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Hackers return $260 mln to cryptocurrency platform after massive theft

Hackers behind one of the biggest ever cryptocurrency heists have returned more than a third of $613 million in digital coins they stole, the company at the centre of the hack said on Wednesday.
12 August 2021

Apple update will check iPhones for images of child sexual abuse

Personal assistant Siri will be taught to “intervene” when users try to search topics related to child sex abuse, according to the company.
12 August 2021

Samsung unveils new foldable smartphones

Samsung unveiled two upgraded folding smartphones on Wednesday as the South Korean sector leader sought to head off rising competition from Chinese firms in a fast-evolving market.
12 August 2021

Vivo launches the Y53s in Bangladesh

Vivo today announced the launch of its latest smartphone, Y53s, in Bangladesh.
11 August 2021

Xiaomi beats Samsung to become the top global smartphone brand in June 2021

Xiaomi smartphones accounted for 17.1% of the global smartphone market by volume. With 15.7 per cent and 14.3 per cent market share, Samsung and Apple came in second and third, respectively.
7 August 2021

YouTube plans to take on TikTok, Snapchat with creator payment scheme

YouTube is treating short video platforms as its competitors, but they are increasingly posing to be an existential crisis for the social media giant, apparent by its desperate move of paying creators.
5 August 2021

Over 1000 Bangladeshi journalists to be trained by Facebook

Facebook Journalism Project has partnered with the Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR) and Center for Communication Action Bangladesh (C-CAB) to upskill over 1,000 journalists. The program, Facebook Fundamentals for News, will be delivered completely digitally via BigSpring, mobile skilling platform partner.
5 August 2021

The chips are down: why there's a semiconductor shortage

A shortage of semiconductors has sent shockwaves through the global economy, squeezing supplies of everything from cars to headphones. The dearth of chips has exposed the modern world's reliance on these minuscule components, the basic building blocks of computers which allow electronic devices to process data. Why is the shortage happening, and what can be done about it?
4 August 2021

Spanish engineers extract drinking water from thin air

A Spanish company has devised a system to extract drinking water from thin air to supply arid regions where people are in desperate need.
4 August 2021

Google unveils new Pixel 6 phones with custom chips

Google on Monday unveiled a new flagship Pixel smartphone powered by its first mobile chip to put artificial intelligence in people's hands. Pixel 6 models set for release later this year, with superfast 5G wireless capability, will debut Google's own Tensor chip crafted along the lines of processors it made for data centres to enable computers to think more as people do.
2 August 2021

Walton launches Primo ZX4

Walton has launched its new flagship smartphone with a 64-megapixel rear Penta camera (five-sensor camera) set-up.  Besides, there is a 32-megapixel selfie camera on the front. The phone sports many advanced features including a large screen full HD+ display, gaming processor, powerful RAM, ROM and side-mounted fingerprint sensor.
2 August 2021

Zoom to pay $85m as part of class-action settlement for allegations of privacy violations and zoombombing

Between March and May of last year, 14 lawsuits were filed against Zoom, which was consolidated into a class-action lawsuit.
2 August 2021

'Metaverse': the next internet revolution?

Imagine a world where you could sit on the same couch as a friend who lives thousands of miles away or conjure up a virtual version of your workplace while at the beach. Welcome to the metaverse: a vision of the future that sounds fantastical, but which tech titans like Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg are betting on as the next great leap in the evolution of the internet.
31 July 2021

Astronomers seek evidence of tech built by aliens

An international team of scientists led by a prominent Harvard astronomer announced a new initiative Monday to look for evidence of technology built by extraterrestrial civilizations.
31 July 2021

Rumor Scanner Bangladesh becomes verified signatory of the IFCN

Rumor Scanner, a fact-checking initiative affiliated with RSB Media & Research has become the second verified signatory in Bangladesh by International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN). The International Fact-Checking Network, a unit of the Poynter Institute of Journalism has awarded this recognition to Rumor Scanner on 28th July 2021.
30 July 2021

Fashol.com aims to solve ages old supply chain problems for farmers and retailers

Fashol.com, a wholesale marketplace for retailers, collects products--fruits and vegetables--from different parts of the country at night, including the wholesale markets of the capital and brings them to the Fashol distribution centre. In the next step, products get sorted using in house sorting method and then goods are delivered to the retailer early every morning. Retailers get 5% -10% lower prices than the market price. Fashol.com also offers zero delivery costs to retailers.
30 July 2021

FLoC: Google’s New Approach to User Privacy

There’s a good chance that by now you have come across ads on the web that has startled you because you had just been searching its content.
29 July 2021

Aston Martin's first SUV helps push up sales by more than 200%

Carmaker Aston Martin (AML.L) reported on Wednesday a 224% increase in sales to its dealers, boosted by its first sport-utility vehicle, the DBX, as losses fell in the first half of the year.
29 July 2021

LinkedIn to allow most employees to work remotely, reversing course

LinkedIn will allow most employees to opt for full-time remote work as offices gradually reopen, Chief People Officer Teuila Hanson told Reuters.
29 July 2021

Jamuna’s investment in Evaly: What does it actually mean?

Since yesterday, one of the most talked-about topics in Bangladeshi social media is industrial conglomerate Jamuna Group’s announcement of investing up to Tk 1,000 crore in the e-commerce platform Evaly. The sheer figure astounded many as it is the largest amount of investment the country has ever seen in its e-commerce industry. Initially, Jamuna Group will invest Tk 200 crore, and the rest in phases. 
28 July 2021
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