Science and Tech
China overtakes US with rorld's fastest supercomputer
China has reclaimed the top spot in global supercomputing, overtaking the United States with the launch of the world’s fastest supercomputer, marking a significant milestone in the intensifying race for technological supremacy.
Indian fintech entrepreneur Kunal Shah appointed WhatsApp CEO
Indian fintech entrepreneur Kunal Shah has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of WhatsApp, Meta's messaging platform.
India temporarily bans Telegram over exam paper leak scandals
In the wake of allegations of question paper leak and cheating in India's National Medical Entrance Exam (NEET), the country has temporarily banned the Telegram messaging app. This is the first such ban on a major messaging platform in India's history.
UK bans social media for children
Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced a ban on the use of social media for children under the age of 16 in the UK. Starmer followed the steps of several other European countries, including Australia, to take this decision.
FIFA referee is now a walking tech lab
For most of football's history, a referee walked onto the pitch with a whistle, a yellow card, and a red card. That was it. No screens, no sensors, no AI whispering in their ear. Just a human being making split-second decisions in front of a hundred thousand people and hoping they got it right.
Anthropic suspends new AI models after US security concerns
AI company Anthropic has suspended access to its newly launched models, Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5, after US authorities raised national security concerns just days after their public release.
Facebook and Messenger suffer global outage, millions logged out
Facebook and its messaging platform Messenger suffered a widespread global outage on Friday, abruptly logging out millions of users worldwide and preventing them from signing back in, according to multiple user reports and monitoring services .
WhatsApp says spyware maker NSO Group still targeting its users
Meta has escalated its long-running legal battle against Israeli cyber-intelligence firm NSO Group, requesting a federal court to hold the spyware maker in contempt for allegedly continuing to target WhatsApp users in direct violation of a permanent injunction.
OpenAI's AI model solves 80-year-old unsolved mathematical problem
OpenAI's latest AI model has solved a mathematical problem that remained unsolved for nearly 80 years, researchers have announced. The proof presented by the model has been verified and accepted as mathematically correct by mathematicians.
Benefits of Facebook plus
Meta has officially rolled out a global "Plus" subscription ecosystem, offering users a premium tier packed with advanced tools and customization. For international markets, the service is priced at $3.99 per month. In Bangladesh, taking standard international conversion rates and digital payment taxes into account, the subscription cost equates to approximately tk 450 per month (BDT)