Smartphones feel inevitable in the hand, yet each one begins as a set of drawings, components and hypotheses. The journey from concept to finished device is a carefully sequenced collaboration between design labs, supplier networks and high-throughput assembly lines. In leading electronics hubs across Asia, that journey can take as little as days once a design is frozen and parts are on site.

A group of young students from The Tech Academy (TTA) in Dhaka is set to represent Bangladesh at the FIRST Global Challenge (FGC) 2025, an international robotics competition. 

OpenAI has introduced ChatGPT Atlas, a new web browser that integrates its AI features directly into the browsing experience. As per OpenAI, the browser is designed to allow ChatGPT to assist users across the web without requiring them to switch between tabs or copy and paste information.

The law requires explicit consent for data collection and introduces strict rules

The disruption has been linked to technical issues at Amazon Web Services (AWS)

The Realme 15 Pro, one of the three of Realme’s “AI Party Phone” series, lands in Bangladesh along with its other two versions with a spec sheet that reads like a wish list: a 6.8-inch 1.5K AMOLED at up to 144Hz, a gigantic 7,000mAh cell with 80W charging, and a 50MP-led camera system that leans into low-light tricks. It’s a lively mid-ranger that nails stamina and screen quality, but it also arrives with bloatware and limited software support that hold it back from top-tier status. We used the the Realme 15 Pro for a week and here's our take. 

The line-up includes the iPhone 17, iPhone Air, and iPhone 17 Pro models

Google has announced it will invest $15 billion over five years to establish a major AI data centre hub in Andhra Pradesh, India. The 1-gigawatt facility in the port city of Visakhapatnam will represent Google's largest AI infrastructure investment outside the United States.

Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI has hired two former Nvidia researchers, Zeeshan Patel and Ethan He, to accelerate work on advanced 'world models', according to a recent report by The Financial Times. These AI systems aim to understand and navigate physical environments, going beyond the text-based models that power tools such as ChatGPT and xAI’s Grok.

Researchers have recently discovered a critical flaw in large language models, the ones powering chatbots like ChatGPT and Claude: it takes far less work to sabotage these AIs than experts had previously believed.

Apple is facing a new lawsuit in the United States over claims that it used copyrighted material without permission to train Apple Intelligence, its artificial intelligence system, according to a recent report by Reuters.

17 Bangladeshi teams have won medals at the World Invention Competition and Exhibition (WICE) 2025, an international science and innovation contest, featuring projects across various categories. Among them, 14 teams won gold medals and 3 secured silver.

Google has recently launched a one-year free offer of its Gemini Pro plan exclusively for students, including those in Bangladesh.

A new, and deeply unsettling, trend is flooding social media feeds. It is not a dance challenge or a recipe video. It is the digital resurrection of deceased celebrities, all generated by artificial intelligence.

Anthropic, the artificial intelligence (AI) company backed by Google’s parent Alphabet and Amazon, announced plans to open its first office in India in early 2026.

Tesla has launched new 'Standard' lower-priced versions of its Model 3 sedan and Model Y SUV, with starting prices of $36,990 and $39,990, respectively. 

AMD has secured a multi-year agreement to supply AI chips to OpenAI in a deal expected to generate tens of billions of dollars in annual revenue for the chipmaker. The partnership includes an option for OpenAI to purchase up to approximately 10% of AMD's shares.

TikTok launched a dedicated in-app science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) content feed in Bangladesh on September 6.

A group of cybercriminals claim to have stolen nearly one billion records from companies using Salesforce software, though Salesforce maintains its own systems were not breached, states a recent report by Reuters. 

Meta is monitoring employee adoption of AI tools through internal dashboards and has created a gamified system to encourage usage, according to a recent report by Business Insider.