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Polish scientists design remote-controlled ventilator for COVID-19 patients

-- 2020-06-10 18:21:37

A team of Polish scientists has designed a remote-controlled ventilator they hope will allow doctors to help critically ill patients breathe, but from a distance, in a bid to make medical personnel sa...

Remdesivir shows promise in Covid-19 study on monkeys

-- 2020-06-09 21:19:32

Gilead Sciences Inc's antiviral drug, remdesivir, prevented lung disease in macaque monkeys infected with the new coronavirus, a study published in medical journal Nature showed on Tuesday, reports Re...

Govt to develop AI-based tools, services to monitor mask use

-- 2020-06-09 16:13:55

The government has launched a two-month long lab programme to develop Artificial Intelligence (AI) based 10 products including tools to monitor mask wearing and maintain social distance during Covid-1...

DU method to detect coronavirus 'in 40 minutes'

-- 2020-06-08 09:37:43

The authorities of Dhaka University (DU) have claimed to introduce a new method which can detect coronavirus within around 40 minutes. A team of researchers, led by Professor Dr Z...

Zuckerberg promises a review of Facebook content policies

-- 2020-06-07 18:25:26

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Friday said he would consider changes to the policy that led the company to leave up controversial posts by US President Donald Trump during recent demonstrations prote...

Facebook says it found no foreign interference in Floyd protests

Xinhua 2020-06-06 16:21:06

Facebook said on Friday that it has not seen any foreign interference using its platform to meddle in the demonstrations across the country related to the death of George Floyd. "We have been activel...

'Corona Tracer BD' app to fight Covid-19

FE DESK REPORT 2020-06-06 10:21:59

In order to contain the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, the ICT Division, Government of Bangladesh, has released a smartphone app (beta) for the citizens of the country, said a statement. Zunaid Ahm...

Snapchat removes Trump account

-- 2020-06-04 11:16:14

Snap Inc said it would no longer promote US President Donald Trump’s account in Snapchat’s Discover section, saying his incendiary comments last week made the account ineligible for the cu...

Google faces $5b lawsuit in US

-- 2020-06-03 11:00:44

Google was sued on Tuesday in a proposed class action accusing the internet search company of illegally invading the privacy of millions of users by pervasively tracking their internet use through bro...

Huawei unveils smart office product for all-scenario remote collaboration

-- 2020-06-01 20:21:02

Huawei launched its next-generation IdeaHub series intelligent endpoint for all-scenario smart office ecosystem recently aimed at improving efficiency for enterprises, especially remote collaboration...

SpaceX capsule delivers two NASA astronauts to Int'l Space Station

Reuters 2020-06-01 12:32:34

Nearly 24 hours after launching from Florida, SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule delivered NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley to the International Space Station on Sunday, marking the first U...

Huawei obtains world's first CC EAL4+ security certificate for 5G products

FE Online Desk 2020-05-28 18:18:05

Huawei, the global leading provider of ICT technologies, has won the world’s first Common Criteria (CC) Evaluation Assurance Level（EAL）4+ certificate for 5G products. This certificate indicate...

BD to attend NASA virtual hackathon on May 30-31

FE Online Report 2020-05-28 17:42:19

The virtual hackathon of the special event styled NASA Space Apps Covid-19 Challenge of the NASA is set to begin from Saturday (May 30, 2020).  Like every time, Bangladesh will participate in th...

Google sees resurgence in state-backed hacking amid pandemic

Reuters 2020-05-28 11:39:47

Security experts at Alphabet’s Google sent 1,755 warnings in April to users whose accounts were targets of government-backed attackers, following a resurgence in hacking and phishing attempts re...

Censoring social media not the 'right reflex': Zuckerberg

Reuters 2020-05-28 10:03:15

Facebook Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg, commenting on US President Donald Trump’s threats against social media companies, said on Wednesday censoring a platform would not be the &ldquo...

BD start-up sets sights on coronavirus contact tracing app

-- 2020-05-26 14:24:31

The outbreak of COVID-19 in Bangladesh has provoked the imposition of several drastic and unprecedented measures as part of a nationwide lockdown to limit the spread of the deadly coronavirus. One in...

In land of big data, China sets individual privacy rights

-- 2020-05-26 11:45:42

China is poised to enshrine individuals’ rights to privacy and personal data for the first time, a symbolic first step as more of the country of 1.4 billion people becomes digitised - and more v...

Fifth Generation Fixed Network (F5G) industry initiative launched

FE Online Desk 2020-05-25 19:11:50

At the 17th Huawei Global Analyst Summit (HAS), the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), China Broadband Development Alliance, Altice Portugal, and Huawei jointly launched the Fifth...

Google Doodle celebrates Nazrul’s birth anniversary

FE Online Desk 2020-05-25 10:38:45

Search engine giant Google has created a new Doodle on its homepage, marking the 121st birth anniversary of Bengali poet, musician, writer and activist Kazi Nazrul Islam. Google made an alterati...

Australia records 44tbps internet speed

-- 2020-05-23 16:55:35

Australian researchers from Monash, Swinburne and RMIT universities claim to have logged a data speed of 44.2 terabits per second – the fastest internet data speed so far, reports BBC. With th...

Facebook to let employees work remotely even after lockdown

Reuters 2020-05-22 11:56:33

Facebook will permanently embrace remote work even after coronavirus lockdowns ease, Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said on Thursday, accelerating the tech sector’s geographic diversification a...

Facebook to launch new shopping feature

-- 2020-05-20 17:30:09

Facebook is launching Shops, a service that will allow businesses to display and sell products on the world's largest social network's platforms, Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said on Tuesday. Acco...

Indonesia will impose VAT on digital services from July

-- 2020-05-15 22:03:03

Indonesia will require big internet companies to pay value-added taxes (VAT) on sales of digital products and services from July as part of efforts to boost revenue amid the coronavirus pandemic. It...

Zoom gains popularity in Bangladesh during pandemic

-- 2020-05-10 17:05:41

Zoom, world’s most popular video communication service, has become a household name in many parts of the globe including Bangladesh during the pandemic of COVID-19. Since so many people have be...

WHO readies coronavirus app for checking symptoms, possibly contact tracing

Reuters 2020-05-09 10:30:10

The World Health Organization (WHO) plans to launch an app this month to enable people in under-resourced countries to assess whether they may have the novel coronavirus, and is considering a Bluetoot...

China plans to complete space station by 2022

-- 2020-05-06 16:38:40

China plans to send four crewed space missions and the same number of cargo craft to complete work on its permanent space station within about two years, officials said after the launch of a newly des...

Huawei launches 5G-powered Wi-Fi 6 routers

-- 2020-05-05 22:19:22

Huawei launched ten all-new air engine Wi-Fi 6 series models for the Asia Pacific region which are ideal for laying a high-quality fully-wireless campus. The products stand out with technological inn...

Apple, Google ban use of location tracking in contact tracing apps

-- 2020-05-05 10:06:06

Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc’s Google on Monday said they would ban the use of location tracking in apps that use a new contact tracing system the two are building to help slow the spread of the n...

Govt launches coronavirus test system on Viber

-- 2020-05-02 19:55:03

State Minister for ICT Division Zunaid Ahmed Palak on Saturday launched live corona risk assessment test system for citizens’ on Viber bot. Viber is a cross-platform voice over IP and instant m...

NASA selects SpaceX, Blue Origin, Dynetics to build lunar lander

-- 2020-05-01 21:16:28

NASA has selected three companies - SpaceX, Blue Origin and Dynetics - to build lunar landing systems that can carry astronauts to the moon by 2024, the White House’s accelerated deadline under...