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A tough race for the rookies as F1 starts 2025 in Australia

Ars Technica

Held on the roads around a lake in Albert Park, the track is one of F1's trickier challenges, made more so on Sunday thanks to rain that eased off before the start of the race, only to return with a vengeance a dozen or so laps before the end. Formula 1's four-wheeled circus got underway this past weekend in Melbourne, Australia.

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Gulf states using COVID-19 contact tracing apps as mass surveillance tools, report says

The Verge

A new study analyzing COVID-19 contact tracing apps conducted by Amnesty International has found that Bahrain and Kuwait are using their public health apps as mass surveillance tools. In one extreme case, some citizens who downloaded the BeAware Bahrain contact tracing app became contestants on a televised game show called Are You At Home?

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Finding the Signal in the Noise: Talking Racing Strategy with McLaren Racing’s Randy Singh

DataRobot

The Australian Grand Prix – taking place in Melbourne’s Albert Park Circuit – will showcase a new track layout and will be a homecoming for Australia’s own, McLaren Racing driver Daniel Ricciardo. McLaren did see marked improvement in Saudi Arabia over the season debut in Bahrain, with Lando Norris finishing 7th.

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Google's McLaren sponsorship puts the Android robot and Chrome wheels on its 2022 F1 car

The Verge

They also say that McLaren will use “5G-enabled Android devices and Chrome browser across its operations during practice sessions, qualifying and races to support the drivers and team, with the goal of improving on-track performance.” Image: McLaren.

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Tunisian edtech startup GOMYCODE raises $8M to expand across Africa and the Middle East

TechCrunch

In addition to Tunisia, GOMYCODE is present in Bahrain, Morocco, Egypt, Algeria, Ivory Coast, Senegal and Nigeria. It offers over 30 learning tracks ranging from web development to digital marketing and data science to artificial intelligence. It raised $850,000 seed in October 2020. GOMYCODE utilizes the latter.

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