Shanghai, Xinhua/UNB, Sept 08 – Chinese researchers have identified a specific neuron that plays a key role in regulating sleep, according to the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).
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BD Computer Council wins UN Information Society Award-2020
The Bangladesh Computer Council (BCC) of the ICT Division has won one of the world’s most prestigious awards in the field of information technology, the “World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) Award-2020”.
University students to get Teletalk net at nominal cost: UGC
Dhaka, September 02- Students of public and private universities will be provided with Internet bandwidth of state-owned mobile operator Teletalk at a nominal price to help continue their online education activities.
Researchers decode brain mechanism of taking risks
Jerusalem, Aug 31 (Xinhua/UNB) – Israeli researchers shed light on the survival mechanism activated in the brain in conditions of uncertainty, stressful conflict with a need to take risks, Tel Aviv University (TAU) said Sunday.
Walmart joins Microsoft in bid for TikTok’s US operations
The US retail giant Walmart has said it will team up with Microsoft to make a bid for the US operations of TikTok. Walmart told the BBC it thought a deal with the Chinese video-sharing app would help it expand…
Google location-tracking tactics troubled its own engineers
Google’s own engineers were troubled by the way the company secretly tracked the movements of people who didn’t want to be followed until a 2018 Associated Press investigation uncovered the shadowy surveillance, according to unsealed documents in a consumer fraud…
Ericsson, Unicef to map global school internet connectivity
Three-year initiative to identify connectivity gaps in 35 countries is a critical first step in connecting every school to the internet
Facebook News feature to expand beyond US
Facebook on Tuesday said it is speeding up plans to go international with a news tab feature that involves paying publishers for stories delivered through the leading social network.
TikTok files lawsuit against Trump administration’s executive order
Los Angeles, Aug 25 – TikTok on Monday filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration over an executive order banning any US transactions with its parent company ByteDance.
Russian space firm starts work on new Soyuz-6 carrier rocket
The Samara-based Progress Space Rocket Center is carrying out work jointly with the Energia Space Rocket Corporation on the conceptual design of a new Soyuz-6 carrier rocket, the Progress Space Rocket Center’s press office told TASS at the Army-2020 international…
Scientists build methanol-powered beetle bot
Scientists have long envisioned building tiny robots capable of navigating environments that are inaccessible or too dangerous for humans — but finding ways to keep them powered and moving has been impossible to achieve.
Small asteroid becomes closest ever seen passing Earth: NASA
An asteroid the size of an SUV passed 1,830 miles (2,950 kilometres) above Earth, the closest asteroid ever observed passing by our planet, NASA said Tuesday.
Bridge Asia-Pacific ‘digital divide’ to get tech benefits
18 August 2020 – Countries across Asia and the Pacific are using new technologies to contain the global pandemic and mitigate its impact, the UN’s regional socio-economic development arm has said, as governments and experts work together to identify ways…
BD Mobile Phone Consumers Assoc for better internet service
Urging the government to improve telecommunication infrastructures, Bangladesh Mobile Phone Consumers’ Association (BMPCA) on Tuesday placed a five-point recommendation to ensure uninterrupted high speed internet service at low cost.
Mobiles to help 1.7mn small farmers raise output in pandemic
Rome, 17 August 2020 – Some 1.7 million small-scale farmers in Kenya, Nigeria and Pakistan will soon receive personalized agricultural advice through their mobile phones as a means to improve their incomes, food security and resilience to economic shocks caused…
Making ‘space bricks’ on moon
A team of Indian scientists claims to have found a sustainable process to make brick-like structures on the lunar surface which could be a significant step forward in space exploration.
Digital rules in FTAs may lower ability to tax digital firms
Geneva, 13 Aug (D. Ravi Kanth) – Despite the global economy being mired in an economic recession due to the worsening Covid-19 pandemic, five US tech giants – Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple, and Microsoft – have continued to generate profits…
Dwarf planet Ceres is an ocean world: study
The dwarf planet Ceres — long believed to be a barren space rock — is an ocean world with reservoirs of sea water beneath its surface, the results of a major exploration mission showed Monday.
Microsoft to continue talks to buy TikTok’s US operations
US tech giant Microsoft has confirmed that it is continuing talks to purchase the US operations of Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok.
How digitalisation must be harnessed to save jobs
by Esther Lynch on 29th July 2020A framework agreement between the social partners should ensure job security and worker involvement are prioritised across the European Union.The announcement of jobs losses around Europe as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic has…
Scientists revive microbes from 100 million years ago
Scientists have successfully revived microbes that had lain dormant at the bottom of the sea since the age of the dinosaurs, allowing the organisms to eat and even multiply after eons in the deep.Their research sheds light on the remarkable…
TikTok launches $200 mn ‘creator fund’
TikTok unveiled plans for a $200 million “creator fund” to add content from emerging social media personalities to the fast-growing video-sharing app.
Facebook labels Trump, Biden posts on voting in US 2020 polls
Facebook has begun labelling posts from US President Donald Trump about voting, including one that claimed current rules on postal votes could lead to a “corrupt” election.
Online Cattle Markets opened to sell sacrificial animals
Dhaka, July 21 – A handful of public and private business entities have opened digital cattle markets (Qurbanir haat) to help the people in carrying out their religious duties overcoming the COVID-19 threat.
Hope Probe: Arab world’s 1st mission to Mars launched
Tokyo, (AP/UNB) July 20 — A United Arab Emirates spacecraft rocketed away Monday on a seven-month journey to Mars, kicking off the Arab world’s first interplanetary mission. Two previous attempts to launch the probe in the past week had to…
Two US astronauts to come home on SpaceX ship on August 2
The two US astronauts who reached the International Space Station (ISS) on board the first crewed US spacecraft in nearly a decade will leave for Earth on August 1, NASA’s chief said Friday.
US, UK, Interpol phone-hack tools for Ghana, journos at bay
By Jonathan Rozen NEW YORK, Jul 16 2020 (IPS) – In May 2019, senior members of Ghana’s law enforcement posed for photos with the U.S. ambassador to their country at a ceremony in the capital, Accra. Between them, they held…
Twitter accounts of Apple, Musk, Gates, others hit in major hack
The official Twitter accounts of Apple, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and others were hijacked on Wednesday by scammers trying to dupe people into sending cryptocurrency bitcoin, in a massive hack.
Hackers break Biden, Gates, Twitter accounts in Bitcoin scam
AP/UNB, July 16 – Unidentified hackers broke into the Twitter accounts of former President Barack Obama, Democratic presidential front-runner Joe Biden, Mike Bloomberg and of technology moguls, politicians, celebrities and major companies on Wednesday in an apparent Bitcoin scam.
NASA’s Perseverance rover will scour Mars for signs of life
NASA’s most advanced Mars rover, Perseverance, launches from Earth on July 30, on a mission to seek out signs of ancient microbial life on what was once a river delta three-and-a-half billion years ago.