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German online bank transfers loans via Bitcoins

German online bank transfers loans via Bitcoins

-- 2018-05-13 14:53:14

German Radoslav Albrecht founder of an online bank has created a banking system where clients are able to transfer loans anywhere in the world using Bitcoin. Bitbond uses cryptocurrencies like Bitcoi...

NASA to fly a helicopter on Mars

NASA to fly a helicopter on Mars

-- 2018-05-12 12:51:43

NASA said on Friday it will send a small helicopter to Mars as part of the US space agency’s 2020 mission to place a next-generation rover on the Martian surface, marking the first time such an...

Cos embrace Oracle Cloud

Cos embrace Oracle Cloud

FE Online Desk 2018-05-12 12:03:07

  Companies and organisations around the globe are rapidly adopting Oracle Cloud solutions. Offering its customers a unique advantage, Oracle is the only provider to deliver a complete cloud...

Local ground stations get signal from satellite

Local ground stations get signal from satellite

FE Online Desk 2018-05-12 11:27:00

The country’s ground stations have successfully received initial test signals following the deployment of its first satellite to its geostationary orbit, State Minister for ICT Junair Ahmed Pala...

Bangladesh in space, with a bang

Bangladesh in space, with a bang

-- 2018-05-12 10:02:07

Bangladesh’s space age has dawned with the successful launch of Bangabandhu-1 satellite by SpaceX into orbit after 24 hours of high drama following an automatic abort at the first attempt. The...

US commercial drones get green light

US commercial drones get green light

-- 2018-05-11 14:16:16

Drones that monitor crops, control mosquito populations and deliver defibrillators are to be tested in US airspace. Ten commercial drone projects have been selected to try out new ways for unmanned a...

Bangabandhu-1 satellite: How much commercial viability it has

Bangabandhu-1 satellite: How much commercial viability it has

-- 2018-05-11 13:01:45

Bangladeshis are deeply curious as much about Bangabandhu-1, which is set to ride to orbit early on Saturday, as they are about the commercial possibilities of their first satellite. The government s...

Cisco pulls all online ads from YouTube

Cisco pulls all online ads from YouTube

-- 2018-05-11 11:45:10

Network gear maker Cisco Systems Inc is pulling all online ads from YouTube due to fears of the ads appearing on sensitive content on the platform, Cisco’s chief marketing officer, Karen Walker,...

Satellite to save, earn foreign currency, says Palak

Satellite to save, earn foreign currency, says Palak

-- 2018-05-11 10:11:15

Bangabandhu-1, the first satellite of Bangladesh scheduled to be launched on May 11, is expected to save as well as earn foreign currency, said Sate Minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak. In a statemen...

Satellite launch postponed at last minute

Satellite launch postponed at last minute

-- 2018-05-11 09:47:22

A last-minute technical glitch prompted SpaceX on Thursday to postpone for at least 24 hours the first commercial flight of its updated Falcon 9 rocket, a launch vehicle tailored for eventual crewed m...

China's J-20 stealth jets start combat drills

China's J-20 stealth jets start combat drills

-- 2018-05-10 15:16:18

China's J-20 stealth fighter jets have begun their first-ever combat training over the ocean, a spokesperson confirmed Wednesday. "It will help the air force better fulfill its sacred duty of safegua...

A lone asteroid tells solar system history

A lone asteroid tells solar system history

-- 2018-05-09 21:13:12

Researchers have observed the first object of its kind - a carbon-rich asteroid in the Kuiper Belt. Orbiting in the collection of icy rubble beyond Neptune, the asteroid's composition strongly sugges...

Google AI to make phone calls for users

Google AI to make phone calls for users

-- 2018-05-09 14:26:46

Google has unveiled artificial intelligence software that books appointments over the phone on behalf of users by conducting voice-based conversations on their behalf. Chief executive Sundar Pichai s...

Volunteers with speed guns charging motorists

Volunteers with speed guns charging motorists

-- 2018-05-08 14:23:54

A growing movement in the UK is shifting the power of catching speeding motorists from the police, to the people. "My daughter was going to school and one of her friends was killed by a vehicle," say...

Bangabandhu-1 now set to launch May 10

Bangabandhu-1 now set to launch May 10

FE Online Report 2018-05-07 13:29:19

The country’s first space satellite Bangabandhu-1 is now finally expected to launch on May 10, following a series of delays and rescheduling. US aerospace company SpaceX has informed Bangladesh...

