Parag Agrawal, who was recently named the CEO of Twitter, will receive an annual salary of USD 1 million along with other perks and bonuses. Agrawal, the India-born executive who succeeds Jack Dorsey in this role, had served as Twitter's Chief Technology Officer since 2017 and has been responsible for the company's technical strategy.

On November 30, just after the announcement of the new CEO Parag Agrawal, Twitter launched a brand new image-sharing policy. Users are now prohibited from sharing private images of people without their consent.

Online educational platform 10 Minute School has raised $2 million in seed funding from Surge, Sequoia Capital India’s rapid scale-up programme, to increase investment in product and technology.

Parag Agrawal being appointed Twitter’s new CEO marks yet another Indian-born tech executive stepping up to be a new leader of the global tech industry. Just in January this year, we had Arvind Krishna, another Indian-American business executive, promoted to the Chairman of IBM. He had also been serving as the CEO of IBM since April 2020.

Twitter, the microblogging and short message-based social media platform is getting a new CEO. Its co-founder and the former CEO Jack Dorsey announced his retirement as CEO in a tweet yesterday. In the very same tweet, he also made public the name of the person replacing him: Parag Agrawal.

Infinix has released their latest addition to the Note series: Note 11 Pro featuring Helio G96 octa-core processor.

Shikho, the Dhaka-based EdTech startup has confirmed it has acquired Bohubrihi, one of the leading online professional course platforms in the country. The move signals an acceleration of Shikho’s broader vision to provide quality education and instruction for learners of all ages in Bangladesh.

India's government will introduce a bill to ban private cryptocurrencies and create a framework for a central bank-backed digital money, parliament said in a shock announcement late Tuesday. The proposed bill “seeks to prohibit all private cryptocurrencies in India”, the Lok Sabha said, and comes after Prime Minister Narendra Modi warned last week that Bitcoin presents a risk to younger generations and could “spoil our youths” if it ends up “in the wrong hands”.

The Pentagon is creating a new office to investigate unidentified flying objects amid concerns that after broad probes it cannot explain mysterious sightings near highly sensitive military areas. Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks, working with the US director of national intelligence, ordered the new investigatory body to be established in the US Defense Department's intelligence and security office, the Pentagon said late Tuesday.

Recent reports state that Facebook has decided to pay content creators and music artists up to $50,000 to host sessions in the brand new Live Audio Rooms feature. For each session, the respective content creator will be paid from $10,000 to $50,000 and an additional fee for guests of $10,000 or more. In recent weeks, production companies working for Meta have reached out to social media stars with this exclusive offer. According to the contract, each creator has to host four to six sessions, each with a minimum of 30-minute airtime.

The software service department of Systech Digital Limited, a software solution provider of Bangladesh has been appraised at CMMI-SVC Maturity Level 3, V2.0 for improved management and service delivery processes it develops, manages, and delivers. Systech Digital Limited is one of the two companies in Bangladesh that achieved this maturity on V2.0. On behalf of CMMI institute, the certificate was handed over to Systech Digital Limited by United Certification Services Limited (UNICERT) in presence of Dr Bikarna Kumar Ghosh, Managing Director, Bangladesh Hi-tech Park Authority at a handover ceremony.

World Robot Olympiad (WRO) is an international robotics competition organised every year in over 85 countries around the globe. Hosted by the non-profit organisation World Robot Olympiad Association (WROA), this contest is divided into several categories for students ranging from 8 to 19 years old. At WRO 2021, held online this year, Bangladesh placed top spots in two different categories.

Creative IT Institute has organised 'Creative Juniors', a five days IT Awareness Program for school and college-going students. Under this program, more than 3000 students have received training in five subjects (Animation, Python Programming, Graphic Design, Coding, Robotics) in a total of 67 batches. 1000 students have successfully completed the course and received certificates. Through this event, 'Creative Juniors' started its official journey with the international IT learning platform 'Educode Academy'.  On Friday, November 19, with the entire team of Creative Juniors, an 'IT Award Giving Ceremony' was held at the National Museum, Dhaka. At the event, crests and gift items were given to about 300 juniors in three categories. 

Tecno Mobile has launched the new Spark 8 Pro in the Bangladesh market.

One of the most frequently reviewed phones by us in the last few years is OPPO. The phone has evolved from its initial mantra and has instead of focusing on a few gimmicky aesthetics, the brand has embraced the needs and wants of the users to bring out several lineups of devices. Today we are going to review one of the newest entrants of the Reno series in the local market - the Reno6.

Gender stereotypes continue to hold women back at work, but a handful of tech firms say they have developed AI (artificial intelligence) systems that can help break biases in hiring and promotion to give female candidates a fairer chance.

In an unveiling ceremony today, Itel launched its first Android TV in Bangladesh. The first of the G-Series Smart TV models, G431 and G321, come with Google-certified PlayStore and built-in Chromecast and AirPlay. 

Schneider Electric has announced the appointment of Sachin Bhalla as the VP and Country GM for India and SAARC in the Secure Power division of Schneider Electric’s Energy Management Business.

Pathshala South Asian Media Institute has announced a new online course titled ‘Immersive Media and Online Journalism’ on November 10, 2021, at a press conference at DrikPath Bhabon.  Pathshala and Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) have jointly organised this online course aiming to provide a platform for the journalists and students home and abroad to reshape their journalism and storytelling approach.  Keynote speaker Shahidul Alam said, “By considering the current pandemic situation, one of the good signs was how to think in a different way. Thus possibilities were created to reach many students globally by designing an online course.” He discussed the courses and how online journalism can be a useful medium in future.  Saydia Gulrukh, another keynote speaker,  spoke about how the course was designed by following the Universal Standard Guideline, making it helpful for journalists to establish an ethical framework for them. The course concentrates on Writing Visual Journalism, Photojournalism, Video Journalism, Interactive Journalism & Immersive Experience, Journalism ethics, Investigative Journalism & Safety guidelines. The lectures will be conducted by six Bangladeshi tutors and seven international experts from Asia who shared their experiences on specific topics during the announcement event.  The lectures, as well as registration facilities, are available on the Pathshala website.

People with autism spectrum disorder are not given enough opportunities to have regular and paid jobs due to their developmental condition. However, they are often more focused and have a better long-term memory than most normal people.