Google has streamlined its mobile payments service, merging Google Pay into the Google Wallet app. For users across regions, this rebrand simplifies how people store cards, pay contactlessly, and organise digital passes - all within one app.

A team of two students from Bangladesh has won bronze in the Science category at the Genius Olympiad 2025, an international high school competition hosted by the Rochester Institute of Technology in New York. The winning team comprised Zabeer Zarif Akhter, from St. Joseph Higher Secondary School, and Md Twashin Ilahi, from Shahid AHM Kamruzzaman Govt. Degree College.

Redington Limited, a tech solutions provider, has recently announced a new strategic partnership with Google Cloud.

Tesla has begun offering paid self-driving taxi rides in Austin, Texas, marking its first commercial robotaxi service, according to a recent Reuters report. 

Indian scientists have developed a scalable device that produces green hydrogen, one of the cleanest fuels, by splitting water molecules using only solar energy.

DHS Motors Limited, the official distributor of Honda in Bangladesh, has recently launched the Honda City e:HEV at the Honda Showroom in Tejgaon, Dhaka.

Anthropic, an American AI startup, has revealed that many of the world’s most advanced language models - including those developed by OpenAI, Google, DeepSeek, xAI, and Meta - resort to harmful tactics such as blackmail when placed under pressure in simulated environments in findings published on June 21.

Meta has partnered with sports eyewear brand Oakley to unveil a new line of AI-integrated smart glasses called Oakley Meta HSTN glasses, designed to blend wearable technology with performance sportswear on June 20. 

To accelerate the goal towards zero net carbon emissions, we must realise the full potential of the EV (Electric Vehicle) industry, which can promise far-reaching benefits from decreasing dependency on fossil fuels, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and enhancing public health.

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OpenAI's former chief technology officer Mira Murati has secured $2 billion in seed funding for her new AI startup, Thinking Machines Lab, valuing the six-month-old company at $10 billion, according to a recent report by Financial Times.

AI startup Cluely has secured $15 million in seed funding led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), about two months after closing a $5.3 million seed round. Founded by suspended Columbia University students Chungin "Roy" Lee and Neel Shanmugam, the startup has drawn attention for its AI cheating tools and unconventional marketing campaigns.

Millions of internet users have been urged to update their passwords following the discovery of a vast cache of potentially compromised login credentials.

Apple is facing a proposed securities fraud class action lawsuit from shareholders who allege the company misled investors about the progress of its artificial intelligence (AI) integration, particularly within its Siri voice assistant, according to a recent report by Reuters.

India’s state-owned telecom operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) announced the soft launch of Quantum 5G FWA, the country’s first indigenous, SIM-less fixed-wireless-access solution that is claimed to deliver fibre-like speeds over 5G radio.

Enter the Gungeon, a popular roguelike game, and its spin-off Exit the Gungeon are set to arrive on mobile platforms, publisher Devolver Digital confirmed on June 18. However, no specific release date was announced.

An anti-Iranian hacking group known as Gonjeshke Darande, or 'Predatory Sparrow', claims to have destroyed nearly $90 million worth of cryptocurrency in an attack on Iran’s largest crypto exchange, Nobitex, on Wednesday, according to a recent report by Reuters. This marks the second high-profile cyberattack in two days by the group, which has suspected links to Israel.

OpenAI has recently launched a new feature that enables WhatsApp users to generate images directly through ChatGPT.

Tecno has officially launched its new smartphone, the SPARK Go 2, in Bangladesh.

Ornob Barua, a Bangladeshi student currently studying at Victoria University Sydney, has developed an app that is officially replacing Microsoft Excel for staff rostering operations at the university.