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Apple Plays it Safe on AI Despite Wall Street Pressure
This is Beirut 2025-06-10 09:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Apple on Monday remained on its cautious path to embracing generative AI even as rivals race ahead with the technology and Wall Street expresses doubts over its strategy. The pressure was on Apple not to disappoint at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) a year after the iPhone juggernaut made a promise it failed to keep -- to ...
AI Personal Shoppers Hunt Down Bargain Buys
This is Beirut 2025-05-29 09:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Internet giants are diving deeper into e-commerce with digital aides that know shoppers' likes, let them virtually try clothes on, hunt for deals and even place orders. The rise of virtual personal shoppers springs from generative artificial intelligence (AI) being put to work in "agents" specializing in specific tasks and given ...
Tobacco in Lebanon: Laws Going Up in Smoke, Teens Vaping, TFI Takes the Fight Forward
Makram Haddad 2025-05-27 20:25 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
TFI No Tobacco Day Elsa Yazbek Ghazi Zaatari WHO
Every year, the World Health Organization (WHO) dedicates the end of May to global awareness of the dangers of tobacco. But in Lebanon, despite Law 174, a committed NGO and decades of warnings, the scourge keeps spreading, especially among the youth. Journalist and President of the Tobacco Free Initiative (TFI) Elsa Yazbek Charabati gave This is ...
Ads Pressured to Evolve as AI Changes Google Search
This is Beirut 2025-05-22 10:05 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Google Artificial Intelligence AI
As Google races to lead in artificial intelligence, it faces the challenge of making sure the technology doesn't slow its profit-pumping advertising engine. The internet giant is dabbling with ads in its new AI Mode for online search, a strategic move to fend off competition from ChatGPT while adapting its advertising business for an AI ...
US Baby with Rare Illness Treated with Tailor-Made Gene Edit
This is Beirut 2025-05-16 11:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
USA Health genetics Illness Gene-Editing
A US infant with a rare condition has become history's first patient to be treated with a personalized gene-editing technique that raises hopes for other people with obscure illnesses, doctors said Thursday. The wee pioneer is KJ Muldoon, now a 9-and-a-half-month-old boy with chubby cheeks and big blue eyes. Shortly after birth, he was diagnosed ...
TikTok Fined 530 Mn Euros in EU Over China Data Transfer
This is Beirut 2025-05-02 13:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
TikTok was hit with a massive EU fine of 530 million euros ($600 million) Friday, accused of sending personal data of Europeans to China and failing to guarantee it was shielded from access by Chinese authorities. The Chinese-owned social media giant, which is also in the crosshairs of the United States, acknowledged during a probe that it has ...
Saudis Invest Big in US Weapons, AI as Trump Basks in Welcome
This is Beirut 2025-05-13 22:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Saudi Arabia Donald Trump Mohammed bin Salman United States Defense Artificial Intelligence
Saudi Arabia on Tuesday promised billions of dollars in deals with the United States, from defense to artificial intelligence, as it threw a lavish welcome for President Donald Trump on the first state visit of his second term. Trump returned the favor by lavishing praise on the kingdom's crown prince and moving on a key Saudi policy request ...
Trump Set to Meet Syrian Leader Ahead of Qatar Visit
This is Beirut 2025-05-13 20:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam United States Donald Trump Ahmad al-Sharaa Saudi Arabia Syria
Donald Trump is set to meet the leader of Syria and the heads of the Gulf states Wednesday in Riyadh before travelling to Qatar where controversy is swirling over the gifting of a luxury aircraft. The US president was set to "say hello" to Syria's new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa during his last day in Riyadh, after vowing to remove sanctions against ...
Donald Trump Hails a "Tremendous Relationship" with MBS
This is Beirut 2025-05-13 18:04 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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U.S. President Donald Trump began his Gulf tour on Tuesday with a high-profile visit to Saudi Arabia, marking the first stop in a regional trip focused on strengthening economic and strategic ties. During a meeting at the royal palace with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Trump described him as a “friend” and praised the “tremendous ...
Inner Workings of AI an Enigma - Even to its Creators
This is Beirut 2025-05-13 11:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Even the greatest human minds building generative artificial intelligence that is poised to change the world admit they do not comprehend how digital minds think. "People outside the field are often surprised and alarmed to learn that we do not understand how our own AI creations work," Anthropic co-founder Dario Amodei wrote in an essay posted ...
