicked off on Tuesday (August 20) in Chian's Beijing. This year's conference features a seri...

Huawei expands global 5G footprint

Huawei expands global 5G footprint

Global Times 2019-08-20 18:38:55

UK mobile operator Three launched its first 5G broadband service on Monday, using Huawei wireless gear, making it the third UK carrier to use the Chinese telecommunications giant's products despite th...