Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 19, 2008

Obviously, there was a lot of buzz about the financial meltdown, especially in a place like Dubai that has built itself up as a major international business center (Dubai as an emirate has relatively little oil compared to some of the other gulf emirates). Of course, one of the investments made by the emirates has been in mosques.

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Mashable Tech

APRIL 29, 2022

But even the WFH crew can get some good use out of a VPN: Aside from the obvious privacy factor when it comes to confidential company information, a VPN can establish a remote connection with your office's server so you've got access to internal networks and resources from home. Hold up — are VPNs legal?

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 10, 2021

Peridotite is normally found miles below sea level, but on the easternmost tip of the Arabian peninsula, specifically the northern coast of Oman, tectonic action has raised hundreds of square miles of the stuff to the surface. Oman may be the starting point, but Hasan hinted that another location would host the first commercial operations.

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The Verge

JANUARY 26, 2022

It’s a major international expansion. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. Disney is planning to launch Disney Plus in 42 countries and 11 territories this summer, according to The Hollywood Reporter. It’s a significant expansion that could keep the pressure on other streaming services like Netflix and HBO Max.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2023

The tech giant created a chatbot that some engineers are internally referring to as “Apple GPT,” but Apple has yet to determine a strategy for releasing the AI to consumers. 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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TechNode

MARCH 5, 2025

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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