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Uber used covert 'undercover agents'

Uber used covert 'undercover agents'

BBC 2017-12-16 12:00:00

Uber set up a covert unit tasked with stealing competitors' secrets and engaging in undercover surveillance, a letter published by a US court on Friday has alleged. It is critical evidence in Uber's...

Facebook hits back at critics

Facebook hits back at critics

Reuters 2017-12-16 03:48:14

Facebook Inc on Friday struck back against scientific researchers and tech industry insiders who have criticised the world’s biggest social media network and its competitors for transforming how...

US weakens net neutrality rules

US weakens net neutrality rules

BBC 2017-12-15 10:16:49

Restrictions on US broadband providers' ability to prioritise one service's data over another are to be reduced after a vote by a regulator. The Federal Communications Commission voted three to two t...

Google crunches data for NASA to find new planets

Google crunches data for NASA to find new planets

Reuters 2017-12-15 03:35:16

Alphabet Inc’s Google and NASA said on Thursday that advanced computer analysis identified two new planets around distant stars, including one that is part of the first star system with as many...

France proposes age rule for Facebook users

France proposes age rule for Facebook users

-- 2017-12-14 12:00:00

All French children under the age of 16 will have to seek parental approval to open an account on Facebook or any other social network under draft legislation presented on Wednesday. The requirement...

Russian ads promoting Brexit found on Facebook, Twitter

Russian ads promoting Brexit found on Facebook, Twitter

BBC 2017-12-14 11:15:24

Facebook says its investigation into Russian attempts to influence the Brexit vote has determined the activity amounted to just three adverts. Twitter says its own inquiry has linked six ads promotin...

Minister lauds youth’s contribution in IT

Minister lauds youth’s contribution in IT

FE Online Report 2017-12-14 09:54:21

Science and Technology Minister Yafes Osman lauded Bangladeshi youths for their contribution to the IT and freelancing sector which grabbed developed world’s attention. The minister said it as...

India's e-waste hits 2m tonnes in 2016: Study

India's e-waste hits 2m tonnes in 2016: Study

-- 2017-12-14 07:38:39

India has one of the fastest growing electronics industries in the world, and its e-waste production is likely to touch three million tonnes in 2018. The world produced 44.7 million tonnes of electro...

Nissan starts mass recall over fire fears

Nissan starts mass recall over fire fears

-- 2017-12-14 02:52:06

Nissan Motor Co said on Thursday it was recalling nearly 320,000 vehicles in Japan to fix defective coating in an electronic power unit that could cause a short circuit and fire in the worst-case scen...

Google opens AI research centre in China

Google opens AI research centre in China

-- 2017-12-13 12:13:24

Alphabet Inc’s Google said on Wednesday it is opening an artificial intelligence (AI) research centre in China to target the country’s local talent, even as the US search firm’s prod...

Panasonic, Toyota team up on EV batteries

Panasonic, Toyota team up on EV batteries

-- 2017-12-13 02:36:17

Japan’s Panasonic Corp and Toyota Motor Corp said on Wednesday they will consider jointly developing batteries for electric vehicles. The move could help Panasonic extend its lead as the world&...

Keylogger found in over 460 HP laptop models

Keylogger found in over 460 HP laptop models

BBC 2017-12-12 12:16:17

Hidden software that can record every letter typed on a computer keyboard has been discovered pre-installed on hundreds of HP laptop models. Security researcher Michael Myng found the keylogging code...

Black hole 55m times mass than Sun: Scientists

Black hole 55m times mass than Sun: Scientists

-- 2017-12-12 05:16:42

Astronomers have used a powerful array of telescopes across Australia and the rest of the world to examine a black hole 55 million times more massive than the Sun. The research published Tuesday show...

Artificial intelligence to fight ad fraud

Artificial intelligence to fight ad fraud

-- 2017-12-12 01:44:31

A leading artificial intelligence (AI) company, Appier on Tuesday shared the results of a real-world study that it conducted on its own network to demonstrate the ability of an AI-based model to fight...

Google launches Files Go

Google launches Files Go

FE Online Desk 2017-12-12 01:18:41

Google launched Files Go, a new app for freeing up space, finding files faster and easily sharing them with others. Files Go is globally available from Tuesday on the Google Play Store​for all ph...

