Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited (BTCL) will begin offering mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) SIM cards and app-based IP calling, according to a recent Facebook post by Faiz Ahmad Taiyeb, Special Assistant to the Chief Adviser at the Ministry of Posts, Telecommunication and Information Technology.

Artificial intelligence company Anthropic has announced plans to triple its international workforce this year, citing strong demand for its Claude AI models outside the United States, as per a recent report by Reuters. The company will also expand its applied AI team fivefold as part of the global expansion.

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Snapchat is introducing paid storage plans for its ‘Memories’ feature, asking users with large digital archives to begin paying for space that was previously free.

Microsoft is rolling out a new update to its Photos app on Windows 11 that brings AI-driven auto-categorisation, a feature long associated with Google Photos, the app for storing photos.

Meta has recently unveiled an update to the Meta AI app called ‘Vibes’, offering users the ability to create and share short-form AI-generated videos. 

A new social club for Volkswagen enthusiasts called “VW Club Bangladesh Ltd” has been launched in Bangladesh, bringing together owners and admirers of the German car brand in an effort to build community and promote road safety.

Redington Limited, a tech solution provider, has recently entered into an agreement with Starlink, the satellite internet service, to provide authorised distribution in Bangladesh.

A report titled “The Future of Cybersecurity in Asia Pacific and Japan” by Sophos, the cybersecurity company, has found that rising threat levels, expanding regulatory requirements and the spread of artificial intelligence (AI) tools are fuelling widespread burnout among security professionals in Asia Pacific and Japan.

Microsoft has cut off the Israeli military’s access to cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) services it used to run a mass surveillance programme that intercepted millions of Palestinian phone calls daily in Gaza and the West Bank, according to a recent report by The Guardian.

The Taliban administration has recently cut internet access across five provinces in northern Afghanistan, citing the need to prevent what it described as “immoral activities”, according to a recent report by Reuters.

Nur Muhammad Mahi Shafiullah, a Bangladeshi researcher in artificial intelligence and robotics, has been named in MIT Technology Review’s ‘35 Innovators Under 35’ list for 2025. According to the list, he was recognised for his work on building robot intelligence that can operate in unstructured human environments.

NASA has said it intends to send four astronauts on a ten-day journey around the Moon in early 2026, marking the first crewed lunar mission in more than half a century.

WhatsApp has recently announced that the app has begun introducing a real-time translation tool in select languages.

Alibaba, the Chinese company, has recently unveiled its most capable artificial intelligence (AI) model to date, called “Qwen3-Max”, which contains more than 1 trillion parameters, trained on 36 trillion tokens. 

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As world leaders gathered in New York for the United Nations general assembly, the US Secret Service dismantled a hidden telecom network that investigators say had the potential to cripple cellular service across the city, according to a recent report by The Guardian.

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Nvidia has announced plans to invest up to $100 billion in OpenAI, forming a major partnership between two leading artificial intelligence companies, according to a recent report by Reuters. The deal will see Nvidia take a financial stake in OpenAI while supplying it with advanced data center chips.

Oracle has officially named company insiders Clay Magouyrk and Mike Sicilia as its new co-chief executive officers, replacing Safra Catz, who led the company for 11 years.