Honor, the smartphone brand, is set to begin local manufacturing in Bangladesh after signing an agreement with Smart Technologies (BD) Ltd. 

Alibaba has launched a free artificial intelligence chatbot called Qwen Chat, making it available through its website and mobile app stores at no cost to general users.

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South Korean conglomerate Samsung unveiled on Sunday a plan to invest $310 billion over the next five years mostly in technology powering artificial intelligence, aiming to meet growing demand driven by a global boom.

US-based telecommunications company Verizon is preparing to cut approximately 15,000 jobs in the largest layoff in its history, according to a recent Reuters report citing a source familiar with the matter.

Meta will formally incorporate "AI-driven impact" into its employee performance reviews starting in 2026, according to an internal company memo seen by Business Insider.

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A new wearable iPhone accessory from Apple and Japanese fashion house Issey Miyake has sold out within hours of its launch, as per reports by Bloomberg and Forbes. The product, called iPhone Pocket, sparked queues at select stores and saw online inventory rapidly depleted following its release last Friday.

Apple is intensifying its succession planning as it prepares for Tim Cook to step down from his role as chief executive as soon as next year, according to a Financial Times report.

Apple recorded a 22 percent rise in iPhone sales in China during the first month of the iPhone 17’s release, according to a recent report by Reuters. 

Asian Distributions Ltd, the distributor of Omoda and Jaecoo in Bangladesh, has officially launched the Omoda 9, a plug-in hybrid SUV.

The JAAGO Foundation Trust has launched a nationwide campaign aimed at strengthening civic engagement and political participation among women and young people ahead of Bangladesh’s upcoming national elections at a hotel in Dhaka on November 12.

A new survey, conducted by polling firm Ipsos for the streaming service Deezer, has revealed that 97% of listeners cannot tell the difference between songs created by AI and those composed by humans.

The Wikimedia Foundation has called on AI companies to stop freely scraping Wikipedia's content and instead use a paid service, arguing that the future of both the free platform and reliable AI depends on it.

Ulkasemi VLSI Training Institute (UVTI), an initiative by Ulkasemi, a semiconductor design company, was inaugurated in Niketan, Dhaka, on November 11.

Apple has cancelled rumoured plans to release a new version of its iPhone Air in the fall of 2026, according to a report from The Information, which cited weak sales of the current model.

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For years, women have been the public face of Bangladesh’s ready-made garments industry. The empowerment narrative is familiar. Yet on most production floors, women remain concentrated in helper and operator roles. Where day-to-day decisions are taken, the picture is stark. Only around 3 to 5% of supervisory posts are held by women, a share that was lower still a few years ago.

AI agents are programs that use artificial intelligence chatbots to do the work humans do online, like buy a plane ticket or add events to a calendar.

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