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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. Bahrain, Kuwait and Norway have run roughshod over people’s privacy.”.

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Faraday Future founder’s bankruptcy spiked a potential deal in the Middle East

The Verge

We were invited by a government entity to go to the Middle East to a sovereign fund, and the minute that we filed the Chapter 11 case and it became clear the financial issues, Faraday was uninvited,” Jia’s lawyer told a judge in December 2019. Jia says Faraday is still talking with investors in the Middle East, and governments in China.

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Egyptian health and wellness platform Esaal raises $1.7M to scale across MENA

TechCrunch

As of 2018, Egypt’s doctor to citizen ratio stood at 1:2,000; you can paint a picture when you walk into any government hospital and see long queues. Doss said Esaal services are available in 7 other countries across MENA and the GCC: Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Palestine and Iraq.

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Meituan’s next decade: expands global footprint with focus on retail and AI

TechNode

How Meituan navigates these tensions will shape its future and influence broader discussions on platform economy governance in China. After reaching the countrys nine largest cities and nearly half its population, Keeta is now considering entry into Kuwait and the UAE.

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Down with the Enola Gay? Defense Department purging digital materials under Trumps DEI orders

Mashable Tech

Among the materials set to be removed from government websites and social media posts are written mentions of WWII veteran history and (at least) 26,000 archival images, reported the Associated Press, including information on Medal of Honor recipients, all women crews, and the Enola Gay, the U.S.

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ChatGPT: Everything you need to know about the AI-powered chatbot

TechCrunch

As you may know, the government has been tightening regulations associated with deep synthesis technologies (DST) and generative AI services, including ChatGPT. May 25, 2023 ChatGPT app is now available in 11 more countries OpenAI announced in a tweet that the ChatGPT mobile app is now available on iOS in the U.S.,

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Platforms successfully stopped a lame COVID conspiracy video from going viral

The Verge

Governing. ? Brent Kendall at The Wall Street Journal has the story: Dozens of government antitrust lawyers are on teams investigating whether the search giant has used its dominance to stifle competition. user data to the Chinese government, nor would it do so if asked.” Sam Byford / The Verge ). Wayne Ma / The Information ).

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