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
Tech & Startup Desk
18 August 2026 Technology
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.

Microsoft and Nvidia to invest billions in Anthropic

Microsoft and Nvidia have announced a multi-billion-dollar investment in artificial intelligence company Anthropic, the maker of the Claude AI models.
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Under pressure, EU to scale back digital rules

For many EU states, the concern is that the focus on regulation has come at the expense of innovation
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Cloudflare down: X, Canva, ChatGPT, Spotify, and Discord services affected

A few websites on the internet appear to have stopped working because of technical problems at Cloudflare, the internet infrastructure firm.
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Honor to start local manufacturing in Bangladesh

Honor, the smartphone brand, is set to begin local manufacturing in Bangladesh after signing an agreement with Smart Technologies (BD) Ltd. 
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Alibaba launches free AI chatbot

Alibaba has launched a free artificial intelligence chatbot called Qwen Chat, making it available through its website and mobile app stores at no cost to general users.
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The Gen Z guide to financial sanity in your 20s

Financial sanity in our twenties is not about becoming a finance bro overnight or rejecting every impulse purchase that brings us joy. It is about building a system that can survive our bad weeks, unexpected expenses, and the constant oscillation between “I am going to be rich” and “why is everything so expensive?”
18 November 2025

Samsung plans $310b investment to power AI expansion

South Korean conglomerate Samsung unveiled on Sunday a plan to invest $310 billion over the next five years mostly in technology powering artificial intelligence, aiming to meet growing demand driven by a global boom.
17 November 2025

Verizon plans its largest-ever layoffs, cutting 15,000 jobs

US-based telecommunications company Verizon is preparing to cut approximately 15,000 jobs in the largest layoff in its history, according to a recent Reuters report citing a source familiar with the matter.
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Meta to measure employee performance by 'AI impact': report

Meta will formally incorporate "AI-driven impact" into its employee performance reviews starting in 2026, according to an internal company memo seen by Business Insider.
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Apple's iPhone Pocket accessory sells out hours after release

A new wearable iPhone accessory from Apple and Japanese fashion house Issey Miyake has sold out within hours of its launch, as per reports by Bloomberg and Forbes. The product, called iPhone Pocket, sparked queues at select stores and saw online inventory rapidly depleted following its release last Friday.
16 November 2025

Apple CEO Tim Cook could step down next year: report

Apple is intensifying its succession planning as it prepares for Tim Cook to step down from his role as chief executive as soon as next year, according to a Financial Times report.
16 November 2025

Apple's iPhone sales increased 22% in China

Apple recorded a 22 percent rise in iPhone sales in China during the first month of the iPhone 17’s release, according to a recent report by Reuters. 
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Omoda 9 PHEV launched in Bangladesh

Asian Distributions Ltd, the distributor of Omoda and Jaecoo in Bangladesh, has officially launched the Omoda 9, a plug-in hybrid SUV.
13 November 2025

JAAGO-EU partnership to empower women and youth ahead of elections

The JAAGO Foundation Trust has launched a nationwide campaign aimed at strengthening civic engagement and political participation among women and young people ahead of Bangladesh’s upcoming national elections at a hotel in Dhaka on November 12.
13 November 2025

97% of listeners can't spot AI-generated songs, survey finds

A new survey, conducted by polling firm Ipsos for the streaming service Deezer, has revealed that 97% of listeners cannot tell the difference between songs created by AI and those composed by humans.
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Wikipedia asks AI firms to stop scraping and pay up

The Wikimedia Foundation has called on AI companies to stop freely scraping Wikipedia's content and instead use a paid service, arguing that the future of both the free platform and reliable AI depends on it.
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VLSI training institute launched in Bangladesh

Ulkasemi VLSI Training Institute (UVTI), an initiative by Ulkasemi, a semiconductor design company, was inaugurated in Niketan, Dhaka, on November 11.
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Apple cancels rumoured 2026 iPhone Air plans: report

Apple has cancelled rumoured plans to release a new version of its iPhone Air in the fall of 2026, according to a report from The Information, which cited weak sales of the current model.
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How to project confidence in a job interview

Confidence in an interview is not a personality trait reserved for extroverts. It is a set of behaviours that signal preparation, clarity, and calm.
11 November 2025
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