Chip startup Velaura AI hits $1 billion valuation in $110 million round
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OpenAI appoints new CRO
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OpenAI has appointed Dali Rajic, the former president and chief operating officer of cloud security company Wiz, as its new chief revenue officer, replacing Denise Dresser who held the position for just nine months.
Bangladeshi scientist receives UK exploration award for Nepal Indigenous knowledge project
18 August 2026
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Abdullah Rubaet Chowdhury, a Bangladeshi social scientist, has received the SES Elodie Sandford Award from the UK-based Scientific Exploration Society (SES) for a planned research expedition documenting Indigenous ecological knowledge in Nepal’s Himalayan Mustang region.
Unitree shares surge sixfold in Shanghai debut, valuing robot maker at $50 billion
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Anthropic’s annualised revenue run rate reaches $65bn
18 August 2026
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Chinese bullet train breaks world record; reaches 800km/h in 5.3 seconds
18 August 2026
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Google developing AirDrop-style Tap to Share feature for Android
18 August 2026
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Facebook oversight board admits 'frustrations' in 5 years of work
Facebook -- since renamed Meta -- announced the Oversight Board, often referred to as the group's "supreme court", at a 2018 nadir of public trust in the tech giant.
4 December 2025
Meta starts removing under-16s from social media in Australia
Australia is requiring major online platforms, also including TikTok and YouTube, to block underage users by December 10
4 December 2025
Wikipedia seeks more AI licensing deals similar to Google tie-up, co-founder Wales says
Wales said that tech companies' usage of freely available Wikipedia knowledge to train their large language models results in cost surges that Wikipedia's nonprofit operator must bear.
4 December 2025
Bangladeshi startup PulseTech raises $3m in a bid to tackle counterfeit medicines
PulseTech, a Dhaka-based B2B health-tech platform working to eliminate counterfeit medicines from the market, has raised USD 3 million in a pre-Series A funding round co-led by Vietnam-based venture capital firm AVV and Singapore-headquartered accelerator fund Iterative.
3 December 2025
Oppo A6 launched in Bangladesh
Oppo has officially launched the OPPO A6 in Bangladesh.
3 December 2025
TikTok expands AI transparency with new controls
TikTok is introducing new tools to give users greater control over AI-generated content on December 2.
3 December 2025
James Cameron calls generative AI “horrifying”
James Cameron, the director behind the popular “Avatar” franchise, has described generative artificial intelligence (AI) as “horrifying”.
3 December 2025
Red Dead Redemption is now on mobile
The popular action-adventure video game Red Dead Redemption, along with its Undead Nightmare expansion, is now available on new platforms, including mobile devices, current-generation consoles, and the Nintendo Switch 2.
3 December 2025
Government to slash mobile import taxes ahead of NEIR launch
Bangladesh is preparing to reduce taxes on legally imported mobile phones as part of a broader effort to stabilise handset prices and strengthen regulation ahead of the launch of the National Equipment Identity Register (NEIR) on December 16.
3 December 2025
Honor begins local smartphone production with Bangladesh factory
Honor, the smartphone brand, inaugurated a new manufacturing facility in Bangladesh on December 2, marking the company’s first move into local smartphone production as it seeks to strengthen its position in one of South Asia’s fastest-growing device markets.
3 December 2025
YouTube agrees to lock out Australian users under 16
YouTube has announced it will begin locking out users under the age of 16 from their accounts in Australia, complying with a new national social media ban.
3 December 2025
The AI frenzy is driving a new global supply chain crisis
The fallout could reach beyond tech.
3 December 2025
Shikho and Walpad launch EduTab learning tablet in Bangladesh
Bangladeshi edtech company Shikho has partnered with Walton’s tablet brand Walpad to launch EduTab, a learning-focused device they say is designed around local students’ study habits and teaching practices.
2 December 2025
Samsung unveils new smartphone that folds twice
Samsung has officially launched the Galaxy Z TriFold, its first smartphone with a screen that folds twice. The new device is designed to transform from a standard phone into a 10-inch tablet.
2 December 2025
Amazon tests 'ultra-fast' deliveries in two US cities
Option of having groceries or household essentials at their doors within 30 minutes
2 December 2025
India orders smartphone brands to preload non-removable security app: report
India’s telecoms ministry has directed smartphone manufacturers to pre-install a state-owned cyber-security application on all new devices sold in the country.
1 December 2025
AI is augmenting, not replacing, engineers: Thrive Capital investor
Philip Clark, a partner at the venture capital firm Thrive Capital, has recently stated that AI tools are enhancing the work of software engineers, rather than replacing their jobs, as per a recent report by Business Insider.
1 December 2025
ChatGPT is now 3 years old
On November 30, 2022, a chat window changed the world. This week, as OpenAI’s ChatGPT celebrates its third birthday, it does so not as a novelty, but as a daily companion to a staggering 800 million people every week.
1 December 2025
Amazon and Google launch multicloud service for faster connectivity
The initiative will enable customers to establish private, high-speed links between the two companies' computing platforms in minutes instead of weeks.
1 December 2025
Jobs of the week
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30 November 2025
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