Bitcoin reached a new all-time high on Sunday, surpassing $125,000 for the first time. 

India’s top ministers are publicly backing homegrown technology firms in a renewed push for “Made in India” products, following the United States’ decision to impose a 50 percent tariff on Indian imports in August. 

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On October 6, 2025 the Moon will appear significantly larger and brighter than usual which is also known as a supermoon, according to a recent blog by NASA, the space agency. This will be the first of three Supermoons to be observed in 2025. 

Elon Musk has recently said that his artificial intelligence (AI) company, xAI, is developing a digital encyclopedia called “Grokipedia” to compete with Wikipedia, which he has frequently criticised for what he describes as ‘political bias’.

Instagram chief Adam Mosseri has recently addressed widespread speculation that social media platforms listen to private conversations to deliver targeted advertisements.

OpenAI's new AI video generator, Sora 2, will use copyrighted material from television and movie studios by default unless rights holders explicitly opt out, as per reports from Reuters and The Wall Street Journal.

Google is giving its most recognisable symbol a new look, updating the four-colour “G” that has represented the company for the past decade.

Electronic Arts (EA) has entered into an agreement to be acquired by a consortium including Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF), Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners in a $55 billion all-cash transaction.

Oppo Bangladesh has recently unveiled the A6 Pro smartphone in Bangladesh.

Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited (BTCL) will begin offering mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) SIM cards and app-based IP calling, according to a recent Facebook post by Faiz Ahmad Taiyeb, Special Assistant to the Chief Adviser at the Ministry of Posts, Telecommunication and Information Technology.

Artificial intelligence company Anthropic has announced plans to triple its international workforce this year, citing strong demand for its Claude AI models outside the United States, as per a recent report by Reuters. The company will also expand its applied AI team fivefold as part of the global expansion.

Snapchat is introducing paid storage plans for its ‘Memories’ feature, asking users with large digital archives to begin paying for space that was previously free.

Microsoft is rolling out a new update to its Photos app on Windows 11 that brings AI-driven auto-categorisation, a feature long associated with Google Photos, the app for storing photos.

Meta has recently unveiled an update to the Meta AI app called ‘Vibes’, offering users the ability to create and share short-form AI-generated videos. 

Microsoft has cut off the Israeli military’s access to cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) services it used to run a mass surveillance programme that intercepted millions of Palestinian phone calls daily in Gaza and the West Bank, according to a recent report by The Guardian.

The Taliban administration has recently cut internet access across five provinces in northern Afghanistan, citing the need to prevent what it described as “immoral activities”, according to a recent report by Reuters.

Nur Muhammad Mahi Shafiullah, a Bangladeshi researcher in artificial intelligence and robotics, has been named in MIT Technology Review’s ‘35 Innovators Under 35’ list for 2025. According to the list, he was recognised for his work on building robot intelligence that can operate in unstructured human environments.

NASA has said it intends to send four astronauts on a ten-day journey around the Moon in early 2026, marking the first crewed lunar mission in more than half a century.

WhatsApp has recently announced that the app has begun introducing a real-time translation tool in select languages.