Biden drops Trump attempt to ban TikTok, WeChat; orders new review

President Joe Biden on Wednesday withdrew a series of Trump-era executive orders that sought to ban new downloads of WeChat and TikTok, and ordered a Commerce Department review of security concerns posed by those apps and others.
10 June 2021

Shohoz adds new vertical: Shohoz Learn

Shohoz, the ticketing, food-delivery, ride-sharing, utility-vehicle hiring platform, has yet added another vertical: an ed-tech platform called 'Shohoz Learn'. Launched on June 10, this platform houses 100 kids' eBooks with an audio reader and assessment tools in partnership with the global ed-tech platform MommyDaddyMe (MDM).
10 June 2021

Meet Grace, the healthcare robot Covid-19 created

The Hong Kong team behind celebrity humanoid robot Sophia is launching a new prototype, Grace, targeted at the healthcare market and designed to interact with the elderly and those isolated by the Covid-19 pandemic.
10 June 2021

Facebook set to launch smartwatch next year

Facebook on Wednesday confirmed it is working on a smartwatch that might one day connect with augmented reality glasses being developed by the leading social network. Facebook Reality Labs is investing in ways to make AR glasses more useful, unit head Andrew “Boz” Bosworth said in a tweet responding to a Verge report that the social network is aiming to unveil a smartwatch next year.
9 June 2021

The robot nurse

Robots have been seen assisting medical staff at Covid-19 hospitals across the world but it has never been seen here.
9 June 2021

“Young Entrepreneurs & Innovators are in the lead of building Digital Bangladesh”- Palak

The Hon'ble State Minister of ICT Division Mr Zunaid Ahmed Palak MP enlightened the media about the present state and the future action plans of BIG 2021.
9 June 2021

Glitch in Fastly: Media, govt websites hit by outages

Several media, government and social sites such as the UK government, the White House and Reddit suffered temporary outages yesterday due to a glitch in cloud computing services provider Fastly.
8 June 2021

Apple in talks with CATL, BYD over battery supplies for its electric car

Apple Inc is in early-stage talks with China's CATL and BYD about the supply of batteries for its planned electric vehicle, four people with knowledge of the matter said. The discussions are subject to change and it is not clear if agreements with either CATL or BYD will be reached, said the people who declined to be named as the discussions are private.
8 June 2021

Apple's new 'private relay' feature will not be available in China

Apple Inc on Monday said a new "private relay" feature designed to obscure a user's web browsing behavior from internet service providers and advertisers will not be available in China for regulatory reasons.
8 June 2021

Uber now includes CNG auto-rickshaws in Dhaka

Ride sharing service Uber has made CNG auto-rickshaws available for ridesharing in Dhaka city. Accessing the app earlier today, users noticed that a ‘CNG’ option was popping up alongside the regular UberX, Premier, Moto and UberXL options, after choosing a destination within Dhaka.
7 June 2021

‘One Country, One Rate’: Internet at flat rate across the country

BTRC has fixed the maximum tariff for broadband internet connection today. A customer now has to pay Tk 500 a month for using a broadband connection with a minimum internet speed of 5 Mbps.
6 June 2021

‘Harmful’ apps, games to be banned

Worried over their widespread abuse, law enforcers have moved to crack down on some online games and social media applications, including “TikTok”.
5 June 2021

Nigeria suspended Twitter days after president's post removed

Nigeria said on Friday it had indefinitely suspended Twitter's activities, two days after the social media giant removed a post from President Muhammadu Buhari that threatened to punish regional secessionists.
5 June 2021

SpaceX carrying research squids to ISS

A SpaceX rocket took off Thursday for the International Space Station carrying supplies for scientific experiments, including some surprising passengers -- squids and virtually indestructible microorganisms called tardigrades.
4 June 2021

Imported phones get costlier; prices down for headphones, local laptops

Prices up, prices down for gadgets and appliances.
4 June 2021

AirPods Max: Fantastic headphones, but why?

Sometimes they require a preamp to drive the extra clarity of sound. Then there are the ones that are for consumption, like listening to music or
3 June 2021

Model Y experience: Y the Y is an ideal car for Bangladesh

Before we start this, there hasn’t been a case of a Model Y import yet into Bangladesh. This review and pictures were taken in the middle of a very sunny afternoon in Northern Virginia.
3 June 2021

AI to power Google's battle against fake news

Technology giant Google's artificial intelligence (AI) development, particularly on understanding human language, will be its strongest effort yet against misinformation, says its chief executive officer Sundar Pichai.
1 June 2021

Vivo Launches V21 in Bangladesh

Smartphone brand Vivo has launched its new V21 smartphone in Bangladesh. The device is the latest addition to Vivo’s V-series smartphones.
1 June 2021

Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission to bring gas sector under one Uniform System of Accounts

Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission is going to implement uniform accounting software for all companies in Gas Sector. They have recently signed an agreement with Divine IT Limited and Giga Tech Limited. Rubina Ferdoushy (Secretary, Admin & Law) and Iqbal Ahmed Fakhrul Hasan (Managing Director, Divine IT Limited) signed the contract for the respective organisation.
1 June 2021
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