Jashore, May 4 – State Minister for Information and Communication Technology Junaid Ahmed Palak on Friday said the Internet is the main platform of economic activity in today’s world.
Category: Science
Top 7 disruptive technologies for cities
By Abhas Jha Imagine you were working in development and poverty reduction in the early 1990s (I was!). Only one website existed in all the world in August 1991 (today there are over 1.5 billion). Mobile phones were expensive, rare,…
AI to help China to reach for the stars
Building a space station, probing Mars, setting up a lunar base and going deeper into the universe – artificial intelligence will be at the cutting edge of China’s space odyssey.
Dutch scientists build ‘synthetic embryos’
Dutch scientists have built “synthetic” embryos in their laboratory using mouse cells other than sperm and eggs. The stem cell breakthrough, described in Nature journal, is not for cloning people or animals, but about understanding why many pregnancies fail at…
Facebook launches dating service
New York, May 2 (AP/UNB) — Facebook doesn’t think hookups are meaningful and doesn’t want you to date your friends — but it’s known for a long time that its vast map of human connections could help people find long-term…
Japan’s strategy to yield fourth industrial revolution suggested
Productivity experts laid emphasis to apply the total productive maintenance (TPM) of Japan to get the result of fourth industrial revolution. The appropriate application of TPM would also capable to boost up the “smart productivity” in industry, they opined at…
Cellphone snatching: A new menace haunting Dhaka dwellers
Dhaka, Apr 30 – Habibur Rahman, an East West University student, along with his three friends boarded a bus from Farm Gate to go back to Malibagh and sat on a window seat for a comfortable trip.
Asia’s largest tortoise slowly wins race with Whitley Award
A conservation biologist specialising in reptiles was yesterday (Wednesday 25 April) presented with a prestigious Whitley Award by HRH The Princess Royal. Shahriar Caesar Rahman, Co-Founder of the Creative Conservation Alliance is working to preserve Asia’s largest tortoise in a…
Samsung Electronics Q1 net profits up by more than half
South Korean telecoms giant Samsung Electronics saw net profits leap by more than half in the first quarter, it said Thursday, thanks to strong demand for memory chips and its latest high- end smartphone.
Will automation create jobs, or destroy them?
Asia’s economic evolution from agriculture to manufacturing shows how technology helped create prosperity. In an era of sweeping transformations, one of the most important has been the dramatic reduction in poverty in developing Asia. Since 1990, more than one billion…
Law Minister assures changes to Digital Security Bill
Dhaka, April 23 – Law Minister Anisul Huq yesterday assured that necessary step would be taken to bring changes in order to removing any confusion over the freedom of press if there is any in the proposed Digital Security Bill,…
Australian radio telescope array to receive massive upgrade
The Murchison Widefield Array radio telescope in Western Australia is set to receive 2,048 additional antennas, it has been announced Monday, making the instrument 10 times more powerful.
Parliament body for more talks in Digital Security Bill
DHAKA, April 22 – The parliamentary standing committee on the Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Communication Technology (ICT) Division Affairs has suggested further talks with all the stakeholders for making the Digital Security Bill, 2018 time-befitting.
Drone shot down near Riyadh palace
Saudi Arabian security forces said they had shot down a recreational drone in the capital after online videos showing gunfire in a neighbourhood where royal palaces are located sparked fears of possible political unrest. The Riyadh police spokesman, quoted by…
Legendary scientist at lab that developed atomic bomb dies
Los Alamos, Apr 21 (AP/UNB) — Scientist Nerses “Krik” Krikorian, who was born a refugee and later became a legend in the once-secret New Mexico city where the atomic bomb was developed, has died. He was 97.
Dev gains from e-commerce and digital platforms for South
Geneva, 19 Apr (Kanaga Raja) – Digital platforms lead to efficiency gains such as from lower transaction costs, lower consumer prices and increased access to markets, but also raise concerns that the market power of certain platforms may lead to…
NASA’s Tess spacecraft embarks on quest to find new planets
Cape Canaveral, Apr 19 — NASA’s Tess spacecraft embarked Wednesday on a quest to find new worlds around neighboring stars that could support life.
SpaceX blasts off NASA’s new planet-hunter, TESS
NASA on Wednesday blasted off its newest planet-hunting spacecraft, TESS, a $337 million satellite that aims to scan 85 percent of the skies for cosmic bodies where life may exist. “Three, two, one and liftoff!” said a NASA commentator as…
Scientists accidentally engineer plastic eating engime
Researchers in the US and Britain have accidentally engineered an enzyme which eats plastic and may eventually help solve the growing problem of plastic pollution, a study said Monday.
Govt offers int’l standard training courses online
The government has offered international standard training courses in Bangla through an online platform ‘REPTO’ aimed at providing students training free of cost.
Digital Security Act not for gagging freedom: Joy
Dhaka, April 15 – Digital security act has been made not to gag freedom of expression rather to stop spreading of falsehood and militant activities through social media to protect minority community, said Prime Minister’s ICT affairs adviser Sajeeb Wazed…
Hino-VW partner on hybrids autonomous drive tech
Hino Motors, Toyota Motor Corp.’s group truck manufacturer, and Volkswagen Truck & Bus of Germany agreed Thursday to work together on technologies such as hybrids, electric cars, autonomous driving and connectivity.
CEO Zuckerberg apologizes for Facebook’s privacy failures
Washington, Apr 11 — Under fire for the worst privacy debacle in his company’s history, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg batted away often-aggressive questioning from lawmakers who accused him of failing to protect the personal information of millions of Americans from…
‘More than 600 apps had access to my iPhone data’
While Facebook desperately tightens controls over how third parties access its users’ data – trying to mend its damaged reputation – attention is focusing on the wider issue of data harvesting and the threat it poses to our personal privacy.…
Zuckerberg: Facebook is in ‘arms race’ with Russia
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has told US senators his company is in a constant battle with Russian operators seeking to exploit the social network. “This is an arms race. They’re going to keep getting better,” he said. Mr Zuckerberg was answering…
Facebook’s Zuckerberg contrite ahead of grilling in Congress
Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg placed the blame for privacy and security lapses at the world’s largest social network squarely on himself as he girded Monday for appearances this week on Capitol Hill before angry lawmakers.
The Orwellian danger of Facebook
Virtually every month it seems, new controversies emerge swirling around Facebook, Google, Amazon, Twitter and other Silicon Valley companies. The latest controversy, which involved allies of Donald Trump swiping personal data from as many as 87 million Facebook users in…
Consumer groups seek probe of YouTube over ads for kids
Consumer and activist groups called Monday for an investigation into Google-owned YouTube for allowing advertising to be targeted at children in apparent violation of US law.
Sun, surf and sand a setting for innovation on Gold Coast
For people at the Commonwealth Games, the opening ceremony was like catching up with a dear old friend celebrating a 21st birthday.
Baishakh shopping goes online as ‘best’ alternative
Dhaka, Apr 8 – Though she struggles with two kids, everyday household chores and unbearable traffic jam on the city streets, Sharmin Akhter is worried little about her shopping to celebrate Pahela Baishakh with her family and friends as she…