Google is reportedly planning to release its first in-house smartwatch next year, reveals a report by Insider.

Earlier today, Apple revealed the list of their most downloaded apps this year, as well as choosing 15 apps and games, the winners of the App Store Awards 2021.

After a year that made the terms WFH (work from home) and metaverse instantly recognisable for many people, there are a new set of technological trends headed this way for 2022. Here's a selection of how technology may change lives in the coming year:

Facebook owner Meta Platforms Inc (FB.O) said on Wednesday it had removed accounts used by an influence operation originating in China that promoted claims of a fake "Swiss biologist" saying the United States was interfering in the search for Covid-19's origins.

Parag Agrawal, who was recently named the CEO of Twitter, will receive an annual salary of USD 1 million along with other perks and bonuses. Agrawal, the India-born executive who succeeds Jack Dorsey in this role, had served as Twitter's Chief Technology Officer since 2017 and has been responsible for the company's technical strategy.

On November 30, just after the announcement of the new CEO Parag Agrawal, Twitter launched a brand new image-sharing policy. Users are now prohibited from sharing private images of people without their consent.

Online educational platform 10 Minute School has raised $2 million in seed funding from Surge, Sequoia Capital India’s rapid scale-up programme, to increase investment in product and technology.

Facebook owner Meta has been told by the UK competition watchdog to sell popular animated images platform Giphy in Britain's first such move against so-called Big Tech in its efforts to bolster regulation of the sector.

Parag Agrawal being appointed Twitter’s new CEO marks yet another Indian-born tech executive stepping up to be a new leader of the global tech industry. Just in January this year, we had Arvind Krishna, another Indian-American business executive, promoted to the Chairman of IBM. He had also been serving as the CEO of IBM since April 2020.

Twitter, the microblogging and short message-based social media platform is getting a new CEO. Its co-founder and the former CEO Jack Dorsey announced his retirement as CEO in a tweet yesterday. In the very same tweet, he also made public the name of the person replacing him: Parag Agrawal.

Infinix has released their latest addition to the Note series: Note 11 Pro featuring Helio G96 octa-core processor.

Shikho, the Dhaka-based EdTech startup has confirmed it has acquired Bohubrihi, one of the leading online professional course platforms in the country. The move signals an acceleration of Shikho’s broader vision to provide quality education and instruction for learners of all ages in Bangladesh.

India's government will introduce a bill to ban private cryptocurrencies and create a framework for a central bank-backed digital money, parliament said in a shock announcement late Tuesday. The proposed bill “seeks to prohibit all private cryptocurrencies in India”, the Lok Sabha said, and comes after Prime Minister Narendra Modi warned last week that Bitcoin presents a risk to younger generations and could “spoil our youths” if it ends up “in the wrong hands”.

The Pentagon is creating a new office to investigate unidentified flying objects amid concerns that after broad probes it cannot explain mysterious sightings near highly sensitive military areas. Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks, working with the US director of national intelligence, ordered the new investigatory body to be established in the US Defense Department's intelligence and security office, the Pentagon said late Tuesday.

Apple Inc said on Tuesday it has filed a lawsuit against Israeli cyber firm NSO Group and its parent company OSY Technologies for alleged surveillance and targeting of US Apple users with its Pegasus spyware.

Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) will not give licence to Bluetooth-enabled motorcycles unless the marketer companies take approval from the telecom regulator.

Russia has demanded that 13 foreign and mostly US technology companies be officially represented on Russian soil by the end of 2021 or face possible restrictions or outright bans.

Recent reports state that Facebook has decided to pay content creators and music artists up to $50,000 to host sessions in the brand new Live Audio Rooms feature. For each session, the respective content creator will be paid from $10,000 to $50,000 and an additional fee for guests of $10,000 or more. In recent weeks, production companies working for Meta have reached out to social media stars with this exclusive offer. According to the contract, each creator has to host four to six sessions, each with a minimum of 30-minute airtime.

The software service department of Systech Digital Limited, a software solution provider of Bangladesh has been appraised at CMMI-SVC Maturity Level 3, V2.0 for improved management and service delivery processes it develops, manages, and delivers. Systech Digital Limited is one of the two companies in Bangladesh that achieved this maturity on V2.0. On behalf of CMMI institute, the certificate was handed over to Systech Digital Limited by United Certification Services Limited (UNICERT) in presence of Dr Bikarna Kumar Ghosh, Managing Director, Bangladesh Hi-tech Park Authority at a handover ceremony.

World Robot Olympiad (WRO) is an international robotics competition organised every year in over 85 countries around the globe. Hosted by the non-profit organisation World Robot Olympiad Association (WROA), this contest is divided into several categories for students ranging from 8 to 19 years old. At WRO 2021, held online this year, Bangladesh placed top spots in two different categories.