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Recreational drones banned in United Arab Emirates after oil facility attack

The Verge

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has banned the flying of consumer drones by hobbyists. The attacks were claimed by the Islamist, Iran-backed Houthi rebel group, which currently controls large portions of nearby Yemen and is fighting a coalition of forces supported by Arab countries including the UAE.

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Israel’s startup ecosystem powers ahead, amid a year of change

TechCrunch

Released in 2011, “Start-up Nation: The Story of Israel’s Economic Miracle” was a book that laid claim to the idea that Israel was an unusual type of country. The moniker became so ubiquitous, both at home and abroad, that “Israel Startup Nation” is now the name of the country’s professional cycling team.

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Betsy Beaumon on Benetech's Literacy Program

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

What began as a small online library, with a collection built in large part by its users, is now the primary national supplier of electronic accessible educational materials for students with print disabilities. This has led to advancements that benefit everyone. Is Spanish more your bag?

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Abwaab raises $20M Series A led by BECO Capital to expand across MENA and Pakistan

TechCrunch

In Jordan, where it has an active freemium subscription model, students are paying a one-off subscription to unlock access to the platform for the whole academic year. It claims to have grown by 10x in the number of active users throughout the 2020/21 academic year. Abwaab on tablet. Image Credits: Abwaab.

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A New Marketing Paradigm: How Affordable, Active and Agile Technology Can Change Nonprofits

NTEN

Increasingly accustomed to active management of their relationships with institutions that manage their finances, travel plans, meals and more, today's consumers also expect comparable experiences and value from their relationships with virtually all organizations -- including the nonprofits they support.

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Sequoia Capital India, STV back Dubai-based BNPL provider tabby in $54M extension round

TechCrunch

million active users who shop with more than 3,000 brands monthly. Arab believes the North African nation is an attractive market with underbanked consumers looking for ways to easily spend online outside what is available to them today, essentially cash. The company has over 1.1

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India’s Cars24, a used-vehicle sales platform, raises $400M, now at a $3.3B valuation, to double down on growth

TechCrunch

Cars24 is active in some 200 cities in India, and it claims to have grown 50% in the last quarter, a record for the company. A number of outsized startups have emerged in India with massive coffers of funding to grow domestically, with little in the way of international strategy.

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