EMK Center has launched its Small Grant 2025 program, inviting individuals, groups, and organisations to submit project proposals that address social challenges while fostering US-Bangladesh collaboration.

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A wave of cyber attacks disrupted ten official websites in Italy on Saturday, including those of the Foreign Ministry and Milan’s two airports, temporarily taking them offline, according to a recent report by Reuters.

Recently, there have been ongoing speculations that billionaire businessman Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla Motors, will visit Bangladesh in the upcoming international investment conference hosted by Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA) in Dhaka tentatively in April 2025. However, is it really true or just a speculation?

Apple has no intention of developing its own search engine, according to Eddy Cue, the company’s Senior Vice President of Services. Cue disclosed Apple’s position during a recent court filing in the US Department of Justice (DOJ) case against Google’s dominance in the search industry.

OpenAI, the company behind the popular AI chatbot ChatGPT, announced on Friday that it plans to restructure as a public benefit corporation (PBC) - shifting to a for-profit company from its previous non-profit structure. Here's what they have planned.

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OpenAI’s ChatGPT search tool, an AI-powered browsing feature launched this month, is vulnerable to generating misleading summaries, according to a recent report by The Guardian.

Elon Musk's private jets undertook 355 flights between January to mid-December in 2024, including 31 to or from areas near Mar-a-Lago, the Florida residence of President-elect Donald Trump, according to a recent report by Business Insider.

Trump was fiercely opposed to TikTok during his 2017-21 first term, and tried in vain to ban the video app on national security grounds.

OpenAI experienced an outage affecting its popular services, including ChatGPT, Sora, and its developer-facing API, beginning at around 12.30 a.m Bangladesh time on 27 December.

The 16th edition of the Bangladesh Brand Forum's Best Brand Awards celebrated the achievements of 44 brands across distinct categories at a grand gala event held on 26 December 2024 at the Intercontinental Dhaka.

The Bangladesh government’s draft of the Cyber Security Ordinance, 2024 has reignited debates surrounding digital rights and governance.

Bangladesh's startup ecosystem surged forward in 2024, gaining unprecedented global recognition. Alongside individual startup successes, the ecosystem demonstrated resilience and innovation through transformative programs, events, and partnerships.

Japan Airlines (JAL) confirmed on 26 December that it had experienced a cyberattack, causing disruptions to its network systems and delays to both domestic and international flights.

Toyota Motor Corporation reported a 6.2% decline in global production for November, marking the 10th consecutive monthly drop, despite achieving a second straight month of increased global sales driven by strong demand in the United States and China, according to a recent report by Reuters.

Apple has formally filed papers to participate in Google’s U.S. antitrust trial concerning online search practices, citing its reliance on revenue-sharing agreements that make Google the default search engine on Apple’s Safari browser.

the Building Youth Employability Through Skills (BYETS) project, implemented by Swisscontact, has been a beacon of hope, addressing these issues through targeted interventions in vocational training programs.

Google has unveiled its annual “Year in Search” report, offering a snapshot of the key events, people, and interests that defined 2024.

Inspired by the film series Iron Man, researchers in South Korea have unveiled a lightweight robotic exoskeleton designed to assist individuals with paraplegia, the paralysis of the lower half of the body including both legs, in walking, navigating obstacles, and climbing stairs.