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Mini Mercury skips across sun's vast glare in rare transit
Mini Mercury skipped across the vast, glaring face of the sun Monday in a rare celestial transit.
BTRC forcing GP to pay Tk 12,579.95 crore illegally: GP CEO
Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) is wrongfully trying to force Grameenphone (GP) to pay an illegal audit claim of Tk 12,579.95 crore by falsely claiming it as ‘public money’, said GP’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Michael Patrick Foley on Monday.
NASA instrument to explore exoplanet clouds on European spacecraft
The U.S. space agency NASA is planning to attach an instrument to a European spacecraft that will explore the exoplanets' clouds for the first time.
Friends, family support Twitter employee charged in spy case
Seattle, Nov 9 (AP/UNB) — Family and friends of a former Twitter employee accused of spying for Saudi Arabia call him a dedicated husband and father who has overcome recent mental health struggles, according to letters of support filed to federal court.
Facebook is deleting the name of the potential whistleblower
Facebook says it is deleting the name of the person who has been identified in conservative circles as the whistleblower who triggered a congressional impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump's actions.
China to meet challenges of exploring asteroid, comet
Chinese space engineers are tackling the key technologies needed to explore a near-Earth asteroid and a main-belt comet with one space probe.
China's Huawei collaborates with Europe to create connected, intelligent world
Chinese tech company Huawei contributed 12.8 billion euros (14.2 billion U.S. dollars) to Europe's gross domestic product (GDP) in 2018. It also sustained 169,700 jobs and generated 5.6 billion euros in tax revenues, according to an Oxford Economics study on Huawei's economic impact in Europe.
Aussie regulators launch inquiry into Facebook's cryptocurrency
Facebook will be forced to divulge details of its proposed cryptocurrency amid concerns about its impact on Australia's national security and banking.
Brazil plans to create 8 AI labs
The Brazilian government on Monday announced a plan to build eight artificial intelligence (AI) labs across the country.