The anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks claimed Monday that the internet link of its fugitive founder, Julian Assange, has been “intentionally severed by a state party.”Writing on Twitter, WikiLeaks later said it had “activated appropriate contingency plans” for Assange, who has been…
State Minister for Posts and Communications Tarana Halim has said the dot bangla (.bangla) domain will be formally launched on December 16.Once launched, the people of the country can use Bangla language to enter and browse internet, she said during…
Dhaka: Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has asked all mobile phone subscribers not to provide personal and biometric SIM registration-related information to fraudsters seeking over phone. The BTRC issued a notice in this regard on Monday. UNB News Agency Reported.
Beijing (AP/UNB) – China launched a pair of astronauts into space Monday on a mission to dock with an experimental space station and remain aboard for 30 days in preparation for the start of operations by a full-bore facility six…
China is to launch two men into orbit on Monday morning as it continues to develop its ability to explore space. The astronauts will take off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northern China, Chinese officials said. The plan…
Dhaka-Digital World 2016, the country’s biggest ICT expo, will be held at the International Convention City, Bashundhara, from October 19-21.
Looking to break out of a “messy” email situation, the nonprofit group dosomething.org recently switched over to a new way of communicating among its far-flung teams. Moving most internal communications to the messaging application Slack with its “channels” for various…
Large-scale promotion and application of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is very important towards making the banking services time-fitting and client-friendly in the present era of globalization, said Md Awal Khan. “We have enormous opportunities of infusing dynamism into the…
South Korea (AP/UNB) — Samsung Electronics said Friday that the discontinuation of the Galaxy Note 7 would cost the company about $3 billion during the current and next quarters, bringing the total cost of the recall to at least $5.3…
Scientists are slow on the uptake when it comes to communicating through social media, according to a New Zealand-U.S. study out Thursday. The study by University of Otago and University of Miami researchers was the first to survey scientists on…
Dan Goodin Malicious tools can cause infected computers to self destruct. A few months after hackers broke into Bangladesh’s central bank and came close to getting away with $1 billion (~£800M), researchers have uncovered evidence that a separate hacking group…
Dhaka – Grameenphone is going to offer iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus, the most advanced iPhone ever with new camera systems, battery life, and water and dust resistance, from October 20. Customers can pre-order iPhone 7 and iPhone 7…
San Francisco (AP/UNB) — Samsung said it is halting sales of the star-crossed Galaxy Note 7 smartphone after a spate of fires involving new devices that were supposed to be safe replacements for recalled models. Separately, South Korean safety authorities…
St. Louis (AP/UNB) — Twitter says Sunday’s presidential debate was the most tweeted ever, with more than 17 million tweets related to the forum sent. The social media platform says the question of Republican nominee Donald Trump’s treatment of women…
The population of Cuji fish (Haemulon aurolineatum), native to the southeastern coast of the United States, has dropped almost by a half (45 per cent) since 1990 — a time that coincides with the start of an invasion by lionfish…
New Zealand will be pitched as a test bed for advanced vehicles, such as drones and driverless cars, at a global forum for new transport technologies, Transport Minister Simon Bridges said Monday. Bridges said he would lead a delegation to…
Samsung has temporarily halted production of the Galaxy Note 7 smartphone, reports South Korean news agency Yonhap, citing a source.
Germany said Saturday it was still investigating the operation of the autopilot system on cars made by electric automaker Tesla, as German media reported an internal ministerial report called it “dangerous”. According to the weekly news magazine Der Spiegel, an…
Facebook says it’s working to make virtual reality more social as the industry gets more crowded.
With modern technology, people can watch hurricanes churn in real time and forecasts are on-target up to seven days in advance — but experts say some puzzling storm traits are harder to solve. Using hurricane hunter aircraft, converted military drones,…
Dhaka: A study report, released on Thursday in Washington DC, quantifies the economic cost of internet shutdowns around the world over the past year, including those that occurred in Bangladesh.
By Dr. Shamshad Akhtar GreenWatch Dhaka Desk – (IPS, Bangkok) Advances in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) have been instrumental in shaping and leading socioeconomic transformations across Asia and the Pacific. One key to this transformation is the technology bundled…
Samsung Electronics responded warily Thursday to a plan submitted by the US activist hedge fund Elliott Management for splitting the South Korean electronics giant into a separate holding and operating company. “We will carefully review the shareholders’ proposals,” the technology…
Dhaka (AP/UNB)-Three scientists won a Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday for advances in a field that has big hopes for very tiny machines — the smallest ever built. Frenchman Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Scottish-born Fraser Stoddart and Dutch scientist Bernard “Ben” Feringa…
Dhaka: WowBox, country’s number one lifestyle application, has reached 5 million users, making it the most downloaded digital application in Bangladesh. Launched in May last year, WowBox has attracted youths through its unique offering of highly contemporary contents, exciting deals…
ICT Desk A day-long digital marketing summit will be held here on October 8 bringing together leading and global industry professionals and decision makers to share experiences. The Digital Marketing Summit-2016 will be held in city’s Le Meridien Hotel with…
New York (AP/UNB) – Yahoo scanned hundreds of millions of incoming emails at the behest of U.S. intelligence or law enforcement, according to a report published Tuesday. The internet company conducted the surveillance last year after receiving a classified demand…
British-born scientists David Thouless, Duncan Haldane and Michael Kosterlitz won the 2016 Nobel Prize for Physics on Tuesday for their studies of unusual states of matter, which may open up new applications in electronics.
British-born scientists David Thouless, Duncan Haldane and Michael Kosterlitz won the 2016 Nobel Prize for Physics on Tuesday for their studies of unusual states of matter, which may open up new applications in electronics.Their discoveries, using advanced mathematics, had boosted…
Japanese scientist Yoshinori Ohsumi was awarded this year’s Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for discoveries related to the degrading and recycling of cellular components.The Karolinska Institute honored Ohsumi for “brilliant experiments” in the 1990s on autophagy, the “self-eating” process…