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Google promises better privacy tools, smarter AI assistant
Mountain View, May 8 (AP/UNB) — Google announced new privacy tools Tuesday intended to give people more control over how they're being tracked on the go or in their own home, part of a broader effort by big tech companies to counter increasing scrutiny of their data collection practices.
Survey finds new weapon against drug resistant malaria
Dhaka, May 7 (UNB)- A new study has recently found that combining of malaria genetic data with human mobility data from mobile networks can help to map and predict the spread of drug-resistant malaria.
Nokia 4.2 Set to Launch in India Today: Expected Price, Specifications
Nokia 4.2 is all set to launch in India today, and the company has been rolling out multiple teasers in the run up to the launch, reports NDtv.
Microsoft offers software tools to secure elections
May 7 (AP/UNB)-Microsoft has announced an ambitious effort to make voting secure, verifiable and subject to reliable audits by registering ballots in encrypted form so they can be accurately and independently tracked long after they are cast.
Robi declares itself out of Axiata, Telenor proposed transaction
Dhaka, May 6 (UNB) - Robi, digital services provider, on Monday announced that it will not be a part of the recently proposed merger of Axiata Group and Telenor Group.
Facebook considering its own bitcoin for payments
San Francisco, May 4 (AP/UNB) — The Wall Street Journal reports that Facebook plans a cryptocurrency-based payment system that it could launch for billions of users worldwide.
10 Bangladeshi talents receive training in China under Huawei’s CSR prog
Shenzhen (China), May 3 (UNB) - Graduation ceremony of Huawei’s biggest CSR program 'Seeds for the Future 2019' was held in Shenzhen, China at the headquarters of the company where 10 Bangladeshi ICT talents selected from five renowned received extensive training on technologies.
Facebook bans 'dangerous individuals' cited for hate speech
San Francisco, May 3 (AP/UNB) — After years of pressure to crack down on hate and bigotry, Facebook has banned Louis Farrakhan, Alex Jones and other extremists, saying they violated its ban on "dangerous individuals."
NASA's InSight lander captures sunrise, sunset on Mars
Los Angeles, May 2 (Xinhua/UNB) - NASA's InSight lander has captured a series of images of sunrise and sunset on Mars recently, according to a release of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California on Wednesday.
Apple's fiscal 2Q revenue, profit sag amid iPhone slump
San Francisco, May 1(AP/UNB) — Apple's sales are still shrinking amid weakening iPhone demand, despite the company's increasing emphasis on services designed to bring in a steady flow of money from the 1.4 billion of its devices still in use.