A total of 1,007 robots danced for a minute in east China’s Shandong Province, setting a new Guinness World Record for the largest simultaneous robot dance. At around 3 p.m. on Saturday, 1,040 robots, each 43.8 centimeters high, started their…
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C-Zentrix with Digicon to evolve state-of-art product
C-Zentrix, one of the leader for global software products for contact center on Friday announced its growth plans for Bangladesh in partnership with local company Digicon Technologies Ltd. C-Zentrix aims to leverage its Bangladesh expansion plans. The esteemed partnership is…
Cellular elixir of youth developed!
A team of US and Brazilian researchers have used a synthetic sex hormone to stimulate production of a naturally occurring enzyme called telomerase that is capable of reversing ageing and has been dubbed a possible “cellular elixir of youth.” While…
Genetic tests confirm new species of whale
ANCHORAGE — Genetic tests confirm that a mysterious, unnamed species of beaked whale only rarely seen alive by Japanese fishermen roams the northern Pacific Ocean, according to research published this week. The testing shows the black whales, with bulbous heads…
Drone technology aids whale research off Hawaii
Honolulu (AP/UNB) — Federal researchers returning from a 30-day expedition to study whales and dolphins around the Hawaiian islands are looking for clues to help sustain healthy populations of the marine mammals. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration scientists told reporters…
Robotic, open surgery on prostate cancer have similar results after 3 months: Australian study
Australian doctors behind the first trial of the robotic versus non-robotic surgery for prostate cancer have found that both methods produce similar results at three months after the operation, a study published in the Lancet medical journal said on Wednesday.…
Armstrong re-emerges as key figure after Yahoo deal
With the Yahoo-Verizon deal Monday, AOL chief Tim Armstrong has re-emerged as a figure who may be key in the effort to shape a new internet strategy. Armstrong, who remained head of AOL when it was acquired last year by…
Verizon buys Yahoo for $4.83B, marking end of an era
Verizon is buying Yahoo for $4.83 billion, marking the end of an era for a company that once defined the internet.The sale announced Monday marks the second time in two years that Verizon has snapped up the remains of a…
Yahoo appears near deal to sell core assets
Yahoo was set to announced a deal to sell its core online assets, ending a 20-year run as an independent company for the internet pioneer. Multiple reports said Yahoo, which introduced many users around the world to the internet, would…
China to shut political, social news sites run by websites
Beijing (AP/UNB) — Beijing authorities have shut down several edgy news programs run by major web portals in the latest round of efforts to restrict reporting of political and social news. Citing violation of rules, the municipal office in charge…
Samsung sues Huawei for alleged patent violations
Samsung Electronics Co. sued Chinese smartphone maker Huawei for allegedly violating six of its patents in the latest move in a series of deepening patent disputes between Asian smartphone giants.The South Korean company said Friday that it took legal action…
Social media a curse, blessing in Munich shooting
Social networks were both a curse and a blessing in the deadly shopping mall shooting in Munich, as police sometimes found themselves chasing fictitious leads and false alarms. The 18-year-old gunman, a German-Iranian named David Ali Sonboly, also used the…
End of an era: VCR headed for outdated tech heaven
The clunky videocassette recorder is going the way of floppy disks, eight-track tapes and camera film as the world’s last manufacturer ends production of the once booming home-video technology. Japan’s Funai Electric cited a sharp decline in sales and trouble…
Tesla plans new truck, bus and car-sharing system
Tesla plans to build a new pick-up truck, and an urban bus, and launch a sharing system of self-driving cars, the company’s founder Elon Musk announced Wednesday. The projects are part of what the billionaire entrepreneur called a “secret” second…
NASA’s Kepler discovers more than 104 new exoplanets
An international team of researchers announced Monday the discovery of 104 new planets outside our solar system, including four that could have Earth-like, rocky surfaces. Scientists discovered the exoplanets using the Kepler space telescope as well as ground observations by…
SpaceX to launch key ‘parking spot’ to space station
SpaceX is poised to launch its unmanned Dragon cargo capsule to the International Space Station on Monday, carrying a key piece of equipment that was lost last year in a rocket explosion. The international docking adapter will function as a…
India’s Infosys shares plunge as sales outlook cut
shares plunged more than nine percent on the Bombay Stock Exchange Friday after the Indian software giant cut its earnings outlook for the year. The Bangalore-based IT services exporter reported a 13 percent rise in first-quarter net profit year-on-year but…
Chinese jailed for hacking US defense firms
A Chinese national was sentenced on Wednesday in Los Angeles to three years and 10 months in prison for hacking American defense contractors to steal trade secrets on Beijing’s behalf. Su Bin, 51, who went by the names Stephen Su…
New ICFJ survey to examine state of tech in global newsrooms
Washingon, D.C. – The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) announces that it will conduct the first global survey on the adoption of new technologies in news media. While the disruptions in today’s newsrooms have been widely chronicled, this study will…
Aust’n scientists make breakthrough in charging for low-powered devices
A breakthrough in wireless charging could result in the death of costly battery-powered wireless sensors, researchers from the Australian National University (ANU) said on Wednesday. Used in the health industry as well as agricultural sectors such as viniculture and farming…
‘Water-resistant’ Samsung Galaxy S7 Active fails test
Dhaka – A Samsung smartphone advertised as being water-resistant has failed a water immersion test by a leading product review site, reports BBC. The Samsung Galaxy S7 Active stopped working after being put in a tank that simulated the effect…
Kim Dotcom to revive Megaupload
Internet mogul Kim Dotcom has announced plans to relaunch his Megaupload empire in 2017, exactly five years after US authorities shut it down over allegations of massive copyright piracy. The file-sharing service was once the 13th most visited site on…
Japan messaging app Line set for year’s top tech IPO
Japan-based messaging app Line said Monday it could raise more than $1.0 billion in one of the year’s biggest share sales, as it makes its market debut this week. The company, looking to expand on booming popularity among smartphone users…
Charlie robot new best buddy for kids with diabetes
IT Desk Cheeky Ruben is just seven and learning to read. But thanks to his new knee-high buddy Charlie robot he can expertly measure his blood sugar and count carbohydrates in a glass of milk. Such skills could be life-savers…
Killer robot used by Dallas police opens ethical debate
When Dallas police used a bomb-carrying robot to kill a sniper, they also kicked off an ethical debate about technology’s use as a crime-fighting weapon. In what appears to be an unprecedented tactic, police rigged a bomb-disposal robot to kill…
Scientists discover strange planet with three stars
An international team of astronomers announced Thursday the discovery of a strange planet in a faraway solar system that contains not one sun, but three of them. This distant world appears even more unusual than the home planet of Luke…
Don’t upload contents supporting militancy on social sites: Police
Dhaka – Police Headquarters has urged all to refrain from uploading, sharing, commenting on and liking any video, photo or message in support of IS or militancy on social networking sites, including Facebook, Twitter and Youtube, UNB news agency reported.
The Dolly legacy: Are you eating cloned meat?
Two decades after Scotland’s Dolly the sheep became the first cloned mammal consumers may well wonder whether they are drinking milk or eating meat from cookie-cutter cows or their offspring. The simple answer: “probably”. The fact is, there is no…
Robi tops global chart of socially devoted brands
Dhaka-Robi has been honoured with the title of being the world no 1 socially devoted brand for the first quarter (January-March) of 2016.
India man sent to jail for hacking estranged wife’s f/b account
A man was booked on Wednesday for hacking his estranged wife’s Facebook account and sending objectionable messages to her friends. Sachin Jindal from Faridabad was booked under Section 66A of the IT Act after his wife, a resident of Gurgaon,…