Facebook on Wednesday began letting businesses in the US or Canada post jobs and take applications from jobseekers,posing a challenge to Microsoft-owned LinkedIn. The platform’s users will be able to find help-wanted posts at business pages on Facebook or by…
Stockholm, Sweden, February 15 – Atlas Copco’s most prestigious awards this year recognize the development of a highly energy-efficient and ergonomic breaker, and a compressor monitoring technology that is generating significant savings for customers. The John Munck Award for technical…
India has created history by successfully launching 104 satellites on a single mission, overtaking the previous record of 37 satellites launched by Russia in 2014. All but three of the satellites are from foreign countries, most of them from the…
India successfully put a record 104 satellites from a single rocket into orbit on Wednesday in the latest triumph for its famously frugal space agency. Scientists gathered for the launch in the southern spaceport of Sriharikota burst into applause as…
Mobile phone operator Banglalink said it exercises zero tolerance policy against all suppliers and partners if they are failed to meet the highest standards and compliance. “Banglalink is a fully compliant company, committed to enforcing and upholding the highest standards,”…
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…
Government issues emergency over “imminent” collapse of Oroville Dam’s spillway as thousands flee from their homes. At least 130,000 people living below the tallest dam in the United States have been asked to evacuate as a spillway appeared in danger…
Technology firms must up their game in tackling “fake news”, Apple chief executive Tim Cook said Saturday, calling for a major public information campaign. “All of us technology companies need to create some tools that help diminish the volume of…
More than 200 whales stranded on a remote beach in New Zealand on Saturday have refloated themselves and returned to sea. But conservation officials have warned that they could still turn back to the beach at Farewell Spit, South Island.…
Wellington, Feb 11 (AP/UNB) — A new pod of 240 whales swam aground at a remote New Zealand beach on Saturday just hours after weary volunteers managed to refloat a different group of whales following an earlier mass stranding. In…
Nissan said Thursday it is pressing ahead with plans for a new plant in Mexico, despite US President Donald Trump rapping rival Toyota over a factory in the Latin American country. Nissan and Daimler broke ground in 2015 on the…
In the basement of a Bangalore building, hundreds of young Indians sit in neat rows of desks typing furiously, all dreaming of becoming the new Steve Jobs or Mark Zuckerberg. A quarter of a century after liberalisation kick-started India’s economic…
Late Sunday at the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco, a group of 97 companies — mostly in the technology sector — filed a “friend of the court” amicus brief strongly condemning the immigration policies of President Donald…
MIT researchers have developed new smartwatch software that understands the tone of a conversation, and can tell you if the person is happy, sad, or neutral based on their speech patterns and vitals. The researchers demoed this feature on a…
China will test how its largest solar drone performs near-space flight this year, according to the China Academy of Aerospace Aerodynamics (CAAA) Tuesday. With a wingspan of more than 40 meters, wider than that of a Boeing 737 passenger plane,…
An experimental Japanese mission to clear ‘space junk’ or rubbish from the Earth’s orbit has ended in failure, officials said Monday, in an embarassment for Tokyo. Over 100 million pieces of garbage are thought to be whizzing around the planet,…
Unlock them with an app, drop them off anywhere, and nip past lanes of stationary car traffic: the humble bicycle is seeing a revival in China as a new generation of start-ups help tackle urban congestion and pollution with fleets…
Facebook shares bounced Wednesday with word that profit more than doubled in the final quarter of last year, coming back down after a vow to spend heavily on the future. In earnings that topped most forecasts, Facebook said it made…
Apple on Tuesday reported a rebound in iPhone sales to lift the tech giant to record revenue in the past quarter in quarterly results that eased concerns of slowing growth. The results showed strong demand for Apple’s iPhone 7 models…
(CNN) Our home galaxy, the Milky Way, is being pushed across the universe by a large unseen force, according to new research. Although it may not seem like a friendly gesture, the newly discovered Dipole Repeller is actually helping our…
Delta Air Lines, one of the largest US carriers, temporarily grounded its domestic flights in the United States on Sunday over a computer glitch that did not impact planes already in the air. “Delta teams are expeditiously working to fix…
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…
Microsoft on Thursday reported a rise in profits over the past quarter, showing gains in cloud computing and other new areas of focus as it absorbed the LinkedIn social network. The US tech giant said profits rose 3.6 percent in…
San Francisco, Jan 27 (AP/UNB) — The Pixel phone, Google’s answer to Apple’s iPhone and Samsung’s Galaxy, is off to a promising start — but might have done even better had Google managed consumer demand as smartly as the device’s…
Bangladeshi-origin American scientist Dr Shafiqul Islam has jointly won the prestigious Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water (PSIPW). The Creativity prize was awarded to the team of Dr Shafiqul Islam (Tufts University, USA) and Dr Rita Colwell (University…
A two-day International Conference on Computer, Communication, Chemical, Material and Electronic Engineering began at Rajshahi University (RU) today. Science Faculty of RU organized the conference in order to provide a unique opportunity for the science and technology professionals, scientists, engineers,…
A three-day Digital Innovative Fair- 2017 will begin tomorrow in Mymensingh. District administration arranged fair with a view to reach the services to the door steps of the people quickly through using Information and Communication Technology (ICT). District administration sources…
Dhaka – A three-day smartphone and tab expo is going to start at Bangabandhu International Conference Center (BICC) from January 26.
Dhaka – The country’s largest electronics giant Wanton is going to introduce latest technology based fridges, LED televisions, laptops and air conditioners this year.
Disruptive technologies and digital infrastructure have the potential to solve some of the world’s most pressing risks and to transform industries. These include safeguarding the planet’s soil and water, and improving inequality and education. This is the main conclusions of…