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Visa is returning to Syria. Its first live international card transaction in the country was a test rather than a launch, and the milestone event ran through a Lebanese bank. The acquirer (the bank on the merchant's side of a card payment) was Fransabank

The desktop microphone arm has become one of the most crowded pieces of real estate in the home studio. As podcasters and streamers pile on broadcast microphones, cameras and lights, the humble boom has to hold more weight, move more quietly and take up l

Governments have always been obsessed with what they spend. However, Dubai is now attempting to measure what it gets back. The emirate has deployed a unified Workforce Productivity Measurement System across 32 government entities that's built on machine l

For the past week, a hacker known as Cyberleek has been drip-feeding footage from Grand Theft Auto 6 (GTA 6) onto the internet, reportedly to promote a crypto scheme and pressure Rockstar Games into protecting players' digital rights. Parent company Take-

For most of commercial aviation's modern history, closing the cabin door meant leaving the internet behind. Qatar Airways has spent nearly two years dismantling that idea, and this week it logged another first. The Doha-based carrier has become the first

Streaming services have spent years optimizing for what's new: the latest single, the newest playlist, the algorithmic nudge toward whatever dropped this week. Anghami is betting there is also an audience for the long view. The platform, which bills itsel

While much of the market is still piloting AI chatbots, a Dubai-based startup called aradus says it is way past that stage. Launched in May 2026, the platform deploys AI agents to handle the operational grind of manufacturers, distributors and importers -

JTA International Investment Holding (JTA) and WATT Electric Vehicle Company (WATT) have formed a strategic partnership to establish Qatar's first EV manufacturing plant. The two companies intend to jointly design, engineer and manufacture a new generatio

Although Instagram's famous camera icon hasn't changed, the company has refreshed the handwritten wordmark at the top of its app. This is the first redesign we've seen in ten years, and one the internet promptly set about renaming. "The wordmark at the to

These days, the question of whether the artist you're streaming actually exists is no longer hypothetical. Spotify intends to combat this issue by introducing a label called "AI Personas" for artist profiles that present an AI-generated, human-like identi