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US government struggles to keep americans away from TikTok

REUTERS 2023-01-07 11:53:51

The United States has a new kind of Trojan horse. The Federal Bureau of Investigations and Central Intelligence Agency have warned that social media firm TikTok, owned by Chinese giant ByteDance, pose...

Twitter hacked, 200 million user email addresses leaked

-- 2023-01-06 09:58:28

Hackers stole the email addresses of more than 200 million Twitter users and posted them on an online hacking forum, a security researcher said Wednesday. The breach “will unfortunately lead to...

Digital Twin technology: What and how?

Shuvro Saif 2023-01-05 17:04:11

'Digital twin' is one of the most frequently used technological terms nowadays -- a virtual model of a physical object or system that simulates its characteristics and behaviours. It is created by int...

Twitter to expand permitted political advertising

-- 2023-01-04 17:41:22

Twitter Inc on Tuesday said it would expand the types of political ads allowed on the social media platform, an apparent reversal of its 2019 global ban on political ads, as the Elon Musk-owned compan...

Startups spring from ashes of Big Tech purge

REUTERS 2023-01-03 12:44:04

Nic Szerman lost his job at Meta Platforms in November, just two months after joining full-time, falling victim to a sweeping 13 per cent reduction of its workforce as the advertising market cratered....

BCC to organise job fair for persons with disabilities on January 7

FE ONLINE REPORT 2023-01-02 16:39:42

The Bangladesh Computer Council (BCC) of the ICT Division of Bangladesh is set to organise a fob fair for creating employment opportunities for specially-abled persons or persons with disabilities. M...

Meghna Cloud to save huge forex spent to buy, use cloud tech

FE REPORT 2022-12-31 09:07:06

Bangladesh is going to have its first-ever domestic cloud data centre which, once set up, is expected to save a large amount of forex the country spends annually for purchasing and using the cloud tec...

ICT Division, Gennext ink deal to set up data centre

-- 2022-12-30 18:10:14

The Bangladesh Data Center Company of the ICT Division and Gennext Technology have signed an agreement to set up a "Made in Bangladesh Cloud" data centre. Bangladesh Data Center Company Managing Dire...

FTX customers file class action to lay claim to dwindling assets

-- 2022-12-28 17:04:02

FTX customers filed a class action lawsuit against the failed crypto exchange and its former top executives including Sam Bankman-Fried on Tuesday, seeking a declaration that the company's holdings of...

Elon Musk says around 100 Starlinks now active in Iran

REUTERS 2022-12-27 12:03:10

SpaceX Chief Executive Elon Musk said on Monday that the company is now close to having 100 active Starlinks, the firm's satellite internet service, in Iran, three months after he tweeted he would act...

ChatGPT: A revolution in AI chatbots

FE Online 2022-12-26 14:20:06

Artificial intelligence is slowly but surely making its way into almost all aspects of our everyday lives, and ChatGPT is the latest addition to chatbots backed by artificial intelligence.  And...

Twitter restores suicide prevention feature after Reuters report

-- 2022-12-25 11:13:53

Twitter Inc has restored a feature that promotes suicide prevention hotlines and other safety resources to users looking up certain content, after coming under pressure from some users and consumer sa...

Twitter removes suicide prevention feature, says it's under revamp

REUTERS 2022-12-24 09:14:07

Twitter Inc removed a feature in the past few days that promoted suicide prevention hotlines and other safety resources to users looking up certain content, according to two people familiar with the m...

Meta to settle Cambridge Analytica scandal case for $725m

-- 2022-12-23 16:51:50

Facebook owner Meta Platforms Inc has agreed to pay $725 million to resolve a class-action lawsuit accusing the social media giant of allowing third parties, including Cambridge Analytica, to access u...

Google to appeal India antitrust ruling on Android

-- 2022-12-23 16:38:58

Alphabet's Google (GOOGL.O) said on Friday it will appeal the Indian antitrust watchdog's ruling that ordered the tech giant to change its approach to its Android platform and imposed a fine of $162 m...

