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5G services to be rolled out on trial basis this year: Jabbar

Shawdesh desk: The fifth-generation (5G) technology for broadband cellular network will be launched in Bangladesh on a trial basis this year, said Posts and Telecommunications Minister Mustafa Jabbar. The minister

Facebook plans to hire 10,000 in EU to build ‘metaverse’

Shawdesh Desk: Facebook says it plans to hire 10,000 workers in the European Union over the next five years to work on a new computing platform. The company said in

Embattled Facebook releases new curbs on harassment

Shawdesh desk: Facebook unveiled fresh protections Wednesday against online attacks on journalists, activists and celebrities as the social media giant battles a crisis over its platforms’ potential harms. The company

Apple shares drop on iPhone 13 production fears

Shawdesh Desk: Apple’s shares dropped on Tuesday following reports it could slash its iPhone 13 production targets due to the ongoing global computer chip shortage. The electronic giant had expected

Dropping Oxygen will eventually suffocate most life on Earth

Shawdesh desk: For now, life is flourishing on our oxygen-rich planet, but Earth wasn’t always that way – and scientists have predicted that, in the future, the atmosphere will revert

Facebook apologises as services including Instagram hit again

Shawdesh Desk: Facebook has apologised after again reporting problems with its services, days after a major outage hit WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook for hours. The company said that a “configuration

Facebook harms children and weakens democracy: ex-employee

Shawdesh Desk: A former Facebook employee has told US lawmakers that the company’s sites and apps “harm children, stoke division and weaken our democracy”. Frances Haugen, a 37-year-old former product

Mark Zuckerberg loses $6 billion in hours after facebook outage

Shawdesh Desk: Mark Zuckerberg’s personal wealth has fallen by more than $7 billion in a few hours, knocking him down a notch on the list of the world’s richest people,