Browsing: Middle East

Security researchers say they have identified a hack-for-hire group targeting journalists, activists, and government officials across the Middle East and…

The last time a government official from Lebanon sat down to think carefully about national digital infrastructure, nobody expected another…

If you haven’t heard of UpScrolled before, a brief primer: It’s a social media platform not too different from, say,…

Across the region, facilities tied to water and power—including desalination plants—have been damaged or exposed to risk as Iranian strikes…

Since March, Israeli attacks on Beirut and the occupation of southern Lebanon have displaced over 1 million people. Families are…

In Gaza, registering a death was once—as in most places around the world—a relatively simple administrative task. A body was…

Major US technology companies have been named as potential targets as the war between Iran, Israel, and the United States…

Over the past week, residents across the Gulf have watched missiles and drones cross the night sky—sometimes followed seconds later…

For more than six days, almost 90 million Iranians have been living under a total internet blackout. The shutdown comes…

On February 28, United States and Israeli forces launched a series of strikes on Iran, kicking off turmoil in the…

In the lead-up to the United States and Israel’s attack on Iran, prediction markets saw a frenzy of activity tied…

Uber’s delivery service pays for every pickup and drop-off as well as a per-mile rate, along with any tips given…

Shipping through the Strait of Hormuz—the narrow but vital oil trade route in the Middle East—has almost ground to a…

Alaqad says that because traditional media outlets pick and choose what to show their audiences, losing on-the-ground journalists means losing…

More recently, Iran has been a regular adversary in cyberspace—and while it hasn’t demonstrated quite the acuity of Russia or…

“The trade-off isn’t only ethical or economic,” Andreaux adds. “It’s also about reliability, privacy and personal security.”Abed Kataya, digital content…