Probashbangla24 online Desk : Political humorist Mark Russel once joked, “The scientific theory I like best is that the rings of Saturn are composed entirely of lost airline luggage.” Well, there’s no luggage, it turns out. But a new study appearing in Science based on data from the final orbits last year of NASA’s Cassini spacecraft…
Probashbangla24 online Desk : A Texas woman, claiming that she was raped, beaten and sex trafficked at the age of 15 by a pimp who posed as a Facebook ‘friend,’ has filed suit against the social network, alleging its executives knew minors were being lured into the sex trade on their platform. The woman, identified only…
Probashbangla24 online Desk : One of China’s most popular video games is testing the use of facial recognition to check users’ ages. Honour of Kings’ publisher Tencent announced the move at the weekend. It said the trial would initially be limited to “thousands” of new players based in Beijing and Shenzhen. The title has been criticised…
Probashbangla24 online Desk : A new species of hummingbird has been spotted and identified in Ecuador by a multinational team of ornithologists. The bird has been named Oreotrochilus cyanolaemus, or blue-throated hillstar, for its deep blue neck and is about 11cm (4in) long. Ecuador, which is rich in biodiversity, is home to 132 hummingbird species out…
Probashbangla24 online Desk : Much like a silkworm uses a single thread to swaddle itself in a cocoon, a new kind of robot spins a single strand of material around its body to build custom-shaped fiberglass structures. The new robots could create customized construction materials on-site, unlike other industrious bots that assemble premade building blocks (SN:…
Probashbangla24 online Desk : Bangladesh is one of the lowest internet-using countries as only 13 per cent of country’s population use internet, said a telecom based regional think-tank. LIRNEasia, a Colombo based policy think-tank, came up with the disclosure after surveying 18 countries of this region. According to the survey report, there is a huge gender…
Probashbangla24 online Desk : Two quakes struck in quick succession off the southern coast of Indonesia’s Sumba island on Tuesday morning, sending startled people into the streets for safety. A shallow and moderately strong 5.9 quake struck at 2359 GMT, around 40 kilometres (25 miles) off Sumba, an island of some 750,000 people, the United States…
Probashbangla24 online Desk : Facebook has named Adam Mosseri, a 10-year veteran at the company, as the head of Instagram. The appointment comes after the photo-sharing app’s co-founders resigned last week without giving a clear reason. Kevin Systrom, Instagram’s CEO, and Mike Krieger, its other co-founder, announced Mosseri’s appointment Monday on the company blog. Mosseri was…
Probashbangla24 online Desk : If you’re in the US and have a broken Pixel device, you might be able to get Google itself to fix it for you instead of a third-party company. The Google Store has just opened a virtual Repair Center, giving you the option to mail the tech giant your Pixel and Pixel…
Probashbangla24 online Desk : Embroiled in another massive data breach, Facebook may face $1.63 billion in fine from the European Union (EU) privacy watchdog, the media reported. According to a report in The Wall Street Journal on Sunday, Ireland’s Data Protection Commission which is Facebook’s lead privacy regulator in Europe, has asked Facebook to submit more…