Governments around the world are struggling to contain the rapid spread of a multibillion‑dollar cyber scam industry that emerged in Southeast Asian countries like Thailand, Cambodia, and Myanmar, has now taken root in South America, Africa and Eastern Europe, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) recently said, according to a recent Reuters report.

Open Bionics, a UK-based startup, has revealed a wireless bionic hand that is capable of operating even when detached from the wearer’s body. Called the Hero Pro model, the company says this prosthetic hand will provide amputees with interchangeable attachments and real-time muscle control.

Krafton’s Player Unknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) Mobile has announced plans to launch a dedicated local server for Bangladesh on April 20. The local server is expected to go live in the coming months.

Global smartphone shipments rose modestly by 1.5 percent year-over-year (YoY) in the first quarter of 2025, reaching 304.9 million units, according to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker published on April 14.

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Huawei has officially announced the registration opening for the 2025 edition of ‘Seeds for the Future’, the company’s flagship ICT talent development initiative, at a launching event held at the Huawei Bangladesh Academy on April, 19.

Google has recently unveiled DolphinGemma, an artificial intelligence model designed to analyse and mimic dolphin vocalisations. Developed in collaboration with the Wild Dolphin Project (WDP) and Georgia Tech, the AI processes decades of recorded dolphin sounds to identify patterns and predict communication sequences—much like how AI models anticipate text in human language.

Vivo has officially launched the V50 Lite smartphone in Bangladesh.

Twenty-one humanoid robots joined thousands of runners at the Yizhuang half-marathon in Beijing yesterday, the first time these machines have raced alongside humans over a 21-km (13-mile) course.

Realme has officially launched the realme C75x in Bangladesh. 

Android is rolling out a new optional security feature that automatically reboots devices if they remain locked for three consecutive days, according to a report by 9to5Google. The update, delivered via the upcoming Google Play services version 25.14, aims to enhance security by forcing devices into a 'Before First Unlock (BFU)' state, requiring a PIN or pattern instead of biometrics to regain access.

Xbox has recently announced that it is introducing the feature to purchase games and downloadable content (DLC) directly from its mobile app. The update, currently available to beta testers on iOS and Android, is expected to roll out more broadly in the near future.

Huawei has recently conducted a campus recruitment programme at Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology (CUET), offering employment opportunities to graduating students in the fields of information and communication technology. 

Want to get paid big bucks for hacking satellites? Elon Musk's Starlink is offering security researchers and ethical hackers up to $100,000 if they can crack its global satellite internet network - legally. As of February 11, 2025, the company's bug bounty program on Bugcrowd has already paid out for 118 vulnerabilities, with an average reward of $1,466.66 per bug over the last three months.

ChatGPT-maker OpenAI is developing its own social media platform, according to sources familiar with internal discussions reported by The Verge. While still in the early prototyping stages, the experimental project reportedly features a social feed integrated with ChatGPT's image generation capabilities—potentially positioning OpenAI against rivals like Elon Musk's X and Meta.

A California high school student has made an extraordinary contribution to astronomy by developing an artificial intelligence (AI) system that uncovered 1.5 million previously unknown objects in space. Seventeen-year-old Matteo Paz's work, conducted through Caltech's Planet Finder Academy, has now been published in 'The Astronomical Journal' – a remarkable achievement for a single-author paper by a teenage scientist.

Team Adamantine from Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP) has recently secured first place in the ‘Business Case Competition 2025’ and will represent Bangladesh at the HSBC/HKU Asia Pacific Business Case Competition in Hong Kong this June. 

Bangladeshi-led startup Octolane secures $2.6M to launch the world’s first self-driving AI CRM, transforming how sales teams engage with customers.

OpenAI has recently launched its latest AI models, GPT-4.1, GPT-4.1 mini, and GPT-4.1 nano, which the company claims to offer improvements in coding, instruction following, and long-context comprehension. These models are currently only available through OpenAI's API (Application Programming Interface). 

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