A Dhaka court has granted a 72-hour remand for Rare Al Samir, chief executive of edtech startup Interactive Cares, and his business partner and wife Jamila Bupasha Khushbu, following a second criminal case filed against the duo at Dhanmondi police Station on charges of fraud and criminal breach of trust.

Google has announced a new line of laptops called “Googlebooks”, during the company’s Android Show 2026.

TikTok has previously sought to allay EU concerns by storing European users' information in Europe, with limitations on who can access the data

HerWILL has concluded its global AI for Digital Safety Datathon 2026 in Dhaka, naming Azra Tuni of Bangladesh as champion after a competition focused on using artificial intelligence to address harmful online content.

The United States Mint has released a $1 coin honouring Steve Jobs, the late co-founder of Apple, as California's entry in the American Innovation $1 Coin Program. The coin is going on sale to the public on May 12.

A new study warns that artificial intelligence cannot reliably predict which occupations it will disrupt.

By 2026, AI has become one of the most pervasive acronyms in everyday speech, worked into nearly every piece of software and industry. What began with trivial uses such as writing essays or counting letters has now expanded into research, the very engine of human intellectual progress.

Parker, a US-based fintech startup offering corporate credit cards and banking services for e-commerce businesses, has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy and is widely reported to have shut down, in one of the more notable collapses in the sector in recent years.

Google Finance is expanding its new artificial intelligence-powered platform across Europe this week, introducing a redesigned experience with full local language support and a broader range of market analysis tools.

Samsung has officially launched the Galaxy A37 5G and Galaxy A57 5G smartphones in Bangladesh.

Microsoft is making passkeys the first sign-in option shown to users who have them registered, edging passwords further down the priority list, according to a new announcement by the tech giant.

Amazon Prime Video is introducing a new short-form video feature to its streaming platform, joining rivals including Netflix and Disney+ in adopting a TikTok-style vertical browsing experience aimed at mobile users.

Figure AI, a robotics company, has recently shown two of its F.03 humanoid robots autonomously resetting a full bedroom, including making a bed together, using only visual cues to coordinate their actions.

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Nintendo has announced a global price increase for its Switch 2 console, driven by surging memory chip costs caused by booming AI data centre demand.

Anthropic has signed a $1.8 billion computing agreement with US-based cloud computing company Akamai Technologies, according to a recent Bloomberg News report that cited people familiar with the matter.

Cloudflare has announced plans to cut approximately 1,100 jobs even as the internet infrastructure company reported the highest quarterly revenue in its history.

Google has confirmed that its Chrome browser may automatically download several gigabytes of on-device artificial intelligence (AI) models to users’ computers in order to support a growing number of AI-powered features integrated into the browser.

Honor, the global AI ecosystem device brand, officially launched its 600 5G series at an event in Dhaka on May 7. The lineup includes the Honor 600 5G, Honor 600 Lite, and Honor 600 Pro 5G.

Xiaomi Bangladesh has entered the country’s home appliance market for the first time, launching a range of smart televisions, laundry products and connected home devices.