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US-China battle for tech dominance heats up

Amidst a larger trade war, the race to establish dominance in the AI industry is in full flow, the winner likely to set the rules of the game. A recent meeting in Beijing is evidence of its importance

Marco Mossad 18 March 2025
This picture taken and released on May 30, 2024 by Taiwan's Central News Agency (CNA) shows NVIDIA's founder and CEO Jensen Huang speaking to the press at a night market in Taipei. AFP

What could stop the Nvidia frenzy?

Two contradictions could stymie the AI chipmaker-in-chief

The Economist 07 September 2024
The gaming industry is having to recalibrate after the lockdown boosted user and revenue figures. Shutterstock

The ‘Zoom boom’ left gaming giddy. Now it's sobering up

After the world reopened, the gaming sector's heyday came to an end. Now, the leading firms are making layoffs to get in shape.

Khaled Kassar 10 March 2024
The World Bank says Palestine's tech sector has unrealised potential that, if appropriately harnessed, can lead to more job creation and boost economic growth. Ewan White

Despite Gaza war, Palestine’s tech sector remains an avenue of hope and opportunity

The World Bank says Palestine's tech sector has unrealised potential that, if appropriately harnessed, can lead to more job creation and boost economic growth

Lina Khatib 21 December 2023
The bluebird is gone but it will live on in the hearts of loyal Twitter users who are less than enthusiastic about Musk's all-encompassing platform X. Will his crazy bet pay off? Only time will tell. Reuters

Twitter's rebrand to X is more than a cosmetic change

The bluebird is gone but it will live on in the hearts of loyal Twitter users who are less than enthusiastic about Musk's all-encompassing platform X. Will his crazy bet pay off? Only time will tell.

Khaled Kassar 25 July 2023
While universities around the world grapple with generative AI in the classrooms come fall semester, Arab academics and students have already got a headstart. Nash Weerasekera

How the Arab world is adopting a proactive approach to AI

While universities around the world grapple with generative AI in the classrooms come fall semester, Arab academics and students have already got a headstart 

Alfred J. Naddaff 19 July 2023
American scholar Kate Eichhorn believes that forgetting has become impossible in the digital age, which documents all of our movements. Shadi Alaa Aldin reviews her book, "The End of Forgetting". Shutterstock

The end of forgetting: Is social media holding us hostage to our pasts?

American scholar Kate Eichhorn believes that forgetting has become impossible in the digital age, which documents all of our movements. Shadi Alaa Aldin reviews her book, "The End of Forgetting".

Shadi Alaa Aldin 16 June 2023
Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks under an image of Apple Vision Pro at Apple Park in Cupertino, California, U.S. June 5, 2023. Reuters

Apple Vision Pro: The eyes of the future

It represents a significant AR/VR technology advancement. Its seamless blend of mixed reality experiences, powerful hardware, and extensive app ecosystem make it a compelling offering in the market.

Abdel-Rahman Ayas 15 June 2023
Hinton's greatest concern is that governments and power-hungry companies would seek to monopolise AI technology or if the technology fell into the wrong hands. Nash Weerasekera

When artificial intelligence becomes a nightmare

Hinton's greatest concern is that governments and power-hungry companies would seek to monopolise AI technology or if the technology fell into the wrong hands

Khaled Kassar 05 May 2023
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Trump-Putin meeting already seen as a win for the Kremlin

14 August 2025

Putin heads to Alaska, marking his first visit to the US in a decade and his first meeting with a US president since June 2021, when he shook hands with Biden in Geneva

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Tom Barrack: the businessman with a huge Middle East remit

08 August 2025

Donald Trump's ambassador to Türkiye and envoy to Syria has been having some critical conversations in regional capitals since April, from disarming Hezbollah to preventing another war with Israel

Omer Onhon
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Instead of respite, Gaza's war-torn brace for full Israeli occupation

16 August 2025

After nearly two years of bombing, death, and displacement, a further mass evacuation order from the north to the south is pending, with the Israeli endgame being the settlement of the Strip

Salem Al Rayyes
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How Vision 2030 diversified the Saudi economy

16 August 2025

In the second instalment of a two-part series, Al Majalla looks at how Saudi Arabia moved from a horizontal to a vertical development model, powered by an ambitious package of reforms

Hussein al-Sharaa
Syrian Defence Minister Murhaf Abu Qasra and Turkish Defence Minister Yaşar Güler hold up an MOU on security cooperation in Ankara on August 13, 2025. Syrian Foreign Ministry
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The implications of expanded Syria-Türkiye military ties

15 August 2025

Israel has made clear its objection to Turkish military bases in Syria. Could a recently signed MOU between Ankara and Damascus to boost security cooperation threaten Türkiye's good ties with the US?

Omer Onhon

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