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Tech titans promise watermarks to expose AI creations

The White House said Friday that OpenAI and others in the artificial intelligence race have committed to making their technology safer with features such as watermarks on fabricated images.

A new digital font brings back the letterpress typeface of old Bangla books

The font can be installed on and used with Kindle without breaking juktakkhor apart.

Bigolas Dickolas and the power of a heartfelt ‘Read this NOW’

One random tweet by a fan account has sent a 2019 book flying off the shelves, climbing bestseller charts.

Hogwarts Legacy: The game does what the book couldn't

Do you want to be a goody two-shoes who does everything by the book, or a future dark wizard in the making? The choice is up to you.

Musk to cut Twitter executive, board members’ pay; monetise tweets: Report

Elon Musk told banks that agreed to help fund his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) that he could crack down on executive and board pay at the social media company in a push to slash costs, and would develop new ways to monetize tweets, three people familiar with the matter said.

Nokia to allow employees to work remotely for three days a week

Nokia said its employees can choose to work up to three days a week remotely with increased support for flexible working hours from January after its current work from home policy comes to an end in December.

Nokia says margins at networks business will be zero in 2021

Telecoms equipment maker Nokia’s operating margins at its networks business will be zero in 2021, it said today in an update on strategy to streamline the Finnish company into four business groups.

From hate speech to nudity, Facebook's oversight board picks its first cases

Facebook Inc’s independent Oversight Board announced on Tuesday the first six cases where it could overrule the social media company’s decisions to remove certain pieces of content from its platforms.

UK to purge Huawei from 5G by 2027, angering China and pleasing Trump

Prime Minister Boris Johnson orders Huawei equipment to be purged completely from Britain’s 5G network by 2027, risking the ire of China by signalling that the world’s biggest telecoms equipment maker is no longer welcome in the West.

Microsoft to permanently close all physical stores

Redmond-based Microsoft announced on Friday that it is permanently closing nearly all of its physical stores around the world.

Viber cuts business ties with Facebook citing #StopHateForProfit movement

Rakuten Viber, one of the world’s leading messaging apps for free and secure communication, announces it will cut all business ties with Facebook to protect its one billion users. The messaging app will remove Facebook Connect, Facebook SDK, and GIPHY, as well as cease all ad spending on the social networking platform, leveling up the growing #StopHateForProfit movement to boycott the tech goliath.

ICT Division, Facebook and Bloodman join forces to save lives

The Information and Communication Technology Division has partnered with Facebook and a local blood bank -- Bloodman Bangladesh -- to promote the use of technology for better access to safe blood to save lives.

Amazon launches tech to maintain social distancing at its facilities

Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) says it launched a technology-aided system in some of its facilities to maintain social distancing, called ‘Distance Assistant’.

The 2019 top tech picks

Why of course, only to be forgotten by the 2nd of January. It is the new year, so starting it with something brand spanking new will give you that oft elusive feeling of accomplishment you felt when you did the first few minutes of listing your new resolutions on 31st December.

Technology Addiction

With more than 49.5 percent of the global population now connected via the Internet, the exponential growth of portable technology has sparked fears of addiction.

The perfect headphone

Never has there been another electronic device more suitable to isolate you into your own world than the headphone.

Web review: Learn new languages for free

Duolingo offers an array of courses in 22 languages, including French, German, Russian, Spanish, etc. The courses range from basic to advanced levels. If you have absolutely no language skill in, say for example, German, yet you will be able to try out the basic exercises and move on to the advanced level over time.

Meet Waymo, Google's self-driving car company

Alphabet Inc's Google self-driving car project recasts itself as Waymo, an independent entity within the technology giant, as executives suggests the company is close to bringing its autonomous driving to the public.

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