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Google uncovers ‘Russian propaganda’ on US election

Google uncovers ‘Russian propaganda’ on US election

BBC 2017-10-10 11:48:15

Google has found evidence that Russian agents spent tens of thousands of dollars on adverts in a bid to sway the 2016 US election, media reports say. Sources quoted by the Washington Post say the adv...

Facebook to train 10,000 Bangladeshi youths

Facebook to train 10,000 Bangladeshi youths

-- 2017-10-09 07:07:52

Facebook will train 10,000 Bangladeshi youths on digital marketing under a 'BoostYourBusiness' programme over the next six months. The Facebook authorities will provide the training to 10,000 IT-trai...

Global warming behind rising airplane turbulence

Global warming behind rising airplane turbulence

-- 2017-10-06 05:14:21

Nervous fliers may have more bumpy rides to worry about in the years to come. A new study published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, found climate change could cause up to three times as m...

Indian government considering exemptions sought by Apple: official

Indian government considering exemptions sought by Apple: official

Reuters 2017-10-05 01:41:46

The Indian government is considering exemptions sought by Apple Inc for setting up a unit to assemble iPhones, Ramesh Abhishek, the top bureaucrat in the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion,...

Yahoo 2013 data breach hit all accounts

Yahoo 2013 data breach hit all accounts

Reuters 2017-10-04 09:52:44

Yahoo has said that all of its three billion user accounts were affected in a hacking attack dating back to 2013. The company, which was taken over by Verizon earlier this year, said an investigation...

All three billion Yahoo accounts were hacked in 2013

All three billion Yahoo accounts were hacked in 2013

-- 2017-10-04 04:25:53

Yahoo revealed Tuesday that every single one of its three billion accounts got hacked in a 2013 breach, reports CNET. Late last year, it had said that the attack compromised one billion accounts -- w...

10m US users saw Russia-sponsored ads: Facebook

10m US users saw Russia-sponsored ads: Facebook

Reuters 2017-10-03 12:00:00

Some 10 million people in the United States saw politically divisive ads on Facebook that the company said were purchased in Russia in the months before and after last year’s US presidential ele...

Tesla: World's biggest battery half-built

Tesla: World's biggest battery half-built

BBC 2017-10-03 12:00:00

Tesla has reached the half-way point in its plan to build the world's biggest battery, in South Australia. The plan to build the 100MW (129MWh) lithium battery grew out of a Twitter bet between Tesla...

Facebook to turn over Russia-linked ads

Facebook to turn over Russia-linked ads

AP 2017-10-02 12:00:00

Social media giant Facebook is expected to provide Congress on Monday with more than 3,000 ads that ran around the time of the 2016 presidential election and are linked to a Russian ad agency. Compan...

Google eases rules on free news stories

Google eases rules on free news stories

Reuters 2017-10-02 02:47:28

Google announced on Sunday that subscription news websites would no longer have to provide users three free articles per day or face less prominence in search results, relaxing its rules following com...

Solar storm hits Mars, causing massive global aurora: NASA

Solar storm hits Mars, causing massive global aurora: NASA

-- 2017-10-01 12:54:59

  A strong solar blast hit Mars earlier this month, leading to a global aurora on Mars that was 25 times brighter than any that had been previously recorded, NASA reported this week.   Th...

Google to upgrade two-factor authentication tool

Google to upgrade two-factor authentication tool

-- 2017-10-01 12:27:48

Google plans on upgrading its two-factor authentication tool with an improved, physical security measure aimed at protecting high-profile users from politically motivated cyberattacks, according to a...

‘Folding phone’ release soon!

‘Folding phone’ release soon!

-- 2017-10-01 04:24:18

The smartphone race among the industry’s most prominent companies is set to get even more intense, as Samsung seems set on releasing its foldable Galaxy X smartphone sooner than expected. In a...

Uber's Kalanick reignites power struggle

Uber's Kalanick reignites power struggle

Reuters 2017-09-30 10:23:17

Uber Technologies Inc co-founder Travis Kalanick on Friday said he had appointed two new directors, a surprise move that publicly reignited a board battle over the role of the ousted former chief exec...

Musk shrinks SpaceX Mars rocket to cut costs

Musk shrinks SpaceX Mars rocket to cut costs

Reuters 2017-09-29 12:00:00

To cut costs, Elon Musk’s SpaceX company has shrunk the size of the rocket ship it is developing to go to Mars, aiming to start construction on the first spaceship in the first half of next year...

