New features coming in Android 17
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Meta staff protest surveillance as layoffs loom: report
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Android Auto update finally makes use of every inch of car screens
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13 May 2026, 01:50 AM Tech & Startup
Google unveils Googlebook, a new lineup of AI-native laptops
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Press Release / HerWILL announces winners of global AI digital safety datathon
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Steve Jobs honoured with an official $1 coin
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Google expands AI-powered Finance platform across Europe
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Microsoft pushes passkeys over passwords for sign-in
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11 May 2026, 12:57 PM Tech & Startup

Facebook tests new dashboard to help creators flag impersonators

Meta is testing new tools on Facebook designed to help content creators identify and report impersonators, as the company continues efforts to address concerns about spam-like posts.
16 March 2026, 15:27 PM

Instagram to discontinue encrypted chat from May

Instagram will stop supporting end-to-end encrypted messaging after May 8, 2026, according to a recent update from the company.
15 March 2026, 14:49 PM

Elon Musk fires more xAI co-founders: report

Elon Musk has ordered a fresh round of job cuts at his artificial intelligence company xAI, with more co-founders pushed out amid frustration over the performance of its coding division, the Financial Times recently reported.
15 March 2026, 12:28 PM

Uber co-founder launches robotics startup

Travis Kalanick, the co-founder and former chief executive of Uber, has launched a new robotics startup called Atoms, focused on automating tasks in the mining, transport, and food sectors.
15 March 2026, 12:08 PM

Bangladesh trials Starlink internet on trains

Bangladesh has begun testing satellite-based internet services on moving trains for the first time using Starlink, the satellite internet service by Elon Musk's SpaceX.
14 March 2026, 21:18 PM

Meta brings scam detection tools to WhatsApp, Facebook, and Messenger

Meta is introducing new scam detection tools across its messaging and social media platforms, including WhatsApp, Facebook, and Messenger.
14 March 2026, 18:00 PM

WhatsApp brings parent-managed accounts for users under 13

WhatsApp has announced the introduction of parent-managed accounts designed to allow parents and guardians to oversee how users under the age of 13 access the messaging platform.
12 March 2026, 17:16 PM

Google completes the $32 bln acquisition of AI security platform Wiz

Google has completed its $32 billion acquisition of Wiz, a cloud and AI security platform, in a move aimed at strengthening its cloud security capabilities.
12 March 2026, 16:42 PM

Nvidia partners with ex-OpenAI CTO Mira Murati's AI startup

Nvidia has announced a multiyear strategic partnership with Thinking Machines Lab, an artificial intelligence startup founded last year by former OpenAI chief technology officer Mira Murati.
11 March 2026, 15:42 PM

Sony faces lawsuit for allegedly inflating PlayStation games' prices

Sony is fighting a London lawsuit worth almost £2 billion ($2.7 billion) that accuses the PlayStation maker of using its dominant position to inflate prices for digital games and add-ons, the latest major consumer case to go to trial in Britain.
11 March 2026, 15:08 PM

Meta to add location fees for advertisers

Meta will begin applying location fees to advertising costs in six countries starting July 1, 2026, passing on Digital Service Taxes to campaign budgets for the first time.
11 March 2026, 14:51 PM

Meta acquires AI agent social network Moltbook

Meta has acquired Moltbook, a social networking platform built for artificial intelligence agents, bringing the company's founders into its AI research division.
11 March 2026, 12:41 PM

Legal AI startup Legora raises $550 mln at $5.55 bln Valuation

Legora, an artificial intelligence (AI) platform designed for legal professionals, has raised $550 million in a Series D funding round, valuing the company at $5.55 billion as it seeks to accelerate its expansion across the United States.
11 March 2026, 03:08 AM

The startup world says it wants women founders. So why doesn’t it trust them?

Bangladesh is very fond of the idea of the woman founder. She appears everywhere the ecosystem likes to flatter itself: on panels, in annual reports, in donor presentations, in the language of “inclusion” and “progress”.
10 March 2026, 10:54 AM

Bluesky CEO steps down to join a newly created position

Bluesky said on March 9 that its CEO, Jay Graber, will step down from the company’s top leadership role and move into a newly created position as Chief Innovation Officer.
10 March 2026, 03:15 AM

Bangladeshi esports team qualify for Honor of Kings Major League

A Bangladeshi esports team named CMF eSports secured qualification for the Honor of Kings Major League Spring 2026, becoming the South Asian representatives in the professional league.
9 March 2026, 15:06 PM

Bill Gates-backed nuclear reactor wins US approval

US regulators have approved the construction of a new nuclear reactor - backed by Bill Gates - in Wyoming, marking the first commercial reactor permit issued by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in nearly a decade.
9 March 2026, 13:21 PM

This website lets you track fuel price and availability real time

A new website created by a Bangladeshi software developer is helping motorists track fuel prices and availability at filling stations across the country in real time, as fears of supply disruption have led to long queues at pumps.
9 March 2026, 00:19 AM

Google CEO Sundar Pichai eyes new pay package worth $692m

Google parent Alphabet has lined up a new three-year pay package for chief executive Sundar Pichai that could be worth as much as $692m.
8 March 2026, 22:47 PM

Note left by the former special assistant sets out recommendations for new ICT minister

Before leaving office, Faiz Ahmad Taiyeb, the former special assistant to the Chief Adviser in charge of Bangladesh’s ICT ministry, left behind a set of recommendations for the country’s new ICT minister, Fakir Mahbub Anam.
8 March 2026, 16:58 PM