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Tiny graphene ‘tweezers’ can grab molecules: Scientists

Tiny graphene ‘tweezers’ can grab molecules: Scientists

-- 2017-12-03 05:18:53

Scientists have developed tiny electronic ‘tweezers’ using graphene that can efficiently grab biomolecules floating in water, an advance that may lead to a handheld disease detecting syste...

China will not close door to global internet: Xi

China will not close door to global internet: Xi

Reuters 2017-12-03 03:04:13

China's President Xi Jinping speaks at the opening ceremony of the "CPC in dialogue with world political parties" high-level meeting, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China December 1, 2017...

Apple app to identify irregular heart beats

Apple app to identify irregular heart beats

-- 2017-12-03 02:18:22

Apple on Friday launched a new application that uses data from Apple Watch to detect and notify users when they experience irregular heart rhythms, like atrial fibrillation (AFib)– one of the le...

New app to rate Saudi govt services

New app to rate Saudi govt services

-- 2017-12-02 12:27:27

A new smartphone application for citizens to provide feedback on government services will be launched in early 2018, according to arab news. Hussam Al-Madani, acting director general of the National...

UK warning of Russian anti-virus software

UK warning of Russian anti-virus software

BBC 2017-12-02 12:00:00

The British government has issued a fresh warning about the security risks of using Russian anti-virus software. The National Cyber Security Centre is to write to all government departments warning a...

Amazon steps up pace in artificial intelligence race

Amazon steps up pace in artificial intelligence race

Reuters 2017-12-01 11:47:06

Amazon.com Inc this week announced a flurry of new machine learning features for its Amazon Web Services cloud computing business, raising its challenge to Silicon Valley’s biggest tech firms fo...

Tesla switches on world's biggest battery

Tesla switches on world's biggest battery

-- 2017-12-01 09:39:09

The world's largest lithium ion battery has begun dispensing power into an electricity grid in South Australia. The 100-megawatt battery, built by Tesla, was officially activated on Friday. It had in...

New technology to disrupt Blockchain

New technology to disrupt Blockchain

-- 2017-12-01 05:35:12

To begin with, one first needs to understand what blockchain technology is. The Blockchain is the main technological innovation of the cryptocurrency, Bitcoin. In short, it is a digitised, decentralis...

NASA’s playlist for aliens now available for purchase

NASA’s playlist for aliens now available for purchase

-- 2017-12-01 05:10:27

In 1977, NASA launched the Voyager spacecraft to explore interstellar space. The Voyager 1 and 2 contained the Golden Record which is a collection of sounds and images to explain Earth to alien beings...

US scientists take step toward creating artificial life

US scientists take step toward creating artificial life

Reuters 2017-11-30 12:00:00

In a major step toward creating artificial life, US researchers have developed a living organism that incorporates both natural and artificial DNA and is capable of creating entirely new, synthetic pr...

Kaspersky brings relief for parents

Kaspersky brings relief for parents

Md Ziaur Rahman 2017-11-30 12:00:00

In a country where digital transformation is embedding itself fast, parents have enough to worry about their children left to fend for themselves for lack of any tool to monitor them on the virtual wo...

Google UK faces mass legal action

Google UK faces mass legal action

BBC 2017-11-30 10:52:41

Google is being taken to court, accused of collecting the personal data of millions of users, in the first mass legal action of its kind in the UK. It focuses on allegations that Google unlawfully ha...

Robot 'will wipe out' 800m jobs by 2030

Robot 'will wipe out' 800m jobs by 2030

-- 2017-11-30 10:32:41

Up to 800 million global workers will lose their jobs by 2030 and be replaced by robotic automation, a new report from a consultancy has found. The study of 46 countries and 800 occupations by the Mc...

Apple rushes to fix password bug

Apple rushes to fix password bug

BBC 2017-11-29 12:00:00

Apple has said it is working to fix a serious bug within its Mac operating system. The flaw in MacOS High Sierra - the most recent version - makes it possible to gain entry to the machine without a p...

Would leave Russia if asked to spy: Kaspersky

Would leave Russia if asked to spy: Kaspersky

Reuters 2017-11-29 12:00:00

Moscow-based Kaspersky Lab has never been asked by Russian intelligence services to spy on targets in the West and the company's founder and the chief executive said he would move his company out of t...

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...