Arab News, Dashcams gaining popularity among Saudi Arabia’s motorists This is an interesting subject, in terms of the religious permissibility of dashcams. I will look out for some fatwas. "With Saudi Arabia’s high rate of road fatalities and the alarming rise in road rage ...
Arab News, ID card to help visitors at the Two Holy Mosques launched "The presidency confirmed on Sunday that the card also contains interactive maps, noting that the agency was keen to provide all services using the latest technologies in order to help visitors to the Two Holy Mosques “perform their rites ...
Arab News, Saudi administrative court goes fully digital "A court in Saudi Arabia will become the first in the Kingdom to become fully digital when it moves online on Friday." Includes shari'ah provision
Arab News, Saudi cybersecurity initiative launched as part of International Women’s Day "The initiative, called Wamda, will involve high-profile individuals and cybersecurity experts working in a voluntary capacity to transfer their experience to Hemaya’s female members as a way to empower women and to ...
Arab News, Saudis join hands with world youth to develop digital games, 8 Feb 2022 "Around 500 Saudis participated at the Global Game Jam held last month across the Kingdom in seven cities — Riyadh, Jazan, Abha, Hail, Madinah, Jeddah and Al-Ahsa — to compete in creating digital games. "
Arab News, With Hejazi, Najdi dialects, Amazon’s Alexa goes hyperlocal in Saudi Arabia
"The speaker, which syncs with the tech shopping giant’s virtual assistant Alexa, now communicates not only in generic Saudi Arabic but in the Hejazi dialect of Jeddah, the Najdi dialect ...
Arab News, 49% Saudi parents use apps to monitor kids’ online activity: Study
"Experts reckon children are more technically advanced than previous generations, naive about online security, safety.
"Cyberfeminism is seemingly taking a dynamic shape ...
Arab News, Call for women to apply to Apple academy in Riyadh
"Tuwaiq Academy, which was included in Apple’s Authorized Training Center for Education (AATCE) program last November, said on its website that the program was open to all females, regardless of coding knowledge or ...
Arab News, Bullied greengrocer finds wide support from Saudi community "For more than three days, the name “Um-Ziyad” has been the talk of the town after a video by a so-called social activist circulated on various platforms portraying the greengrocer in the most negative light, ...
Global Voices Online, Saudi court reduces sentence of prominent doctor held since 2017
"After three years of incarceration, travel bans, and torture, prominent U.S.-Saudi physician and TV presenter Dr. Walid Fitaihi’s case has ...
Al Jazeera, Canada's lawmakers grant citizenship to Saudi blogger Badawi
"Members of Canada’s House of Commons decided to grant citizenship to Saudi blogger Raif Badawi, who has been imprisoned in his home country for nine years ...
Arab News, Digital museum brings historic Saudi images back to life
Al-Masmak Digital Museum
"Omar Murshid, who set up Al-Masmak Digital Museum a decade ago, has been painstakingly transforming old black-and-white photographs ...
BBC News, Loujain al-Hathloul: Saudi woman activist jailed for five years
"A prominent Saudi female activist, who campaigned for women's right to drive, has been sentenced to more than five years in prison."
Asharq Al-Awsat, WEF Report: Saudi Arabia Among Top 10 Countries in Digital Literacy
"Saudi Arabia has made progress in the Global Competitiveness Report (GCR) for the year 2020, issued by the World Economic Forum (WEF), ...
Google doodle marks Saudi Arabia’s 90th National Day https://t.co/nTWuTspieN
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