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New Zealand plans law to require Facebook, Google to pay for news

New Zealand plans law to require Facebook, Google to pay for news

REUTERS 2022-12-05 09:11:03

The New Zealand government said it will introduce a law that will require big online digital companies such as Alphabet Inc's Google and Meta Platforms Inc to pay New Zealand media companies for the l...

2023 SUSI Scholars Program is accepting applications till 17 Dec 22

2023 SUSI Scholars Program is accepting applications till 17 Dec 22

FE Online 2022-12-04 17:29:08

The US Embassy maintains good diplomatic relations between the United States and Bangladesh.  The 2023 Study of United States Institute (SUSI) Scholars Program is a popular annual program that i...

Distant black hole is caught in the act of annihilating a star

Distant black hole is caught in the act of annihilating a star

-- 2022-12-04 16:27:09

Astronomers have detected an act of extreme violence more than halfway across the known universe as a black hole shreds a star that wandered too close to this celestial savage. But this was no ordinar...

Facebook and YouTube streaming earnings: Myths and reality

Facebook and YouTube streaming earnings: Myths and reality

Rassiq Aziz Kabir 2022-12-03 18:54:58

With the advent of technology, more and more people are getting involved in live-streaming on both Facebook and YouTube to earn money. As these sites have a ubiquitous presence, earning money from the...

The story of a half-eaten Apple

The story of a half-eaten Apple

Safrina Kabir 2022-12-03 16:58:35

The Apple company is known to everyone as the iPhone maker. They earned themselves a global reputation as the most valuable company in the world. However, there's an interesting story behind their log...

Silicon Valley startup beaming electricity wirelessly raises $30m

Silicon Valley startup beaming electricity wirelessly raises $30m

-- 2022-12-03 16:43:14

Reach Power Inc, a Silicon Valley startup that beams electricity wirelessly, said on Friday it had raised $30 million in a funding round that will help it commercialise its products. While big-dish a...

German government not planning blanket Huawei ban

German government not planning blanket Huawei ban

REUTERS 2022-12-03 14:17:03

Germany does not want to follow the United States in generally banning products made by Chinese telecoms equipment makers such as Huawei, but will continue making such decisions on a case-by-case basi...

Australia says law making Facebook and Google pay for news has worked

Australia says law making Facebook and Google pay for news has worked

-- 2022-12-02 17:02:44

An Australian law giving the government power to make internet giants Facebook owner Meta Platforms and Alphabet Inc's Google negotiate content supply deals with media outlets has largely worked, a go...

Arctic data cable linking Europe to Japan secures first investment

Arctic data cable linking Europe to Japan secures first investment

-- 2022-12-02 16:46:32

A plan to build the first fibre-optic cable across the Arctic has secured its first investment, the consortium behind the 1.1 billion euro ($1.15 billion) scheme said on Friday. The subsea cable, whi...

Scientists build 'baby' wormhole as sci-fi moves closer to fact

Scientists build 'baby' wormhole as sci-fi moves closer to fact

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-02 09:49:48

In science fiction, think films and TV like "Interstellar" and "Star Trek", wormholes in the cosmos serve as portals through space and time for spacecraft to traverse...

PhD Scholarship in Deep Learning at Changwon National University in South Korea

PhD Scholarship in Deep Learning at Changwon National University in South Korea

FE Online 2022-12-01 18:39:53

Changwon National University is a public research university in South Korea. Host Country: Changwon, Gyeongnam, South Korea Host University: Changwon National University Number of Awards: Not speci...

Elon Musk says Apple never considered removing Twitter from App Store

Elon Musk says Apple never considered removing Twitter from App Store

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-01 10:17:48

Elon Musk on Wednesday tweeted that the misunderstanding about Twitter potentially being removed from Apple Inc's App Store was resolved following his meeting with the iPhone maker's Chief Execu...

Twitter not safer under Elon Musk, says former head of trust and safety

Twitter not safer under Elon Musk, says former head of trust and safety

REUTERS 2022-11-30 14:14:05

Former Twitter head of trust and safety Yoel Roth on Tuesday said the service was not safer under new owner Elon Musk, warning in his first interview since resigning this month that the company no lon...

Chinese astronauts board space station in historic mission

Chinese astronauts board space station in historic mission

REUTERS 2022-11-30 11:56:29

Three Chinese astronauts arrived on Wednesday at China's space station for the first in-orbit crew rotation in Chinese space history, launching operation of the second inhabited outpost in low-Earth o...

PhD scholarship opportunity at the University of Sydney

PhD scholarship opportunity at the University of Sydney

FE Online 2022-11-29 19:37:54

The University of Sydney is the oldest university in Australia. It is one of the Top 2 universities in Australia and one of the Top 100 universities worldwide.  Host Country: Sydney, Australia...

