Mark Zuckerberg offered fresh self-criticism Monday, acknowledging making numerous mistakes in building the world’s biggest social network as Facebook marked its 14th birthday. “Over the years, I’ve made almost every mistake you can imagine,” the Facebook co-founder said on his…
Entrepreneur Elon Musk and the South Australian government have revealed a plan to build the world’s largest virtual power plant. Under the plan, 50,000 homes in South Australia (SA) will have solar panels and batteries installed by Musk’s Tesla free…
A University of Oklahoma astrophysics team has discovered a population of planets beyond the Milky Way galaxy. Using microlensing—an astronomical phenomenon and the only known method capable of discovering planets at great distances from the Earth—the researchers were able to…
Facebook on Wednesday reported earnings that beat expectations, but shares swung as it stressed the goal of prioritizing personal interactions among users over the time they spend on the world’s biggest social network. Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg said changes cut…
Facebook said Monday it has decided to deliver more local news to US users, in its latest effort to manage the flow of information on the enormously-influential social network.
Scientists have found a potential food source for astronauts, using microbes to convert human waste into Marmite- like food, local media reported.
People in remote Munnia char surrounded by mighty Jamuna river here are now so much happy as they are getting their long-cherished power supply from a solar plant.
Two commercial satellites have been successfully placed in orbit by an Ariane 5 rocket, Arianespace said Thursday, despite mission control briefly losing contact with the craft. “Both satellites were confirmed separated, acquired and they are on orbit,” Arianespace said in…
Technology won’t always save us. A man blindly following his GPS app has driven an SUV with two passengers on board into an icy lake in the northeastern state of Vermont, local police said.
With billions of dollars and tens of thousands of jobs at stake, Amazon’s quest for a second North American headquarters has thrust 20 cities into a cutthroat “Hunger Games” style contest—but at what cost? The US technology and lifestyle giant…
Facebook is set to launch a blood donation feature in Bangladesh tomorrow making the blood donation process easier for the people to get safe blood.
Aerospace company Rocket Lab said Sunday it had successfully fired a rocket into orbit for the first time from its New Zealand launch base. “Electron is orbital. Successful payload deployment,” the company tweeted.
A pair of Australian swimmers on Thursday became the first people to be rescued in the ocean by a drone when the aerial lifesaver dropped a safety device to distressed teens caught in rough seas. Australia is leading the use…
The rice seedling transplanter machine has gained popularity among farmers at all the five upazilas of Panchagarh district in the last few years.
Experts at a seminar today said the country has achieved a good progress in the metrological services in the past 10 years as a result of introducing modern technology.
Hundreds of U.S. and Chinese representatives from hi-tech firms met Saturday to exchange expertise in state-of-the-art technology, at an annual forum held at Silicon Valley in San Francisco on the U.S. west coast. The participants including scholars, researchers and entrepreneurs…
An incoming missile alert plunged residents of Hawaii into panic on Saturday morning before it was declared a false alarm.
The rise of robots is inevitable, but the associated grim predictions around job losses aren’t. Asian Development Bank vice president Stephen Groff explains how countries can prepare for the Fourth Industrial Revolution. By Stephen Groff A knitting factory in Bangladesh…
Two large shareholders urged Apple to study whether iPhones are proving addictive for children and that intensive use of the smartphones may be bad for their mental health.
SpaceX on Sunday blasted off a secretive US government payload known as Zuma, a mission whose nature—and the agency behind it—remains a mystery.
Indian officials in charge of a controversial biometric identity scheme have filed a police complaint after a report that citizens’ personal details were being sold for as little as 500 rupees ($7.8;£5.8) online. The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI)…
Indonesia launched a new cyber security agency Wednesday as the world’s biggest Muslim majority country moves to tackle online religious extremism and a flood of fake news on social media. Millions of Indonesians are going online for the first time…
Dhaka Power Distribution Company Limited (DPDC) today signed an agreement with mobile phone operator Grameenphone (GP) for vending its pre-paid meter.Joint Secretary and Company Secretary of DPDC Jayanta Kumar Sikder and Head of Financial Services of GP Rasheda Sultana signed…
India’s Space Research Organisation, ISRO has announced to launch 31 satellites, including Cartosat-2 series earth observation spacecraft, in a single mission next month, state-run broadcaster – All India Radio (AIR) said Saturday. The satellites according to the broadcaster would be…
Virus infections made computer users in Vietnam to rack up losses of 12.3 trillion Vietnamese dong (544 million U.S. dollars) in 2017.
The Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report for the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High Speed Rail (KL-SG HSR) is ready for public viewing from Wednesday.
The UAE’s Telecommunications Regulation Authority has announced the initiation of IMT2020 technology – commonly known as 5G – which is expected to be deployed across the country from early 2018. According to state news agency WAM, licencees from mobile operators…
China started building its first national engineering laboratory for atmospheric environmental monitoring on Sunday in Hefei, capital of east China’s Anhui Province.
China’s home-grown AG600, the world’s largest amphibious aircraft in production, took to the skies on Sunday for its maiden flight.
A Virtual Private Network (VPN) seller in southern China has been sentenced to five and a half years in prison, official media reported Wednesday, one of the most severe sentences yet for helping users evade the country’s “Great Firewall”.