Lebanon’s $30 Million Digital Ad Boom Bypasses Local Media
Liliane Mokbel 2025-05-10 12:00 - Reading : less than a minute
Despite a near-total freeze in ad campaigns since September 2024, triggered by the escalating conflict between Israel and Hezbollah, digital advertising emerged as a clear winner in Lebanon. According to the Lebanese chapter of the International Advertising Association (IAA), ad spending on platforms like Meta, TikTok and Google reached $30 ...
Where Things Stand in the US-China Trade War
This is Beirut 2025-05-09 12:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
United States China Tariffs Trade
US and Chinese officials meet this weekend in Geneva for their first formal talks aimed at resolving a grueling tit-for-tat tariff war that threatens hundreds of billions in trade and roils global markets and supply chains. AFP looks at how the trade row between the world's two economic superpowers is playing out. What Steps Have the Two Sides ...
Google Agrees to Fund Three US Nuclear Plants
This is Beirut 2025-05-07 19:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Google Technology Energy Artificial Intelligence
Tech giant Google and nuclear developer Elementl Power have signed an agreement to develop three advanced nuclear power plants in the United States, according to a statement released Wednesday. The partnership comes as technology companies seek new power sources to meet the growing energy demands of the generative AI revolution. Under the ...
Syria’s Sweida on Edge: Clerics’ Deaths Expose Fractures in Druze Heartland
Samar El-Kadi 2025-12-05 09:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Damascus Israel Syria Sweida Druze
Four months after a ceasefire agreement halted a weeklong wave of clashes between Bedouin tribes and Druze fighters in Syria’s southern province of Sweida, insecurity continues to plague the region. The truce, reached on July 19 with U.S. and Jordanian mediation, remains volatile and has been repeatedly violated by renewed outbreaks of violence, ...
Something for Moi? Miss Piggy’s Shoes Go Under the Hammer
This is Beirut 2025-11-20 15:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Entairtainment Auction Muppets US Culture Jim Henson
Some of Jim Henson's most memorable creations go under the hammer in California next week, with the first US auction of puppets and memorabilia from the late entertainer's decades-long career. Highlights include a pair of shoes worn by the domineering Miss Piggy in a "Muppets" movie, as well as puppets from "Fraggle Rock" and characters from the ...
Mbappe Absent From Real Madrid Squad For Salzburg Club World Cup Clash
This is Beirut 2025-06-26 20:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Club World Cup Mbappe Real Madrid
Kylian Mbappe has been left out of the Real Madrid squad for Thursday's final Club World Cup group game against Red Bull Salzburg, despite returning to training following illness. The French superstar did not feature in the list of 23 players named by coach Xabi Alonso and published by the club for the match in Philadelphia, in which the two ...
Taylor Swift Announces 12th Album for 'pre pre-order'
This is Beirut 2025-08-12 17:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Taylor Swift Tour Music Culture Art Singer
US popstar Taylor Swift announced her 12th album, titled The Life of a Showgirl, for "pre pre-order" just after midnight Tuesday in posts on her website. Her online shop displayed blurred images of a record, CD and cassette tape overlaid with a glittery orange lock, explaining the album artwork would be "revealed at a later date." A disclaimer ...
Games Industry in Search of New Winning Combo at Gamescom 2025
This is Beirut 2025-08-18 10:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
The global games industry gathers for the vast Gamescom trade fair in Cologne this week, with hopes that upcoming heavy-hitters like "GTA VI" can help the industry escape its doldrums. Tuesday's opening night event will show off major releases slated for the months ahead, with the starring role going to "Black Ops 7" -- the new installment in the ...
US Suspends Visas for Gazans After Far-Right Influencer Posts
This is Beirut 2025-08-17 02:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Gaza Palestine United States
The US government said Saturday it is suspending visitor visas for Gazans after a far-right influencer with the ear of President Donald Trump complained that wounded Palestinians had been allowed to seek medical treatment in the United States. The announcement came one day after a series of furious social media posts by Laura Loomer, who is known ...
Falsehoods Swirl Around Trump-Putin Summit
This is Beirut 2025-08-15 21:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Ukraine Alaska Russia Summit Donald Trump Vladimir Putin
From false claims of a Ukrainian assassin shot dead in Alaska to baseless reports of Russia declaring the sale of the territory to the United States illegal, misinformation has swirled around the summit between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump. The online falsehoods spreading across tech platforms were muddying the waters around Friday's closely ...
