Dhaka, July 3 (UNB) Some Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp users cannot upload photos, videos and files. A spokesman for Facebook, which owns all three apps, told BBC News: “We’re working to get things back to normal as quickly as possible.”…
Category: Science
NASA tests launch-abort system for moon-mission
NASA carried out a successful test today of a launch abort system for a capsule designed to take US astronauts to the moon. The test was carried out at Cape Canaveral in Florida and carried live on NASA TV. The…
Bangladesh to host 2019 ABU RadioAsia Conf Oct 29-31
Dhaka, July 1 (UNB) – Bangladesh will host the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) RadioAsia Conference and Radio Song Festival on October 29-31 in the city for the first time. Bangladesh Television and Bangladesh Betar will welcome delegates to the ABU…
Nokia distances itself from boss’s warning on Huawei 5G kit
Dhaka, Jun 30 (UNB) -Telecoms giant Nokia has disowned the comments one of its senior executives made about rival Huawei, reports the BBC. Nokia’s chief technology officer Marcus Weldon told the BBC that the UK should be wary of using…
Myanmar: Internet shutdown risks lives: HRW
Immediately End Restrictions in Rakhine, Chin States Bangkok – The Myanmar government should immediately lift internet restrictions imposed on nine townships in Rakhine and Chin States, Human Rights Watch said today. The disruption to internet services since June 21, 2019…
Curators preserving Moon mission’s legacy
Lying on a workshop counter that is closed to the public at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum’s annex near Washington Dulles airport, Neil Armstrong’s gloves look almost as good as new. You can hardly tell they made a trip…
15 inspiring women leading in the AgTech Sector
From Danielle Nierenberg Women in the food system and technology sectors face a lot of obstacles. The agriculture sector is rapidly incorporating new technologies and innovations, but the sector often falls flat in incorporating women into AgTech. Women in the…
Technology allows clinicians to see patients’ real-time pain
Chicago, June 29 (Xinhua/UNB) — Researchers at the University of Michigan (UM) have developed a technology to help clinicians “see” and map patient pain in real-time through special augmented reality glasses. The portable CLARAi (clinical augmented reality and artificial intelligence)…
New bandwidth price from July 1
New price of internet bandwidth would be effective from July 1 as the posts and telecommunications division (PTD) has further reduced the price. At a meeting with Posts and Telecommunications Minister Mustafa Jabbar in the chair the decision was taken…
‘Deepfakes’ pose conundrum for Facebook
Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said Wednesday the leading social network is struggling to find ways to deal with “deepfake” videos which have the potential to deceive and manipulate users on a massive scale. Zuckerberg said Facebook is trying to…
Scientists discover vast freshwater reservoir beneath ocean
Dhaka, June 27 – Underneath the salty waters of the North Atlantic ocean, geologists have discovered a giant aquifer of freshwater, hidden from view just off the US coast, reports Science Alert. While the vast size of this massive cache…
Facebook ‘evaluating’ deepfake video policy
San Francisco, June 27 (AP/UNB) — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says the company is evaluating how it should handle “deepfake” videos created with artificial intelligence and high-tech tools to yield false but realistic clips. In an interview at the Aspen…
High taxes to impede BD telecom sector growth, says insiders
Dhaka, June 26 (UNB) – High taxes and duties proposed in the national budget for 2019-20 fiscal year on the telecom sector will impede its growth, said insiders on Wednesday. They made the remarks at a roundtable discussion titled ‘Proposed…
Scientists successfully transfer 1st test tube rhino embryo
Berlin, June 25 (AP/UNB) — Scientists in Europe say they’ve successfully transferred a test tube rhino embryo back into a female whose eggs were fertilized in vitro, as part of an effort to save another nearly extinct sub-species of the…
Taking cue from YouTube, BD youth farms fish in yard pools
Comilla, June 26 – Iqbal Hossain, a youth of Shubhanagar village in Sadar Upazila, has started farming fish in backyard pools. He taught himself the technique by watching a tutorial on youtube, the video blogging site. “I started farming fish…
Russian, North American astronauts to return to earth
