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SWIFT warns banks on cyber heists

SWIFT warns banks on cyber heists

Reuters 2017-11-29 12:00:00

SWIFT, the global messaging system used to move trillions of dollars each day, warned banks on Wednesday that the threat of digital heists is on the rise as hackers use increasingly sophisticated tool...

4G launch in January: Tarana

4G launch in January: Tarana

-- 2017-11-29 10:38:57

The government targets to launch 4G mobile network within January 2018 with the licence and guidelines for spectrum allocation at hand, Tarana Halim has said. On demands of telecom operators, the gov...

Teenage brains 'not wired for high stakes'

Teenage brains 'not wired for high stakes'

-- 2017-11-29 05:31:29

Brain immaturity during adolescence could explain why some teenagers fail to respond to incentives such as cash rewards. Adults are good at putting maximum mental effort into the things that matter m...

Facebook, Snapchat face off

Facebook, Snapchat face off

FE Online Desk 2017-11-29 02:06:52

Facebook had chased Snapchat for a long time. In 2013, it tried to acquire Snapchat for a price of $3 billion, but that bid was turned down. At that time, Snapchat considered themselves to be worth mo...

Facebook to develop AI to help prevent suicide

Facebook to develop AI to help prevent suicide

Reuters 2017-11-28 10:55:19

Facebook Inc will expand its pattern recognition software to other countries after successful tests in the U.S. to detect users with suicidal intent, the world’s largest social media network sai...

Facebook to verify all govt pages: Palak

Facebook to verify all govt pages: Palak

-- 2017-11-28 08:08:29

Official Facebook pages of all ministries, departments and directorates and offices of the government is going to be verified soon. Largest social media Facebook in collaboration with the government...

Pollinators use multiple cues to recognise flowers: Study

Pollinators use multiple cues to recognise flowers: Study

-- 2017-11-28 06:55:56

Pollinators, such as insects, those carry pollen from one plant or part of a plant to another, use a combination of cues such as colour, shape and odor to identify flowers in different environments ac...

‘Sophia’ to arrive in December marking ‘Digital World’

‘Sophia’ to arrive in December marking ‘Digital World’

-- 2017-11-28 06:52:15

Sophia, a robot with artificial intelligence, is coming to Dhaka to mark this year's Digital World exhibition, said State Minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak. "People will be able to meet and talk wi...

Things to consider before posting online

Things to consider before posting online

FE Online Desk 2017-11-28 04:21:11

The number of internet users has incresed rapidly. Therefore, it is essential to make people aware of the dangers associated with posting things online. Here are the top 5 things to be careful about...

Bangladesh slips by one notch to 147

Bangladesh slips by one notch to 147

FE Report 2017-11-27 12:00:00

Bangladesh has gone one notch down in the latest ICT Development Index (IDI) of International Telecommu-nications Union (ITU). It secured 147th place in this year's IDI index, one step down from the...

Govt picks December 12 as ICT day

Govt picks December 12 as ICT day

-- 2017-11-27 12:00:00

The government has decided to observe December 12 as the National Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Day. With observance of the day, the government wants to make its Digital Bangladesh c...

Scientists discover 32m-year-old Dipteronia fossil in southwest China

Scientists discover 32m-year-old Dipteronia fossil in southwest China

-- 2017-11-27 06:31:09

Scientists recently discovered 32 million-year-old fossil of a Dipteronia tree in southwest China's Yunnan Province. According to the reporting of Xinhuanet , it was the first time that this kind of...

Google launches platform for chatbot analytics

Google launches platform for chatbot analytics

FE Online Desk 2017-11-26 07:54:41

This year Google publicly launched a new chatbot analytics platform called Chatbase at Google I/O which is currently free to use. Chatbase’s cloud service is designed to offer tools to analyse...

Chinese singer’s query amazes Stephen Hawking

Chinese singer’s query amazes Stephen Hawking

-- 2017-11-26 02:42:53

British theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking, on his Chinese microblog Weibo account, praised the lead singer of China’s most popular boy band for asking about life beyond Earth. Wang Junkai,...

Walton launches 7th Gen Core i5 laptop

Walton launches 7th Gen Core i5 laptop

FE Online Desk 2017-11-26 02:37:24

Walton recently launched its new laptop in computer market which features a 15.6-inch high definition display, 2.5 gigahertz 7th Generation Intel Core i5 7200U processor, built-in Intel HD Graphics 62...

