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Australian leader has ‘constructive’ talk with Google boss

Shawdesh desk: The Australian prime minister said he had a “constructive” meeting on Thursday with the head of Google after the tech giant threatened to remove its search engine from

Google co-founder Brin opens family office in Singapore

Shawdesh desk: Google co-founder Sergey Brin has opened a family office in Singapore to help manage his fortune, making him the latest tycoon to establish a private investment company in

Google halts Play Store ‘review bombing’ by GameStop traders

Shawdesh Desk: Google has removed a wave of negative reviews of popular stock-market trading apps targeted by furious investors. Platforms such as Robinhood have been hit after preventing independent traders

TI Corruption Index 2020: Bangladesh retains same score as last year

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh secured 26 score out of 100 to retain its 146th position in Transparency International’s global Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) 2020 from the top out of 180 countries

ISS shares awe-inspiring pictures of Earth’s aurora from space

Shawdesh desk: International Space Station (ISS) often shares stunning pictures of the Earth taken from the outer space or images of other planets on their official Twitter profile. Just like

US urges Australia to abandon news payment plan for tech giants

The United States has urged Australia to abandon its plan to force Google and Facebook to pay media outlets for their news content, saying there could be “long-lasting negative consequences”

Snapchat permanently bans Donald Trump from site

Shawdesh desk: Image-centric social network Snapchat on Wednesday said it has permanently banned US President Donald Trump from the platform, as voices are raised against keeping him off the internet

Human brains generate common code to mark others’ location

Shawdesh desk: For the first time, scientists have recorded how our brains navigate physical space and keep track of others location, suggesting that our brains generate a common code to