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Google to overhaul ad tracking system on Android devices

Shawdesh desk: Google announced plans Wednesday to limit ad tracking on its Android operating system running on billions of devices, a sensitive privacy issue that rival Apple has already moved

Youths showing the way in smart farming with apps

Shawdesh Desk: Agri-Science Society is a volunteer organization working for developing apps to aid digitalization in the agriculture marketing and farming sector of Bangladesh. Sheikh Shoaibur Rahman, a student of

Lawsuit: Google, Facebook CEOs colluded in online ad sales

Shawdesh desk: Newly unredacted documents from a state-led antitrust lawsuit against Google accuse the search giant of colluding with rival Facebook to manipulate online advertising sales. The CEOs of both

France fines Google and Facebook over cookies

Shawdesh Desk: French regulators have hit Google and Facebook with fines totalling 210m euros (£175m) over use of cookies. Data privacy watchdog the CNIL said both sites were making it

James Webb Space Telescope ready to make history

Shawdesh Desk: The biggest space telescope ever conceived is scheduled to go into orbit in the coming hours. The $10bn James Webb Space Telescope will be launched on a European

China’s Earth science satellite sends back images

Shawdesh Desk: China’s recently launched Earth science satellite has sent back its first remote sensing images, according to its developer, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). Using thermal infrared, low

Radwan Mujib to hand over Joy Bangla Youth Award

Radwan Mujib, a trustee of Centre for Research & Information (CRI), will confer the “Joy Bangla Youth Awards” to 15 youth-driven groups today (Monday). They have worked with scarce resources

India successfully tests long-range Supersonic Missile Assisted Torpedo off Balasore coasts

Shawdesh Desk: India successfully test fired a long-range Supersonic Missile Assisted Torpedo (SMART) off Balasore coast in Odisha on Monday. A defence official said the weapon system is being developed