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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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13 May 2026, 00:24 AM Tech & Startup
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

Drone strikes damage Amazon data centres in UAE and Bahrain

Amazon Web Services has confirmed that drone strikes damaged multiple data centre facilities in the Middle East, causing major service disruptions across its UAE and Bahrain regions.
3 March 2026, 13:47 PM

Claude AI faces worldwide outage

Claude AI, the popular chatbot by AI company Anthropic, is currently experiencing outages, with users reporting elevated errors across multiple services, including claude.ai, the Cowork platform, and Claude Code.
3 March 2026, 13:11 PM

BYD Bangladesh launches Sealion 5

BYD, the New Energy Vehicle (NEV) manufacturer, has officially launched the Sealion 5.
1 March 2026, 20:04 PM

OpenAI engineer quits, citing burnout

OpenAI engineer Hieu Pham has recently announced his departure from the company, citing severe burnout and deteriorating mental health after years of intensive work in frontier AI development.
1 March 2026, 14:31 PM

AI will replace some jobs but create new ones, Amazon CEO says

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said that AI will reduce the need for human workers in certain roles but will also generate new categories of employment, as he addressed the technology's impact on the workforce during a recent CNBC interview.
1 March 2026, 14:15 PM

Zomato founder raises $54 million for new wearables startup

Deepinder Goyal, the founder of India-based food delivery company Zomato, has raised $54 million in an initial funding round for his new wearable technology startup, Temple, at a post-money valuation of about $190 million.
1 March 2026, 13:48 PM

AI-powered insurance brokerage startup raises $46.8 million

Harper, an AI-based insurance brokerage startup, has raised $46.8 million in a combined Series A and seed funding round, the company recently announced.
1 March 2026, 13:21 PM

Amazon, Nvidia and SoftBank back OpenAI with $110 bln investment

The round includes a $50 billion commitment from Amazon, $30 billion from SoftBank and $30 billion from Nvidia. The financing comes ahead of a widely anticipated initial public offering (IPO) of OpenAI expected later this year.
28 February 2026, 16:45 PM

Samsung unveils Galaxy S26 series with intuitive AI features

Samsung has unveiled its Galaxy S26 line-up, introducing modest hardware refinements and a broader suite of artificial intelligence (AI) features, alongside a renewed focus on display privacy in its top-tier model.
27 February 2026, 09:10 AM

Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra debuts built-in privacy display

Samsung has introduced a built-in privacy display feature on its new Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra, allowing users to limit off-angle visibility at the press of a button rather than relying on external screen protectors.
27 February 2026, 02:06 AM

Snapchat to host ‘The Snappys’ for the first time

Snapchat said on February 25 that it will hold its first awards ceremony, titled “The Snappys”, on March 31 at the company’s Santa Monica headquarters.
26 February 2026, 17:35 PM

Evilginx Pro: Is 2FA no longer safe?

A new cyber threat named 'Evilginx Pro' is causing alarm in the digital world. This advanced phishing tool can easily bypass your account’s Two-Factor Authentication (2FA). Traditional phishing only steals passwords. However, this new technology steals your digital identity, known as a 'session cookie.'
26 February 2026, 17:13 PM

Stripe wants to buy all or some of PayPal: report

Stripe is considering a potential acquisition of all or part of PayPal, according to a recent report by Bloomberg, though discussions are said to be at an early stage and may not lead to a transaction.
25 February 2026, 14:37 PM

Hackers leak 12.5 million CarGurus records in data breach

More than 12.5 million accounts linked to CarGurus, an online automotive marketplace, have been exposed in a data breach that included personal and account information, according to the data breach notification site Have I Been Pwned.
25 February 2026, 14:26 PM

Intel partners with AI chip startup backed by its CEO

Intel has agreed to invest in artificial intelligence (AI) chipmaker SambaNova Systems and enter into a multiyear partnership with the company, as the US chipmaker seeks to strengthen its position in a market dominated by Nvidia.
25 February 2026, 13:36 PM

AMD and Meta announce new AI chip partnership

AMD and Meta have agreed to a new multi-year partnership to deploy up to six gigawatts of AMD Instinct GPUs to power Meta's AI infrastructure, the companies announced on Tuesday.
25 February 2026, 13:24 PM

OpenClaw goes rogue on Meta exec, deletes emails without permission

In a series of posts on X, Summer Yue, Director of Alignment at Meta Superintelligence Labs, detailed how the OpenClaw tool she had been testing went rogue and began deleting emails from her inbox without permission.
24 February 2026, 14:36 PM

HR app for 'deskless' workers raises $66 million

Humand, the startup behind an AI-powered HR management app aimed at employees without desk jobs, has raised $66 million in a Series A funding round to expand in the United States, according to a recent report by Bloomberg News.
24 February 2026, 13:39 PM

The ‘Asian tiger’ dream is stalling. It is time Bangladeshi founders look to the Gulf

There is a familiar refrain doing the rounds in Dhaka’s startup circles. “The ecosystem is dead.” “The ship is sinking.” The mood is understandable, but it misdiagnoses the problem. Bangladesh’s startup ecosystem is not dying. It is just working from the wrong map.
24 February 2026, 13:01 PM

AI caricature trend: is it safe?

A new social media trend encouraging users to generate AI-powered caricatures of themselves is spreading rapidly across platforms including Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn.
23 February 2026, 17:34 PM