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Afghanistan moves to block WhatsApp

Afghanistan moves to block WhatsApp

-- 2017-11-05 01:02:39

Journalists, media groups, and users of social media in Afghanistan have accused the government of censorship after it moved to block the WhatsApp and Telegram messaging services. The editor of one o...

Apple's iPhone X hits Asia

Apple's iPhone X hits Asia

-- 2017-11-04 12:23:01

SYDNEY/BEIJING:  Long, snaking lines formed outside Apple Inc stores in Asia early on Friday as fans flocked to buy the new iPhone X, a turnout that contrasts with the more lackluster launches fo...

Twitter's rewritten rules published

Twitter's rewritten rules published

BBC 2017-11-04 12:00:00

Twitter has published a new version of its rules, which it says will clarify its policies and how it enforces them. It is part of a series of changes as the social network tries to address complaints...

Twitter employee shuts down Trump account

Twitter employee shuts down Trump account

-- 2017-11-03 12:00:00

US President Donald Trump’s @realdonaldtrump Twitter account was “inadvertently deactivated” due to human error by a Twitter Inc employee on Thursday and was down for 11 minutes befo...

Trending apps to increase efficiency of your startup

Trending apps to increase efficiency of your startup

FE Online Desk 2017-11-03 08:04:52

According to the different metrics found on internet, globally the following startups are using these apps to increase efficiency- Slack The best example of new sort of communication system comes fr...

Facebook ad revenue tops $10 billion

Facebook ad revenue tops $10 billion

BBC 2017-11-02 11:20:20

Facebook profits soared in the third quarter as it brought in more than $10 billion from advertising. The firm said profits were $4.7 billion (£3.5 billion) in the three months to the end of Se...

Social media sites under scrutiny for 'Russian meddling’

Social media sites under scrutiny for 'Russian meddling’

BBC 2017-11-01 12:00:00

Facebook, Twitter and Google lawyers on Tuesday defended themselves to US lawmakers probing whether Russia used social media to influence the 2016 election. The three firms faced hard questions at a...

Malaysia probes alleged leak of 46m mobile users data

Malaysia probes alleged leak of 46m mobile users data

-- 2017-11-01 09:57:05

Malaysia is investigating an alleged attempt to sell the data of more than 46 million mobile phone subscribers online after a major data breach, Communications and Multimedia Minister Salleh Said Keru...

Team Bonsai wins Digital Khichuri Challenge

Team Bonsai wins Digital Khichuri Challenge

FE Online Desk 2017-11-01 02:43:49

Being inspired by the success of the first ‘Digital Khichuri Challenge’ in 2016, the innovative competition returned this year with an aim to promote peace, tolerance and cultural diversit...

Russia-backed Facebook posts 'reached' 126m US users

Russia-backed Facebook posts 'reached' 126m US users

-- 2017-10-31 12:00:00

Facebook on Monday said as many as 126 million American users may have seen content uploaded by Russia-based operatives over the last two years. The social networking site said about 80,000 posts wer...

Chandpur man ‘violates’ minor girl

Chandpur man ‘violates’ minor girl

-- 2017-10-31 12:00:00

A seven-year-old girl was violated allegedly by a young man in Sontoshpur area of Faridganj upazila of Chandpur district on Monday afternoon. The detainee was Nurul Islam (32), son of late Chelamat U...

Bangladeshi-born scientist wins NASA's innovator award

Bangladeshi-born scientist wins NASA's innovator award

-- 2017-10-31 12:00:00

NASA research engineer Mahmooda Sultana has been named the 2017 “IRAD Innovator of the Year,” an award bestowed annually on those who achieve significant results creating technologies unde...

DTCA amending metro law to suit subway construction

DTCA amending metro law to suit subway construction

Munima Sultana 2017-10-31 10:09:47

Within over two years of enactment, the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) Act is being amended to suit construction of subway as government high-ups want the high-speed train lines installed underground. Offi...

WEF asks tech firms to do more on extremism

WEF asks tech firms to do more on extremism

Reuters 2017-10-30 12:00:00

US tech firms such as Facebook Inc and Twitter Inc should be more aggressive in tackling extremism and political misinformation if they want to avoid government action, a report from the World Economi...

Ex-employee sues Facebook for misclassifying workers

Ex-employee sues Facebook for misclassifying workers

-- 2017-10-30 09:35:38

A former Facebook employee is suing the social media giant for allegedly misclassifying employees to exempt them from overtime pay. According to a report in arstechnica.com on Monday, Susie Bigger, a...

