Banglalink arranges seminar on startup ecosystem with Startup Bangladesh

Telecom operator Banglalink recently held a seminar titled “Road to New Digital Ecosystem – Developing Tech Entrepreneurs” in collaboration with Startup Bangladesh at the BCC auditorium in Agargaon.
28 June 2022, 13:15 PM

Govt undertakes BDT 2,026 Crore project for internet connectivity in remote areas

The Bangladesh government is implementing a project worth BDT 2,026 Crore to establish digital connectivity in the country’s Haor areas, islands and remote hilly areas that are deprived of telecommunication facilities.
28 June 2022, 12:35 PM

Valorant will monitor voice chats from July

Riot Games, the developers of the popular online FPS game Valorant, have revealed that they will record and evaluate in-game voice communications in Valorant, as a part of their effort to reduce disruptive behaviour.
28 June 2022, 11:30 AM

Google says Italian company's hacking tools used to spy on Apple Inc, Android smartphones

An Italian company's hacking tools were used to spy on Apple Inc (AAPL.O) and Android smartphones in Italy and Kazakhstan, Alphabet Inc's (GOOGL.O) Google said in a report on Thursday.
23 June 2022, 18:20 PM

Budget tablets under Tk. 20,000: Take your pick

Tablets have always been a great comfort for school or work with their ability to add functions of laptops and smartphones in a compact, lightweight size. Here's a curated list of budget tablets for your convenience.
23 June 2022, 18:00 PM

Meta launches Meta Pay: future wallet for the metaverse

Meta is officially changing the name of Facebook Pay to Meta Pay, and is planning on making it the digital wallet for the metaverse. 
23 June 2022, 10:08 AM

Here's how you can file a GD online with Bangladesh Police

From now on, anyone sitting at home can file a General Diary (GD) online, without having to go to a police station physically. 
22 June 2022, 17:39 PM

TikTok and 10 Minute School launch online learning campaign #EkshoTeEksho

Popular short video-sharing platform TikTok has announced the launch of its #EduTok online learning campaign in Bangladesh, in collaboration with 10 Minute School, a leading online educational platform in the country. Titled #EkshoTeEksho, this month-long campaign will feature some of the country's most popular #EduTok creators who will create and publish educational content across multiple categories.
22 June 2022, 10:33 AM

WhatsApp rolls out tons of new features

This week, WhatsApp added a number of new features, including the ability to mute people during group calls (via Android Central). This sanity-saving feature appears to be useful not only for muting people who forget to do so, but also if you're in the same room as someone else on the call and don't want to hear an echo of their words.
21 June 2022, 17:38 PM

Tired of fake reviews? Facebook sets strict new policies against them

While Facebook has already taken steps to address potentially abusive reviews, the policy change codifies these guidelines. People who leave fake bad reviews in order to get refunds or other freebies from a business that wants to please its consumers are protected by Facebook's new guidelines, which are also supposed to address incentivized reviews. This addresses the issue of businesses paying unsuspecting customers to leave overly favorable reviews on their pages.
21 June 2022, 17:24 PM

Musk elaborates on Tesla job cuts in anticipation of US recession

Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, said a 10% cut in salaried staff at the electric car maker will happen over three months, as the world's richest man predicted a US recession was more likely than not.
21 June 2022, 16:10 PM

Twitter deal remains deadlocked over fake users: Musk

The world’s richest man Elon Musk recently said that his $44 billion move to take over Twitter remained held up by “very significant” questions about the number of fake users on the social network.
21 June 2022, 11:54 AM

Middle East will be a "major player" in metaverse: reports

Ian Khan, futurist and emerging technology expert recently discussed with Al Arabiya English how the Middle East will be a “major player” in the success of metaverses.
21 June 2022, 11:12 AM

In a first, Apple workers at one US store vote to unionise

Apple Inc workers in Maryland voted on Saturday to join a union, becoming the first retail employees of the tech giant to unionize in the United States.
19 June 2022, 07:19 AM

Bitcoin slides to lowest level in 18 months

Bitcoin tumbled more than 13% at one point on Saturday, crashing below the closely watched $20,000 level to its weakest level in 18 months, as it extended a slide on investor worries about growing troubles in the industry and the general pull-back from riskier assets.
19 June 2022, 02:51 AM

Meta launching digital store where users can purchase designer outfits for their avatars

Facebook owner Meta Platforms is launching a digital clothing store where users can purchase designer outfits for their avatars, Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said on Friday.
18 June 2022, 06:54 AM

"He was a good tool to download other browsers"

For Jung Ki-young, a South Korean software engineer, Microsoft Corp's (MSFT.O) decision to retire its Internet Explorer web browser marked the end of a quarter-century love-hate relationship with the technology.
17 June 2022, 15:54 PM

Elon Musk sued for $258 billion by Dogecoin investor

Elon Musk was sued for $258 billion on Thursday by a Dogecoin investor who accused him of running a pyramid scheme to support the cryptocurrency.
17 June 2022, 03:22 AM

Ukraine's Zelensky appears in a hologram, asks tech community for help

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky referenced “Star Wars” and World War II as he sought aid from big tech firms on Thursday, appearing as a hologram at a conference in Paris.
16 June 2022, 20:14 PM

Gadgets to gift your father this Father’s Day

Fathers dedicatedly work hard to keep their families in good shape. They are not only significant guardian figures but also torchbearers, leaders and utmost supporters of all the family members. Below is a roundup of at-hand gadgets that would make the dad-life of the fathers a little easier than before and help them maintain sound health.
16 June 2022, 20:04 PM