Elon Musk: Apple threatened to yank Twitter from App Store

Elon Musk: Apple threatened to yank Twitter from App Store

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-11-29 09:51:20

Elon Musk accused Apple Inc of threatening to block Twitter Inc from its app store without saying why in a series of tweets on Monday that also said the iPhone maker had stopped advertising on t...

Did you know QWERTY Keyboard was invented to slow down your typing?

Did you know QWERTY Keyboard was invented to slow down your typing?

Safrina Kabir 2022-11-28 16:59:54

QWERTY keyboard was invented long ago, in the latter part of the 1800s. It was introduced in the time of typewriters. As of today, the QWERTY keyboard is not a very efficient keyboard to work with.&nb...

Twitter to launch gold, grey checks alongside blue verified mark

Twitter to launch gold, grey checks alongside blue verified mark

-- 2022-11-25 15:40:31

Twitter will roll out verified gold and grey check marks as it relaunches the coveted blue check service next Friday, Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said in a tweet, after holding off the rollout e...

Elon Musk says Twitter to provide 'amnesty' to some suspended accounts starting next week

Elon Musk says Twitter to provide 'amnesty' to some suspended accounts starting next week

REUTERS 2022-11-25 11:48:17

Elon Musk said on Thursday that Twitter will provide a "general amnesty" to suspended accounts starting next week after running a poll on whether to do so for users who had not broken the law or engag...

Europe names world's first disabled astronaut

Europe names world's first disabled astronaut

-- 2022-11-24 17:21:50

The European Space Agency on Wednesday named the first ever "parastronaut" in a major step towards allowing people with physical disabilities to work and live in space. The 22-nation agency said it h...

Full tuition fee waiver at Imperial College Business School, London

Full tuition fee waiver at Imperial College Business School, London

FE Online 2022-11-23 17:21:55

Imperial College Business School is the graduate business school of Imperial College London, which itself is a Top 10 UK university and is a member of the Russell Group. The business school was establ...

Men smash surveillance cameras at China iPhone plant

Men smash surveillance cameras at China iPhone plant

-- 2022-11-23 15:52:52

Men wielding sticks smashed surveillance cameras and windows at a massive campus owned by Apple supplier Foxconn in the Chinese city of Zhengzhou, scenes broadcast live on the Kuaishou short video pla...

UK investigating Apple, Google mobile browser dominance

UK investigating Apple, Google mobile browser dominance

REUTERS 2022-11-23 14:35:48

Britain's competition watchdog on Tuesday launched an in-depth investigation into the dominance of the mobile browsers of Apple and Google. Responses to a consultation it launched in June revealed "s...

100m brought under high-speed internet

100m brought under high-speed internet

FE REPORT 2022-11-23 09:02:52

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen said about 100 million people in 60 per cent of the geographical area of the country have come under the high-speed internet facility provided by the government's Info...

Queen Elizabeth Commonwealth Scholarships to sponsor 2 year Master’s degree program

Queen Elizabeth Commonwealth Scholarships to sponsor 2 year Master’s degree program

FE Online 2022-11-21 18:53:06

The Queen Elizabeth Commonwealth Scholarships (QECS) provide fully-funded tuition fees and more for student leaders to study a two-year Master's degree in a low or middle-income Commonwealth country....

Tuition fee waivers available at the University of Oulu

Tuition fee waivers available at the University of Oulu

FE Online 2022-11-20 17:45:38

University of Oulu is a well-regarded university in Finland. Globally, it’s in the Top 400. Host Country: Oulu, Finland Host University: University of Oulu Name of the scholarship: University...

Musk says Trump's Twitter account to be reinstated after poll shows narrow support

Musk says Trump's Twitter account to be reinstated after poll shows narrow support

REUTERS 2022-11-20 09:02:33

Donald Trump on Saturday said he had no interest in returning to Twitter even as a slim majority voted in favour of reinstating the former US President, who was banned from the social media service fo...

Musk starts Twitter poll on whether to bring back Trump

Musk starts Twitter poll on whether to bring back Trump

-- 2022-11-19 10:48:18

Elon Musk started a Twitter poll late on Friday asking followers to vote on whether to reinstate former US President Donald Trump's account on the platform, with early results showing roughly 60 per c...

Fully-funded PhD in Economics at the University of Zurich

Fully-funded PhD in Economics at the University of Zurich

FE Online 2022-11-17 18:11:39

Founded in 1833, the University of Zurich is one of the Top 100 universities globally. Host Country: Zürich, Switzerland Host University: Graduate School of Economics, University of Zurich Nam...

Elon Musk says he will find a new leader for Twitter

Elon Musk says he will find a new leader for Twitter

REUTERS 2022-11-17 12:04:20

Elon Musk said on Wednesday he expected to reduce his time at Twitter and eventually find a new leader to run the social media company, adding that he hoped to complete an organisational restructuring...