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Google explains why Chrome downloads 4 GB of AI models to devices without warning
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Google has confirmed that its Chrome browser may automatically download several gigabytes of on-device artificial intelligence (AI) models to users’ computers in order to support a growing number of AI-powered features integrated into the browser.
Study finds AI models can replicate themselves without human assistance
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Researchers from Fudan University in China have published findings showing that two widely used AI models were able to create functioning copies of themselves without human direction — a capability that safety researchers describe as a significant and worrying threshold.
Honor officially launches 600 series in Bangladesh
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Unity rolls out game-aware AI in Open Beta
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Apple to pay $250 mln after overpromising Siri AI features
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Meta to use AI to scan users' physical appearance to identify underage accounts
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Amazon rolls out Claude Code and Codex to its employees: report
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Smart cards and robots: Saudi Arabia's 'digital hajj'

Thirty years ago, it took Egyptian pilgrim Ibrahim Siam several hours to track down his children when they went missing in crowds of worshippers during the hajj in Saudi Arabia. Fast forward to the modern-day and things are far simpler, meaning Siam, now 64, need not worry about losing track of his family and friends thanks to new technologies.
26 July 2021, 15:53 PM

CD Projekt studio releases The Witcher monster-hunting mobile game

The Pokemon-style game is based on the Witcher medieval fantasy series, where players hunt foul creatures in experience story-driven quests. It was developed by CD Projekt's studio Spokko and marks the group's debut in augmented-reality technology.
26 July 2021, 15:44 PM

Govt plans to launch local social media platforms

Bangladesh is going to develop its own social media platforms called “Jogajog” and “Alapon” as alternatives to Facebook and WhatsApp, State Minister for Information and Communication Technology Zunaid Ahmed Palak has said.
24 July 2021, 18:00 PM

‘Jogajog’, ‘Alapon’ to be Bangladeshi alternative to Facebook, WhatsApp: Palak

Bangladesh is going to create its own social media platform called “Jogajog” as an alternative to Facebook, and “Alapon” as alternative to WhatsApp, State Minister for Information and Communication Technology Zunaid Ahmed Palak said today.
24 July 2021, 15:04 PM

Jeff Bezos and Sir Richard Branson not yet astronauts, US says

In a move that pours cold water on the dreams of a few billionaire space explorers including Jeff Bezos and Sir Richard Branson, the US has tightened its definition of the word "astronaut".
24 July 2021, 06:41 AM

Record sales of sacrificial animals on Digital Haat

The government's digital cattle market launched this year, www.digitalhaat.net, has seen a record sale this year worth 2,424 crore BDT. According to the latest data from digitalhaat.net, a total of 3,49,428 animals have been sold through the online platform across the country ahead of this year's Eid-ul-Azha. 
23 July 2021, 12:28 PM

Websites of airlines, banks, tech companies down in widespread outage

Websites of several airlines, banks and technology companies including Delta Air Lines, Costco Wholesale Corp and American Express were facing outages on Thursday.
22 July 2021, 18:18 PM

Telegram founder on leaked Pegasus malware hit list

Pavel Durov, the founder of Telegram -- reputed to be an unhackable messaging app and having over half a billion users -- was targeted for potential surveillance in the Pegasus spyware case, reports The Guardian.  
21 July 2021, 17:31 PM

How to know if your phone has spyware or is hacked

Now that the Israeli-made Pegasus spyware has once again brought mobile spying fears to the fore, it’s time to identify whether your phone has spyware. Here are signs that you are being spied upon or your phone has been hacked.
21 July 2021, 16:49 PM

Netflix to add mobile video games as subscriber growth slows

Netflix Inc said it would make a deeper dive into video games as the movie and TV streaming service projected weak subscriber growth amid growing competition and the lifting of pandemic restrictions that had kept people at home.
21 July 2021, 03:04 AM

How can you become a space tourist?

Thrill-seekers will soon be able to get their adrenaline kicks -- and envy-inducing Instagram snaps -- from the final frontier, as space tourism finally lifts off. All you'll need is a bit of patience. And a lot of money. Here's a rundown of where things stand.
20 July 2021, 18:48 PM

‘Best day ever’: billionaire Bezos has successful first space jaunt

Jeff Bezos, the world’s richest man, soared about 66.5 miles (107 km) above the Texas desert aboard his company Blue Origin’s New Shepard launch vehicle on Tuesday and returned safely to Earth, a historic suborbital flight that helps to inaugurate a new era of private commercial space tourism.
20 July 2021, 11:16 AM

Pegasus Spyware: Bangladesh among infected locations

Bangladesh is reportedly among 45 countries where people have been spied upon with the Pegasus spyware, created by Israeli company NSO Group.
19 July 2021, 18:00 PM

Pegasus spyware: What is it and how does it work?

Previous Amnesty International Security Labs investigations unearthed evidence of Pegasus being installed on the phone of The Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s fiancée, Hatice Cengiz, just four days after he was killed in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul in 2018. In another instance, for almost three years, Azerbaijan journalist Khadija Ismayilova’s phone was regularly infected with the Israeli Pegasus spyware, giving “certain” governments direct access to her phone. After the recent investigative dig aided by The Washington Post and The Guardian, the first question that did our head in was a simple one: what is Pegasus?
19 July 2021, 12:57 PM

Microsoft Exchange email hack was caused by China, US says

The Biden administration on Monday blamed China for a hack of Microsoft Exchange email server software that compromised tens of thousands of computers around the world earlier this year.
19 July 2021, 12:27 PM

Media reports on use of Israeli spyware Pegasus ‘over the top’: Indian IT minister

India’s Information Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw today flayed the release of what he called "over the top" media reports about the use of Israeli spyware Pegasus to spy on opposition leaders and journalists and said there was "no substance behind this sensational" claim and that "checks and balances" ensured that illegal surveillance is "not possible".
19 July 2021, 12:05 PM

All aboard the hyperloop: How your commute could be changing

The chief executive and co-founder of Virgin Hyperloop foresees us zipping between cities in minutes, a future not as far off as you may think. Giegel sat down with Reuters to talk about how this budding technology could change the way we live and work.
19 July 2021, 08:38 AM

50,000 phone numbers worldwide on list linked to Israeli spyware: reports

An Israeli firm accused of supplying spyware to governments has been linked to a list of 50,000 smartphone numbers, including those of activists, journalists, business executives and politicians around the world, according to reports Sunday.
19 July 2021, 08:24 AM

Microsoft says Israeli group sold tools to hack Windows

An Israeli group sold a tool to hack into Microsoft Windows, Microsoft and technology human rights group Citizen Lab said on Thursday, shedding light on the growing business of finding and selling tools to hack widely used software.
18 July 2021, 20:04 PM

Microsoft to offer cloud PC with Windows 365

Microsoft Corp on Wednesday said it will offer its Windows operating system as a cloud-based service, aiming to make it easier to access business apps that need Windows from a broader range of devices.
18 July 2021, 17:13 PM
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