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TikTok bets on ‘high-quality content’ as social media faces its ‘tobacco’ moment

3+ hour, 38+ min ago   (1155+ words) “That can be reflected in different ways, including whether people watch, engage, share, comment, follow the creator or come back for more,” she added. Social media in 2026 bears little resemblance to the platforms of the early 2000s. What began as a…...

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AI reshapes Pakistan’s software industry as entry-level roles decline by 25 percent

2+ week, 10+ hour ago   (746+ words) ISLAMABAD: Artificial intelligence is reshaping Pakistan’s software industry, cutting demand for routine coding and entry-level roles by at least 25 percent but also creating new opportunities in AI engineering, cloud computing and cybersecurity, a federal minister and industry stakeholders said this…...

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Meta says its AI model hacked another company, adding to worries about bots going rogue

2+ week, 17+ hour ago   (64+ words) Arab News Meta says its AI model hacked another company, adding to worries about bots going rogue Meta said Thursday that one of its artificial intelligence models accessed the Internet on its own and hacked another company, the latest in…...

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From free convenience to metered intelligence

2+ week, 20+ hour ago   (385+ words) The evolution of chatbots over the past decade reads less like a steady march of innovation and more like a cautionary tale about how quickly convenience can turn into dependency, and then into cost. In the early days, conversational AI…...

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Saudi Arabia ranks among top G20 performers in mobile internet speeds: report

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (352+ words) RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s median mobile internet download speed rose to 216 megabits per second (Mbps) in 2025 from 203 Mbps a year earlier, ranking the Kingdom among the top five G20 countries on the measure, according to a report released by the Communications, Space…...

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Pakistan, Meta sign agreement to promote online safety and digital literacy

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (220+ words) ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) said on Tuesday that it has signed a letter of intent (LoI) with global multinational technology firm Meta to promote online safety and digital literacy for millions of users across the country. Meta owns…...

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TikTok to roll out AI literacy tools, spam detection in MENA

1+ mon, 4+ day ago   (357+ words) LONDON: TikTok said it is rolling out new artificial intelligence literacy resources and testing enhanced spam-detection systems across the Middle East and North Africa as platforms face growing pressure to police synthetic content. “As artificial intelligence continues to transform the…...

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Saudi scouts launch unified digital platform

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (257+ words) RIYADH: The Saudi Arabian Scouts Association has launched a unified scouting data platform to automate scouting activities, improve organizational efficiency, and advance digital and institutional transformation. The platform aims to develop the Kingdom’s scouting system, unify procedures and data, and…...

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How to protect yourself from evolving cyber threats

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (208+ words) As digital interconnectedness now permeates every facet of our lives, the privacy and security of ordinary individuals are facing unprecedented challenges. Hackers, increasingly sophisticated in their methods, are now harnessing advanced technologies — including artificial intelligence — to automate and amplify attacks....

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Google disrupts NetNut proxy network used in malware operations

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (353+ words) Alphabet’s Google said on Thursday it weakened a network of Internet-connected devices being used to conceal ​and route malicious online traffic, acting against the NetNut residential proxy operator and the Popa botnet. Google took action in partnership with the FBI…...