TikTok has said it will be forced to "go dark" in the US on Sunday unless the government intervenes before a ban takes effect. In a statement late on Friday, it said the White House and the Department of Justice had "failed to provide the necessary clarity and assurance

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos's space company has blasted its first rocket into orbit in a bid to challenge the dominance of Elon Musk's SpaceX. The New Glenn rocket launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 02:02 local time (07:02 GMT). It firmly pits the

Indian space agency Isro has for the first time successfully conducted space docking by joining together two small craft in space. The technology is essential for the country's future ambition to build an Indian space station and put a person on the Moon. The mission called

The US markets watchdog has filed a lawsuit against Elon Musk alleging he failed to disclose that he had amassed a stake in Twitter, allowing him to buy shares at "artificially low prices." The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) lawsuit alleges that the

TikTok has called a report that China is considering allowing a sale of the social media company's US operations to Elon Musk "pure fiction." The firm's comments came in response to a report by Bloomberg that Chinese officials are weighing an option that could see its

Apple's board has called on investors to vote against a proposal to end its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programmes. In comes after a conservative group, the National Center for Public Policy Research (NCPPR), called on the the technology giant to abolish its DEI

Over the past 15 years, the government has intermittently used terms like 'Digital Bangladesh' and 'Smart Bangladesh' as mere political slogans, rather than implementing genuine technological advancements. Despite the global, especially regional, utilisation of technology

Elon Musk has joined other artificial intelligence experts in claiming that there was little real-world data left to train AI models and that "peak data" would soon be reached. During a recent livestream, he explained that nearly all of humanity's available knowledge had

The Supreme Court appears poised to uphold a law that bans TikTok in the US over national security concerns unless its China-based parent company sells the platform ahead of a 19 January deadline. The Court's nine justices heard from lawyers representing TikTok, and content

Meta and Amazon are axing their diversity programmes, joining firms across corporate America that are rolling back hiring and training initiatives criticised by conservatives, citing legal and political risks. The move comes just days after Meta Platforms, the owner of Facebook,

The US has added several Chinese technology companies, including gaming and social media giant Tencent and battery maker CATL, to a list of businesses it says work with China's military. The list serves as a warning to American companies and organisations about the risks of doing

Apple has said it will update, rather than pause, a new artificial intelligence (AI) feature that has generated inaccurate news alerts on its latest iPhones. The company, in its first acknowledgement of the concerns, on Monday said it was working on a software change to "further

EU rules requiring all new smartphones, tablets and cameras to use the same charger came into force on Saturday, in a change Brussels said will cut costs and waste. Manufacturers are now obliged to fit devices sold in the 27-nation bloc with a USB-C, the port chosen by the European

US President-elect Donald Trump has asked the US Supreme Court to delay an upcoming TikTok ban while he works on a "political resolution". His lawyer filed a legal brief on Friday with the court that says Trump "opposes banning TikTok" and "seeks the ability to

A Nasa spacecraft has made history by surviving the closest-ever approach to the Sun. Scientists received a signal from the Parker Solar Probe just before midnight EST on Thursday (05:00 GMT on Friday) after it had been out of communication for several days during its burning-hot

Bangladeshi tech company Orange Business Development Limited (Orangebd) has been awarded to digitalisation project of the Philippines.  “Orangebd is working on technical assistance for various e-governance projects of the Philippine government. Already, 14 citizen and

Nasa’s pioneering Parker Solar Probe made history on Tuesday, flying closer to the Sun than any other spacecraft with its heat shield exposed to scorching temperatures of more than 1,700 degrees Fahrenheit (930 degrees Celsius). Launched in August 2018, the spaceship is on a

Md A Halim (Hitler A Halim), editor of InfotechInsight.com, and Sabbin Hasan, digital growth editor at Samakal, have been elected as the president and general secretary (GS) of the Bangladesh ICT Journalists Forum (BIJF), respectively. In the election, Hitler secured 42 votes,

US President-elect Donald Trump is meeting the CEO of TikTok as the social media giant fights plans to have it banned in the US. Trump was due to meet Shou Zi Chew at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida on Monday, the BBC's US partner CBS News reports, citing sources familiar with the

OpenAI on Monday said it is making ChatGPT-powered Internet search available to all users, escalating its threat to Google’s dominance. The San Francisco-based tech firm had beefed up its ChatGPT generative AI chatbot with search engine capabilities in late October, but made the