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Google drops dessert names, it’s just Android 10 with a new logo
Dhaka, Aug 23 (UNB) - Google has just announced that it is dropping the dessert naming scheme for its Android operating system and that its upcoming Android Q operating system will simply be named Android 10. After this, all Android releases will sport numbers after the Android brand like Android 11, Android 12 and so on, reports The Inbdian Express.
Banglalink launches digital health service platform ‘Daktarbhai’
Dhaka, Aug 22 (UNB)- Banglalink, has launched ‘Daktarbhai’, a digital health service platform to provide customers with a comprehensive healthcare solution with accessibility to useful health and medical information.
Google DeepMind's co-founder goes on leave
Dhaka, Aug 22 (UNB) -The co-founder of DeepMind, the British artificial intelligence company owned by Google's parent Alphabet, has gone on leave from the company, reports the BBC.
GP appoints Deutsche Telekom veteran as new CFO
Dhaka, Aug 21 (UNB) - Grameenphone has appointed Jens Becker as the new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the company, effective from this month.
Trump attacks on Google recycle baseless claims
San Francisco, Aug 21 (AP/UNB) — President Donald Trump has been on a tear about Google that traces back to a series of unfounded claims about the technology giant circulating among conservatives. Among those claims: that Google interferes with U.S. elections, is biased against conservatives and prefers working with the Chinese military over the Pentagon.
Black hole gobbles up neutron star, causing ripples in space and time
Dhaka, Aug 21 (UNB)- In the same decade when gravitational waves and a neutron star merger have been observed, astronomers have now observed what they believe to be the first detection of a black hole swallowing a neutron star, reports CNN.
Huawei expects no relief from US sanctions but is confident
Shenzhen, Aug 20 (AP/UNB) — The founder of Chinese tech giant Huawei said Tuesday he expects no relief from U.S. export curbs because of the political climate in Washington but expressed confidence the company will thrive because it is developing its own technology.
NASA scientists fly over Greenland to track melting ice
Aboard A Nasa Research Plane Over Greenland, Aug 16 (AP/UNB) — The fields of rippling ice 500 feet below the NASA plane give way to the blue-green of water dotted with irregular chunks of bleached-white ice, some the size of battleships, some as tall as 15-story buildings.
Top NASA official gets look at next moon rocket
New Orleans, Aug 16 (AP/UNB) — NASA's top official says the rocket expected to power the next mission to the moon is about 90 percent complete.
Google employees call for pledge not to work with ICE
San Francisco, Aug 15 (AP/UNB) — Hundreds of Google employees are calling on the company to pledge it won't work with U.S. Customs and Border Protection or Immigration and Customs Enforcement. It's the latest in a year full of political and social pushback from the tech giant's workforce.