IBBL honoured for sponsoring Digital World

IBBL honoured for sponsoring Digital World

FE Online Desk 2017-12-11 12:00:00

Islami Bank was honoured for being the Platinum Sponsor of the Digital World-2017 held at Bangabandhu International Conference Center recently. Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith handed over a...

Scientists gauge Mt Hope as 'UK's highest peak'

Scientists gauge Mt Hope as 'UK's highest peak'

-- 2017-12-11 06:25:44

Mt Hope, which is sited in the part of the Antarctic claimed by the UK, was recently re-measured and found to tower above the previous title holder, Mt Jackson, by a good 50m (160ft). The map-makers...

Google Doodle honours physicist Max Born

Google Doodle honours physicist Max Born

-- 2017-12-11 05:54:00

Google’s Doodle is honouring German physicist and mathematician Max Born who discovered one of the most important rules in quantum mechanics, on his 135th birthday on Monday. He is famous for t...

Melbourne introduces new security warning system

Melbourne introduces new security warning system

BBC 2017-12-11 02:57:12

Authorities in Melbourne, Australia, have installed loudspeakers that are designed to warn the public in the event of an emergency. The speakers are part of a security upgrade after six people died i...

NASA deploys new satellite for astronomy

NASA deploys new satellite for astronomy

Xinhua 2017-12-10 12:29:28

U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)'s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) recently deployed a tiny satellite called CubeSat from the International Space Station for astronomy. For t...

Scientists discover ‘excitonium’

Scientists discover ‘excitonium’

-- 2017-12-10 12:00:00

Scientists have proven the existence of new form of matter called excitonium - which was first theorised almost 50 years ago. Researchers from University of California Berkeley and University of Illi...

Uber to settle Delhi rape victim's lawsuit

Uber to settle Delhi rape victim's lawsuit

-- 2017-12-10 03:15:25

Uber Technologies Inc and a woman who accused top executives of improperly obtaining her medical records after a company driver raped her in India have agreed to settle a civil lawsuit the woman filed...

Digital World draws huge crowd

Digital World draws huge crowd

FE Report 2017-12-09 12:36:55

Digital World 2017, an exposition promoting the country's information technology sector, drew huge crowd on Friday, a weekly holiday. Tech-lovers, especially youths, along with their close ones sta...

Apple repairs HomeKit security flaw

Apple repairs HomeKit security flaw

BBC 2017-12-09 12:00:00

Apple has fixed a security flaw in its HomeKit system that could have let unauthorised people control smart home gadgets such as door locks and lights. The bug appeared in the latest version of Apple...

Dhaka hosts SIGGRAPH event

Dhaka hosts SIGGRAPH event

FE Online Desk 2017-12-09 12:00:00

Dhaka has hosted a SIGGRAPH event, a global conference which showcases the best and the latest additions to computer graphics and interactive techniques, at the Bishwo Shahitto Kendro, recently. The...

US state puts the brakes on delivery robots

US state puts the brakes on delivery robots

-- 2017-12-08 12:00:00

San Francisco officials have voted to restrict where delivery robots can go in the city, in a blow for the burgeoning industry. Start-ups will have to get permits to use such bots, which will be rest...

Sheikh Hasina Software Technology Park opens Sunday

Sheikh Hasina Software Technology Park opens Sunday

-- 2017-12-08 09:11:05

Sheikh Hasina Software Technology Park in Jessore  is set to start its journey on Sunday aiming to generate employment opportunities for around 12,000 youths. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will i...

Bangladesh needs separate cyber police: Experts

Bangladesh needs separate cyber police: Experts

-- 2017-12-08 07:22:28

Bangladesh needs to have separate cyber police to deal with cybercrimes and propaganda. Experts made the suggestion at a discussion at the Digital World 2017 venue, Bangabandhu International Conferen...

Uber paid hacker to destroy stolen data

Uber paid hacker to destroy stolen data

-- 2017-12-07 12:00:00

A 20-year-old Florida man was responsible for the large data breach at Uber Technologies Inc last year and was paid by Uber to destroy the data through a so-called “bug bounty” programme n...

Govt declares December 12 as National ICT Day

Govt declares December 12 as National ICT Day

-- 2017-12-07 06:39:48

The government has declared December 12 as the National Information Communication and Technology (ICT) Day, according to an official release issued  today. With a view to observing the day as th...