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Samsung fined $9.7m in Australia over false water-resistance claims

Samsung fined $9.7m in Australia over false water-resistance claims

-- 2022-06-23 13:12:41

Australia's competition regulator said on Thursday a court has ordered the local unit of Samsung Electronics to pay a penalty of A$14 million ($9.65 million) over misleading claims about a water-resis...

Microsoft stops selling emotion-reading tech

Microsoft stops selling emotion-reading tech

-- 2022-06-22 12:11:10

Microsoft Corp on Tuesday said it would stop selling technology that guesses someone's emotion based on a facial image and would no longer provide unfettered access to facial recognition technology....

Meta and other tech giants form metaverse standards body, without Apple

Meta and other tech giants form metaverse standards body, without Apple

-- 2022-06-22 10:27:32

Meta, Microsoft and other tech giants racing to build the emerging metaverse concept have formed a group to foster the development of industry standards that would make the companies' nascent digital...

Meta loses appeal in Russian court over 'extremist activity' tag

Meta loses appeal in Russian court over 'extremist activity' tag

-- 2022-06-21 19:48:36

A Moscow court on Monday rejected an appeal brought by Meta Platforms Inc after it was found guilty of "extremist activity" in Russia in March, reports Reuters citingTASS news agency. Russia res...

Elon Musk's SpaceX fires at least five over critical letter

Elon Musk's SpaceX fires at least five over critical letter

-- 2022-06-18 13:23:06

Private rocket company SpaceX fired at least five employees after it found they had drafted and circulated a letter criticising founder Elon Musk and urging executives to make the firm's culture more...

Universal Chiplet Interconnect Express: A processor revolution on the horizon

Universal Chiplet Interconnect Express: A processor revolution on the horizon

Fardeen Kabir 2022-06-18 12:49:56

Building a PC requires a number of components - monitors, graphics cards, processors, power supplies, RAM, and so on. All of these different components are made and manufactured by different companie...

How to use Microsoft Lists: File sorting made easy

How to use Microsoft Lists: File sorting made easy

Fardeen Kabir 2022-06-16 16:44:12

What is MS Lists? MS Lists helps you organise information, lists, drafts, and lets you seamlessly collaborate with others on your Lists platform. Of course, there is pre-existing software that offers...

UK mulls probing Apple, Google's mobile browser dominance

UK mulls probing Apple, Google's mobile browser dominance

-- 2022-06-11 15:40:22

Britain's competition watchdog said it was planning to investigate the market dominance of Apple Inc and Google's mobile browsers, as well as the iPhone maker's restrictions on cloud gaming through it...

5 Websites that offer important utilities for free

5 Websites that offer important utilities for free

FARDEEN KABIR 2022-06-08 15:23:04

There is a common perception that free websites are not of much use as the paid ones. While it is true to some extent; people often do not get the best free utilities due to a lack of knowledge about...

EU agrees single mobile charging port in blow to Apple

EU agrees single mobile charging port in blow to Apple

-- 2022-06-07 20:41:34

Apple will have to change the connector on iPhones sold in Europe by 2024 after EU countries and lawmakers agreed on Tuesday to a single mobile charging port for mobile phones, tablets and cameras in...

How to run hard disk defragmentation to speed up your computer

How to run hard disk defragmentation to speed up your computer

Fardeen Kabir 2022-06-06 19:49:35

Consider all of the data on your hard disk to be a pile of laundry. There are various colours and clothing items, and then they all get muddled up in the wash. Your clothes are all there, but they've...

China launches three astronauts to space station

China launches three astronauts to space station

-- 2022-06-05 11:23:45

China launched a spacecraft on Sunday carrying three astronauts to the Chinese space station, due to be completed by the end of the year, as construction entered a pivotal stage. A Long March-2F rock...

EU deal on single mobile charging port likely June 7 in setback for Apple

EU deal on single mobile charging port likely June 7 in setback for Apple

-- 2022-06-04 17:31:39

EU countries and EU lawmakers are set to agree on a common charging port for mobile phones, tablets and headphones on June 7 when they meet to discuss a proposal that has been fiercely criticised by A...

46,000 people lose over $1.0b in crypto scams since 2021, says US report

46,000 people lose over $1.0b in crypto scams since 2021, says US report

-- 2022-06-04 16:33:09

More than 46,000 people reported losing over $1 billion in cryptocurrency scams since the start of 2021, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said in a report on Friday. Nearly half the people who r...

China to launch next crewed mission on Sunday to build space station

China to launch next crewed mission on Sunday to build space station

-- 2022-06-04 10:44:23

China will launch a spacecraft on Sunday carrying three astronauts to the core module of the unfinished Chinese space station, where they will work and live for six months as construction enters advan...

