Nvidia in talks to back $250 bln for OpenAI's data centre: report
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Nvidia is in discussions to provide around $250 billion in financing guarantees for OpenAI, a move that would help the artificial intelligence company secure a massive data centre campus in southern Ohio.
Tech giants urge lawmakers not to restrict open-source AI
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Nvidia, Microsoft, and Meta urge US lawmakers against restricting open-source AI, citing benefits to competition, security, and cost control.
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Gowala offering special discounts

Gowala Food, an e-com venture, is delivering seasonal fruits like mango, litchi along with yoghurts, milk, and other dairy products at home upon online order.
22 June 2020, 02:53 AM

ZKTeco brings Touch less Entrance Control Solution & Walk-Through Metal Detector with Body Temperature Measurement for Bangladesh

In recent times, the Coronavirus crisis has propelled workplaces to adopt new methods of monitoring and controlling workers and visitors. To cater to the growing need for these products, ZKTeco has launched the SBTL8-33 and ZK-D3180S series of entrance control and metal detector devices in the local market.
20 June 2020, 00:00 AM

Samsung to relocate Chinese display production to Vietnam: media

Samsung Electronics is planning to shift much of its display production from China to its plant in southern Vietnam this year, state media says.
19 June 2020, 11:30 AM

AI now shaping the world of creative arts

Based on the work of researchers from the University of California, Berkley many independent researchers and film enthusiasts have started using deep AI, to colourize many classic black and white films.
18 June 2020, 18:00 PM

Here’s the coolest sub-1500cc cars you can and should have

Car taxes going up in Bangladesh? Seems like a nightmare for some. Cosindering that the entry bracket could be 25000taka AIT for cars upto 1500cc, here’s a few cars a petrolhead should consider before giving up life and hopes with an Allion.
18 June 2020, 18:00 PM

ICT Division, Facebook and Bloodman join forces to save lives

The Information and Communication Technology Division has partnered with Facebook and a local blood bank -- Bloodman Bangladesh -- to promote the use of technology for better access to safe blood to save lives.
18 June 2020, 11:23 AM

The Daily Star now available on Huawei App Gallery

The Daily Star’s official mobile application is now available for download via Huawei’s proprietary App Gallery.
16 June 2020, 14:30 PM

Amazon launches tech to maintain social distancing at its facilities

Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) says it launched a technology-aided system in some of its facilities to maintain social distancing, called ‘Distance Assistant’.
16 June 2020, 11:26 AM

Uber launches 'Connect' package delivery service

In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, Uber today announced the launch of a new package delivery service called ‘Uber Connect,’ which will allow Dhaka’s residents to send and receive parcels from each other and also order items from shops within city limits while staying within the safety of their homes.
16 June 2020, 08:24 AM

Xiaomi launches Redmi Note 9 Pro, Redmi Note 9S and Redmi Note 9 in Bangladesh

Xiaomi launched the next iteration of the Note series in Bangladesh with the Redmi Note 9 Pro, Redmi Note 9 S and Redmi Note 9 yesterday.
15 June 2020, 11:56 AM

The Urban Outlaw: 1982 Toyota Corolla GL

Tokyo Hippari nights in Dhaka feat. a lowered, flared old Corolla
11 June 2020, 18:00 PM

Mobile phone users to pay more

Mobile phone users will have to pay higher bills as supplementary duty is set to increase to 15 percent from the existing 10 percent in the proposed budget for fiscal year 2020-21.
11 June 2020, 10:41 AM

India’s Bharti Airtel subsidiary acquires additional 6.3 percent stake in Robi

India’s Bharti Airtel today said its subsidiary has acquired an additional 6.3 percent stake in Bangladesh's telecom operator Robi Axiata from NTT Docomo for an undisclosed amount.
9 June 2020, 12:49 PM

Big tech’s big shift to renewable energy

Global corporations have managed to buy enough clean energy in the last 12 years that will surpass the total energy production capacities of small countries like Poland or Vietnam. This helps them expand digital cloud-based services without murdering the planet. Is it all for the good of the environment? Not necessarily.
4 June 2020, 18:00 PM

From trash to treasure

Car headlights made from waste coffee beans. Thrown away plastic bottles that become car seat. What next? If there is one thing that can be said about humanity,
4 June 2020, 18:00 PM

3 apps that help you support a greener earth

3 apps that can help you help the environment without going out in the wild
4 June 2020, 18:00 PM

Visa and SSLCOMMERZ launches ‘Save & Save’ Campaign

SSLCOMMERZ, the online payment gateway of Bangladesh, and Visa, the payments solutions provider, have jointly started the ‘Save & Save’ campaign once again to facilitate the people of Bangladesh to shop online while staying safe at home.
4 June 2020, 17:02 PM

Weather postpones SpaceX's first astronaut launch from Florida

Stormy weather thwarted a landmark moment for private rocket company SpaceX and NASA, forcing launch directors in Florida to postpone what would have been the first flight of US astronauts into orbit from American soil in nine years.
27 May 2020, 19:21 PM

Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, smartphones take a blow

Like other businesses, the sale of mobile phones has also been hit hard by the pandemic. Sales of mobile phones increase around the two Eids every year. But this time, due to the epidemic, a large portion of the target will not be sold, officials of various companies are expressing fears.
27 May 2020, 14:34 PM

Real-life detectives using tools from Sci-Fi

In the olden days of Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot, detectives used to solve cases using intelligence and deduction mostly. Nowadays its different.
21 May 2020, 18:00 PM
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