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New Google Classroom features make it harder to cheat
GB news 24 desk//
Google has announced several new features for its Google Classroom product today, including new ways for parents and teachers to shut off access to apps and browsers when students should be sleeping or focusing on…
Uber battles to keep London license in court appeal
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Uber goes to court on Monday to overturn a decision stripping it of its license in London after being ruled unfit to run a taxi service in its most important European market.
Regulator Transport for London (TfL)…
Socially responsible funds dump or rethink Facebook over data privacy
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Several socially conscious investment firms are selling or rethinking their Facebook Inc holdings, unsatisfied by the company’s moves to strengthen personal data protection and online safety after scandals involving the…
Google worker rebellion against military project grows
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An internal petition calling for Google to stay out of "the business of war" was gaining support Tuesday, with some workers reportedly quitting to protest a collaboration with the US military.
About 4,000 Google…
Google Assistant becomes smarter, to get six new voices
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Making the competition in Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered assistants space tougher, Google on Tuesday announced that people will soon have a choice of choosing from six voices, including one of musician John…
Six most-popular smartphones in the world in Q1 2018
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Wonder which are the highest-selling smartphones in the world this year? Research analytics company Strategy Analytics has announced its quarterly list of the most-selling smartphone models in the world. The list names…
Hearing on Khaleda Zia’s bail plea begins
Dhaka: The Supreme Court has begun the hearing on the leave-to-appeal petitions challenging BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s bail that the High Court granted her in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case, on Tuesday morning.
The four-member…
Eskaton double murder verdict today
Dhaka: A Dhaka court is scheduled to deliver its judgment today (Tuesday) in the New Eskaton double murder case filed against Bakhtiar Alam Rony, son of ruling Awami League lawmaker Pinu Khan, will be delivered today.
Judge Md Al Mamun…
Man stabbed to death in capital city
Dhaka: A young man was stabbed to death in the capital city’s Dakkhin (south) Banasree on Monday night.
The deceased is identified as Jakir, reports the UNB.
Rahima, a local resident of Dakhin Banasree, told UNB that she saw a…
TIB worries about power plant in forest vicinity
Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has expressed deep concern over the initiative of setting up a coal-fired power plant at Tengragiri reserve forest in Barguna and Power Development Board’s (PDB) signing a power purchase agreement…