Net ‘not ready’ for key security update

Net ‘not ready’ for key security update

-- 2017-09-29 08:00:55

A plan to update the security around some of the net's core address books has been delayed, reports BBC. Net administrative body Icann put its plans on hold after it emerged that some ISPs and large...

Facebook, Google, Twitter asked to testify on Russian meddling

Facebook, Google, Twitter asked to testify on Russian meddling

Reuters 2017-09-28 11:55:28

  US President Donald Trump has been sceptical of the conclusions of US intelligence agencies that Russia interfered in the election and has denied his campaign colluded with Moscow. Reuters &n...

Zuckerberg rejects Trump bias claims

Zuckerberg rejects Trump bias claims

-- 2017-09-28 10:44:45

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has dismissed comments made by Donald Trump that the site has always been against him. “Trump says Facebook is against him. Liberals say we helped Trump. Both s...

Twitter doubles character limit

Twitter doubles character limit

BBC 2017-09-27 11:06:34

Social media site Twitter is trialling longer character limits to help users "easily express themselves". Twitter currently limits tweets to 140 characters, but has doubled that to 280 characters for...

2017 is 'tipping point' for electric cars

2017 is 'tipping point' for electric cars

Reuters 2017-09-26 12:00:00

This year looks set to be the “tipping point” for electric cars, Arnoud Balhuizen, chief commercial officer at BHP, said on Tuesday, adding that the impact for raw materials producers woul...

China disrupts WhatsApp ahead of Communist meeting

China disrupts WhatsApp ahead of Communist meeting

BBC 2017-09-26 11:01:39

The messaging service WhatsApp has been disrupted in China as the government steps up security ahead of a Communist Party meeting next month. Users have faced problems with the app for more than a we...

Internet giants on defensive in Washington

Internet giants on defensive in Washington

Reuters 2017-09-25 12:00:00

Internet giants, including Alphabet's Google and Facebook, are moving to compromise on several major policy issues as they adjust to an abrupt shift in the political winds in Washington.  Just l...

Talented BD youths 'need global exposure'

Talented BD youths 'need global exposure'

FE Online Desk 2017-09-24 12:00:00

Seedstars World, the global seed-stage startup competition for emerging markets and fast-growing startup scenes brought its Bangladesh round to a successful close during Seedstars Dhaka. The event...

Researchers develop tool to measure wisdom

Researchers develop tool to measure wisdom

-- 2017-09-24 08:45:11

Researchers from the University of California San Diego School of Medicine have developed a new tool to assess an individual’s level of wisdom, reports hindustantimes.com citing Indo Asian News...

NASA's asteroid chaser swings by Earth on way to space rock

NASA's asteroid chaser swings by Earth on way to space rock

-- 2017-09-23 07:44:05

NASA's asteroid-chasing spacecraft swung by Earth on Friday on its way to a space rock, reports AP.   Launched a year ago, Osiris-Rex was on track to pass within about 17,700 kilometres of the...

Nepal to measure Everest to check height lost

Nepal to measure Everest to check height lost

-- 2017-09-22 06:43:23

Nepal will measure Mount Everest afresh to settle a controversy over height of the world’s tallest peak, especially after some estimates suggested it became a little shorter in the wake of an ea...

Researchers find Pangolins in Bangladesh

Researchers find Pangolins in Bangladesh

-- 2017-09-21 12:00:00

Researchers have found pangolins do persist in many forested areas of Bangladesh.   With the help of the Mro tribe in Bangladesh Researchers found the pangolins, but in small, isolated populati...

Google launches UK 'anti-terror fund'

Google launches UK 'anti-terror fund'

BBC 2017-09-20 12:21:16

Google has announced it will give a total of £1m ($1.3m) to fund projects that help counter extremism in the UK.   The UK fund was part of a $5m global commitment, the search giant said....

Snapchat blocks Al Jazeera in Saudi Arabia

Snapchat blocks Al Jazeera in Saudi Arabia

BBC 2017-09-18 10:39:58

Social media platform Snapchat has blocked access to Al Jazeera content in Saudi Arabia.   Snapchat on Sunday said it was asked by the Saudi authorities to remove the Qatari-backed broadcaster'...

BMW plans to replace car keys with mobile apps

BMW plans to replace car keys with mobile apps

Reuters 2017-09-17 12:00:00

BMW is reviewing the necessity of car keys, Ian Robertson, the company’s board member responsible for sales told the Reuters news agency.   The fact that customers now all carry a smartph...