Nvidia in talks to invest in Perplexity in a funding round: report
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Nvidia is in discussions to invest in Perplexity as part of an equity funding round that would value the AI startup at more than $30 billion, The Information recently reported.
India plans to launch its first tokenised corporate bond pilot: report
Reuters, Mumbai
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India is set to introduce tokenised corporate bonds next month, as it trials blockchain technology for instant settlement of bond trades, three people with direct knowledge of the matter said to Reuters on Monday.
Hugging Face may be up for sale, valued at $13 billion: report
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Hackers claim 6 million Bangladeshi CVs for sale on dark web
Tech & Startup Desk
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Grok users hit by glitch producing strings of nonsensical responses
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23 August 2026 Technology
Google gives publishers new tool to combat AI search
Tech & Startup Desk
23 August 2026 Technology

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Infinix launches Note 12 G96

Infinix has launched the latest addition to their Note series, Note 12 G96. 
21 June 2022

Cloudfare server malfunctions results several Bangladeshi & int'l websites outage for more than an hour

Globally and locally several major websites are down as they are showing 500 Internal Server Error due to a malfunction in a major cloud computing network. Cloudflare, the globally renowned Content delivery network, reported a critical incident at 12.43 pm, noting that connectivity had been "disrupted in broad regions".
21 June 2022

Bonik raises $47,000 to help SMEs launch eCommerce stores

Bonik, a mobile app that enables SMEs to launch their e-commerce store within minutes, has raised its pre-seed investment of $47,000 from prominent angel investor Mohammad Maaz.
19 June 2022

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

India to see Audi-powered electric auto-rickshaws soon

Three-wheeler rickshaws are an essential mode of transportation in many parts of Asia. Keeping that very target audience in mind, Nunam, a German–Indian start-up called is bringing three electric rickshaws to the Indian market.
19 June 2022

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

VAT on mobile phones to burden consumers, employees: Experts

In the proposed budget for the fiscal year 2022-23, Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal proposed to withdraw the 5% VAT exemption facility on the trading stage of mobile phones. Instead, VAT will be imposed at different individual stages of the mobile handset businesses—from production to retail. 
18 June 2022

e-Cab Election results are out: Agrogami Panel wins 8 out of 9 seats

The election results for the executive committee for the apex body of e-Commerces in Bangladesh, e-Cab are out: Agrogami Panel wins 8 out of 9 seats. 
18 June 2022

How much do government employees get paid?

A look into how much government employee get paid according to the National Pay Scale 2015.
18 June 2022

Keep live track of the flood situation with Google

The flood situation across the country, particularly in the Sylhet region is worsening. To keep a better tab on the situation and get an early warning about the situation, Google can come in handy.
18 June 2022

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

Spacex fires 5 employees over letter criticising CEO Musk

SpaceX, the rocket ship company run by Tesla CEO Elon Musk, has fired several employees involved in an open letter that blasted the colorful billionaire for his behavior, according to media reports.
18 June 2022
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