Whether the topic is transforming the automobile or conquering the next frontier of space, Elon Musk has shown a knack for captivating an audience beyond investors and science geeks. The brash Tesla CEO, now the world's wealthiest person following the electric automaker's meteoric rise, was the quintessential Silicon Valley disruptor -- except he no longer lives in California.

In a media briefing on Thursday, Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission, BTRC presented a report on the advances and achievements in the telecommunications sector from December 2019 to November 2020.

Illegal, unregistered phones will be automatically blocked from networks starting from July 1, Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission, BTRC has informed the media on Thursday. However, existing unregistered phones bought before July 1 will not come under this block to make the transition smoother, the newly appointed Chairman of the commission, Shyam Sunder Sikder further informed.

While numbers vary across industries, a recent survey in the financial services sector found that while women represented 58% of human resources, 46% of marketing, and 35% of legal executive roles, they held only 13% of technology, 17% of finance and 21% of operations executive roles. Unfortunately, gender pay gaps arise because the management occupations with fewer women typically pay more.

The first question is whether it will ever be possible for us to code a simulated universe ourselves, which will be indistinguishable from reality. For that, let’s take a look back 50 years. What is the best, most complex video game we had to offer back then?

The first question is whether it will ever be possible for us to code a simulated universe ourselves, which will be indistinguishable from reality. For that, let’s take a look back 50 years. What is the best, most complex video game we had to offer back then?

With productions halted and release dates postponed for major Hollywood flicks and popular web series’, 2020 has been a rather dry year for fans. The good news is, although the pandemic is far from over, things are starting to look better for the entertainment industry in 2021.

In what was a terrible and ominous year, many individuals stood out to make the world a better place for the present and future. These are towering paragons of virtue who have made enormous strides in ensuring a more intellectually vibrant and medically safe world.

2020- A year that humanity is going to recall for a long time, a year we lost so many that we became oblivious about our achievements.

Space is planning to recover its Super Heavy rocket booster by catching it with the launch tower.

Korean automaker KIA is set to change its logo along with a new slogan.

Honda, or to be more specific Bangladesh Honda Private Limited (BHL) has been busy lately. In addition to expanding its local production facilities, the company has been hard at making a model specifically catering to domestic needs.

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Facebook Inc has dropped the "likes" button from its redesigned public pages used by artists, public figures and brands, the social media company said on Wednesday.

To mark the celebration of the new year, Walton has offered up to 100 per cent instant cashback on its wide range of laptops, desktops other IT accessories. The instant cashback, however, will not available on the purchase of Walton digital devices from E-plaza.

December 2020 marked the 7th year of operation in the country for online food and grocery delivery platform Foodpanda. With over 4 million users signing up in the course of the last 7 years, Foodpanda currently has around 35 thousand restaurant and shop partners on its platform. On the cusp of their 7-year anniversary, the delivery service has finalised the expansion of its operation to all 64 districts across Bangladesh – a first among the delivery services in the country, according to a press release issued recently.

There has been a global rise in online harassment of women and girls in the past year, usually by abusive partners or ex-partners who are stuck at home in front of a screen due to coronavirus lockdowns, according to U.N. Women.

Online collaboration service Slack suffered a major outage on Monday as people tried to get back to business remotely on the first work week of the new year. San Francisco-based Slack put out word early Monday that people were having trouble connecting to the service, then upgraded the incident to an outage a short time later.

Two brand-new platforms have entered the e-commerce arena of the country.

For the last 12 years, Creative IT Institute has been operating as a learning platform, providing skill development training in several areas of IT. The Daily Star team got in a conversation with Monir Hosen, the Founder and CEO of Creative IT Institute.