Using Lensa AI? Here's how it may breach your privacy

Rassiq Aziz Kabir  2022-12-22 17:28:08

If you are active on popular social media networks, you probably have come across portraits shared by people that look animated but, at the same time, beautiful caricatures of themselves. These portra...

Musk says he'll step down as Twitter CEO after finding a replacement

REUTERS 2022-12-21 09:15:43

Elon Musk said on Tuesday he will step down as chief executive of Twitter after finding a replacement. "I will resign as CEO as soon as I find someone foolish enough to take the job! After that, I wi...

Videoconferencing platform ‘Boithok’ now accessible to public

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-12-19 18:08:36

Boithok, a web-based videoconferencing platform developed by the government of Bangladesh, is now accessible to the public. Anyone can use it multiple times in one day with a nominal cost of Tk 50....

Elon Musk poll shows 57.5pc want him to step down as Twitter chief

-- 2022-12-19 17:47:38

A poll by Elon Musk on whether he should quit as Twitter CEO showed the majority of users of the social media platform who took part voted in favour of the move after the poll ended on Monday. About...

Taiwan investigates TikTok for suspected illegal operations

REUTERS 2022-12-19 14:07:02

Taiwan's government has opened a probe into Chinese-owned social media platform TikTok on suspicion of illegally operating a subsidiary on the island, though the company's owner denied the accusation....

Elon Musk launches poll asking if he should quit as Twitter CEO

REUTERS 2022-12-19 12:41:49

Twitter CEO Elon Musk launched a poll on the social media platform on Sunday asking users whether he should step down as head of the company, adding that he would abide by the poll results. As of 055...

Join as HR Officer at a Leading Edtech Startup

FE Online 2022-12-17 18:12:49

10 Minute School is the pioneer of the Ed-Tech industry in Bangladesh. We are teaching more than 2 million students every day through our website, app, and social media to accelerate their learning....

Elon Musk's Twitter suspension of journalists draws global backlash

REUTERS 2022-12-17 08:57:13

Twitter's unprecedented suspension of at least five journalists over claims they revealed the real-time location of owner Elon Musk drew swift backlash from government officials, advocacy groups and j...

NASA launches satellite to map the world’s oceans, lakes, rivers

-- 2022-12-16 21:02:33

A US-French satellite that will map almost all of the world’s oceans, lakes and rivers rocketed into orbit Friday. The predawn launch aboard a SpaceX rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in...

Twitter bans several journalists who have been critical of Musk

-- 2022-12-16 11:02:34

Twitter on Thursday suspended the accounts of several prominent journalists who recently wrote about its new owner Elon Musk, with the billionaire tweeting that rules banning the publishing of persona...

Living with a phone running on low storage 

Sofia Noor 2022-12-15 17:50:15

Living with a low-storage phone might cause inconvenience from time to time, but it is possible to deal with it. You can follow some handy hacks to solve the low storage problem. Sustainable alternat...

NASA to conduct first global water survey from space

-- 2022-12-15 17:02:55

NASA-led international satellite mission was set for blastoff from Southern California early on Thursday on a major Earth science project to conduct a comprehensive survey of the world's oceans, lakes...

US lawmakers unveil bipartisan bid to ban China's TikTok

-- 2022-12-14 14:50:35

Republican Senator Marco Rubio on Tuesday announced bipartisan legislation to ban China's popular social media app TikTok, ratcheting up pressure on owner ByteDance Ltd amid US fears the app could be...

China's massive older chip tech buildup raises US concern

REUTERS 2022-12-14 13:31:13

China’s largest chip maker SMIC is ramping up production of a decade-old chip technology, key to many industries' supply chains, setting off alarm bells in the United States and prompting some l...

Twitter dissolves Trust and Safety Council

REUTERS 2022-12-13 12:41:23

Twitter Inc on Monday disbanded its Trust and Safety Council, a volunteer group formed in 2016 to advise the social media platform on site decisions, according to an email reviewed by Reuters. About...