Technology

An Australian aerospace company, Gilmour Space Technologies, marked a milestone on Wednesday with the brief but symbolic test launch of its locally built orbital rocket, which carried a jar of Vegemite in its nose cone. The three-stage Eris rocket managed approximately 14 seconds of flight before crashing back to Earth in a plume of smoke. The 23-metre vehicle was launched ...

Bangladesh has officially joined the growing network of countries connected by Starlink, the high-speed satellite internet service operated by US-based aerospace company SpaceX. The launch was formally announced at a press conference held Friday evening at Hotel InterContinental in Dhaka, where government officials and senior Starlink representatives gathered to mark the milestone. Faiz Ahmad Taiyeb, Special Assistant to the Chief ...

Mobile phone operators will provide customers with 1GB of free internet data today (Friday). The data will be valid for five days, said a notice issued by the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) on Wednesday. The BTRC stated that the free internet is being offered to commemorate the July Uprising Day, fulfill public expectations, and serve the public interest. On ...

The Pentagon has awarded contracts worth up to $200 million each to several top U.S. artificial intelligence firms, including Elon Musk’s xAI, despite recent backlash over offensive content generated by its Grok chatbot. Announced Monday by the Pentagon’s Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO), the contracts also include AI companies Anthropic, Google, and OpenAI. The agreements aim to support ...

The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has directed all mobile phone operators to provide 1GB of free Internet to users on 18 July, in observance of ‘Free Internet Day.’ The BTRC took the decision at a meeting,chaired by the commission’s vice chairman, on Tuesday (July 8). As per the directive, the BTRC approved this initiative following instructions from the Ministry ...

Facebook users are being urged to exercise caution before enabling a new feature that allows Meta, Facebook’s parent company, to access and scan photos stored on their phones – including those never shared on social media platforms. The development follows growing concerns over Meta’s use of user data, especially after reports confirmed that the company has been training its artificial ...

China successfully launched a new satellite, Chinasat-9C, into space on Friday night from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center located in Sichuan Province in the southwest of the country. The satellite was lifted off at 8:37 p.m. (Beijing Time) aboard a Long March-3B carrier rocket and successfully reached its designated orbit. This mission marks the 582nd flight of the Long March ...

A SpaceX rocket undergoing routine testing at the company’s Starbase facility in southern Texas exploded late Wednesday night, sending a large fireball into the sky. The incident occurred around 11 p.m. as the Starship vehicle was stationed on a test stand in preparation for its tenth flight trial. SpaceX confirmed that the rocket experienced a “major anomaly” during the test. ...

A groundbreaking clinical trial in Shanghai has enabled a Chinese man, who lost all four limbs in an electrical accident 13 years ago, to play chess and racing games using only his thoughts. This became possible after researchers implanted a brain-computer interface (BCI) directly into his brain – marking China’s first human trial of such invasive technology. The trial is ...

Scale AI, a startup known for its “humanity-first” approach to artificial intelligence, announced late Thursday a major new investment from Meta that pushes its valuation beyond $29 billion. As part of the deal, Scale AI founder and CEO Alexandr Wang will join Meta to contribute to the company’s growing AI initiatives, according to a statement from the startup. The details ...