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WhatsApp's new Windows app works even when your phone is off: how to set it up
The native app from the Microsoft Store replaces the old Electron desktop client and no longer needs the phone online. Up to four linked…
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Fake and refurbished Gigabyte parts are being sold as new in Bangladesh: how to check before you pay
The official distributor says grey importers are passing off counterfeit and repaired motherboards and graphics cards as new, with no…
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MrBeast hits 100 million subscribers: how a 24-year-old built YouTube's biggest one-man channel
Jimmy Donaldson is only the fifth channel, and the second individual creator, to reach the mark. Ten billion views last year, $54 million…
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Grameenphone tests 5G in Dhaka and Chattogram: what was shown, and when you might actually get it
The country's largest operator ran 5G trials at GP House and in Chattogram, seven months after Teletalk's. The promises are familiar; the…
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Bangladeshi bank card data is on the dark web, says the government's CIRT; here is how to check yours
Of about 2,000 cards analysed, 46 per cent of classic and 31 per cent of gold cards had details for sale, mostly through weak passwords and…
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Buying the qurbani cow online: the government's Digital Haat, priced by the kilo, and the cashless cattle markets
digitalhaat.gov.bd sells cattle at Tk 475-575 per kilo of live weight with escrow, 387,000 animals went online last year, and six Dhaka…
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A leaflet from Singapore: how Bangladesh joined the ICPC 25 years ago, and why Dhaka now hosts its finals
On 18 November 1997, 18 teams from 11 universities sat the first Dhaka regional at North South University, the third ICPC site in all of…
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Photograph the Padma Bridge, win a Galaxy S22 Ultra: Samsung's contest, and where you are actually allowed to shoot
A day after the bridge opened, Samsung Mobile Bangladesh launched a photo campaign running to 15 July. The rules, the prizes, and the one…
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The ten most leaked passwords of 2022, and the 24 billion credentials for sale
"123456" still leads. Digital Shadows counted 24 billion username-password pairs on criminal markets, a 65 per cent rise in two years. What…
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Cyberbullied in Bangladesh? What to do in the first hour, and exactly where to go
Two real cases, one resolved in 24 hours through 999 and one in three days through the cyber crime unit, plus the numbers, pages and…
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WWDC 2022: the M2 chip, a redesigned MacBook Air, and iOS 16 lets you edit sent messages
Apple's developer conference brought a new laptop chip, the first new MacBook Air design in years, a customisable iPhone lock screen, and…
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Bangladeshis forget things in Ubers most on Fridays, and phones top the list
Uber's sixth Lost and Found Index for Bangladesh: Friday afternoons between 2 and 4 pm, phones, headphones, keys and umbrellas. And the…