The parents of a 12-year-old girl who died by suicide are among several Italian families suing Meta and TikTok in the first collective legal action in Italy to directly challenge social media companies and their algorithms, Reuters reported on Tuesday.

ChatGPT's share of the global AI assistant market has dipped below 50% for the first time since its launch, as growing competition from Google's Gemini and Anthropic's Claude erodes the dominance OpenAI has held since it effectively created the modern AI chatbot category in late 2022.

Google chief executive Sundar Pichai was met with boos and a walkout by approximately 200 graduating students when he delivered the commencement address at Stanford University over the weekend, as protests over the company's defence contracts and ties to US immigration enforcement followed him to his alma mater.

Meta has announced a set of new artificial intelligence features for Facebook, led by an 'AI Mode' that allows users to ask questions and receive answers drawn from public discussions happening across the platform.

Microsoft has been sued by shareholders who allege the company misled them about slowing growth in its Azure cloud computing business and the scale of its artificial intelligence infrastructure spending, causing its stock price to be artificially inflated.

Alibaba Group has released its first suite of artificial intelligence models designed for robots, the company said on Tuesday, as it pushes into the growing field of physical AI.

Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek has raised more than 50 billion yuan, equivalent to roughly $7.40 billion, in its first external funding round, valuing the company at over $50 billion, The Information reported on Tuesday.

Daraz Bangladesh has reportedly laid off around 100 employees in its latest round of job cuts, carried out on May 6 and 7, according to several former employees who said they were among those affected.

Grameenphone has begun the nationwide deployment of the 700 MHz spectrum band, becoming the first mobile operator in Bangladesh to launch services using the frequency range.

Prometheus, a physical AI startup co-founded by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, has raised $12 billion in a new funding round at a valuation of $41 billion, marking one of the largest single bets yet on the emerging field of AI applied to the physical world.

OpenAI has unveiled a new partner network designed to help businesses move from experimenting with artificial intelligence to embedding it across their operations, backed by an initial $150 million investment.

This week, for the first time in recorded history, a single human being's net worth crossed the trillion-dollar threshold. And yet, look past the headline figure, and the empire generating it looks less like a triumphant monument and more like a building site after a fire alarm. Several, actually.

The UK will introduce a full ban on social media for children under the age of 16, Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced on Monday.

Xiaomi has launched two new devices in Bangladesh, expanding its local product lineup with the Redmi Pad 2 tablet and the Xiaomi 17T smartphone.

Artificial intelligence has genuinely made our creative and professional lives easier — whether you are a writer staring down a deadline, a researcher drowning in documents, or simply someone trying to get through a long to-do list.

The proposed budget for fiscal year 2026-27 provides measured relief in some areas, quietly nudges citizens towards greater financial formalisation, and reveals where policymakers believe Bangladesh's future workforce is headed.

Every generation of nations builds the infrastructure that defines its future. Bangladesh has built roads, power plants and digital payment networks. The budget presented yesterday suggests the country’s next great infrastructure project may be different: human capital, powered by teachers, technology and artificial intelligence.

Google is introducing a new system for managing personalisation across its search-related services, giving users more direct control over how their activity is stored and used to shape recommendations.

Facebook and Messenger went down for users across the globe this evening, with complaints first surfacing around 7:45pm Bangladesh time.

The proposed national budget for the 2026-27 financial year appears to challenge that approach. It does more than offer a handful of incentives: it recognises that startups create value differently and therefore require a distinct policy framework.