Google to localise searches by default

Google to localise searches by default

FE Online Desk 2017-10-30 02:55:31

With an aim to provide most relevant search results to the users, Google has finally said goodbye to its age-old practice of manually entering country code domain for receiving country-specific servic...

New AI system can predict earthquakes: Study

New AI system can predict earthquakes: Study

-- 2017-10-29 12:00:00

Scientists have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) system to successfully predict earthquakes, an advance that may help prepare for natural disasters and potentially save lives. The study, pub...

BD's per capita protein consumption soars

BD's per capita protein consumption soars

FHM Humayan Kabir 2017-10-29 12:00:00

Bangladesh's per capita protein consumption especially chicken and egg has increased significantly as the local poultry industry plays a vital role in this regard, experts said Saturday. Bangladesh B...

Deputy governor of Afghan province kidnapped in Pakistan

Deputy governor of Afghan province kidnapped in Pakistan

Reuters 2017-10-29 03:20:22

Unidentified kidnappers bundled the deputy governor of Afghanistan’s northwestern province of Kunar into a car in the Pakistani city of Peshawar and took him away, police sources said on Sunday....

Rose McGowan breaks silence after Harvey Weinstein allegations

Rose McGowan breaks silence after Harvey Weinstein allegations

AP 2017-10-28 12:59:12

In her first public comments since accusing film producer Harvey Weinstein of rape, actress Rose McGowan said Friday she has been “silenced for 20 years” but won’t remain quiet about...

Q1 foreign aid flow surges by 71pc

Q1 foreign aid flow surges by 71pc

FHM Humayan Kabir 2017-10-28 10:19:50

Foreign aid flow into Bangladesh picked up significantly by 71 per cent in the first quarter (Q1) this fiscal, largely with a Japanese funding splurge, officials said. Economic Relations Division (ER...

Facebook to disclose more on political ads

Facebook to disclose more on political ads

BBC 2017-10-28 10:00:03

Facebook has announced measures to make political advertising on the social media platform more transparent. Political advertisers will have to verify their identity and location and their posts will...

Japan teen 'forced to dye hair black' for school

Japan teen 'forced to dye hair black' for school

Reuters 2017-10-28 02:53:13

A Japanese teenager is suing the government of Osaka, saying her public high school repeatedly forced her to dye her naturally-brown hair black or be banned from attending school, local media reported...

Body clock 'affects surgery survival'

Body clock 'affects surgery survival'

BBC 2017-10-27 12:19:36

Open heart surgery appears to be safer in the afternoon because of the body's internal clock, scientists have said. The body clock - or circadian rhythm - is the reason we want to sleep at night, but...

US sailors rescued after five months adrift

US sailors rescued after five months adrift

BBC 2017-10-27 12:00:00

Two US yachtswomen and their two dogs have been rescued by the US Navy after spending nearly five months adrift in the Pacific Ocean, officials say. Jennifer Appel and Tasha Fuiaba had set off in a s...

Twitter bans Russia Today and Sputnik ads

Twitter bans Russia Today and Sputnik ads

-- 2017-10-27 10:51:42

Twitter is banning two of Russia's biggest media outlets from buying advertising amid fears they attempted to interfere with the 2016 US election. The ban on advertising from Russia Today (RT) and Sp...

Maghbazar Flyover’s other parts open today

Maghbazar Flyover’s other parts open today

-- 2017-10-26 12:00:00

The remaining parts of the much-awaited Maghbazar-Mouchak Flyover will open to traffic today (Thursday), bringing an end to the sufferings of the commuters and the residents of the area. They are bei...

'Ichthyosaur' fossil discovered for first time

'Ichthyosaur' fossil discovered for first time

BBC 2017-10-26 12:00:00

Scientists in India have discovered a 152 million-year-old fossil of an ichthyosaur - an extinct marine reptile - in the western state of Gujarat. This is the first time an ichthyosaur fossil has bee...

Mental health costs UK economy dearly

Mental health costs UK economy dearly

BBC 2017-10-26 12:00:00

Up to 300,000 people with long-term mental health problems have to leave their jobs each year, a report says. It also claims poor mental health costs the UK economy up to £99bn each year. Prim...

TAITRONICS 2017 ends in Taipei

TAITRONICS 2017 ends in Taipei

-- 2017-10-26 11:58:32

This year’s Taipei International Electronics Industry Exhibition TAITRONICS successfully ended in Taipei, Taiwan The exhibition was organised to create a platform for great set of innovations a...