Fifty per cent of the UK's 10-year-olds owned a smartphone in 2019, according to a report by media regulator Ofcom. The amount of young phone owners doubled between the ages of nine and 10, which Ofcom dubbed "the age of digital independence". In addition, 24% of 3 and

This won’t be just another brick in the wall. In what holds potential of aiding construction of future settlements on Moon, a team of Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and Isro researchers has developed “space bricks” using Lunar Soil Simulant (LSS). The team led by Aloke Kumar,

Tesla has displaced Volkswagen as the world's second most valuable carmaker, after a dramatic rise in share price pushed its market value to more than $100bn (£76.1bn). The milestone sets the stage for chief Elon Musk to collect billions in pay tied to hitting that target.

DHAKA: American technology giant Intel appointed Omar Ishrak, a Bangladeshi American director at the company, as their new Chairman of the Board.  Omar has been serving in the Intel board since March 2017, a press release on Intel’s website said. Omar will replace Andy Bryant,

Apple could be forced to abandon its Lightning connector cable if European lawmakers get their way. The cable is used to charge and sync many Apple devices, such as the iPhone. But members of the European Parliament urged the European Commission on Monday to force tech giants to

DHAKA: The Board of Directors of Grameenphone has appointed Yasir Azman as the new CEO of the Bangladeshi operation, which will be effective from February 1 of 2020.  Yasir Azman has served as CMO of Grameenphone since June 2015 and also as Deputy CEO of the company since May 2017.

Microsoft boss Satya Nadella has spoken out about India's controversial new citizenship law. The India-born executive said what is happening is "sad" and he would love to see a Bangladeshi immigrant succeed in the country's technology industry. His comments come amid

DHAKA: Prime Minister’s ICT Affairs Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy has pledged to bring country’s 16 crore people under internet facilities. Joy, also the son of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, said: “Only bringing all people under internet facilities will not be adequate, we have to

President Donald Trump boasted Monday that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg told him at dinner he is "number one" on the global social media platform. "I had dinner with Mark Zuckerberg the other day and he said 'I'd like to congratulate you... you are number one on Facebook,'"

Larry Page and Sergey Brin, co-founders of Google, have announced they are stepping down from running the online giant's parent company. The pair will leave their respective roles as Alphabet's CEO and president but will remain on the company's board. Google's CEO

People in China are now required to have their faces scanned when registering new mobile phone services, as the authorities seek to verify the identities of the country's hundreds of millions of internet users. The regulation, announced in September, was due to come into effect on

Apple says it is taking "a deeper look" at how it handles disputed borders. Ukraine criticised the tech giant for showing Crimea as part of Russia's territory on its Maps and Weather apps. An Apple spokeswoman says the company follows international and domestic laws and the

Singapore has ordered a fringe news site to correct a post made on its Facebook page, under a controversial "fake news" law. It is the second time in less than a week that the law - which was passed earlier this year - has been invoked. The government said a post by the States Times

A politician in Singapore has corrected a Facebook post that questioned the independence of state investment firms after a government request, in the first use of the country’s “fake news” law. Brad Bowyer used “false and misleading” statements alleging that the government

More than 60 doctors have written an open letter saying they fear Julian Assange’s health is so bad that the WikiLeaks founder could die inside a top-security British jail. The 48-year-old Australian is still fighting a US bid to extradite him from Britain on charges filed under the

Tesla has received almost 150,000 orders for its new pickup truck, boss Elon Musk has said, despite an embarrassing hiccup at its launch. Mr Musk was caught out on stage when the windows of the Cybertruck shattered during a demonstration supposed to show their durability. Tesla

British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen has said if Facebook had existed in the 1930s it would have allowed Hitler a platform for his anti-Semitic beliefs. The Ali G star singled out the social media company in a speech in New York. He also criticised Google, Twitter and YouTube for

Japan's biggest search engine and messaging app are set to merge under a deal agreed by their parent companies. Yahoo Japan is the country's biggest search engine, and has e-commerce and online banking subsidiaries. Line is the country's dominant messaging app, and is

Facebook said Wednesday it shut down 5.4 billion fake accounts on its main platform so far this year -2 billion more than what was removed in all of 2018. The news was announced in the tech giant's latest transparency report on the removal of harmful content from its site. The

DHAKA: China is imposing a curfew on online gaming for minors, the government has announced. Gamers under 18 will be banned from playing online between 22:00 and 08:00. They will also be restricted to 90 minutes of gaming on weekdays and three hours on weekends and holidays. Its