Instagram updates its wordmark for the first time in a decade

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Google unveils Pixel 11 lineup, AirTag rival, and new Gemini features
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Google has held its annual hardware event, Made by Google 2026, unveiling the Pixel 11 smartphone series, a new Pixel Watch 5, and the Pixel Tag, a $29 tracking device that takes direct aim at Apple's AirTag.
Competency based BCS viva: how candidates can prepare
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Bangladesh's civil service recruitment system is moving towards a competency-based approach to the viva voce, changing the emphasis from what candidates know to how they have applied their skills in real-world situations.

Honor X9d review: built to last, with battery life to match

The Honor X9d comes with a clear promise: durability you can rely on in everyday use. After two weeks of handling it less delicately than most review phones, that claim feels well founded. The more interesting question, though, is whether the device delivers just as well in the rest of the experience. Here is our take after living with it.
15 March 2026

Instagram to discontinue encrypted chat from May

Instagram will stop supporting end-to-end encrypted messaging after May 8, 2026, according to a recent update from the company.
15 March 2026

Elon Musk fires more xAI co-founders: report

Elon Musk has ordered a fresh round of job cuts at his artificial intelligence company xAI, with more co-founders pushed out amid frustration over the performance of its coding division, the Financial Times recently reported.
15 March 2026

Uber co-founder launches robotics startup

Travis Kalanick, the co-founder and former chief executive of Uber, has launched a new robotics startup called Atoms, focused on automating tasks in the mining, transport, and food sectors.
15 March 2026

Bangladesh trials Starlink internet on trains

Bangladesh has begun testing satellite-based internet services on moving trains for the first time using Starlink, the satellite internet service by Elon Musk's SpaceX.
14 March 2026

Meta brings scam detection tools to WhatsApp, Facebook, and Messenger

Meta is introducing new scam detection tools across its messaging and social media platforms, including WhatsApp, Facebook, and Messenger.
14 March 2026

WhatsApp brings parent-managed accounts for users under 13

WhatsApp has announced the introduction of parent-managed accounts designed to allow parents and guardians to oversee how users under the age of 13 access the messaging platform.
12 March 2026

Google completes the $32 bln acquisition of AI security platform Wiz

Google has completed its $32 billion acquisition of Wiz, a cloud and AI security platform, in a move aimed at strengthening its cloud security capabilities.
12 March 2026

Vivo launches Y31d in Bangladesh

Vivo has officially launched the Y31d smartphone in Bangladesh.
11 March 2026

Startup Bangladesh forms strategic alliance with LightCastle Partners

Startup Bangladesh Limited (SBL), the government-backed venture capital firm, has recently signed a strategic memorandum of understanding (MoU) with LightCastle Partners, a Bangladesh-founded management consulting firm that operates internationally with offices in Bangladesh, Singapore and the United States.
11 March 2026

Bangladesh Military Museum gets smart parking system

A digital parking management system has been introduced at the Bangladesh Military Museum at Dhaka, allowing visitors to reserve and pay for parking through a mobile application as part of a partnership with a local technology firm.
11 March 2026

Nvidia partners with ex-OpenAI CTO Mira Murati's AI startup

Nvidia has announced a multiyear strategic partnership with Thinking Machines Lab, an artificial intelligence startup founded last year by former OpenAI chief technology officer Mira Murati.
11 March 2026

Sony faces lawsuit for allegedly inflating PlayStation games' prices

Sony is fighting a London lawsuit worth almost £2 billion ($2.7 billion) that accuses the PlayStation maker of using its dominant position to inflate prices for digital games and add-ons, the latest major consumer case to go to trial in Britain.
11 March 2026

Meta to add location fees for advertisers

Meta will begin applying location fees to advertising costs in six countries starting July 1, 2026, passing on Digital Service Taxes to campaign budgets for the first time.
11 March 2026

Meta acquires AI agent social network Moltbook

Meta has acquired Moltbook, a social networking platform built for artificial intelligence agents, bringing the company's founders into its AI research division.
11 March 2026

Legal AI startup Legora raises $550 mln at $5.55 bln Valuation

Legora, an artificial intelligence (AI) platform designed for legal professionals, has raised $550 million in a Series D funding round, valuing the company at $5.55 billion as it seeks to accelerate its expansion across the United States.
11 March 2026

The startup world says it wants women founders. So why doesn’t it trust them?

Bangladesh is very fond of the idea of the woman founder. She appears everywhere the ecosystem likes to flatter itself: on panels, in annual reports, in donor presentations, in the language of “inclusion” and “progress”.
10 March 2026

Bluesky CEO steps down to join a newly created position

Bluesky said on March 9 that its CEO, Jay Graber, will step down from the company’s top leadership role and move into a newly created position as Chief Innovation Officer.
10 March 2026

Bangladeshi esports team qualify for Honor of Kings Major League

A Bangladeshi esports team named CMF eSports secured qualification for the Honor of Kings Major League Spring 2026, becoming the South Asian representatives in the professional league.
9 March 2026

Bill Gates-backed nuclear reactor wins US approval

US regulators have approved the construction of a new nuclear reactor - backed by Bill Gates - in Wyoming, marking the first commercial reactor permit issued by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in nearly a decade.
9 March 2026
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