When roads go under: how to drive safely and protect your car
8 hour(s) ago
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Dhaka's roads have turned into a flood zone after days of relentless monsoon rain, with the Bangladesh Meteorological Department recording 110mm in just 27 hours and warning more is on the way. Driving through it safely means slowing down, avoiding any water deeper than 10cm or moving water, never restarting a stalled engine, and getting the car professionally checked afterward for hidden damage to the brakes, engine, and electrics.
Anthropic is asking the public to send in questions about AI
9 hour(s) ago
Tech & Startup
Anthropic, the company behind the AI assistant Claude, is asking people to submit questions they have about artificial intelligence.
This T-Rex is expected to go for $30 million at auction
9 hour(s) ago
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No plan to sell Teletalk: Telecom minister
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Meta pulls AI image tool after public backlash
11 hour(s) ago
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Shift / How to keep your motorcycle safe from rain
12 July 2026, 19:46 PM
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2027 will be the worst memory supply shortage in history: SK Hynix CEO
12 July 2026, 19:19 PM
Tech & Startup
Redmi Note 14 4G: Big battery, bright display, and bang for your buck
Let’s be real—buying a phone under BDT 25,000 these days feels like trying to get decent biryani for under 100 bucks. Expectations are high, budgets are tight, and compromises are inevitable. Enter the Xiaomi Redmi Note 14 4G, a phone that doesn’t promise the world—but gives you a pretty good piece of it anyway.
21 April 2025, 08:04 AM
Cyberscam ‘cancer’ is going global, UN warns
Governments around the world are struggling to contain the rapid spread of a multibillion‑dollar cyber scam industry that emerged in Southeast Asian countries like Thailand, Cambodia, and Myanmar, has now taken root in South America, Africa and Eastern Europe, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) recently said, according to a recent Reuters report.
21 April 2025, 07:53 AM
This bionic hand can operate even when detached
Open Bionics, a UK-based startup, has revealed a wireless bionic hand that is capable of operating even when detached from the wearer’s body. Called the Hero Pro model, the company says this prosthetic hand will provide amputees with interchangeable attachments and real-time muscle control.
21 April 2025, 06:05 AM
PUBG Mobile to launch local server for Bangladesh
Krafton’s Player Unknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) Mobile has announced plans to launch a dedicated local server for Bangladesh on April 20. The local server is expected to go live in the coming months.
20 April 2025, 12:34 PM
Global smartphone shipments increased 1.5% in Q1 2025
Global smartphone shipments rose modestly by 1.5 percent year-over-year (YoY) in the first quarter of 2025, reaching 304.9 million units, according to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker published on April 14.
20 April 2025, 11:31 AM
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20 April 2025, 09:05 AM
Huawei opens registration for Seeds for the Future Bangladesh 2025
Huawei has officially announced the registration opening for the 2025 edition of ‘Seeds for the Future’, the company’s flagship ICT talent development initiative, at a launching event held at the Huawei Bangladesh Academy on April, 19.
20 April 2025, 08:20 AM
Google is building an AI model to talk to dolphins
Google has recently unveiled DolphinGemma, an artificial intelligence model designed to analyse and mimic dolphin vocalisations. Developed in collaboration with the Wild Dolphin Project (WDP) and Georgia Tech, the AI processes decades of recorded dolphin sounds to identify patterns and predict communication sequences—much like how AI models anticipate text in human language.
20 April 2025, 06:54 AM
Vivo launches V50 Lite in Bangladesh
Vivo has officially launched the V50 Lite smartphone in Bangladesh.
20 April 2025, 02:00 AM
Humanoid robots take part in China half-marathon
Twenty-one humanoid robots joined thousands of runners at the Yizhuang half-marathon in Beijing yesterday, the first time these machines have raced alongside humans over a 21-km (13-mile) course.
19 April 2025, 18:40 PM
Realme launches C75x in Bangladesh
Realme has officially launched the realme C75x in Bangladesh.
19 April 2025, 09:58 AM
Android will auto-reboot your phone if locked for three days: report
Android is rolling out a new optional security feature that automatically reboots devices if they remain locked for three consecutive days, according to a report by 9to5Google. The update, delivered via the upcoming Google Play services version 25.14, aims to enhance security by forcing devices into a 'Before First Unlock (BFU)' state, requiring a PIN or pattern instead of biometrics to regain access.
17 April 2025, 09:13 AM
Xbox is making game purchases possible from mobile app
Xbox has recently announced that it is introducing the feature to purchase games and downloadable content (DLC) directly from its mobile app. The update, currently available to beta testers on iOS and Android, is expected to roll out more broadly in the near future.
17 April 2025, 02:44 AM
Huawei organises campus recruitment at CUET
Huawei has recently conducted a campus recruitment programme at Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology (CUET), offering employment opportunities to graduating students in the fields of information and communication technology.
16 April 2025, 17:11 PM
You can get up to $100,000 for hacking Starlink's network
Want to get paid big bucks for hacking satellites? Elon Musk's Starlink is offering security researchers and ethical hackers up to $100,000 if they can crack its global satellite internet network - legally. As of February 11, 2025, the company's bug bounty program on Bugcrowd has already paid out for 118 vulnerabilities, with an average reward of $1,466.66 per bug over the last three months.
16 April 2025, 09:43 AM
Meta's Zuckerberg eyed Instagram spinoff amid antitrust scrutiny, document shows
The document was shown during Zuckerberg's second day of testimony at the high-stakes trial, in which the U.S. Federal Trade Commission is seeking to unwind Meta's acquisitions of prized assets Instagram and WhatsApp.
16 April 2025, 06:33 AM
OpenAI making its own X-like social media platform: report
ChatGPT-maker OpenAI is developing its own social media platform, according to sources familiar with internal discussions reported by The Verge. While still in the early prototyping stages, the experimental project reportedly features a social feed integrated with ChatGPT's image generation capabilities—potentially positioning OpenAI against rivals like Elon Musk's X and Meta.
16 April 2025, 05:51 AM
High school student discovers 1.5 million cosmic objects using AI
A California high school student has made an extraordinary contribution to astronomy by developing an artificial intelligence (AI) system that uncovered 1.5 million previously unknown objects in space. Seventeen-year-old Matteo Paz's work, conducted through Caltech's Planet Finder Academy, has now been published in 'The Astronomical Journal' – a remarkable achievement for a single-author paper by a teenage scientist.
16 April 2025, 05:10 AM
Team Adamantine to fly Hong Kong in June to represent Bangladesh
Team Adamantine from Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP) has recently secured first place in the ‘Business Case Competition 2025’ and will represent Bangladesh at the HSBC/HKU Asia Pacific Business Case Competition in Hong Kong this June.
16 April 2025, 02:36 AM
Bangladeshi founders raise $2.6M to launch world’s first self-driving AI CRM
Bangladeshi-led startup Octolane secures $2.6M to launch the world’s first self-driving AI CRM, transforming how sales teams engage with customers.
15 April 2025, 16:58 PM
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