The first crew to blast off to the International Space Station following a launch accident that deepened doubts over Russia’s space programme is set to return to earth Tuesday. NASA astronaut Anne McClain, veteran cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos, and…
UN expert fears for civilians after Burma Internet shutdown
Dhaka, June 24 (UNB) – The Myanmar government’s shutdown of mobile data networks in nine townships could have serious implications for human rights and humanitarian monitoring in the conflict areas of Rakhine and Chin States, a UN expert warned on…
When your AI assistant misbehaves: Mozilla Foundation
Whether it’s turning off the lights, looking up a fact online, or asking for directions, more and more of us are incorporating digital assistants into our lives. A recent Amazon Alexa commercial depicts a heartwarming story with a family’s interactions…
US struck Iranian computers earlier this week
Washington, Jun 23 (AP/UNB) — Officials say U.S. military cyber forces earlier this week launched a retaliatory cyber strike against Iranian computer systems amid escalating tensions between the two countries. Three U.S. officials tell The Associated Press that the operation…
Firefighter uses YouTube duck calls to rescue ducklings
Littleton, Jun 22 (AP/UNB) — A flock of ducklings is safe in suburban Denver after a firefighter used a recording of duck calls to coax some of them from a storm drain. A video from South Metro Fire Rescue shows…
Virtual Facebook currency faces real-world resistance
If Facebook’s new cryptocurrency shouldresonate anywhere it should be India, where the social media giant has more than 300 million followers. Many Indians are shut out of banking and face punitive fees for simpletransactions, like transferring money to their loved…
EVMs to be used in all future BD elections: CEC
Bogura, June 19 (UNB) – Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda on Wednesday said that Electronic Voting Machines will be used in all future elections in Bangladesh. “A legal framework has been prepared in this regard,” he said at…
Youths to provide jobs instead of looking for employment: Palak
State Minister for Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Zunaid Ahmed Palak yesterday said youths of the country would be able to provide jobs to other people in the days to come as the government has undertaken various schemes so that…
Budget undermined role of telecom sector: operators
Dhaka, June 18 (UNB)- Stating that the newly placed National Budget for FY 2019-20 is going against the vision of digital Bangladesh, The Association of Mobile Telecommunication Operators of Bangladesh (AMTOB) urged the government reconsider it in the telecom sector.…
Bangladesh’s first iron ore mine discovered in Dinajpur
Dinajpur, June 18 (UNB) – For the first time in Bangladesh, a magnetite (iron ore) mine has been discovered at Isabpur village in Hakimpur upazila of the district, bringing new hopes for the country’s economy. The Geological Survey of Bangladesh…
Facebook to unveil new cryp to currency
Facebook is set Tuesday to unveil a bid to bring crypto currency payments into the mainstream, reportedly with the endorsement of governments and financial giants. The world’s biggest social network is expected to outline details of a virtual currency launching…
Don’t use EVM in Bogura-6 by-polls: BNP
Dhaka, Jun 17 (UNB) – BNP on Monday demanded the Election Commission withdraw its decision of using Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) in the by-election to Bogura-6 parliamentary seat billed for June 24. “The Election Commission, which is subservient to the government,…
Huawei CEO Ren Zhengfei coming on facebook live on Monday
Dhaka, June 16(UNB)-Ren Zhengfei, Founder and CEO of Huawei- a leading global information and communications technology solutions provider, will come on Facebook Live to discuss the contemporary crisis of Huawei on Monday. The duration of the live discussion will be…
Islands of climate innovation
by Mike Eman Oranjestad – To live in a small island state today is to reckon regularly with the cruellest irony of climate change. Islands contribute little to global warming, but they are the first to suffer from its devastating…
Target’s tech trouble clogs stores with long checkout lines
San Francisco, Jun 16 (AP/UNB) — A glitch stalled checkout lines at Target stores worldwide Saturday, exasperating shoppers and potentially eating into sales at a prime time for retailers, the day before Father’s Day. The roughly two-hour outage periodically prevented…