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Airbus appoints new technology head in research shake-up

Airbus appoints new technology head in research shake-up

Airbus has appointed its top executive in South Asia to be its next head of technology in a shake-up of design and engineering as it studies options for a successor to its best-selling A320neo jetliner, an internal memo showed on Friday. Remi Maillard, currently head of Airbus India and South Asia

Two galaxies ‘joust’ before cosmic mega-merger

Two galaxies ‘joust’ before cosmic mega-merger

Astronomers have observed two distant galaxies – each containing roughly as many stars as the Milky Way – hurtling towards each other ahead of an inevitable merger, in a scene resembling two knights charging in a joust. This cosmic event took place when the universe was about a fifth of


Starlink satellite internet gets going in BD

Starlink satellite internet gets going in BD

Unlimited data will be flowing on the information superhighway for tapping in knowledge economy as Bangladesh steps into the era of satellite internet with the commercial launch of US business-baron Elon Mask's much-vaunted Starlink. Terming historic Tuesday's event of the start of commercial oper

Microsoft unveils Discovery platform

Microsoft unveils Discovery platform

At the company's Build 2025 conference on Monday, Microsoft announced Microsoft Discovery, a platform that taps agentic artificial intelligence (AI) to "transform the discovery process." Microsoft Discovery is "extensible," and can handle certain science-related workloads "end-to-end," according t

Gadgets & services 2025-05-19

Gadgets & services 2025-05-19

Grameenphone and PalmPay launch cardless EMI for smartphones Grameenphone, in partnership with PalmPay, has launched a cardless EMI (Equated Monthly Installment) campaign to make smartphones more affordable and accessible across Bangladesh. Aimed at bridging the digital divide, the initiative enab

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