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Vega rocket launches from French Guiana

Shawdesh desk: Europe’s Vega rocket returned to the skies on Wednesday from French Guiana in its first mission since a failed launch last year. The rocket left Earth around an

TikTok boss quits as Trump’s ban looms

Shawdesh desk: TikTok chief executive Kevin Mayer has quit the video-sharing app ahead of an impending ban by US President Donald Trump. The Chinese-owned firm has been accused of being

Facebook News feature to expand beyond US

Shawdesh Desk: Facebook on Tuesday said it is speeding up plans to go international with a news tab feature that involves paying publishers for stories delivered through the leading social

Gmail down globally, users unable to send emails with attachment

Gmail down for several users. The email service is not working globally. Users are complaining that they are unable to send across emails and attach files to emails. Google acknowledged

An online shop fined Tk 2,50,000 for fraud

Shawdesh Desk: A mobile court run by Dhaka Metropolitan Police has fined an online shop Tk 2,50,000 for not delivering products in line with the orders. The office of the

Pentagon to set up new unit to investigate UFOs

Shawdesh Desk; The Pentagon said Friday it was setting up a new task force under the US Navy to investigate UFO sightings. With the creation of the Unidentified Aerial Phenomena

Trump orders TikTok’s Chinese-owned parent company to divest interest in US operations

Shawdesh Desk: President Donald Trump issued an executive order Friday evening directing ByteDance, the Chinese-owned parent company of TikTok, to divest interest in the app’s US operations within the next

Russia wants to return to Venus, build reusable rocket

Shawdesh Desk: The head of Russia’s space agency said Friday that Roscosmos wants to return to Venus and bring back soil samples and build spacecraft that will surpass Elon Musk’s