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Zuckerberg 'sorry' over data breach

Zuckerberg 'sorry' over data breach

BBC 2018-03-22 00:00:00

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has admitted that the social network "made mistakes" that led to millions of Facebook users having their data exploited by a political consultancy. Cambridge Analytic...

Technology giants face European 'digital tax' blow

Technology giants face European 'digital tax' blow

-- 2018-03-21 19:57:44

Big technology firms will have to pay more tax under plans announced by the European Commission. It said companies with significant online revenues should pay a 3.0 per cent tax on turnover for vario...

WeChat faces threat as China smartphone brands team up on apps

WeChat faces threat as China smartphone brands team up on apps

-- 2018-03-21 19:45:43

China’s biggest smartphone makers are collaborating to promote download-free “fast apps”, in a move backed by the government and likely to threaten Tencent Holdings’ grip on mo...

Cambridge Analytica influenced US election: CEO

Cambridge Analytica influenced US election: CEO

-- 2018-03-21 09:57:06

The suspended chief executive of Cambridge Analytica said in a secretly recorded video broadcast on Tuesday that his UK-based political consultancy’s online campaign played a decisive role in US...

Apple grabs two-year lead in 3D sensing race

Apple grabs two-year lead in 3D sensing race

-- 2018-03-20 14:32:06

Most Android phones will have to wait until 2019 to duplicate the 3D sensing feature behind Apple’s Face ID security, three major parts producers have told Reuters, handicapping Samsung and othe...

Uber halts self-driving car tests after death

Uber halts self-driving car tests after death

-- 2018-03-20 11:05:51

Uber said it is suspending self-driving car tests in all North American cities after a fatal accident. A 49-year-old woman was hit by a car and killed as she was crossing the street in Tempe, Arizo...

Hacker who gave up Wikileaks source dies

Hacker who gave up Wikileaks source dies

-- 2018-03-18 12:37:15

Adrian Lamo, a computer hacker best known for passing on information that led to the arrest of Chelsea Manning, has died aged 37. In online messaging conversations, Manning confided in him, describin...

Facebook critics want regulation after data misuse

Facebook critics want regulation after data misuse

-- 2018-03-18 09:44:15

Facebook Inc faced new calls for regulation from within US Congress and was hit with questions about personal data safeguards on Saturday after reports a political consultant gained inappropriate acce...

Tesla boss in line for mega-pay deal

Tesla boss in line for mega-pay deal

-- 2018-03-17 11:58:12

Electric carmaker Tesla, facing pressure on a number of fronts, is asking shareholders for a show of support for chief executive Elon Musk. The firm has called a special meeting this month for invest...

Platypus milk may save human lives: Scientists

Platypus milk may save human lives: Scientists

-- 2018-03-16 20:06:23

Platypus milk can help combat one of humanity's looming problems, antibiotic resistance, say scientists. The creatures have a duck's beak, venomous feet, one of only two mammals able to lay eggs and...

NASA plans huge spacecraft to blow up earth-bound asteroid

NASA plans huge spacecraft to blow up earth-bound asteroid

-- 2018-03-16 18:22:08

NASA plans to build a huge nuclear spacecraft that is capable of blowing up dangerous space rocks and safeguarding life on Earth. The US space agency is drawing up the plan to preparing itself to dea...

Blackberry modified to 'help drug cartels'

Blackberry modified to 'help drug cartels'

-- 2018-03-16 13:43:00

The chief executive of a company that created highly-secure smartphones allegedly used by some of the world's most notorious criminals has been indicted. Canadian-based Phantom Secure made "tens of m...

GE starts flight trials for world's largest jet engine

GE starts flight trials for world's largest jet engine

-- 2018-03-15 12:46:41

American multinational conglomerate General Electric has begun flight trials of the world’s largest jet engine after delays caused by technical problems, the company said on Wednesday. A specia...

Self-flying taxi, funded by Google founder, takes off in New Zealand

Self-flying taxi, funded by Google founder, takes off in New Zealand

-- 2018-03-14 21:33:46

A firm funded by Google founder Larry Page has unveiled an electric, self-flying air taxi that can travel at up to 180 km/h (110mph). It can do 100 km on a single charge, and it takes off and lands v...

Google to ban ads on cryptocurrencies

Google to ban ads on cryptocurrencies

-- 2018-03-14 12:46:21

Alphabet Inc’s Google said on Wednesday it will ban advertisements for cryptocurrencies and related contents starting in June. Under the new policy, the company will ban ads for unregulated or...

