Science
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Grameenphone to bring iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus in Bangladesh
Oct 18, 2017News Hour: Grameenphone will offer the new generation iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus from November 2, 2017, in Bangladesh. Grameenphone Customers will be able to pre-order these phones starting from October 27, 2017(Friday) at Grameenphone... -
Ford will recall about 1.3 million vehicles in North America
Oct 18, 2017News Hour: Ford Motor Co said on Wednesday it would recall about 1.3 million vehicles in North America, including certain 2015-17 Ford F-150 and 2017 Ford Super Duty trucks, to add water shields to side door... -
China’s electric vehicle production could touch 1 million units next year
Oct 18, 2017News Hour: China’s electric vehicle (EV) production could touch 1 million units next year and 3 million units by 2020, said Xu Heyi, chairman of carmaker BAIC Group, on Wednesday, likely exceeding a government-set target. China... -
Twitter toughened its stance on online sexual harassment and abuse
Oct 18, 2017News Hour: Twitter has toughened its stance on online sexual harassment and abuse, laying out stronger penalties for misconduct on the social media platform in an email to its Trust and Safety Council published by Wired... -
Mexico tech industry benefits from U.S. anti-immigration stance
Oct 17, 2017News Hour: Amazon, Facebook and other U.S. tech companies are expanding operations south of the border as Mexico works to capitalize on the Trump administration’s anti-immigration stance. Since the beginning of the year, Amazon.com Inc has... -
Volvo unveiled it’s first Polestar model
Oct 17, 2017News Hour: Volvo Cars and its Chinese parent unveiled their first Polestar model and plan to invest 5 billion yuan ($760 million) in the electric vehicle brand, gearing up for intense competition to sell green cars... -
Mexico City to reinforce earthquake alert system by installing new speakers on the streets
Oct 15, 2017News Hour: Mexico City will reinforce its earthquake alert system by installing between 800 and 1,000 new speakers on the streets, after the 7.1 earthquake which hit the capital on Sep. 19 and killed 228 people,... -
Russia launched a European satellite dedicated to monitoring the Earth’s atmosphere
Oct 14, 2017News Hour: Russia on Friday launched a European satellite dedicated to monitoring the Earth’s atmosphere, the protective layer that shields the planet from the sun’s radiation, live footage from the cosmodrome showed. The Sentinel-5P orbiter took... -
Magna International joined a consortium including BMW and Intel Corp to develop a self-driving vehicle platform
Oct 10, 2017News Hour: Canadian auto parts producer Magna International Inc said on Tuesday it had joined a consortium including BMW and Intel Corp to develop a self-driving vehicle platform for the use of automakers by 2020. The... -
Japan successfully launched into orbit a fourth and final satellite
Oct 10, 2017News Hour: Japan’s space agency on Tuesday successfully launched into orbit a fourth and final satellite as part of an overall new system to improve global positioning data for a number of services and systems. An...