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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.”. Photo by Thomas Trutschel/Photothek via Getty Images.

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

TechNode

Meituan, Chinas local services platform, is accelerating its global expansion with a renewed focus on grocery retail, international markets, and artificial intelligence, CEO Wang Xing announced in a recent internal meeting. Among the three priorities Wang Xing has set, international expansion is progressing the fastest.

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Netflix is building a global audience by empowering Arab creatives

Fast Company Tech

Last springs Honeymoonish , an Arab-language rom-com from Kuwait, trended in the top 10 film list of 73 countries, amassing more than 22 million views. Though he had worked on multiple Arabic-language shows previously, they were local projects with nowhere near the scope of Netflixs viewership.

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

TechCrunch

based company to stop processing locals’ data. The local radio, TV and internet awareness campaign has a slightly more generous timeline of May 15 to be actioned.) 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

In June, the West African nation filed an application in US federal court seeking information from Facebook that would help it hold Myanmar accountable at the International Court of Justice. The more aggressive apps introduced in South Korea and Kuwait may have been more effective, but they also introduced privacy concerns.

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Why Palestinians are drinking a Coca-Cola look-alike, Chat Cola

Fast Company Tech

Order a Coke to wash down some hummus in the Israeli-occupied West Bank these days and chances are the waiter will shake his head disapprovingly or worse, mutter shame, shame in Arabic before suggesting the popular local alternative: a can of Chat Cola. I’m proud to have created a product that matches that of a global company.”

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