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Washington Weighs New Visit by Lebanese Army Chief
This is Beirut 2025-12-08 12:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon, Michel Issa, announced that discussions are underway for a new visit by the Lebanese army chief, Rodolphe Haykal, to Washington. The announcement follows his Monday meeting with Foreign Minister Youssef Raggi. The army commander’s visit had previously been canceled on November 18 due to a statement issued by the ...
Why Hezbollah’s Base Is Battling the President Digitally
Salam El Zaatari 25/01 12:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Lebanon Hezbollah Israel Joseph Aoun
If Lebanon were a normal country, the presidency would be the one place where politics slows down, where disputes are processed through institutions, where crises are turned into decisions, and where the state, at minimum, performs statehood. But Lebanon is not a normal country. And that is why the recent surge of pro-Hezbollah campaigning ...
From Messi to Trump: AI Action Figures Take Over Social Media!
This is Beirut 2025-04-19 16:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Artificial Intelligence Donald Trump Lionel Messi
The latest internet obsession is one impossible to escape on social media: images of well-known figures in plastic toy packaging, alongside evocative props... welcome to the meme of AI action figures. The figurines aren't real, but thanks to ChatGPT's new image generator, they look genuine, and they are flooding platforms from TikTok to ...
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)
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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 ...
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 ...
ChatGPT Adds Shopping Help, Intensifying Google Rivalry
This is Beirut 2025-04-29 18:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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OpenAI announced Monday that ChatGPT is now helping users find products online, enhancing its challenge to Google amid regulatory pressure on the search giant's market dominance. The new shopping capability further blurs the line between AI chatbots and search engines, signaling OpenAI's ambition to compete with Google in a market the ...
Google Faces Breakup Threat Over Chrome Monopoly
This is Beirut 2025-04-21 23:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
US government attorneys urged a federal judge Monday to make Google spin off its Chrome browser, arguing artificial intelligence is poised to ramp up the tech giant's online search dominance. The Department of Justice (DOJ) made its pitch at a hearing before District Judge Amit Mehta, who is considering "remedies" after making a landmark decision ...
AI-Generated Starter Packs and Ghibli Art Go Viral
This is Beirut 2025-04-20 10:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
There's no escaping them on social media—those plastic blister-packed figurine-style images complete with quirky accessories, known as “starter packs.” A playful trend, yes, but one that stirs deeper questions about copyright, environmental impact, and data privacy. One image shows a long-haired doll next to a tiny dog and an embroidery ...
Google Has Illegal Monopoly in Ad Tech, US Judge Rules
This is Beirut 2025-04-18 09:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
A US judge on Thursday ruled that Google illegally wielded monopoly power in the online ad technology market, in a legal blow that could rattle the tech giant's revenue engine. The federal government and more than a dozen US states filed the antitrust suit against Alphabet-owned Google, accusing it of acting illegally to dominate three sectors of ...
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 ...
US-China: the Clash of the Titans
This is Beirut 2025-04-17 11:35 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
As the trade war between the United States and China escalates, here is a point-by-point comparison of the world's two biggest economic powers. Geographic, demographic giants With a surface area of more than nine million square kilometres (3.5 million square miles) each, the United States and China rank among the world's four biggest ...
Europe Seeks to Break its US Tech Addiction
This is Beirut 2025-04-16 09:15 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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With President Donald Trump more unpredictable than ever and transatlantic ties reaching new lows, calls are growing louder for Europe to declare independence from US tech. From Microsoft to Meta, Apple to Uber, cloud computing to AI, much of the day-to-day technology used by Europeans is American. The risks that brings were hotly debated before ...
Meta Chief Zuckerberg Testifies at Landmark US Antitrust Trial
This is Beirut 2025-04-14 21:45 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Meta chief and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg took the stand Monday in a landmark US antitrust trial in which his social media juggernaut stands accused of abusing its market power to acquire Instagram and WhatsApp before they could become competitors. The start of the trial in a Washington federal court dashed the hopes of Zuckerberg that the ...
Meta Faces Landmark US Antitrust Trial
This is Beirut 2025-04-14 11:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Social media juggernaut Meta stands trial on Monday facing serious US government allegations that it abused its market power to acquire Instagram and WhatsApp before they could become competitors. By moving forward, the trial in a Washington federal court dashes the hopes of Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg that the return of Donald Trump to the White ...
AI surge to double data centre electricity demand by 2030
This is Beirut 2025-04-10 13:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Electricity consumption by data centres will more than double by 2030, driven by artificial intelligence applications that will create new challenges for energy security and CO2 emission goals, the IEA said Thursday. At the same time, AI can unlock opportunities to produce and consume electricity more efficiently, the International Energy Agency ...
