Science, Gadgets, and Tech
US TV provider given first-ever space debris fine
US authorities have issued a "breakthrough" first-ever fine over space debris, officials said Monday, slapping a $150,000 penalty on a TV company that failed to properly dispose of a satellite
UN warns against 'excessive' tech use in classrooms
Heavy reliance on technology in education may be unproductive, or even detrimental, if it interferes with the acquisition of basic skills such as reading, the UN warned on Wednesday
Twitter website replaces bird logo with X
Twitter launched its new logo on Monday, replacing the blue bird with a white X on a black background as the company moves toward rebranding as X
Musk, top exec say Twitter to be renamed X, get big makeover
Twitter owner Elon Musk and the chief executive he brought aboard just a month ago say the social media network will ditch the bird logo, rebrand the platform with the name X and move quickly into payments, banking and commerce
Twitter challenger Threads struggles for traction
After a wildly successful first few days, Threads popularity has waned in the weeks since Meta launched its challenge to Twitter, which lives on despite its problems
AI news presenters: What they mean for the future of newsroom
Since the debut of the country's first-ever artificial intelligence news presenter named 'Aparajita', there has been a raging debate regarding whether AI news presenters will take over the job of human news presenters in Bangladesh.
Netflix adds 6 million subscribers after password crackdown
Netflix on Wednesday said subscriptions to the media streaming service climbed by nearly 6 million in the wake of its crackdown on password sharing
Musk says Twitter has lost half its advertising revenue
Twitter owner Elon Musk said Saturday that the social media platform he bought for $44 billion last October has lost roughly half of its advertising revenue
mKiddo introducing Bangla alphabets to children digitally
Bangladesh's first preschool learning app, mKiddo, is working to drive children’s interest towards learning the Bangla language through its app.
realme introduces two new Dizo lifestyle products
Dizo, a product of realme’s tech-lifestyle ecosystem, has introduced a new smartwatch called the Dizo Watch R Talk Go and a new neckband headphone called the Dizo Wireless Active model neckband in the Bangladesh market.
Mercedes joins Google to offer cars with 'supercomputer-like performance’
Mercedes said the collaboration with Google would allow it to offer traffic information and automatic rerouting in its cars.
Facebook, Instagram could have 12m paying subscribers by early 2024, says Bank of America
Considering the subscription services costs $11.99 a month, the BoFA analysts said that Meta could generate $1.7 billion “in high-margin revenue in 2024”
Twitter removes Prime Minister’s fake verified account
The Bangladeshi government denied that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina had a Twitter or other social media account in a statement.
Angry Bing chatbot just mimicking humans: Experts
Tales of disturbing exchanges with the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot -- including it issuing threats and speaking of desires to steal nuclear code, create a deadly virus, or to be alive -- have gone viral this week
‘ChatGPT will change our world’: Bill Gates
ChatGPT is a chatbot that responds to user inquiries in a remarkably human-like manner.
Yahoo to lay off more than 20% of staff
The cuts will impact nearly 50 percent of Yahoo's ad tech employees by the end of this year, including nearly 1,000 employees this week, the company said on Thursday.
Twitter telling users they ‘exceeded daily limit of tweets’
"Twitter may not be working as expected for some of you," the company said in a tweet. "Sorry for the trouble. We're aware and working to get this fixed."
Disney lays off 7,000 employees as subscribers decline
The job cuts on Wednesday follow similar moves by US tech giants dialing back from a hiring spurt that began during the height of the pandemic. "I do not make this decision lightly," Iger said on a call to analysts after Disney posted its latest quarterly earnings.
