Arab News, Mobily, Telecom Egypt to build the first submarine cable connecting Saudi Arabia to Egypt, 31 May 2022 "Etihad Etisalat Co., known as Mobily, has signed an initial agreement with Telecom Egypt to build the first submarine cable system to directly connect Saudi Arabia ...
Nice story, rather niche. I still have boxes of cassettes (somewhere). I still think it was a great format. I rather miss the Sony Walkman! C30-C60-C90 Go...
"AI-powered lie detectors and virtual border-guard interview bots have been piloted, as well as efforts to integrate ...
LiveLeak, the Infamous Site for Beheading Videos, Is Gone "Now, LiveLeak is gone, replaced with a softer sounding video website called ItemFix that eschews the violence and gore that made LiveLeak a staple of the dark side of the internet."
Sparsh Ahuja, Wired, Muslim scholars are working to reconcile Islam and AI
This represents some interesting challenges in relation to technology and religious authority. I'd be interested in supervising a PhD on this. There's lots of potential ...
""This yardstick in Islam is ...
Pervez Hoodbhoy, Dawn, Muslims and technology
"Technology for religious rituals is also becoming popular. For example, you may buy a small gadget called the SalatCard which uses proximity sensors to count the number of rakats performed during prayers. Also available ...
This product has been developed in Wales: Wales Online, Dad from Newport invents an interactive prayer mat that's being snapped up by Muslims from all over the world "Based in his office in Newport, Kamal and his colleagues sell interactive prayer mats for ...