UN blames Facebook for spreading hatred against Rohingyas in Myanmar

UN blames Facebook for spreading hatred against Rohingyas in Myanmar

-- 2018-03-14 00:00:00

UN investigators have said the use of Facebook played a "determining role" in stirring up hatred against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar. One of the teams probing allegations of genocide in Myanmar said...

Astronomers discover galaxy with twice as many stars as Milky Way

Astronomers discover galaxy with twice as many stars as Milky Way

-- 2018-03-13 20:05:05

Using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have unearthed a ‘relic galaxy’ in the Milky Way's backyard. The galaxy NGC 1277, lies near the centre of the Perseus cluster of over 1,00...

Apple Music bags 38m paid subscribers

Apple Music bags 38m paid subscribers

-- 2018-03-13 11:46:22

American multinational technology company Apple Inc’s streaming music service now has 38 million paid subscribers, up from 36 million in February, the company said on Monday. Apple is locked in...

BB launches mobile app to deal with clients’ complaints

BB launches mobile app to deal with clients’ complaints

-- 2018-03-11 21:43:07

The Financial Integrity and Customer Services Department (FICSD) of Bangladesh Bank (BB) on Sunday launched a mobile application to ease the procedure of filing complaints of clients. BB governor Faz...

Robi Safenet to protect kids from harmful content

Robi Safenet to protect kids from harmful content

FE Online Desk 2018-03-11 14:09:14

Robi has revolutionised Bangladesh’s digital landscape by introducing Robi Safenet - a unique service that allows parents to protect their kids from harmful content on the internet through filte...

IT sector to ensure jobs for young generation: Envoy

IT sector to ensure jobs for young generation: Envoy

-- 2018-03-11 13:12:16

Bangladesh Ambassador to the Netherlands Sheikh Mohammed Belal said Bangladesh is savouring unique demographic dividend and emphasised that IT sector of Bangladesh would create more employment for you...

New German minister to challenge Google, Facebook’s news feed

New German minister to challenge Google, Facebook’s news feed

-- 2018-03-10 13:06:32

Germany’s incoming minister with responsibility for digital policy says she will push social media giants to make users’ information feeds more diverse and timely to avoid creating “...

Fake news spreads faster, study shows

Fake news spreads faster, study shows

-- 2018-03-09 18:42:02

A study of 126,000 rumours and false news stories spread on Twitter over a period of 11 years found that they travelled faster and reached more people than the truth. Researchers from the Massachuset...

Grab in talks to buy Uber’s Southeast Asia business: Source

Grab in talks to buy Uber’s Southeast Asia business: Source

-- 2018-03-09 12:57:14

Southeast Asia’s biggest ride-hailing firm, Grab, is in advanced negotiations to buy parts of Uber Technologies Inc’s business in the region, said a source with knowledge of the talks, in...

NASA spacecraft strips Jupiter down to its underwear

NASA spacecraft strips Jupiter down to its underwear

-- 2018-03-08 20:55:39

The interior of Jupiter is just as intriguing as the planet's dazzling surface, with a swirling mixture of liquid hydrogen and helium at its centre, vast atmospheric jet streams and exotic gravitation...

Google Maps now promotes women-led businesses

Google Maps now promotes women-led businesses

-- 2018-03-08 12:58:27

Businesses can now describe themselves in Google Maps listings as being owned, led or founded by women, the American multinational conglomerate Alphabet Inc unit announced Wednesday. The feature woul...

BlackBerry sues Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram

BlackBerry sues Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram

-- 2018-03-07 11:02:23

Canadian multinational company BlackBerry Ltd on Tuesday filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Facebook Inc and its WhatsApp and Instagram apps, arguing that they copied technology and features...

Facebook hires former BuzzFeed, Pinterest executives for video content

Facebook hires former BuzzFeed, Pinterest executives for video content

-- 2018-03-06 11:58:31

Social media giant Facebook Inc hired the former head of BuzzFeed Studios to lead its global video content and a former Pinterest executive as in charge of its video content platform Facebook Watch, t...

Google expansion plans may turn NYC into tech hub

Google expansion plans may turn NYC into tech hub

-- 2018-03-05 14:40:32

As New York City waits to hear whether it’s been chosen as the site for Amazon’s second headquarters, recent moves by another tech giant, Google, to expand its footprint in the city are he...

Robi launches IoT-based smart factory solution   

Robi launches IoT-based smart factory solution  

-- 2018-03-04 21:54:48

Leading digital services provider, Robi, has recently launched an Internet of Things (IoT) based on smart factory solution for the country's RMG sector in association with nCinga, a start-up company o...