The breakage rate for Microsoft Corp’s (MSFT.O) Surface devices is significantly worse than for other manufacturers' laptops and tablets, Consumer Reports say, adding that it is removing its "recommended" designation for Surface products.

Mozilla, the non-profit which runs the Firefox internet browser, says it was launching a drive against "fake news" as fact-checking software backed by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar got its first run-out in public.

Facebook Inc on Wednesday made its biggest move to date to compete in the television market by expanding its video offerings with programming ranging from professional women's basketball to a safari show and a parenting program.

Education-oriented videos on YouTube is not unheard of. YouTube's array of educational videos range from solely academic animations to more general knowledge based skits.

The founder of the website HaveIBeenPwned.com publishes an impressive list of more than 300 million names and character strings that have been stolen in recent years.

The F-22 Raptor, developed and produced by Lokheed Martin for the United States Air Force, was designed for air superiority - easily the most advanced fighter ever produced at the time of introduction, the Raptor is an infamous winged beast that never actually saw much action.

As the prices of JDM rockets like Skylines and Supras shoot up worldwide, we run down the list of the rarest and best JDM factory specials – cars which might be modern classics of a bygone era soon enough.

Toyota is set to take a 5 percent stake in Mazda as part of an offensive plan of action in order to ward off rivals in the US market. Mazda is also taking a token 0.25 percent in the Japanese giant.

New cars and their details.

Google fires the author of an internal memo defending the gender-gap in Silicon Valley tech jobs as a matter of biology, according to media reports.

The revolutionary field of digital humanities - all the rage in the US and Britain - is gaining ground among local universities.

South Korean prosecutors seek a 12-year jail term for Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Jay Y Lee, over charges including allegedly bribing ex-President Park Geun-hye for government support to cement Lee's control of Samsung Group.

Vietnam plans to tighten its grip on the internet via a censorship system to block and prevent personal computers from receiving misleading information.

TECH BITS

The three-day long smartphone and tab expo of summer 2017 ended last week at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre at

Gigabyte recently has launched Brix compact PC for the Bangladesh. It features Latest Intel 7th Generation Core i3-7100U Processor,

A seminar titled `Digital Bangladesh: Role of Youth' was held at the Bangladesh University of Business and Technology (BUBT) on

Another Hong Kong based Chinese mobile phone manufacturer that started off in 2006 & belonging to the Transsion holdings. For those who doesn’t know Transsion Holdings, they also own the Itel and Infinix brands latter of which we've reviewed previously. They started their journey formally in Bangladesh last month with the brand Tecno although Itel was operating before that. Transsion Holdings brand Tecno has been initially focusing exclusively on Africa and only recently made a foray into the Indian market with a barrage of new devices.

A Bangladeshi software company wins World Summit Award 2016 with an original mobile app that directs commuters and pedestrians to a nearby toilet in Dhaka city.

Global smartphone sales see a modest decline in the second quarter of 2017, as market leaders Samsung and Apple consolidate their positions, according to a survey.