Rakuten Viber has officially launched its AR-augmented Viber Lens in Bangladesh on 14th October, 2021, through a virtual launching event. According to a press release, Viber is partnering with Snap Inc to incorporate augmented reality into its in-app camera, alongside filters like animal masks, fantasy effects and more, with the first batch of Viber Lens. “We are pushing the boundaries of AR with the launch of our all-new Viber Lens. Our users who are separated from family due to the current pandemic are looking at more meaningful ways to keep in touch and share more memorable moments,” said Anna Znamenskaya, Rakuten Viber Chief Growth Officer at the launching event. “The Viber Lens brings imagination to life in exciting ways. We believe this will spur the development of innovative and exciting new additions to our products in the future.” David Tse, Senior Director for Rakuten Viber APAC said, “Viber Lens is a unique feature that enables users to make conversations that are more creative, engaging, and vivid. We have included the most advanced AR capabilities to Viber Lens while sticking to our commitment of providing high-security standards for messages, videos, and pictures that are exchanged over the application. Apart from that, we are also looking forward to launching additional local lenses exclusive to our users in Bangladesh. We are pleased to bring these features to our Bangladeshi users and offer them more creative ways to express their thoughts and feelings.”

NASA launched a first-of-its kind mission on Saturday to study Jupiter's Trojan asteroids, two large clusters of space rocks that scientists believe are remnants of primordial material that formed the solar system's outer planets.

After almost 12 hours of outage, the mobile data service, mainly 3G & 4G, started to resume nationwide. Readers have informed The Daily Star that they were able to connect to 3G/4G internet on their smartphones from around 4.15 PM today.

Mobile phone users across the country are facing issues with their mobile data since Friday morning. 3G and 4G internet services are reportedly down for almost all the operators across the country, although WiFi and broadband internet services are still up and running.

High-speed internet services have been unavailable on mobile phones, according to reports from users across different districts in the country, reports Bangla daily Prothom Alo.

Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) is pulling the plug on LinkedIn in China nearly seven years after its launch and will replace it with a stripped-down version of the platform that would focus only on jobs.

1Password now allows you to share passwords via a link. With Psst! (a new secure password  sharing tool), a new link sharing feature that the company is releasing today, password manager 1Password is making it easier to share passwords with anyone.

Amazon.com Inc has been repeatedly accused of knocking off products it sells on its website and of exploiting its vast trove of internal data to promote its own merchandise at the expense of other sellers. The company has denied the accusations.

Bangladesh’s C2B and B2B recommerce (an online platform that sells products that were previously owned) venture Swap has secured $1.25 million seed funding recently. The round of investment was led by Singapore based accelerator program Accelerating Asia.

Bangladesh Angels Network (BAN), an angel investment network in Bangladesh, has announced another seed investment round led by Estonian angel investors, in Reverse Resources (RR), a SaaS platform to map, match and trace waste from textile factories to recycling and help fashion brands achieve full circularity by 2030. 

Facebook will now count activists and journalists as "involuntary" public figures and so increase protections against harassment and bullying targeted at these groups, its global safety chief said in an interview this week.

The World Economic Forum has released its latest youth survey, "ASEAN Digital Generation: Pathway to ASEAN’s Inclusive Digital Transformation and Recovery" - during a virtual briefing session on Wednesday, October 13, 2021. 

Australia has agreed to build a 20-kilogramme (44-pound) semi-autonomous lunar rover for NASA to take to the moon as early as 2026 in search of oxygen.

Facebook has developed a secret blacklist of over 4000 individuals and organisations across the world that the social media giant considers “dangerous”, as a part of its Dangerous Individuals and Organizations (DIO) policy, according to internal Facebook documents, as revealed by The Intercept.

Mercedes-Benz, the German company founded by the inventors of the motor car, is pouring more resources into its cutting-edge research and design capabilities in China as the centre of gravity of the new auto world shifts eastwards.

Facebook Inc's oversight board, a body set up by the social network to give independent verdicts on a small number of thorny content decisions, said on Monday it would meet with former employee and whistleblower Frances Haugen in the coming weeks.

Xiaomi has recently launched Redmi 10 in Bangladesh. Redmi 10’s comes with a 50MP ultra-high-resolution primary camera and an array of  8MP ultra-wide camera, 2MP macro cameras, and a 2MP depth sensor.

realme has recently introduced their flagship killer phone from its GT series - realme GT Master Edition. realme launched the smartphone in Bangladesh

vivo has officially debuted the X70 Pro in Bangladesh promising a superior mobile photography experience. The X70 Pro (5G) smartphone sports a 32MP front camera, while the rear-quad camera array features a 50MP + 12MP + 12MP + 8MP setup.

Bangladesh bagged four awards including the prestigious silver award in the International Blockchain Olympiad 2021 (IBCOL 2021) hosted at Dhaka yesterday. The event was jointly organized by the ICT Division of Bangladesh, Bangladesh Computer Council, Blockchain Olympiad Bangladesh and Technohaven Company Limited. This much-anticipated Olympiad, which started in Hong Kong, was held in Bangladesh for the first time.