The internet connectivity on mobile networks nationwide has been halted without prior notice. According to rights body activists, this unannounced internet shutdown is a violation of human rights in today's connected society. The Association of Mobile Telecom Operators of

BASIS on Sunday launched its America Desk to expand Bangladesh’s tech export opportunities in the world’s largest economy, and to increase business-to-business knowledge sharing with the tech powerhouse. The Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services

Meta has said it is rolling back restrictions on former US President Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts, as the presumptive Republican nominee seeks to regain the White House in November. The social media company headed by Mark Zuckerberg had indefinitely suspended

The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has released photos from the James Webb Space Telescope showing a pair of entangled galaxies. The space agency released a photo of the two galaxies — one named Penguin and the other Egg — on Friday, marking the

Two weeks ahead of the Paris 2024 Opening Ceremony, Samsung Electronics unveiled the next frontier of Galaxy AI with Galaxy Unpacked 2024 on Wednesday, 10 July (local time) at the Carrousel du Louvre — located underground the historic Louvre Museum in Paris, France. Attendees

A union representing workers at South Korean technology giant Samsung Electronics has called on its roughly 30,000 members to go on strike indefinitely, as part of its campaign for better pay and benefits. The announcement came on the last day of a three-day general strike being held

China's biggest electric car maker BYD has agreed a $1bn (£780m) deal to set up a manufacturing plant in Turkey, as it continues to expand outside its home country. The new plant will be able to produce up to 150,000 vehicles a year, according to Turkish state news agency

Cryptocurrencies plunged on Friday as investors focused on the payout of nearly $9 billion to users of collapsed bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox. As of 10:50 a.m. London time, bitcoin’s price slumped nearly 6% in 24 hours to hit $54,500.53, marking the first time it’s traded below

A high-level visit from Lithuania's Ambassador to India, Ms. Diana Mickevičienė, highlighted potential collaborations in Bangladesh's tech sector. Accompanied by her deputy, Mr. Žymantas Mozūralitis, the Ambassador visited Eskimi's Dhaka office during her two-day state

Brazil's National Data Protection Authority (ANPD) has decided to suspend with immediate effect the validity of Meta's new privacy policy for the use of personal data to train generative artificial intelligence systems in the country. ANPD's preventive measure was published

The EU will examine the impact of Microsoft's multi-billion-dollar partnership with ChatGPT developer OpenAI on competition in the fast-growing AI market, the bloc's antitrust chief said Friday. But the European Commission concluded after a preliminary examination that the $13

The former assistant of slain tech mogul Fahim Saleh was convicted Monday of murdering his boss in a ritzy Manhattan high-rise — after jurors rejected his claim that he killed out of “unconditional love” for his girlfriend that he was trying to impress. Tyrese Haspil,

China's lunar probe has returned to Earth with the first ever samples from the Moon's unexplored far side. The Chang'e-6 landed in the Inner Mongolia desert on Tuesday, after a nearly two-month long mission which was fraught with risks. Scientists are eagerly awaiting

The United States Department of the Treasury has fleshed out a proposed rule that would restrict and monitor US investments in China for artificial intelligence, computer chips and quantum computing. The fleshed-out draft rule, issued on Friday, stems from President Joe Biden’s

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has referred a complaint against TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance over potential violations of children's privacy to the Department of Justice (DOJ). The FTC says its own investigation "uncovered reason to believe" that

Nvidia became the world’s most valuable company after its share price climbed to an all-time high on Tuesday. The stock ended the trading day at nearly $136, up 3.5%, making it more valuable than Microsoft. It overtook Apple earlier this month. American company Nvidia makes

In 2018, Tesla shareholders approved the biggest pay package in history for Elon Musk. Six years later, will they do it again? The electric car company will find out this week at its annual meeting, where it is seeking a show of support for the roughly $50bn deal. The package -

Apple is to boost its Siri voice assistant and operating systems with OpenAI's ChatGPT as it seeks to catch up in the AI race. The iPhone maker announced the Siri makeover along with a number of other new features at its annual developers show on Monday. It is part of a new

Apollo 8 astronaut Bill Anders, who snapped one of the most famous photographs taken in outer space, has died at the age of 90. Officials say a small plane he was flying crashed into the water north of Seattle, Washington. Anders' son Greg confirmed that his father was flying

Nvidia's market value has surged past $3tn (£2.3tn), lifting the chipmaker ahead of Apple to become the second most valuable publicly listed company in the world. The firm's share price rose more than 5% on Wednesday, to more than $1,224. It extended a breathtakingly