Tech firms say India’s cyber rules may create 'environment of fear'

Tech firms say India’s cyber rules may create 'environment of fear'

-- 2022-06-03 17:41:19

Indian cyber security rules due to come into force later this month will create an "environment of fear rather than trust", a body representing top tech companies has warned the government, calling fo...

'Local is king': Africa's online platforms take on Silicon Valley

'Local is king': Africa's online platforms take on Silicon Valley

-- 2022-06-01 19:13:17

Plan a funeral, call out corruption or start a business - tough jobs all now made easier by a generation of tech-savvy Africans tackling local problems beyond the grasp of Big Tech.It was frustratio...

Russia opens cases against Google, other foreign tech over data storage

Russia opens cases against Google, other foreign tech over data storage

-- 2022-05-28 18:05:57

Russia's communications regulator Roskomnadzor said on Friday it had opened administrative cases against Alphabet Inc's (GOOGL.O) Google and six other foreign technology companies for alleged violatio...

Bangladesh sees lowest data breach density in Asia: Study

Bangladesh sees lowest data breach density in Asia: Study

FE REPORT 2022-05-25 08:44:04

Bangladesh has seen the lowest data-breach density in Asia with 06 breached email accounts per 100 internet users, according to a global study. Cyber security company Surfshark conducted the study...

Future foods: What you could be eating by 2050

Future foods: What you could be eating by 2050

-- 2022-05-22 11:10:12

Scientists have drawn up a list of little-known plants that could be on the menu by 2050. In the future, you could be breakfasting on false banana or snacking on pandanus tree fruit....

Apple looks to boost production outside China, Wall Street Journal reports

Apple looks to boost production outside China, Wall Street Journal reports

-- 2022-05-21 22:25:52

Apple Inc has told some of its contract manufacturers that it wants to increase production outside China, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter, news agency Reuters...

Apple vs Pixel: A looming rivalry of ecosystems

Apple vs Pixel: A looming rivalry of ecosystems

Ahmed Fahim Shihab 2022-05-21 17:20:59

Ecosystem, a buzzword in the tech market, refers to a community of interacting devices from the same brand. Apple, for instance, has a wide selection of devices connected together to offer a unique u...

Samsung in talks to hike chipmaking prices by up to 20pc

Samsung in talks to hike chipmaking prices by up to 20pc

-- 2022-05-13 19:20:15

Samsung Electronics is in talks with clients about hiking prices for chip contract manufacturing by up to 20 per cent this year, Reuters reported citing Bloombarg on Friday. The move, expected to be...

Astronomers reveal first image of the black hole at the centre of our galaxy

Astronomers reveal first image of the black hole at the centre of our galaxy

-- 2022-05-13 18:05:52

The image is a long-anticipated look at the massive object that sits at the very centre of our galaxy. Scientists had previously seen stars orbiting around something invisible, compact, and very massi...

Bangladesh, India keen to enhance collaboration in radiation technology

Bangladesh, India keen to enhance collaboration in radiation technology

-- 2022-05-13 17:56:51

Bangladesh and India have expressed their desire for collaboration in societal applications of radiation technologies in areas such as cancer care, nuclear medicine and food preservation, reports UNB....

How to smartly invest in your GPU

How to smartly invest in your GPU

Fardeen Kabir 2022-05-12 17:41:20

When budgeting for a PC, people often make mistakes in terms of allocating money for their graphics card. We often invest in PC components that are overpriced and do not add to the performance. Befor...

Google paying more than 300 EU publishers for news, more to come

Google paying more than 300 EU publishers for news, more to come

REUTERS 2022-05-11 13:54:46

Alphabet unit Google has signed deals to pay more than 300 publishers in Germany, France and four other EU countries for their news and will roll out a tool to make it easier for others to sign up too...

Black hole hunters cast gaze at centre of the Milky Way galaxy

Black hole hunters cast gaze at centre of the Milky Way galaxy

-- 2022-05-10 17:36:51

Residing at the centre of our spiral-shaped Milky Way galaxy is a beast - a supermassive black hole possessing 4 million times the mass of our sun and consuming any material including gas, dust and st...

Sony aims to sell 18 million PS5 consoles this year amid China lockdown risk

Sony aims to sell 18 million PS5 consoles this year amid China lockdown risk

-- 2022-05-10 15:05:16

Sony Group Corp on Tuesday said it planned to sell 18 million PlayStation 5 consoles this business year as robust game sales helped it more than double fourth-quarter operating profit. The Japanese c...

'Fifty-fifty chance' global warming tops 1.5C soon

'Fifty-fifty chance' global warming tops 1.5C soon

-- 2022-05-10 12:29:35

The likelihood of crossing a key global warming threshold has risen significantly, according to a new analysis. UK Met Office researchers say that there's now around a fifty-fifty chance that...