Team Ababil, a group of students from Aviation and Aerospace University, Bangladesh (AAUB), has recently secured sixth place globally in the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) phase of the CanSat Competition 2025, organized by the American Astronautical Society (AAS) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

Edison Group has officially launched the helio 100 smartphone in Bangladesh. 

For those seeking higher frame rates and better visual quality, upgrading the graphics card is often the most effective way to improve performance.

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A new study by Columbia Journalism Review’s Tow Center for Digital Journalism reveals that popular AI search tools deliver incorrect or misleading information more than 60% of the time, often failing to properly credit original news sources. The findings raise concerns about how these tools undermine trust in journalism and deprive publishers of traffic and revenue.

Chinese internet search giant Baidu released a new artificial intelligence reasoning model Sunday and made its AI chatbot services free to consumers as ferocious competition grips the sector.

Apple is preparing to introduce live translation capabilities to its AirPods, according to a recent report by Bloomberg. 

Orange Corners Bangladesh convened a multi-stakeholder event in Dhaka to strengthen ties between early-stage entrepreneurs and industry leaders. The event, titled Orange Corners: Strengthening Early-Stage Entrepreneurship through Industry Engagement, was organised by the SAJIDA Foundation and the Bangladesh Youth Leadership Center (BYLC), with implementation support from YY Ventures.

Iran is deploying aerial drones, facial recognition technology, and a mobile application to enforce its mandatory hijab laws, according to a United Nations report released on Friday. The report highlights the government’s increasing reliance on technology to monitor and punish women who fail to comply with the country’s strict dress code.

Deepal, a subsidiary of Changan Automobile, has officially entered the Bangladeshi electric vehicle (EV) market with the introduction of two models—the L07 sedan and the S07 SUV.

Intel's newly appointed CEO, industry veteran Lip-Bu Tan, is set to receive a base salary of $1 million, with the potential to earn up to $2 million in bonuses each year, according to a regulatory filing. Additionally, he is eligible for about $66 million in stock options and grants tied to his performance over the next few years.

An Australian man has become the first person in the world to be discharged from hospital with a total artificial heart implant, according to a recent report by The Guardian.

Peter Kyle, the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology in the United Kingdom (UK), has been using ChatGPT to seek advice on policy matters, including the slow adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) among British businesses, according to a recent report by New Scientist magazine.

Google has recently unveiled Gemma 3, a new family of lightweight, open AI models designed to run efficiently on devices like phones, laptops, and workstations. According to an official blog post, Gemma 3 is built on the same technology as Google’s Gemini 2.0 models and is available in four sizes (1B, 4B, 12B, and 27B) to suit different hardware and performance needs.

Niantic Labs, the US tech company behind the global phenomenon Pokémon Go, has agreed to sell its gaming division to Saudi Arabia-owned Scopely for $3.5 billion.

Intel, the US-based chipmaking giant, has named industry veteran Lip-Bu Tan as its new CEO, effective March 18. The appointment comes as Intel seeks to recover from one of its most challenging periods, marked by declining market share, falling stock prices, and intense competition in the semiconductor industry.

OpenAI has introduced a set of new tools aimed at helping developers and enterprises build AI agents.

OpenAI has introduced a new developer tool called the Responses API, designed to simplify and enhance the creation of advanced AI agents. The tool, which replaces the Assistants API, aims to address key challenges developers face when building AI systems, such as managing multi-turn interactions, integrating hosted tools, and handling multiple data types like text, images, and audio.

A ransomware group known as Hunters International has published data it claims to have stolen from Tata Technologies

Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, is testing its first in-house chip designed to train artificial intelligence (AI) systems, according to sources cited by Reuters. The move marks a significant step in Meta’s efforts to reduce its dependence on external suppliers like Nvidia and lower its massive infrastructure costs.