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Guardian Life Insurance Limited and Robi signs agreement prioritizing employee well-being

February 02 2025 | TW News Correspondent

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Guardian Life Insurance Limited, a leading provider of corporate group insurance solutions, have recently formalized a partnership with Robi, one of prominent telecommunications companies and its subsidies, to provide...
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Senator warns of national security risks after Elon Musk’s DOGE granted ‘full access’ to sensitive Treasury systems

February 02 2025 | TW News Correspondent

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A senior U.S. lawmaker says representatives of Elon Musk were granted “full access” to a U.S. Treasury payments system used to disperse trillions of dollars to Americans each year, and warned that Musk’s access to the system poses a “na...
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Apple rises as rosy forecast lifts hopes for iPhone rebound

February 02 2025 | TW News Correspondent

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Apple shares rose 2% on Friday after a rosy forecast fuelled hopes of an iPhone sales rebound, even as tough competition and a lack of AI features weigh on demand in key market China.

Already the world's most valuable company, Apple (AAPL.O), opens new tab is set to add more than $81 billion to its market value of $3.573 trillion, if the gains hold.

Apple, which has been grappling with investor worries over iPh...
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UK makes use of AI tools to create child abuse material a crime

February 02 2025 | TW News Correspondent

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Britain will make it illegal to use artificial intelligence tools that create child sexual abuse images, it said on Saturday, becoming the first country in the world to introduce the new AI sexual abuse offences.

Possessing, taking, making, showing or distributing explicit images of children is a crime in England and Wales. The new offences...
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Meta's WhatsApp says spyware company Paragon targeted users in two dozen countries

February 01 2025 | TW News Correspondent

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An official with Meta Platforms' (META.O), opens new tab popular WhatsApp chat service said Israeli spyware company Paragon  Solutions had targeted...
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South Korea privacy watchdog to ask DeepSeek about personal information use

February 01 2025 | TW News Correspondent

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South Korea's information privacy watchdog plans to ask DeepSeek about how the personal information of users is managed, an agency official said on Friday.

The country's Personal Information Protection Commission will be sending a written request for information to the operators of the Chinese artificial intelligence model soon, the official said.

Authorities in France, I...
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Trump and Nvidia CEO discuss DeepSeek, AI chip exports during meeting, source says

February 01 2025 | TW News Correspondent

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U.S. President Donald Trump and the CEO of Nvidia (NVDA.O), opens new tab Jensen Huang discussed DeepSeek - the Chinese company whose AI model's performance rocked the tech world - and tightening AI chip exports during their meeting at the White House on Friday, a source with knowledge of the matter said.

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ASUS Unveils Series of Next-Level AI PCs in Bangladesh Market

February 01 2025 | TW News Correspondent

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ASUS, the leading global tech brand, has launched its latest AI PC lineup at an exclusive event named “ASUS Always Incredible” event held on January 29, 2025.

The event was arranged by ASUS Bangladesh at Bhawal Resort, Gazipur...
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Microsoft, Meta CEOs defend hefty AI spending after DeepSeek stuns tech world

January 30 2025 | TW News Correspondent

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Days after Chinese upstart DeepSeek revealed a breakthrough in cheap AI computing that shook the U.S. technology industry, the chief executives of Microsoft and Meta defended massive spending that they said was key to staying competitive in the new field.

DeepSeek's quick progress has stirred doubts about the lead...
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Microsoft shares slide on dour cloud outlook, Meta rises on revenue beat

January 30 2025 | TW News Correspondent

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Microsoft shares (MSFT.O), opens new tab fell 3.5% in premarket trading on Thursday after the company issued a downbeat forecast for its cloud business, while Meta (META.O), opens new tab rose 2.6% after beating quarterly revenue es...
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Why blocking China's DeepSeek from using US AI may be difficult

January 30 2025 | TW News Correspondent

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Top White House advisers this week expressed alarm that China's DeepSeek may have benefited from a method that allegedly piggybacks off the advances of US rivals called "distillation."

The technique, which involves one AI system learning from another AI system, may be difficult to stop, according to executive and investor sources in Si...
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Meta to pay $25m to settle Trump's 2021 lawsuit over suspended accounts

January 30 2025 | TW News Correspondent

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Meta Platforms on Wednesday said it has agreed to pay about $25 million to settle a lawsuit by President Donald Trump over the company's suspension of his accounts after the January 06, 2021, attack at the US Capitol.

Trump filed lawsuits against Twitter Inc, now known as X, Facebook Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google, as w...
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Tesla’s Driverless Debut: Musk Announces Autonomous Ride-Sharing in Austin

January 30 2025 | TW News Correspondent

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk has announced that his company will introduce a driverless ride-sharing service in Austin, Texas, starting in June. Speaking on a repo...
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DeepSeek’s ‘Sputnik moment’ exposes holes in US chip curbs

January 30 2025 | TW News Correspondent

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US export controls on high-tech chips may have inadvertently fuelled the success of start-up DeepSeek’s AI chatbot, sparking fears in Washington there could be little it can do to stop China in the push for global dominance in AI.

The firm, based in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou, ha...
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Grameenphone launches First Green Grameenphone Center in Sylhet

January 30 2025 | TW News Correspondent

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Grameenphone has launched Bangladesh’s first-ever Green Grameenphone Center in Ambarkhana, Sylhet, becoming the country’s first mobile operator to launch an eco-friendly service center.This landmark initiative sets a new and inspiring precedent in sustainable practices, underscoring Grameenphone's unwavering commitment to environmental responsibility,...
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