DHAKA: Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) dispelled fears of harmful radiations of mobile phone towers of the country on public health and environment. BTRC rather termed such speculations “completely baseless”. BTRC made the claim at a discussion titled

Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg has called for more regulation of harmful online content, saying it was not for companies like his to decide what counts as legitimate free speech. Citing China, Mr Zuckerberg also warned excessive control risked stifling individual expression. He was

France just fined Apple $27 million for intentionally slowing down iPhones — the amount of profit the company makes in under 3 hours. Apple has been fined €25 million (approximately $27.4 million) by a French regulator for intentionally capping the performance on older iPhone

SANGSAD BHABAN: Post, Telecommunication and Information Technology Minister Mostafa Jabbar said the government planned to set a target for launching a second satellite, known as Bangabandhu Satellite-2, to the orbit by 2023. The minister said this while responding to a starred question

A teenager has sparked a national debate about blasphemy in France after an Instagram post calling Islam a "religion of hate". Mila, 16, posted her comments online after receiving homophobic abuse from a Muslim commenter. She received death threats and has not attended school since.

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