Category: Tech

Reuters: El Salvador became the first country in the world to adopt bitcoin as legal tender after Congress on Wednesday approved President Nayib Bukele’s proposal to embrace the cryptocurrency, a move that delighted the currency’s supporters. With 62 out of 84 possible votes, lawmakers voted in favor of the move to create a law to… Continue reading In a world-first, El Salvador makes bitcoin legal tender

(BBC): A camera system that uses AI and facial recognition intended to reveal states of emotion has been tested on Uyghurs in Xinjiang, the BBC has been told. A software engineer claimed to have installed such systems in police stations in the province. A human rights advocate who was shown the evidence described it as… Continue reading AI emotion-detection software tested on Uyghurs

Kathmandu: Nepal Telecom, a government-owned telecommunications company, has announced to provide free mobile service to doctors for one month. The company is going to provide such facility as an incentive to the doctors working day and night in the epidemic of corona virus. However, only doctors registered with the Nepal Medical Council will get this… Continue reading Telecom’s free mobile service to doctors

HONG KONG (AP): China’s internet watchdog said Friday it had found Bytedance’s Douyin, Microsoft Bing, LinkedIn and 102 other apps were engaged in improper collection and use of data and ordered them to fix the problem. The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) said that the 105 apps violated laws by excessively collecting and illegally accessing… Continue reading China authorities name 105 apps for improper data practices

Kathmandu: South Korea, the world’s first country to launch 5G internet commercially, has nearly 15 million users.As reported on local media, according to South Korea’s Ministry of Science and Information Technology, the number of 5G users in the country reached 14.48 million by the end of March. That’s 20 per cent of South Korea’s total… Continue reading 5G users reach nearly 15 mn in South Korea

(Reuters): Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS) reclaimed its crown as the world’s biggest smartphone maker from Apple (AAPL.O) in the first quarter, cornering a fifth of overall global shipments. China’s Xiaomi Corp (1810.HK) rounded out the top three positions with its best quarterly performance ever as shipments surged 62% to 49 million phones and its… Continue reading Samsung overtakes Apple in smartphone shipments as Xiaomi closes in

Kathmandu: Consumption of internet bandwidth has increased by about 30 percent more than usual after the prohibitory order was imposed in various cities of the country including Kathmandu Valley. The Internet Service Providers Association of Nepal (ISPAN) has said that the use of the Internet has increased as more people are living at home. According… Continue reading Internet consumption increase by 30 pc after prohibitory order

Kathmandu: Now the passengers of Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) can pay their ticket price via QR code system of Nepal Bank. The Corporation and Nepal Bank have jointly launched this system today. Dim Prasad Poudel, General Manager of the Corporation and Krishna Bahadur Adhikari, Chief Executive Officer of the Bank jointly inaugurated the project.General Manager… Continue reading NAC introduces QR code system for ticketing

HONG KONG (AP): Sophia is a robot of many talents — she speaks, jokes, sings and even makes art. In March, she caused a stir in the art world when a digital work she created as part of a collaboration was sold at an auction for $688,888 in the form of a non-fungible token (NFT).… Continue reading Robot artist sells art for $688,888, now eyeing music career

(AP): Microsoft won a nearly $22 billion contract to supply U.S. Army combat troops with its augmented reality headsets. Microsoft and the Army separately announced the deal Wednesday. The technology is based on Microsoft’s HoloLens headsets, which were originally intended for the video game and entertainment industries. Pentagon officials have described the futuristic technology —… Continue reading Microsoft wins $22 billion deal-making headsets for US Army