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Connected: Elon Musk’s Starlink to bolster internet services in Qatar

Starlink Satellite will provide internet services in Qatar after signing an official agreement with Qatar’s Communications Regulatory Authority (CRA) on Wednesday. The new collaboration aims to develop Qatar’s Information and…

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Could Siri and Alexa be hindering your child’s emotional development? Scientists say yes

According to experts, voice technology might have a long-term effect on people’s capacity for empathy, compassion, and critical thought. Scientists believe that voice assistants, such as Google Home, Amazon Alexa,…

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Did Google just ‘predict’ the final for the FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar?

Tech giant Google has mistakenly declared the final of the Qatar World Cup, placing Brazil and France in the tournament’s finale. For a short amount of time, online users who…

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Snoonu launches new ‘Snoosend’ delivery service

Snoonu, Qatar’s fastest-growing delivery app, announced the launch of its new service ‘Snoosend’, a point-to-point delivery service that aims to transport items such as documents, food, packages, among other things from one…

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New eco-friendly transport: Karwa’s green plan

Qatar has taken one step closer to achieving its goal of reducing a huge portion of its carbon emissions by 2030, here’s how. The Gulf nation has succeeded in converting…

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Digital apartheid: how Palestinian voices are being suppressed online

Waze, the navigation app, previously called FreeMap Israel, has headquarters in Ra’anana city, which Palestinians were forcefully evicted from in 1948. In early September, Meta-owned WhatsApp banned a plethora of…

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Doha Renews: your inbox is affecting the environment, here’s how

A single email can be anywhere between 0.03g CO2e to 26g CO2e. The urgency given to how human activity affects the environment is growing with each passing year, and the…

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Therapy on call: how this telemental health app is changing mental health accessibility in Qatar

To date there have been no studies that attempt to prevent postpartum depression or anxiety among Arabic speaking women in the Middle East, including Qatar. When Khadija, 34, a Sudenese…

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Better camera, stronger watch, easy-to-find AirPods: All about Apple’s new releases

After a long and much-anticipated wait, the brand new iPhone Pro and iPhone Pro Max’s are here, and their new features are better than ever. With the “Dynamic Island” for…

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