Technology
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China’s Xiaomi to enter cut-throat EV market for the first time
Mar 28, 2024At a press presentation on Thursday in Beijing, the Chinese consumer tech company Xiaomi will introduce its very first electric vehicle (EV), entering a highly competitive field within the largest automobile market globally. Due in large... -
Biman launches ‘Smart call center’
Mar 24, 2024Today, Biman Bangladesh Airlines officially opened its “Smart call center” at the Biman main office in Balaka, with the goal of providing smart and contemporary service to the nation’s airline passengers. Shafiul Azim, the managing director... -
Social media company Reddit set for NYSE debut after IPO
Mar 21, 2024The Reddit social network was set to make its trading debut Thursday after pricing robustly in an initial public offering that suggested greater investor enthusiasm for new stock issuers. Reddit is set to debut Thursday on... -
UN General Assembly to address AI’s potential risks, rewards
Mar 21, 2024On Thursday, the UN General Assembly will consider a resolution outlining the advantages and disadvantages of artificial intelligence, a potentially game-changing technology, and it will also urge for the creation of international standards. The document, which... -
Meta says Facebook and Instagram working again after the outage
Mar 6, 2024Following hours-long failures that disrupted its platforms across multiple countries, Facebook’s parent company Meta declared that they had “resolved the issue”. The messaging service Whatsapp, which is owned by Meta, appears to be unaffected by the... -
Russia floats the idea of building a nuclear plant on the moon
Mar 6, 2024Moscow plans to contribute its expertise in “nuclear space energy” to a joint lunar program with China, including a nuclear power plant on the moon, Russia’s space agency chief Yuri Borisov said on Monday. Borisov warned... -
Iran launches imaging satellite from Russia
Mar 1, 2024According to official media, Iran declared on Thursday that a remote sensing and imaging satellite had been launched into orbit from Russia. Live coverage of the launch of “Pars-I” using the Russian Soyuz-2.1b rocket was provided... -
With Sense.ai, Intelsense AI presents the nation’s first-ever Bangla large language model
Feb 22, 2024With the release of Ekush LLM, a notable advancement in Bangla language models, Bangladeshi AI startup Intelsense AI’s product Sense.ai has made a substantial step towards linguistic innovation. This noteworthy advancement transforms the way Bangla speakers... -
Israel approved the use of Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite internet services in both Israel and parts of the Gaza Strip
Feb 21, 2024The Israeli government has approved the use of Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite internet services in both Israel and parts of the Gaza Strip, the communications minister announced on Wednesday. Under the deal, Starlink will support internet... -
Social media’s population breaks through 5 billion: study
Feb 2, 2024A report released on Wednesday claims that over 5 billion people, or around 62.3 percent of the world’s population, use social media regularly. In comparison to the global population growth of 0.9 percent, the number increased...