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The Daily Star’s latest guide lists laptops priced under BDT 100,000 for Bangladeshi consumers amid rising global memory costs. It highlights the Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3 15IRH, featuring an 8‑core Intel Core i5‑13420H, 16 GB DDR5 RAM, 512 GB PCIe 4.0 SSD, and a 15.3‑inch WUXGA IPS display. The Asus Vivobook 15 OLED offers a 15.6‑inch full‑HD OLED panel with 100 % DCI‑P3 coverage, an Intel Core i7, up to 16 GB RAM, and 512 GB SSD. Both models emphasize durability, connectivity, and eye‑comfort features, catering to [...]

Meta’s newly released AI assistant, Muse, has begun making unsolicited phone calls to small businesses across the United States, posing as customers and requesting services such as bidet installations, karaoke bookings, and cake orders. The calls, which disclose that they are being transcribed, often prompt businesses to either comply or question the caller’s identity. Some recipients suspect a hybrid human‑AI handoff, but the experience has highlighted a shift in customer interaction dynamics. The phenomenon underscores the growing [...]

Ukraine’s Delta AI battle‑management platform merges drone, satellite, radar, open‑source intelligence, and field reports into a real‑time digital map, enabling commanders to identify tanks, artillery, and convoys in seconds. The system’s computer‑vision algorithms automatically flag targets by priority, dramatically shortening the reconnaissance‑to‑decision cycle. While AI serves as a decision‑support tool rather than an autonomous commander, its integration illustrates the war’s shift toward semi‑autonomous, data‑driven operations. Parallel advances in Ukrainian and Russian UAVs, such as semi‑autonomous navigation and [...]

Honolulu’s Department of Planning and Permitting is reviewing a proposal for a massive Amazon Robotics Sortable fulfillment center that would span the area of nearly 50 football fields. The facility would employ 1,500 workers and thousands of robots to receive, store, package, and ship Amazon’s 12 million products and those of third‑party sellers. Local residents fear the center will displace small businesses across the islands, erode livelihoods, and increase homelessness. Workers report a highly automated environment where [...]

Starlink, operated by SpaceX, has secured initial authorisations to offer satellite broadband in India but cannot launch commercial services until it receives spectrum allocation and final security clearances. The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has granted a Global Mobile Personal Communication by Satellite (GMPCS) licence and the Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN‑SPACe) has approved the project, yet radio frequency assignment remains pending. Elon Musk has urged an affordable pricing strategy, but no Indian subscription rate [...]

Elon Musk announced that Starlink will be priced affordably in India to compete with Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Jio, intensifying tensions just before Jio Platforms’ record‑setting IPO. Musk’s statement, posted on X, warned that high prices would deter Indian consumers and that competition would benefit citizens. He accused the Indian government of favoring Jio and suggested that security clearance delays were politically motivated. Jio’s satellite venture is also awaiting clearance, while SpaceX plans to enter the mobile carrier [...]

Xtend AI Robotics (NYSE:XTND) is one of 82 public firms in the Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals sector. Analysts rate it favorably, with a consensus target price of $10.00, implying a 291.39% upside versus a 22.98% industry average. The company’s beta of 3.66 shows 266% greater volatility than the S&P 500, higher than competitors’ 1.68. Financially, Xtend reports $30.54 million in revenue and a $5.27 million loss, yielding a P/E of 4.73—lower than peers. Institutional ownership stands at 51.5%,

TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 will open in San Francisco’s Moscone West on October 13‑15, drawing over 10,000 founders, investors, and tech leaders. The event features more than 250 speakers across 200+ sessions, 300+ startups in the Expo Hall, and the top 200 startups in Startup Battlefield. Key speakers include RJ Scaringe (Rivian), Mark Wahlberg, Alexa von Tobel (Inspired Capital), Andrew Feldman (Cerebras Systems), Cat de Jong (Anthropic), and Les Karpas (NVIDIA). Ticket prices rise at the door, with [...]