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16 May 2017, Tuesday

The Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Division on Tuesday issued an emergency advisory on a rampaging ransomware virus that emerged across the globe on Friday. The ICT suggested all computer users to follow some guidelines on how to protect their personal and workplace computers from being affected by the virus known as "WannaCry" or "Wannacrypt". The virus swept computers running on Microsoft Windows Operating System, especially those not currently supported such as Windows XP, Detail >>

ICT issues advisory to check cyber attack

The Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Division has asked the concerned persons individually and the organizations to follow some instructions for protecting themselves from the ongoing Detail >>

Govt mulls blocking Facebook every midnight

Bangladesh government is considering to block social networking site Facebook for six hours starting from every midnight “for the betterment of students and youths”. The cabinet division has Detail >>

Senate slams blasphemous content on social media

The Sen­ate unanimously adopted on Friday a resolution condemning the blasphemous content circulating on social media and seeking exemplary punishment for those behind it. The resolution asked the Detail >>

Samsung probe blames batteries for fires

The firm had axed its iPhone rival in October last year after an earlier botched recall and re-release, BBC reports. On Monday, Samsung said that neither software nor hardware other than the Detail >>

US ready to ‘hand over’ internet power

The US has confirmed it is finally ready to cede power of the internet’s naming system, ending the almost 20-year process to hand over a crucial part of the internet’s governance. The Domain Detail >>

Killer robots are ‘quickly moving toward reality’

New technology could lead humans to relinquish control over decisions to use lethal force. As artificial intelligence advances, the possibility that machines could independently select and fire on Detail >>

Fish eat plastic like teens eat fast food

Young fish become hooked on eating plastic in the seas in the same way that teenagers prefer unhealthy fast food, Swedish researchers have said. Their study, reported in Science, found exposure to Detail >>

Facebook starts blocking fake accounts in Bangladesh

The Facebook authorities on Friday announced that it has started deactivating fake accounts including those created in Bangladesh. Facebook famously boasts it has 1.86 billion users who visit the Detail >>

Video >> Scientists turned spinach leaves into beating human heart tissue

Researchers have successfully used spinach leaves to build functioning human heart tissue, complete with veins that can transport blood. To tackle a chronic shortage of donor organs, scientists have Detail >>

Facebook blocks nude painting

Facebook has blocked an Australian auction house from advertising an acclaimed artist`s painting depicting nude figures. Charles Blackman`s oil work Women Lovers features two nude women resting on a Detail >>

NASA-funded rocket solves cosmic mystery

A NASA-funded sounding rocket to study the origin of X-rays in the universe has helped scientists reveal a new mystery - an entire group of X-rays that don’t come from any known source. Some of Detail >>

Greed may doom humanity, says Hawking

He is better known for wrestling with the mysterious forces that shape our universe and the existential threat posed by technology. But physicist Stephen Hawking now fears greed could be the Detail >>

MNP bidding Sep 21

The bidding to appoint mobile number portability (MNP) operator will be held on September 21. Bidders would have to submit their documents from the next week. However, the mobile phone operators and Detail >>

Google aims to kill passwords by the end of this year

Google will begin testing an alternative to passwords next month, in a move that could do away with complicated logins for good. The new feature, introduced to developers at the company’s I/O Detail >>

Dhaka 2nd among top cities with active Facebook users

Dhaka has been ranked second among the top cities across the world having active Facebook users, according to a recent study. Social media research organisations -- We Are Social and Hootsuite Detail >>

Police ask Facebook to require NID for new accounts

'We want assistance from Facebook on information sharing,' said the AIG of police. Bangladesh Police have requested Facebook authorities to require additional identification, including NID numbers, Detail >>

Autism detectable in brain long before symptoms appear

Brain scans can detect autism long before any symptoms start to emerge, say scientists. The earliest that children tend to be diagnosed at present is at the age of two, although it is often later. Detail >>

Galaxy Note 7 replacements coming by Sept. 21

If you're a Galaxy Note 7 owner, you're in luck -- finally. You'll be able to get your replacement within the next week. Samsung on Thursday said new Note 7 replacement devices will be available Detail >>

NASA Curiosity rover discovers unexpected mineral on Mars

NASA’s Curiosity rover has discovered an unexpected mineral in a rock sample on Mars, a finding that suggests the red planet hosted explosive volcanoes during its evolution. The Mars Science Detail >>

Astronomers probe below Jupiter`s cloud tops

US astronomers have managed to peer deep into the atmosphere of Jupiter using a radio telescope on Earth. The Very Large Array (VLA) traced the presence of ammonia in the gas giant to study the Detail >>

10 tips to avoid jet lag

When you cross time zones, the pineal gland -which controls your body's temperature and internal clock -is disrupted by the change in light, playing havoc with your natural rhythms. The World Health Detail >>