Amazon.com Inc has been repeatedly accused of knocking off products it sells on its website and of exploiting its vast trove of internal data to promote its own merchandise at the expense of other sellers. The company has denied the accusations.

Bangladesh’s C2B and B2B recommerce (an online platform that sells products that were previously owned) venture Swap has secured $1.25 million seed funding recently. The round of investment was led by Singapore based accelerator program Accelerating Asia.

Bangladesh Angels Network (BAN), an angel investment network in Bangladesh, has announced another seed investment round led by Estonian angel investors, in Reverse Resources (RR), a SaaS platform to map, match and trace waste from textile factories to recycling and help fashion brands achieve full circularity by 2030. 

Facebook will now count activists and journalists as "involuntary" public figures and so increase protections against harassment and bullying targeted at these groups, its global safety chief said in an interview this week.

The World Economic Forum has released its latest youth survey, "ASEAN Digital Generation: Pathway to ASEAN’s Inclusive Digital Transformation and Recovery" - during a virtual briefing session on Wednesday, October 13, 2021. 

Australia has agreed to build a 20-kilogramme (44-pound) semi-autonomous lunar rover for NASA to take to the moon as early as 2026 in search of oxygen.

Facebook has developed a secret blacklist of over 4000 individuals and organisations across the world that the social media giant considers “dangerous”, as a part of its Dangerous Individuals and Organizations (DIO) policy, according to internal Facebook documents, as revealed by The Intercept.

Mercedes-Benz, the German company founded by the inventors of the motor car, is pouring more resources into its cutting-edge research and design capabilities in China as the centre of gravity of the new auto world shifts eastwards.

Facebook Inc's oversight board, a body set up by the social network to give independent verdicts on a small number of thorny content decisions, said on Monday it would meet with former employee and whistleblower Frances Haugen in the coming weeks.

Xiaomi has recently launched Redmi 10 in Bangladesh. Redmi 10’s comes with a 50MP ultra-high-resolution primary camera and an array of  8MP ultra-wide camera, 2MP macro cameras, and a 2MP depth sensor.

realme has recently introduced their flagship killer phone from its GT series - realme GT Master Edition. realme launched the smartphone in Bangladesh

vivo has officially debuted the X70 Pro in Bangladesh promising a superior mobile photography experience. The X70 Pro (5G) smartphone sports a 32MP front camera, while the rear-quad camera array features a 50MP + 12MP + 12MP + 8MP setup.

Bangladesh bagged four awards including the prestigious silver award in the International Blockchain Olympiad 2021 (IBCOL 2021) hosted at Dhaka yesterday. The event was jointly organized by the ICT Division of Bangladesh, Bangladesh Computer Council, Blockchain Olympiad Bangladesh and Technohaven Company Limited. This much-anticipated Olympiad, which started in Hong Kong, was held in Bangladesh for the first time. 

'BUET HellBent', a team from the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), has earned the title of the ‘Champion of the Asia West' in the International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) Moscow World Final 2021. Globally, it has also secured the 28th position out of 117 teams participating from over 100 countries in this prestigious yearly multi-tiered programming competition.  

The United States has already lost the artificial intelligence battle to China which is heading towards global dominance because of its advances in emerging cyber capabilities, the Pentagon's former software chief told the Financial Times.

Facebook, in the aftermath of damning testimony that its platforms harm children, will be introducing several features including prompting teens to take a break using its photo sharing app Instagram, and “nudging” teens if they are repeatedly looking at the same content that’s not conducive to their well-being.

The user of Facebook Messenger and Instagram in Bangladesh as well as in other places of the world have been reporting issues while using the apps and service. Social media giant Facebook has confirmed through tweets that users have been facing issues since midnight Bangladesh time.

DataBird - a Bangladeshi IT company working on building an internet ecosystem, recently celebrated the winning of 6 innovative ideas at the Grand Finale of DataBird LaunchPad 2021, held on October 7, 2021, Thursday, at the BCC auditorium, ICT Division, Dhaka.

Samsung has launched its newest member in the Galaxy A-series- the Galaxy A03s in the Bangladesh market.

Australia’s prime minister on Thursday described social media as a “coward’s palace” and warned that digital platforms including Facebook should be held liable for defamatory comments posted anonymously.