US Targets Zuckerberg’s Social Media Empire
This is Beirut 2025-04-09 12:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Barring any eleventh-hour intervention, social media juggernaut Meta will stand trial next week facing serious US government allegations that it abused its market power to acquire Instagram and WhatsApp before they could become competitors. By moving forward, the trial in a Washington federal court dashes any hopes from Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg ...
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 ...
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 ...
OpenAI Secures $40 Billion to Fuel AI Breakthroughs and Open-Source Shift
This is Beirut 2025-04-01 13:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
OpenAI Artificial Intelligence SoftBank ChatGPT Sam Altman
OpenAI on Monday said it raised $40 billion in a new funding round that valued the ChatGPT maker at $300 billion, the biggest capital-raising session ever for a startup. The infusion of cash comes in a partnership with Japanese investment giant SoftBank Group and "enables us to push the frontiers of AI research even further," the San ...
Buying Brains: Meta’s $100M Bonuses Spark AI Talent War
This is Beirut 2025-06-30 12:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Meta Artificial intelligence Talent Race
Mark Zuckerberg and Meta are spending billions of dollars for top talent to make up ground in the generative artificial intelligence race, sparking doubt about the wisdom of the spree. OpenAI boss Sam Altman recently lamented that Meta has offered $100 million bonuses to engineers who jump to Zuckerberg's ship, where hefty salaries await. A few ...
YouTube Turns to AI to Guess Users' Age and Protect Minors
This is Beirut 2025-08-15 10:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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YouTube has started testing an artificial intelligence (AI) tool to identify the age of its users in the United States, in an effort to better protect minors from content and online habits considered inappropriate for them. "This technology will allow us to infer a user’s age and use that signal independently of the date of birth listed on the ...
Passwords Under Threat as Tech Giants Seek Tougher Security
This is Beirut 2025-08-13 09:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Fingerprints, access keys and facial recognition are putting a new squeeze on passwords as the traditional computer security method -- but also running into public hesitancy. "The password era is ending," two senior figures at Microsoft wrote in a July blog post. The tech giant has been building "more secure" alternatives to log in for years -- ...
Darth Vader’s Star Wars Lightsaber Goes to Auction
This is Beirut 2025-08-07 12:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Movies Star Wars Auction Britain United States Culture
Darth Vader's lightsaber, used to chop off Luke Skywalker's hand in Star Wars classic The Empire Strikes Back, went on display in London on Wednesday, ahead of its US sale next month. The prop has been described as the "Holy Grail" for Star Wars fans, with millions prepared to end up like Skywalker and give their right arm to own the iconic ...
AI Search Pushing an Already Weakened Media Ecosystem to the Brink
This is Beirut 2025-08-04 09:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Generative artificial intelligence assistants like ChatGPT are cutting into traditional online search traffic, depriving news sites of visitors and impacting the advertising revenue they desperately need, in a crushing blow to an industry already fighting for survival. "The next three or four years will be incredibly challenging for publishers ...
Should We Be Concerned About ChatGPT’s Impact on the Human Brain?
Bélinda Ibrahim 2025-07-10 15:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
AI ChatGPT MIT Study Brain Lazy Neurosciences
A team of researchers at the renowned Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), led by neuroscientist Nataliya Kosmyna at the MIT Media Lab, conducted a preliminary study to explore the effects of ChatGPT on brain activity. Their approach was notably unconventional—combining writing and memory tasks with 32-channel EEG (electroencephalogram) ...
AI Video Surges Ahead, Reshaping Hollywood and Creativity
This is Beirut 2025-07-08 12:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Gone are the days of six-fingered hands or distorted faces — AI-generated video is becoming increasingly convincing, attracting Hollywood, artists, and advertisers, while shaking the foundations of the creative industry. To measure the progress of AI video, you need only look at Will Smith eating spaghetti. Since 2023, this unlikely sequence — ...
After NATO Deal, How Far Will EU Go for Trade Peace with Trump?
This is Beirut 2025-06-27 09:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Donald Trump European Union Europe Tariffs
After satisfying Donald Trump's calls for Europe to ramp up defense spending in NATO, EU leaders in Brussels turned Thursday to the next big challenge ahead: how to seal a trade deal with the US leader. Time is running out. The European Union has until July 9 to reach a deal or see swingeing tariffs kick in on a majority of goods, unleashing ...
Trump Set to Meet Syrian Leader Ahead of Qatar Visit
This is Beirut 2025-05-13 20:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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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 ...
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 ...