Researcher challenges existence of dark matter

Researcher challenges existence of dark matter

-- 2017-11-26 01:14:27

A Swiss researcher has challenged the existence of dark matter and dark energy at all, which runs counter to a century of scientific consensus, Xinhua news agency reported on Saturday, citing a press...

Electric aircraft ‘possible’ in future

Electric aircraft ‘possible’ in future

Xinhua 2017-11-26 01:14:26

Though airplanes have facilitated long-distance travel, there is a growing need to lower emissions from flights, which the European Commission claimed have become "one of the fastest-growing sources o...

Internet penetration to reach 100pc by 2021: Palak

Internet penetration to reach 100pc by 2021: Palak

-- 2017-11-25 10:30:17

State Minister for ICT Division Zunaid Ahmed Palak said the government would ensure 100 percent internet penetration and 50 percent broadband connectivity for all by 2021, reports BSS. "We have alrea...

Researchers believe farming likely to impact greenhouse gas emissions

Researchers believe farming likely to impact greenhouse gas emissions

-- 2017-11-25 06:49:40

Stanford researchers have found that global warming and certain land use practices such as farming may increase greenhouse gas emissions released into atmosphere, according to journal Nature Communica...

US charges Canadian in Yahoo hacking case

US charges Canadian in Yahoo hacking case

Reuters 2017-11-25 02:59:06

A Canadian accused by the United States of helping Russian intelligence agents break into email accounts as part of a massive 2014 breach of Yahoo accounts is expected to plead guilty next week, accor...

Uber breach prompts govt probes worldwide

Uber breach prompts govt probes worldwide

Reuters 2017-11-23 12:00:00

Governments around the globe launched investigations into Uber Technologies Inc after the company disclosed it had covered up a breach that exposed data on millions of customers and drivers, the lates...

Tesla completes building of world’s largest battery

Tesla completes building of world’s largest battery

-- 2017-11-23 10:16:46

Tesla Inc has completed construction of the world’s largest lithium ion battery in Australia, putting it on track to meet a 100-day deadline for switching the battery packs on, the South Austral...

iPhone supplier stops illegal labour

iPhone supplier stops illegal labour

BBC 2017-11-23 01:19:27

Foxconn, a main supplier for Apple's iPhone, says it has stopped interns from working illegal overtime at its factory in China. It comes after a Financial Times report found at least six students wor...

Uber hid massive data breach

Uber hid massive data breach

-- 2017-11-22 12:00:00

Uber Technologies Inc failed to disclose a massive breach last year that exposed the data of some 57 million users of the ride-sharing service, the company’s new chief executive officer said on...

Apple pulls Skype from China app store

Apple pulls Skype from China app store

Reuters 2017-11-22 11:18:04

Skype, Microsoft Corp’s (MSFT.O) internet phone call and messaging service, has disappeared from app stores in China including that of Apple Inc (AAPL.O), indicating the latest setback for a for...

Scientists develop microwave device to  kill weeds

Scientists develop microwave device to kill weeds

-- 2017-11-22 05:13:25

Australian scientists on an experimental farm have developed a revolutionary method of killing weeds using microwaves. Dr Graham Brodie, a food and agriculture lecturer at the University of Melbourne...

Carefully crafted light pulses can control neuron activity: study

Carefully crafted light pulses can control neuron activity: study

-- 2017-11-21 07:20:18

Specially tailored, ultrafast pulses of light can trigger neurons to fire and may one day be used to help patients with light-sensitive circadian or mood problems, a study of the University of Illinoi...

NASA tests supersonic parachute for Mars mission

NASA tests supersonic parachute for Mars mission

Xinhua 2017-11-21 02:05:49

U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has completed the first test of its Mars 2020 mission's parachute-testing series, the Advanced Supersonic Parachute Inflation Research Experim...

Scientists warn of massive quakes in 2018

Scientists warn of massive quakes in 2018

Xinhua 2017-11-20 12:00:00

If a prediction by two U.S. scientists were true, then the world could see an increase in the number of strong earthquakes in 2018 and the next few years. Roger Bilham of the University of Colorado a...

Facebook launches video app to rival Youtube

Facebook launches video app to rival Youtube

FE Online Report 2017-11-20 12:00:00

Facebook launched its Creator app on Thursday standing of rivalling Youtube that currently holds around 24 per cent of market share with roughly 900 million visits per week. With this platform, the...