Sunday, 01 Dec, 2024

Tech

Lithuania's envoy stresses collaboration in Bangladesh's tech sector

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 authority suspends Meta's AI privacy policy, seeks adjustment

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

EU further scrutinises Microsoft, OpenAI tie-up

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

Man convicted of killing Pathao ex-CEO Fahim in USA

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 space probe returns with rare Moon rocks

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

US proposes restrictions for investments in Chinese tech, AI

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

TikTok faces new claim of violating child privacy

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 becomes world's most valuable company

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

Tesla pay fight tests power of Elon Musk's mystique

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 brings ChatGPT to iPhones in AI overhaul

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

Nasa 'Earthrise' astronaut dies at 90 in plane crash

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 value surges past $3tn and overtakes Apple

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

Australia drops case against X over stabbing videos

Australia has abandoned a legal battle to have graphic footage of a church stabbing in Sydney removed from Elon Musk's social media platform X. Declared a terror incident by police, the attack on bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel in April was livestreamed online and led to riots outside the

Brands and celebrities hit by TikTok cyber-attack

TikTok says it is addressing a cyber-attack that targeted several brands and celebrities. The video-sharing app, which is owned by Chinese company ByteDance, told the BBC that a "very limited" number of accounts had been compromised. It added that it was working with users

Elon Musk’s X updates policies to formally allow adult content

Elon Musk’s social media platform X has updated its policies to formally allow adult content. Under the updated guidelines, the platform formerly known as Twitter will allow users to share sexualised content so long as it is consensual and clearly labelled. The revised policy,

China’s Chang’e-6 lifts off from far side of Moon with rock samples

A Chinese spacecraft carrying rock and soil samples from the far side of the Moon has lifted off from the lunar surface to start its journey back to Earth, according to state media. The achievement on Tuesday is a world first and the latest leap for Beijing’s decades-old space

China says its spacecraft lands on Moon's far side

China says its uncrewed craft has successfully landed on the far side of the Moon - an unexplored place almost no-one tries to go. The Chang'e 6 touched down in the South Pole-Aitken Basin at 06:23 Beijing time on Sunday morning (22:23 GMT Saturday), the China National Space

Ex-FTX executive sentenced to over 7 years in prison

Another former executive of FTX has been jailed over his part in the cryptocurrency giant's implosion in late 2022. Ryan Salame, who was the co-CEO of FTX's Bahamian subsidiary, was sentenced to 90 months in prison, US federal prosecutors said. Salame - who was a top

Nasa launches ground-breaking climate change satellite

A tiny Nasa satellite was launched on May 25 from New Zealand with the mission of improving climate change prediction by measuring heat escaping from Earth’s poles for the first time. “This new information – and we’ve never had it before – will improve our

POCKET gets primary approval to launch cash in and cash out service

Bangladesh Bank (BB) has given the e-Wallet 'Pocket' of ABG Technologies Limited preliminary approval to run Cash In and Cash Out operations as Bangladesh's first PSP. ABG Technologies Limited, a concern of Bashundhara Group, organized a function in this regard at ABG