In 2014, traces of an unusual survey, connected to Facebook, began appearing on internet message boards. The boards were frequented by remote freelance workers who bid on “human intelligence tasks” in an online marketplace, called Mechanical Turk, controlled by Amazon.…
Dhaka 29 March – Access to Information (a2i) Programme of Prime Minister’s Office and BRAC signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at SSF briefing room of Prime Minister’s Office on Wednesday. The aim of the MoU is to coordinate technical…
The Republican-controlled US House of Representatives on Tuesday repealed privacy rules that would have required internet service providers such as Comcast and Time Warner Cable to get consumers’ consent before selling or sharing their web browsing data with advertisers and…
Latvia’s foreign minister says the moment Canada’s troops land in Latvia to lead a NATO battle group deterring Russian aggression both his country and Canada need to be ready to “immediately counter” Russian-backed smear campaigns and fake news. In an…
Bangladesh and India on Thursday signed an agreement on the ‘South Asia Satellite’ formally joining the Indian government’s initiative. Chairman of the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) Shahjahan Mahmood and Indian High Commissioner Harsh Vardhan Shringla signed the agreement titled…
Dhaka – Bangladesh is going sign a deal with India for using a transponder of the proposed south Asian satellite, Tomorrow 23 March 2017 at BTRC office , BTRC secretary Sarwar Alam confirm the independent this morning.
Mobile phone towers in the country are emitting a harmful level of radiation, a government report has found. The Health Ministry submitted a report on the radiation levels of phone towers to the High Court on Wednesday with a directive…
Samsung Mobile Bangladesh has launched the stylish new, Galaxy A7 2017, smartphone to its already popular and stylish Galaxy A Series. The Galaxy A7 2017 comes with Samsung’s trendsetting design and technology, giving its customers the ultimate convenience to express…
David Nield Your existence is scattered across the internet. You likely have accounts at forums you haven’t been to in a decade, and social media services so bereft of users they resemble graveyards. And each and every one of those…
The Kremlin has denied allegations by US authorities that the FSB intelligence agency was involved in a huge data breach affecting Yahoo.
Pakistan says it has asked Facebook to help investigate “blasphemous content” posted on the social network by Pakistanis.
How everyone can address such threats, help protect activists Peter Bouckaert Over the past week, two human rights colleagues of mine received rape and death threats over social media. One, who works with refugees, was sent a Facebook message saying,…
Dhaka – Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) said it will not approve Banglalink’s base transceiver station (BTS), popularly known as mobile tower, which have been set up near the border areas, until these BTSs get clearance from the border security…
Terming a large number of available mobile apps as potential ‘information hacking source’, State Minister for ICT Division, Junaid Ahmed Palak yesterday asked people to be more cautious about downloading and using mobile apps. Palak was speaking as the chief…
By Michaela Smiley On International Women’s Day each year, we celebrate women in our own lives who we respect and admire, and we remember with gratitude women of history who have championed gender equality. We’re also reminded that there is…
The CIA has become the preeminent hacking operation, sneaking into high-tech phones and televisions to spy on people worldwide, according to an explosive WikiLeaks publication of purported internal CIA documents on Tuesday.
Rajshahi – The Rajshahi University (RU) has launched a smart-phone app named “RU Contacts” consisting the contact numbers and E-mail IDs of Deans, Teachers, Officials and Officers of the university.
Dhaka – State Minister for Posts and Telecommunications Tarana Halim at the two-day international workshop on cyber crimes titled “Digital Bangladesh: Focusing on Cybercrime, Safe Internet and Broadband” said that the government is planning on sitting with the social networking…
Uber on Friday acknowledged the use of a secret software program to steer drivers away from trouble, including sting operations by local authorities to catch lawbreakers. In the latest in a streak of damaging news for the ridesharing giant, Uber…
Smartphones have become a mine of personal information, holding bank data, credit card information and addresses, making them the preferred target for cybercriminals, experts warn. “Cybercriminals go where there is value, and they have understood that the smartphone has become…
The strengthening of cyber capabilities is an important part of China’s military modernization, the government said on Wednesday, warning that the internet should not become “a new battlefield”. China, home to the largest number of internet users, has long called…
Bangladeshi smartphone brand WE has launched first ever bangla website under the dot bangla domain. The site’s address is http://উই.বাংলা(we.bangla) and provides information about WE’s every smartphone along with the details on all the digital services that WE offers, said…
San Francisco, Feb 22 (AP/UNB) — Yahoo is taking a $350 million hit on its previously announced $4.8 billion sale to Verizon in a concession for security lapses that exposed personal information stored in more than 1 billion Yahoo user…
Donald Trump has a vast online portfolio of domain names — digital addresses that foreshadowed his political career, business projects and accusations of unethical behavior. Before he reached the White House, Trump’s company had laid claim to at least 3,643…
A three-day ‘Rajshahi Divisional Digital Innovation Fair 2017’ ended here Sunday with a call to make people aware about e-services to engage them in the digital activities. In collaboration with ICT ministry and Access to Information (A2I) project of Prime…
Lip service to the crucial function of the Fourth Estate is not enough to sustain it. It’s not that Mark Zuckerberg set out to dismantle the news business when he founded Facebook 13 years ago. Yet news organizations are perhaps…
Samsung’s heir apparent Lee Jae-yong has been placed under arrest in South Korea, accused of bribery and other charges. The case is linked to a scandal that led to the impeachment of President Park Geun-hye. Samsung is accused of giving…
New York, Feb 17 (AP/UNB)- Mark Zuckerberg’s long-term vision for Facebook, laid out in a sweeping manifesto , sometimes sounds more like a utopian social guide than a business plan. Are we, he asks, “building the world we all want?”
Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) today introduced Voice Mail Service (VMS) for the convenience of mobile phone users in the country. Prime Minister’s ICT Affairs Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy inaugurated the VMS through sending greeting message to BTRC Chairman Dr…
As US President Donald Trump pushes hard for goods to be “made in America,” how realistic is it to expect Apple to stop manufacturing its iconic devices in China? The freshly installed president vowed while campaigning that he would force…