Press Release / Uber expands subscription options for car drivers in Bangladesh
3 August 2026
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Press Release / Honor launches Magic V6 foldable phone in Bangladesh
3 August 2026
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LinkedIn adds 'seems like AI slop' reporting button
2 August 2026
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Bangladeshi manufacturers explore ways to build retail brands in US market
2 July 2026
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Views / When machines lie with confidence
20 May 2026
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Press Release / Honor launches X8d in Bangladesh
14 April 2026
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Meta launches 2 new prescription-friendly smart glasses
31 March 2026
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YouTube CEO says top creators still call it home
30 March 2026
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5 stories you may not know about Apple as it turns 50
30 March 2026
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Hackers return $260 mln to cryptocurrency platform after massive theft
Hackers behind one of the biggest ever cryptocurrency heists have returned more than a third of $613 million in digital coins they stole, the company at the centre of the hack said on Wednesday.
12 August 2021
Apple update will check iPhones for images of child sexual abuse
Personal assistant Siri will be taught to “intervene” when users try to search topics related to child sex abuse, according to the company.
12 August 2021
Samsung unveils new foldable smartphones
Samsung unveiled two upgraded folding smartphones on Wednesday as the South Korean sector leader sought to head off rising competition from Chinese firms in a fast-evolving market.
12 August 2021
Vivo launches the Y53s in Bangladesh
Vivo today announced the launch of its latest smartphone, Y53s, in Bangladesh.
11 August 2021
Xiaomi beats Samsung to become the top global smartphone brand in June 2021
Xiaomi smartphones accounted for 17.1% of the global smartphone market by volume. With 15.7 per cent and 14.3 per cent market share, Samsung and Apple came in second and third, respectively.
7 August 2021
AI whiplash: navigating the surprising aftermath of the pandemic
As the pandemic began to upend the world last year, businesses reached for every tool at their disposal—including AI—to solve challenges and serve customers safely and effectively. While every organisation will need its own playbook to recover from the AI whiplash and optimise its investment in the technology, a comprehensive plan should include five components:
5 August 2021
‘Metaverse’: the next internet revolution?
Welcome to the metaverse: a vision of the future that sounds fantastical, but which tech titans like Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg are betting on as the next great leap in the evolution of the internet.
5 August 2021
The chips are down: why there's a semiconductor shortage
A shortage of semiconductors has sent shockwaves through the global economy, squeezing supplies of everything from cars to headphones. The dearth of chips has exposed the modern world's reliance on these minuscule components, the basic building blocks of computers which allow electronic devices to process data. Why is the shortage happening, and what can be done about it?
4 August 2021
Spanish engineers extract drinking water from thin air
A Spanish company has devised a system to extract drinking water from thin air to supply arid regions where people are in desperate need.
4 August 2021
Google unveils new Pixel 6 phones with custom chips
Google on Monday unveiled a new flagship Pixel smartphone powered by its first mobile chip to put artificial intelligence in people's hands. Pixel 6 models set for release later this year, with superfast 5G wireless capability, will debut Google's own Tensor chip crafted along the lines of processors it made for data centres to enable computers to think more as people do.
2 August 2021
Walton launches Primo ZX4
Walton has launched its new flagship smartphone with a 64-megapixel rear Penta camera (five-sensor camera) set-up. Besides, there is a 32-megapixel selfie camera on the front. The phone sports many advanced features including a large screen full HD+ display, gaming processor, powerful RAM, ROM and side-mounted fingerprint sensor.
2 August 2021
Zoom to pay $85m as part of class-action settlement for allegations of privacy violations and zoombombing
Between March and May of last year, 14 lawsuits were filed against Zoom, which was consolidated into a class-action lawsuit.
2 August 2021
'Metaverse': the next internet revolution?
Imagine a world where you could sit on the same couch as a friend who lives thousands of miles away or conjure up a virtual version of your workplace while at the beach. Welcome to the metaverse: a vision of the future that sounds fantastical, but which tech titans like Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg are betting on as the next great leap in the evolution of the internet.
31 July 2021
Astronomers seek evidence of tech built by aliens
An international team of scientists led by a prominent Harvard astronomer announced a new initiative Monday to look for evidence of technology built by extraterrestrial civilizations.
31 July 2021
Rumor Scanner Bangladesh becomes verified signatory of the IFCN
Rumor Scanner, a fact-checking initiative affiliated with RSB Media & Research has become the second verified signatory in Bangladesh by International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN). The International Fact-Checking Network, a unit of the Poynter Institute of Journalism has awarded this recognition to Rumor Scanner on 28th July 2021.
30 July 2021
Fashol.com aims to solve ages old supply chain problems for farmers and retailers
Fashol.com, a wholesale marketplace for retailers, collects products--fruits and vegetables--from different parts of the country at night, including the wholesale markets of the capital and brings them to the Fashol distribution centre. In the next step, products get sorted using in house sorting method and then goods are delivered to the retailer early every morning. Retailers get 5% -10% lower prices than the market price. Fashol.com also offers zero delivery costs to retailers.
30 July 2021
2021 EA Play Live: Here are the major upcoming games
Hosted by Austin Creed, the show kicked off with Grid Legends, the latest instalment in Codemaster’s beloved Grid franchise.
29 July 2021
Jamuna’s investment in Evaly: What does it actually mean?
Since yesterday, one of the most talked-about topics in Bangladeshi social media is industrial conglomerate Jamuna Group’s announcement of investing up to Tk 1,000 crore in the e-commerce platform Evaly. The sheer figure astounded many as it is the largest amount of investment the country has ever seen in its e-commerce industry. Initially, Jamuna Group will invest Tk 200 crore, and the rest in phases.
28 July 2021
Bezos offers NASA $2 billion in exchange for moon mission contract
Fresh off his trip to space, billionaire businessman Jeff Bezos on Monday offered to cover up to $2 billion in NASA costs if the U.S. space agency awards his company Blue Origin a contract to make a spacecraft designed to land astronauts back on the moon.
27 July 2021
Spyware for sale: the booming trade in surveillance tech
Israeli's NSO Group is in the eye of a storm over its Pegasus spyware -- but it is far from the only company helping governments with their covert surveillance operations. Explosive claims that Pegasus was used to spy on activists and even heads of state have shone a spotlight on the software, which allows highly intrusive access to a person's mobile phone. But NSO is merely one player in an industry that has quietly boomed in recent years, arming even cash-strapped governments with powerful surveillance technology.
26 July 2021