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Facebook apps down for some users across the globe

Facebook apps down for some users across the globe

Reuters
Facebook Inc said on Wednesday some users around the world were facing trouble in accessing its widely used Instagram, Whatsapp and Facebook apps,...Details
SMP regulation: How well will it bode for GP?

SMP regulation: How well will it bode for GP?

Md A Halim
The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) in November implemented the Significant Market Power (SMP) regulation in order to...Details
Uber to pay $20 million to settle long-running legal battle with drivers

Uber to pay $20 million to settle long-running legal battle with drivers

Reuters
Uber Technologies Inc has agreed to pay $20 million to settle a lawsuit brought by drivers nearly six years ago, according to court filings,...Details
SpaceX capsule splashes down off Florida coast

SpaceX capsule splashes down off Florida coast

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An unmanned capsule from Elon Musk's SpaceX splashed into the Atlantic Ocean on Friday, successfully completing a mission crucial to NASA's...Details
Google celebrates Int'l Women's Day 2019 with doodle

Google celebrates Int'l Women's Day 2019 with doodle

Bangla Tribune Report
Celebrating International Women's Day—which is on March 8 every year—search engine and tech giant, Google, has created a doodle to...Details
Facebook takes down UK fake accounts; to tackle anti-vaccine info

Facebook takes down UK fake accounts; to tackle anti-vaccine info

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Facebook Inc said on Thursday it had removed 137 fake pages, groups and Instagram accounts in the United Kingdom and a further 31 in Romania for...Details
Speakers for open access policy in Bangladesh

Speakers for open access policy in Bangladesh

Nurunnaby Chowdhury
Speakers at an international conference in Dhaka have stressed an open access policy in Bangladesh.As a result of policy, various types of...Details
Zuckerberg pledges 'privacy-focused' Facebook

Zuckerberg pledges 'privacy-focused' Facebook

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Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said on Wednesday the company would encrypt conversations on more of its messaging services and make...Details
Bangladeshis leave phones, cameras in Uber cars

Bangladeshis leave phones, cameras in Uber cars

Bangla Tribune Desk
The most common items that Uber riders in Bangladesh leave in the vehicle when ending a ride are their phones and cameras, according to the...Details
Indian House panel asks Facebook to do more to curb fake news

Indian House panel asks Facebook to do more to curb fake news

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An Indian parliamentary panel on Wednesday asked Facebook Inc to do more to tackle so-called fake news on its platforms ahead of a general election...Details
Propaganda 2.0: Chinese Communist Party's message gets tech upgrade

Propaganda 2.0: Chinese Communist Party's message gets tech upgrade

Reuters
In a bright red office in south Beijing, some of China’s most studious Communist Party members are gathered around their smartphones.The...Details
Asia Open Access Conference kicks off in city Wednesday

Asia Open Access Conference kicks off in city Wednesday

Nurunnaby Chowdhury
The Asia Open Access Conference will be held in Dhaka on March 6-7. Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council (BARC) organizes the conference titled...Details
Firefox maker fears DarkMatter 'misuse' of browser for hacking

Firefox maker fears DarkMatter 'misuse' of browser for hacking

Reuters
Firefox browser-maker Mozilla is considering whether to block cybersecurity company DarkMatter from serving as one of its internet security...Details
Volvo to test full-size driverless bus in Singapore

Volvo to test full-size driverless bus in Singapore

Reuters
Sweden’s Volvo Buses and Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University (NTU) on Tuesday unveiled a full-size autonomous electric bus for...Details
VAT imposed on Google, Facebook, YouTube ads

VAT imposed on Google, Facebook, YouTube ads

Bangla Tribune Report
Banks have been instructed to tax the transaction on Bangladeshi advertisements posted on Google, Facebook, YouTube, and other similar websites.In...Details
Google rejects Australia regulator's call for scrutiny

Google rejects Australia regulator's call for scrutiny

Reuters
Alphabet Inc's Google has rejected calls by Australia's competition regulator for tougher scrutiny of its operations,...Details
Huawei ‘preparing to sue US’ after Canada

Huawei ‘preparing to sue US’ after Canada

Reuters
Chinese telecoms equipment company Huawei plans to announce a lawsuit against the United States government on Thursday on grounds related to a...Details
‘Samsung offering foldable tech to Apple, Google’

‘Samsung offering foldable tech to Apple, Google’

Bangla Tribune Desk
Samsung has sent samples of its foldable display to tech giants Apple and Google, according to media reports."The samples reportedly measure 7.2...Details
SpaceX launches unmanned capsule to space station

SpaceX launches unmanned capsule to space station

Reuters
A SpaceX rocket with an unmanned crew capsule blasted off on Saturday for the International Space Station, in a key milestone for Elon Musk’s space...Details
Facebook sues over sales of fake accounts, likes and followers

Facebook sues over sales of fake accounts, likes and followers

Reuters
Facebook Inc said on Friday that it filed a lawsuit along with Instagram in U.S. federal court against four companies and three people based in the...Details
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