Nvidia is in discussions to invest in Perplexity as part of an equity funding round that would value the AI startup at more than $30 billion, The Information recently reported.

AI startup Hugging Face, which hosts open-source large language models and datasets, has been exploring a potential sale that could value the company at $13 billion or more, according to a Business Insider report.

India is set to introduce tokenised corporate bonds next month, as it trials blockchain technology for instant settlement of bond trades, three people with direct knowledge of the matter said to Reuters on Monday.

Scientists at laboratories across the United States and Australia are growing miniature human brains from stem cells and training them to perform computing task.

A hacker group identifying itself as "madarax" has advertised what it claims are the CVs of six million Bangladeshi jobseekers for sale on the dark web, saying the data came from recruitment platform Bdjobs.

Some users of xAI's Grok chatbot have reported receiving streams of apparently meaningless words instead of normal answers, prompting the company to acknowledge a temporary generation problem.

Alibaba has announced plans to raise about HK$80bn ($10.2bn) through a share placement in Hong Kong to finance further investment in artificial intelligence.

E-ticketing has been introduced on Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation’s women-only “Pink Bus” service, with POS-based ticketing now available on 14 buses operating in Dhaka, Chattogram and Bogura.

Google is giving online publishers a new way to encourage readers to prioritise their content across Search as media companies grapple with changes in referral traffic caused by AI-powered search products.

TikTok and its parent company ByteDance have agreed to pay $400m to settle a US government lawsuit alleging violations of federal children's online privacy laws.

OpenAI has introduced an Apple Messages plug-in for ChatGPT that allows users to search conversations, prepare replies and send messages directly from the chatbot on macOS.

Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan have bought Strancally Castle, a historic estate in County Waterford, Ireland.

OpenAI appears to be gaining momentum against Anthropic among US business customers.

Sony has launched its new FX5 Cinema Line camera in Bangladesh.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police is preparing to deploy drones to monitor traffic congestion across the capital.

Dave Bautista has been confirmed as the new Kratos in Amazon Prime Video's live-action adaptation of God of War, replacing Ryan Hurst after the actor suffered an injury during production.

OpenAI has launched ChatGPT for Teens, a dedicated version of its AI chatbot with age-appropriate safety measures, parental controls, and tools designed to prevent teenagers from using the platform to cheat on their schoolwork—more than three years after the service first launched with no such protections in place.

TikTok is developing a feature that would allow users to send money directly to each other through the app's direct message function, according to a Bloomberg report.

Bangladesh Startup Investment Company PLC has appointed Waiz Rahim as its managing director and chief executive officer.

Google has inaugurated its first local office in Pakistan.