US President Donald Trump has agreed to a legal settlement under which Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, will pay approximately $25 million (£20 million). Trump filed a lawsuit against the social media giant and its CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, in 2021 following the
Japanese electronics and entertainment giant Sony Group announced Wednesday the promotion of Hiroki Totoki to chief executive officer as part of a broader management restructuring. Totoki, 60, who joined the company in 1987, currently serves as Sony’s chief operating officer,
Chinese startup DeepSeek, which has sparked panic on Wall Street with its powerful new chatbot developed at a fraction of the cost of its competitors, was founded by a hedgefund whizz-kid who believes AI can change the world. Based out of the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou --
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is often viewed as a threat to jobs. Some think that AI will replace humans. But is it really going to happen? Some young tech talents gathered in Dhaka to prove that artificial intelligence isn't about replacing humans – it's about making our
US President Donald Trump warns Chinese startup DeepSeek is a wake-up call for America's technology industry. The emergence of DeepSeek's low-cost AI chatbot caused shockwaves on Wall Street, with Nvidia losing more than $500bn in market value. Shares in other major
OpenAI has launched a new AI program named "Operator" that is designed to manage online tasks like placing orders or completing forms. According to OpenAI, Operator can search for web pages and engage with them by typing, clicking, or scrolling, much like a human user would.
The government will take coordinated steps to expand and enhance fact-checking activities to combat misinformation and disinformation, said Information and Broadcasting Adviser Md. Nahid Islam. He disclosed the matter during a meeting with the Online Editors Alliance at the
TikTok is resuming services to its 170 million users in US after President-elect Donald Trump said he would issue an executive order to give the app a reprieve when he takes office on Monday. On Saturday evening, the Chinese-owned app stopped working for American users, after a law
TikTok’s app was removed from prominent app stores on Saturday just before a federal law that would have banned the popular social media platform was scheduled to go into effect. By 10:50pm Eastern Standard Time, the app was not found on Apple and Google’s app stores, which
TikTok has said it will be forced to "go dark" in the US on Sunday unless the government intervenes before a ban takes effect. In a statement late on Friday, it said the White House and the Department of Justice had "failed to provide the necessary clarity and assurance
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos's space company has blasted its first rocket into orbit in a bid to challenge the dominance of Elon Musk's SpaceX. The New Glenn rocket launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 02:02 local time (07:02 GMT). It firmly pits the
Indian space agency Isro has for the first time successfully conducted space docking by joining together two small craft in space. The technology is essential for the country's future ambition to build an Indian space station and put a person on the Moon. The mission called
The US markets watchdog has filed a lawsuit against Elon Musk alleging he failed to disclose that he had amassed a stake in Twitter, allowing him to buy shares at "artificially low prices." The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) lawsuit alleges that the
TikTok has called a report that China is considering allowing a sale of the social media company's US operations to Elon Musk "pure fiction." The firm's comments came in response to a report by Bloomberg that Chinese officials are weighing an option that could see its
Apple's board has called on investors to vote against a proposal to end its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programmes. In comes after a conservative group, the National Center for Public Policy Research (NCPPR), called on the the technology giant to abolish its DEI
Over the past 15 years, the government has intermittently used terms like 'Digital Bangladesh' and 'Smart Bangladesh' as mere political slogans, rather than implementing genuine technological advancements. Despite the global, especially regional, utilisation of technology
Elon Musk has joined other artificial intelligence experts in claiming that there was little real-world data left to train AI models and that "peak data" would soon be reached. During a recent livestream, he explained that nearly all of humanity's available knowledge had
The Supreme Court appears poised to uphold a law that bans TikTok in the US over national security concerns unless its China-based parent company sells the platform ahead of a 19 January deadline. The Court's nine justices heard from lawyers representing TikTok, and content
Meta and Amazon are axing their diversity programmes, joining firms across corporate America that are rolling back hiring and training initiatives criticised by conservatives, citing legal and political risks. The move comes just days after Meta Platforms, the owner of Facebook,
The US has added several Chinese technology companies, including gaming and social media giant Tencent and battery maker CATL, to a list of businesses it says work with China's military. The list serves as a warning to American companies and organisations about the risks of doing