Apon Bazaar, a local ecommerce marketplace, has recently raised an investment of USD 1.5 million in a pre-seed round. As per Apon Bazaar, this investment came from several local and foreign investors, including Startup Bangladesh and the US-based venture capital firm Village Capital.

Recent data from GitHub has positioned Bangladesh at the forefront of global software development growth, with the country experiencing the highest year-over-year increase in developer accounts. According to figures released by GitHub on January 18, as part of its Innovation Graph project, Bangladesh saw a 66.5% growth in GitHub developer accounts between Q3 2022 and Q3 2023. This significant increase distinguishes Bangladesh from other rapidly growing tech economies, including Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore, and India, among others.

PlayStation is reportedly in the process of developing a successor to the PSP, which will offer compatibility with PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 games, as per a YouTuber Moore’s Law Is Dead, known for making content on tech. He recently shared details about the rumoured device on his YouTube channel, which has over 171,000 subscribers.

Hussam Al-Attar, a 15 year old Palestinian kid, has been named “the Newton of Gaza” after successfully generating electricity from wind. He used basic tools for providing electricity.

Indian scientists have designed a new image-correction technique capable of getting better images during the study of atoms at absolute zero temperature. The technique can get rid of 50% unwanted interference fringes in the images, which are important for understanding the intriguing quantum mechanics governed properties of atoms at cold temperatures better.

On April 27, 2021, Tvasta, a startup founded by alumni from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, completed the construction of India's first 3D-printed house - in only 21 days. Modules for this 500 sq. ft. house were printed in the startup's facility in Chennai and assembled at the site, as per the company's official website.

India has successfully tested an environment-friendly propulsion system demonstrating in-orbit functionality on a microsatellite launched by a rocket, aligning space missions with the environment.

Uber has today launched the round-trip feature on its Intercity services in Bangladesh. According to Uber, this feature will allow passengers to book single or multi-day returns on outstation travels while keeping the same car and driver.

Indian scientists have claimed to have found a new technique of synthesizing thin hard surface coatings by high-velocity air fuel spraying. According to them, this has the potential of an environment-friendly and safer alternative to hard chrome plating used in car parts, tools, and kitchen utensils.

Samsung Galaxy S23 FE has recently been released in Bangladesh.

The familiar hum of an ATM, once a symbol of modern banking convenience, might soon be replaced by a quieter whirring: the sound of Cash Recycler Machines (CRMs) quietly affecting the way Bangladeshis access their cash. While both machines offer self-service banking options, CRMs are rapidly outpacing their one-way counterparts, driven by a wave of efficiency, security, and accessibility benefits. But what are the key differences between ATMs and CRMs and what factors make CRMs a preferred choice for many banks? Let’s find out.

Neuralink has successfully implanted a chip in the brain of their first human patient earlier this week, as per Elon Musk, founder of the brain-chip startup.

Shothik AI, a Bangladeshi AI-based startup has recently received USD 350,000 from Google for AI Startup Cloud program and USD 100,000 from Amazon. 

The team Project Altair, consisting of students from the Islamic University of Technology (IUT), Bangladesh, has won the 'Scientists of the Future' award at the International Rover Challenge 2024. 

Notable major technology and media corporations in the United States have begun 2024 with a fresh round of job cuts, with reasons citing the global economic crisis that is expected to remain persistent in the new year. Let's take a look at the US tech and media companies that have fired or plan to fire a large percentage of their employees in 2024.

Nokia, a Finnish telecom gear maker recently said that it had signed a 5G patent cross-licensing deal with Oppo, a Chinese device maker company. The deal resolves patent litigation between the companies.

Cybersecurity researcher Bob Dyachenko and the Cybernews team have unveiled a massive data leak, referred to as the ‘Mother of all Breaches’ (MOAB), containing 12 terabytes of information encompassing 26 billion records. This supermassive breach contains data from numerous previous breaches, including major platforms such as LinkedIn, Twitter, Adobe, Canva, Badoo, Weibo, Tencent, MySpace, Telegram, Dropbox, Daily Motion etc. making it potentially the largest-ever discovered data leak.

Uber has recently appointed Nasheed Ferdous Kamal as the new Country Head for Uber Bangladesh. Before joining Uber, Nasheed was General Manager at Robi Axiata Limited, where she led Airtel's Base Management and Customer Lifecycle Management in the region, as per a press release by Uber.

CrackPlatoon Charging Solution Limited, a Bangladeshi EV charging startup, has recently launched an electric vehicle (EV) charging station at "MIAMI Leisure Spot" on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Kalakachua, Burichang, Cumilla.

The latest iOS 17.3 update for iPhones introduces a Stolen Device Protection feature aimed at enhancing security against theft. This feature requires users to employ Face ID or Touch ID for specific actions, reducing the risk of unauthorised access in case of theft.