Memory storage technologies becoming more efficient: Study

Memory storage technologies becoming more efficient: Study

-- 2018-05-06 13:36:42

A team led by University of Washington researchers reported on Thursday in the journal Science a new way to encode information using magnets that are just a few layers of atoms in thickness. The find...

NASA launches spacecraft to Mars to dig the red planet

NASA launches spacecraft to Mars to dig the red planet

-- 2018-05-05 20:45:02

A robotic geologist armed with a hammer and quake monitor rocketed toward Mars on Saturday, aiming to land on the red planet and explore its mysterious insides. In a twist, NASA launched the Mars InS...

Annan tells Facebook to act faster on hate speech

Annan tells Facebook to act faster on hate speech

-- 2018-05-05 16:25:41

Former UN chief Kofi Annan has urged Facebook Inc to consider establishing a special team to respond more quickly to threats of sectarian violence in countries such as Myanmar that are at high risk....

‘APSTAR-6C’ communication satellite hits orbit

‘APSTAR-6C’ communication satellite hits orbit

-- 2018-05-05 13:20:31

China launched a new communication satellite "APSTAR-6C" at 12:06 am Friday at the southwestern Xichang Satellite Launch Centre. The satellite was sent into orbit by the Long March-3B carrier rocket....

Twitter urges all users to change passwords after bug

Twitter urges all users to change passwords after bug

-- 2018-05-04 10:19:24

Twitter has urged its more than 330 million users to change their passwords after a glitch caused some to be stored in readable text on its internal computer system rather than disguised by a proces...

Google introduces 360-degree doodle

Google introduces 360-degree doodle

-- 2018-05-03 12:27:59

Google has created a Virtual Reality (VR) - 360 degree interactive Doodle to celebrate the life and artistry of French illusionist and film director Georges Melies. This is the first-ever VR doodle b...

Cambridge Analytica shutting down

Cambridge Analytica shutting down

-- 2018-05-03 09:39:49

Cambridge Analytica, the firm embroiled in a controversy over its handling of Facebook Inc user data, and its British parent SCL Elections Ltd, are shutting down immediately after suffering a sharp dr...

Hawking's final paper puts forward multiverse theory

Hawking's final paper puts forward multiverse theory

-- 2018-05-02 20:01:25

Prof Stephen Hawking's final research paper suggests that our Universe may be one of many similar to our own. The theory resolves a cosmic paradox of the late physicist's own making. It also points...

Facebook to play matchmaker in first dating service

Facebook to play matchmaker in first dating service

Reuters 2018-05-02 09:37:39

Facebook Inc will offer its first dating service, Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said on Tuesday, signalling the entry of the world's largest social network into a growing market that sent shares of...

Facial recognition tech at Singapore airport likely to locate lost passengers

Facial recognition tech at Singapore airport likely to locate lost passengers

-- 2018-05-01 20:43:48

Ever been delayed on a flight because of straggling fellow passengers? That might be an annoyance of the past at Singapore’s Changi airport which is testing facial recognition systems that cou...

Scientists reveal genetic secrets of rose

Scientists reveal genetic secrets of rose

-- 2018-05-01 20:17:38

Take time to smell the roses, the saying goes, and, according to scientists, the fragrant flowers could smell even sweeter in the future. For the first time researchers have deciphered the full genet...

Rising ‘frustration’ likely to delay UN climate negotiations

Rising ‘frustration’ likely to delay UN climate negotiations

-- 2018-05-01 18:29:28

Old divisions between rich and poor over money and ambition are again threatening to limit progress in UN climate negotiations. Discussions between negotiators from nearly 200 countries have resumed...

Drones being used to save lives

Drones being used to save lives

-- 2018-05-01 16:10:23

Drones may be best known for taking impressive aerial videos and inspecting buildings, infrastructure and crops, but they also promise to improve mobile and internet connectivity for emergency service...

WhatsApp co-founder leaving Facebook

WhatsApp co-founder leaving Facebook

-- 2018-05-01 09:54:51

WhatsApp co-founder Jan Koum on Monday put out word that he is leaving Facebook, which bought the smartphone messaging service four years ago for $19 billion. “It is time for me to move on . ....

S'pore, Hong Kong top cloud computing countries in Asia Pacific

S'pore, Hong Kong top cloud computing countries in Asia Pacific

FE Online Desk 2018-04-30 14:31:15

Singapore and Hong Kong have come up on top across the Asia Pacific (APAC) region as having the most favourable policies for cloud adoption, according to a report from the Asia Cloud Computing Associa...