Technology

News Hour: Alphabet Inc’s Google and subsidiary Jigsaw launched on Thursday a new technology to help news organizations and online platforms identify abusive comments on their websites. The technology, called Perspective, will review comments and score...

News Hour: The New York Stock Exchange will conduct a trial run of Snap Inc’s initial public offering on Saturday, according to a notice given last week to stock traders, in anticipation of what is expected...

News Hour: Verizon Communications Inc said on Wednesday it would offer its high-speed wireless 5G network to certain customers in 11 U.S. cities in the first half of 2017. Verizon will begin pilot testing 5G “pre-commercial...

News Hour: BRAC is going to scale up its investment in mobile app Maya Apa to ensure quality information and counselling service delivery for a greater number of people. Besides, BRAC’s urban development programme will implement...

News Hour: Tonic, a digital healthcare system, has served about 20 lakh people in Bangladesh from June to December 2016, with thousands registering for this service every day. Telenor Health’s digital healthcare system, Tonic, has reached...

News Hour: Microsoft Philanthropies today announced a financial award from the Microsoft YouthSpark grant to Shakti Foundation for Disadvantaged Women, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the social and economic empowerment of underprivileged women through its initiatives...

News Hour: Nokia is introducing a broad set of next-generation fiber access solutions that deliver on the capacity and latency requirements essential for mobile transport. Nokia’s addition of next-generation 10Gbps passive optical network (PON) and point-to-point...

News Hour: Nokia has successfully carried out the world’s first connection based on the 5GTF ‘pre-standard’, marking a further milestone in Nokia’s momentum to make 5G a commercial reality. The test adds another key component to...

News Hour: Dubai has tested a Chinese prototype of a self-driving hover-taxi, its transport authority said on Monday, with the aim of introducing the aerial vehicle in the emirate by July. The test of the one-man...

News Hour: Queen Elizabeth II will inaugurate Britain’s National Cyber Security Centre on Tuesday, spearheading the country’s efforts to combat a growing wave of cyber attacks notably from Russia, reports BSS. The 90-year-old monach is due...