- BSF pushes 20 more into Bangladesh through Chapainawabganj border
- Cyberattacks tied to reputation loss can cut shareholder value by 27%, reports new study
- Tom Cruise to receive honorary Oscar in career first
- Israeli strikes kill at least 585 in Iran, human rights group reports
- Chattogram dried-fish sector hit by low output, high costs
- 196 Gulshan Avenue house being readied for Tarique Rahman
- UAE urges UNSC to take urgent action on Israel-Iran clash
- Fattah missile sends message of Iranian power: IRGC
- 94% of street children not receiving government support
- Trump demands Iran's 'unconditional surrender
- Election train awaits the whistle
- Govt issues ordinance to preserve history of July uprising
- Iran launches 11th wave of missile strikes on Israel amid escalating tensions
- Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warns: "The battle begins"
- No Ronaldo at Club World Cup as Saudi clubs opt against star loan
- Pakistan appoints new high commissioner in Bangladesh
- US bomber jets leave UK base, shuts embassy in Israel
- Iran urges citizens to delete WhatsApp over unverified espionage claims
- IRGC claims 'complete control' over Israel's skies
- Prestigious Mossad-linked Weizmann Institute reduced to rubble by Iranian missile strike
Iran urges citizens to delete WhatsApp over unverified espionage claims
Iranian state television on Tuesday urged citizens to delete WhatsApp from their smartphones, claimingwithout providing evidencethat the messaging platform was sharing user data with Israel. The announcement has raised concerns about renewed efforts to suppress access to global digital services....
US-China reach deal on rare earths, student visa easing amid trade talks
Following two days of intense negotiations in London, the United States and China announced a preliminary deal aimed at reducing escalating trade tensions. US President Donald Trump revealed that China agreed to supply rare earth metals and magnets to US companies, while the US would withdraw its...
Meta joins tech giants turning to nuclear for AI needs
Meta has cut a 20-year deal to secure nuclear power to help meet surging demand for artificial intelligence and other computing needs at Facebooks parent company. The investment with Meta will also expand the output of a Constellation Energy Illinois nuclear plant, reports AP. The agreement...
Meta AI bot used a billion times monthly: Zuckerberg
Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg touted the tech firms generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI) assistant on Wednesday, telling shareholders it is used by a billion people each month across its platforms. Zuckerberg noted the milestone anew at Metas annual gathering of shareholders and as the...
Apple fast-tracks AI smart glasses to challenge Meta, targeting 2026 release
Apple is stepping up its efforts in wearable augmented intelligence by speeding up the creation of its AI-enabled smart glasses, aiming to rival Metas successful Ray-Ban collaboration. According to a new report from Bloomberg, Apple now aims to debut its smart glasses by the end of 2026, with...
Meta blocks access to Muslim news page in India
Meta has banned a prominent Muslim news page on Instagram in India at the governments request, the accounts founder said Wednesday, denouncing the move as censorship as hostilities escalate between India and Pakistan. Instagram users in India trying to access posts from the handle @Muslim -- a...
Meta changes Threads domain, adds five new web features
Meta has officially changed the web address for its social media platform Threads from Threads.net to Threads.com. While users are automatically redirected to the new domain, the update also introduces several improvements to the desktop version that enhance the overall user experience. The...
Meta launches AI app with social features, Zuckerberg, Nadella talk AI future
Meta Platforms has launched a new AI-powered standalone app aimed at competing with OpenAIs ChatGPT, blending artificial intelligence capabilities with the companys social media roots. Powered by Metas Llama 4 language model, the app includes a Discover feed showcasing how users interact with AI,...
EU hits Apple and Meta with €700m of fines
The European Union (EU) has ordered Apple and Meta to pay a combined 700m (599m) in the first fines it has issued under legislation intended to curb the power of big tech, BBC reported. It has issued a 500m (428m) fine to Apple over its App Store, while Meta has been fined 200m (171m) over how...
Zuckerberg weighed spinning off Instagram in 2018 over antitrust fears, email reveals
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg once contemplated spinning off Instagram due to growing antitrust concerns, according to a 2018 email presented Tuesday during the ongoing federal antitrust trial against Meta. In the email, revealed on the trials second day, Zuckerberg wrote that spinning Instagram out...
Landmark antitrust trial could force Zuckerberg to sell Instagram, WhatsApp
The highly anticipated antitrust trial against Meta Platforms, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, began in Washington on Monday. The case, brought by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), challenges Metas acquisitions of Instagram in 2012 for $1 billion and WhatsApp in 2014 for...
Meta to train AI models using public content in the EU
Meta announced on Monday that it will begin training its AI models using public content from Facebook and Instagram in the EU, including posts and comments, after previously halting the plan due to regulatory concerns over data privacy. The company said it would start the training process this...
Meta launches new AI model Llama 4
Meta Platforms on Saturday released the latest version of its large language model (LLM) Llama, called the Llama 4 Scout and Llama 4 Maverick. Meta said Llama is a multimodal AI system. Multimodal systems are capable of processing and integrating various types of data including text, video,...
Meta hit with fines by Turkey after refusing to restrict content
Meta said it has been hit with a hefty fine for resisting Turkish government demands to limit content on Facebook and Instagram. President Recep Tayyip Erdogans government has been trying to restrict opposition voices on social mediaafter widespread protests erupted following the arrest of...
New Facebook feature helps content creators earn from Stories
Facebook remains the worlds leading social media platform, with millions of users dedicating hours to browsing content daily. This immense traffic presents vast opportunities to monetize on the platform, and Meta has recently introduced an exciting way for creators to earn money: Facebook Stories....
Chinese scientists identify membrane receptor for ceramide in adipocytes
A breakthrough study led by Professor Sun Jinpeng at Shandong University has uncovered the critical membrane receptor for ceramide in adipocytes. Published in Science, the paper titled Metabolic signaling of ceramides through the FPR2 receptor inhibits adipocyte thermogenesis reveals that FPR2, a G...
OpenAI and Meta in talks with Reliance industries for AI collaborations
According to a report from technology news website The Information on Saturday, both OpenAI and Meta Platforms have engaged in separate talks with Indias Reliance Industries about possible collaborations to expand their artificial intelligence services in the country. A possibility being...