Tech
US biologist: Gene-editing work a failure of self-regulation
Hong Kong, Nov 28 (AP/UNB) — A leader of an international conference on gene editing said Wednesday that the work of a Chinese scientist who claims to have helped make the world's first gene-edited babies showed a failure of self-regulation among scientists.
Robi-10 Minute School gets three awards
Dhaka, Nov 27 (UNB)- The largest online school of the country, Robi- 10 Minute School, (www.robi10minuteschool.com) has received three awards in the 5th Digital Marketing Summit recently.
Huawei ships first 10,000 5G base stations
Dhaka, Nov 27 (UNB) – World’s leading mobile phone manufacturer Huawei has announced the shipment of its first 10,000 5G base stations, describing the company's vision for the future of 5G at the 9th Global Mobile Broadband Forum held in London.
Dictionary.com chooses 'misinformation' as word of the year
New York, Nov 27 (AP/UNB) — Misinformation, as opposed to disinformation, was chosen Monday as Dictionary.com's word of the year on the tattered coattails of "toxic," picked earlier this month for the same honor by Oxford Dictionaries in these tumultuous times.
NASA spacecraft lands on Mars to dig deep
Cape Canaveral, Nov 27 (AP/UNB) — A NASA spacecraft has landed on Mars to explore the planet's interior.
Apple to tutor women in tech in bid to diversify industry
San Francisco, Nov 27 (AP/UNB) — Apple is launching a new program designed to address the technology industry's scarcity of women in executive and computer programming jobs.
Justices to hear antitrust case over sale of iPhone apps
Washington, Nov 26 (AP/UNB) — Apple is at the Supreme Court to defend the way it sells apps for iPhones against claims by consumers that the company has unfairly monopolized the market.
Mars landing looms for NASA; anxiety building a day out
Cape Canaveral, Nov 26 (AP/UNB) — With just a day to go, NASA's InSight spacecraft aimed for a bull's-eye touchdown on Mars, zooming in like an arrow with no turning back.
Robishop offers pre-booking of OnePlus 6T
Dhaka, Nov 25 (UNB)- Robishop, a premiere ecommerce site of the country, has been offering a pre-booking facility for the OnePlus 6T smartphones with EMI facility of 12 months starting from just Tk 5,249 per month.
New lander will add to humans' long fascination with Mars
Cape Canaveral, Nov 25 (AP/UNB) — In our solar system family, Mars is Earth's next-of-kin, the next-door relative that has captivated humans for millennia. The attraction is sure to grow with Monday's arrival of a NASA lander named InSight.