Trump Names Stallone, Strait, Gaynor Among 2025 Kennedy Center Honorees
This is Beirut 2025-08-14 10:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Arts Donald Trump Kennedy Center Nominees USA Culture
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday named Rocky star Sylvester Stallone and country music great George Strait among the recipients of the Kennedy Center Honors, as he pursues a controversial overhaul of the storied arts venue. Since returning to office in January, the Republican leader has declared war on what he calls "woke" viewpoints ...
‘Axis of Resistance’ Calculations Come Up Short
Johnny Kortbawi 2025-08-12 20:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Free Patriotic Movement Hezbollah Lebanese Forces
The entire “Axis of Resistance” has a recurring problem with numbers and calculations – a game it has often played and lost, sometimes with almost absurd results. If Hezbollah’s closest ally before its recent distancing to gain favor ahead of the elections – the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) – cannot get the numbers right, what hope ...
Netanyahu’s Gaza Strategy: Ambiguity, Internal Divisions and Looming Chaos
Élie-Joe Kamel 2025-08-12 18:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Benjamin Netanyahu Palestine Hamas United Nations
As the war in Gaza enters its 22nd month, political and on the ground uncertainties continue to grow. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s recent statements highlight this growing strategic confusion. He says he wants to “take control of Gaza,” while specifying that Israel has “no intention of governing” the territory. This ...
First Woman to Ref Men’s Basketball
Hala Abdallah 2025-08-12 17:00 - Reading : less than a minute
Jennifer Ammoury This is Sports sports basketball referee Lebanese basketball
Jennifer Ammoury made history as the first woman to referee men’s Division 1 basketball in Lebanon. But the road wasn’t easy. How did she handle the pressure early on? And how did players and fans really react when she officiated the Beirut Derby? Watch her story now in Episode 10 of This is Sports, only on This is Beirut’s website and ...
Trump Slams US Museums for Focus on ‘How Bad Slavery Was’
This is Beirut 2025-08-20 05:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
United States Donald Trump Museum Woke Culture
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday criticized top museums for their "woke" focus on subjects including "how bad Slavery was," his latest attack on the cultural institutions in a country that fought a civil war over the issue. "The Smithsonian is OUT OF CONTROL, where everything discussed is how horrible our Country is, ...
Ministries of Tourism and Technology Launch “Smart Tourism App”
This is Beirut 2025-08-12 13:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Lebanon Tourism AI App Technology Innovation
Tourism Minister Laura Lahoud and Minister of Technology and Artificial Intelligence Kamal Shehadeh on Tuesday launched a free smart tourism application during a press conference at the Tourism Ministry. Designed and developed by Rodolphe Khalat and Hanna Daoud, the app serves as a personal assistant powered by artificial intelligence, offering ...
LAF Denounces Leaks of Officer Reshuffle Details
This is Beirut 2025-08-12 12:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Lebanon Hezbollah Lebanese Army Beirut southern suburb intelligence
The Lebanese Army (LAF) addressed circulating reports following Monday’s announcement of a major reshuffle affecting 107 military positions. In a statement released Tuesday, LAF indicated that some media outlets, news websites, and social media platforms shared a leaked memo detailing the transfers and dismissals of officers, accompanied by ...
The Wilhelm Scream: Hollywood’s Most Recycled Scream Since 1951
Bélinda Ibrahim 2025-08-09 18:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Wilhelm Scream Cinema Hollywood Scream Sound
It barely lasts two seconds. It cuts through the chaos of a fall, an explosion or a surprise attack. Chances are, you’ve probably heard it hundreds of times without realizing it. It’s known as the “Wilhelm scream.” To this day, it’s the most recycled sound effect in film history. From Star Wars and Indiana Jones to Kill Bill and Toy ...
United Airlines Flights Grounded in the US
This is Beirut 2025-08-07 09:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
United States USA Washington United Airlines
Thousands of US air passengers were facing delays Wednesday after United Airlines halted many departures in the wake of a systemwide problem. So-called "mainline flights" -- those moving between major hubs -- were grounded for over an hour before engineers were able to get things up and running again. "We are working with customers to get them ...
Iran Executes Man Convicted of Spying for Israel: Judiciary
This is Beirut 2025-08-06 09:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Iran Execution Spy
Iranian authorities on Wednesday executed a man convicted of spying for Israel by passing on information about a nuclear scientist killed during the 12-day war with Israel in June, the judiciary said. "Roozbeh Vadi... was executed following judicial proceedings and confirmation of his sentence by the Supreme Court," the judiciary's Mizan Online ...