Facebook had a strong fourth quarter, making more money on advertising and adding more users despite challenges around regulation, privacy and efforts to fight election interference. Its profit and revenue both handily surpassed Wall Street’s expectations. The company also said it settled a lawsuit filed in 2015 over its facial recognition practices and will pay $550 million as a result. ...

China plans to launch more space science satellites in the coming three to four years, according to the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). The satellites will be used to detect electromagnetic signals associated with gravitational waves, solar eruption activities, astronomy and the interaction between solar wind and the Earth’s magnetosphere. Four new missions include the Gravitational Wave Electromagnetic Counterpart All-sky ...

Bangladeshi-American Omar Ishrak has been elected chairman of the Intel Corporation board of directors succeeding Andy Bryant who stepped down after serving for seven years. The California-based chip maker made the announcement on Tuesday (21 January) and said it would take immediate effect. Omar Ishrak has been serving as chairman and chief executive officer of Medtronic, the world’s leading medical ...

Facebook on Tuesday said it plans to create 1,000 more London-based jobs this year to improve safety on the social network with the aid of artificial intelligence. The new roles will increase the number of staff at the company’s largest engineering hub outside the United States to more than 4,000. “The UK is a world leader in both innovation and ...

12-terabyte bandwidth to be available to meet an incessant demand for internet The government is likely to sign up for the third submarine cable in next June, aiming to use 12 terabytes of internet bandwidth, a top official said on Tuesday. “We have already signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and hopefully will finalise terms and conditions in March next ...

Google’s chief executive called Monday for a balanced approach to regulating artificial intelligence, telling a European audience that the technology brings benefits but also “negative consequences.” Sundar Pichai’s comments come as lawmakers and governments seriously consider putting limits on how artificial intelligence is used. “There is no question in my mind that artificial intelligence needs to be regulated. The question ...

Notwithstanding an apparent snub from the Indian government, Amazon chief Jeff Bezos’ charm offensive for India is showing little signs of slowing down. This morning, the American billionaire, back home after a three-day visit to India last week, tweeted a video announcing the rollout of a fleet of electric-powered delivery rickshaws. Though details of the plan are missing at the ...

SpaceX has conducted a test of the abort manoeuvre it would use if one of its crew-carrying rockets ever developed a problem during flight. The rehearsal at Kennedy Space Center saw a Falcon-9 vehicle’s ascent into the sky deliberately terminated just 80 seconds after lift-off. The Dragon astronaut capsule on top fired its escape engines to carry itself clear of ...

Photos : Some of the pre-solar grains in the Murchison meteorite (inset) could have come from evolved stars similar to the Egg Nebula. Scientists analysing a meteorite have discovered the oldest material known to exist on Earth, reports BBC. They found dust grains within the space rock – which fell to Earth in the 1960s – that are as much ...

The government has launched free Wi-Fi at 146 educational institutions across the country. Prime Minister’s ICT Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy inaugurated the free Wi-Fi service from Posts and Telecommunication Division at the Secretariat on Sunday. Addressing the launching event, Joy said, “Digital Bangladesh is the demand of all, especially students want free Wi-Fi. The Awami League government has taken the ...