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How Iran war is giving China an opening in Gulf drone market - AL-MONITOR: The Middle East's leading independent news source since 2012
2+ hour, 21+ min ago (767+ words) That plays right into Beijing's strength in a growing industry." Iran's attacks on its neighbors in the Gulf have injected new urgency into efforts to strengthen and localize air defense systems across Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain,…...
How Iran war is giving China an opening in Gulf drone market
2+ hour, 30+ min ago (820+ words) That plays right into Beijing's strength in a growing industry." Iran's attacks on its neighbors in the Gulf have injected new urgency into efforts to strengthen and localize air defense systems across Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain,…...
Iranian hackers' targeting of US critical infrastructure has escalated since start of war, US says
2+ mon, 4+ day ago (242+ words) April 7 (Reuters) - Iranian hacking campaigns targeting equipmentused across multiple U. S. critical infrastructure sectors are escalating in response to hostilities, U. S. cybersecurity, law enforcement and intelligence agencies said on Tuesday. The hackers are targeting publicly exposed programmable logic controllers and supervisory control and…...
Why Iranian drones are hard to stop
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (495+ words) Cheap and deadly, Iranian-designed Shahed drones have inflicted major damage in the Middle East war, and have anti-jamming and other capabilities that make them difficult to stop. - Offline navigation - Designed to explode on impact, Shahed drones connect to GPS to…...
Why have 1, 000 ships at times lost their GPS in the Mideast?
3+ mon, 3+ day ago (654+ words) The global positioning system (GPS) capabilities of cargo ships, oil tankers and other vessels stuck in the Middle East because of the widening war are likely worse than those in your cell phone. Experts say this deficiency explains why since…...
Hackers hit Iranian apps, websites after US-Israeli strikes
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (417+ words) March 1 (Reuters) - A wave of cyber-enabled operations took place early Saturday morning alongside the joint U. S. -Israeli attack on targets across Iran, according to cybersecurity experts and observers. The operations included the hacking of multiple news websites to display various messages…...
Israel approves upgrade to 4 G mobile services to Palestinians in West Bank
5+ mon, 5+ day ago (205+ words) JERUSALEM, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Israel has approved an upgrade to fourth-generation (4 G) mobile services for Palestinians in the West Bank, the Israeli Communications Ministry said on Tuesday. The ministry said the two Palestinian mobile operators - Jawwal and Ooredoo - and Swedish infrastructure firm…...
Youth, strong AI adoption make MENA leading region for smartphones: OPPO
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (132+ words) AL-Monitor Youth, strong AI adoption make MENA leading region for smartphones: OPPO Subscribe for less than $9/month to access this story and all Al-Monitor reporting. Create an account for a 7-day trial to access this article and all of AL-Monitor....
VR headsets take war-scarred children to world away from Gaza
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (532+ words) Children scarred by the war in Gaza are undergoing a therapy programme using virtual reality headsets that transport the youngsters to a world far away from the destruction around them. The VR therapy is aimed at improving the children's psychological…...
Israeli settlement plan would mark 'flagrant' breach of international law, UK's Lammy says
9+ mon, 3+ week ago (186+ words) LONDON (Reuters) -British foreign minister David Lammy said on Wednesday that a widely condemned Israeli settlement plan would, if implemented, constitute a breach of international law and risk dividing a future Palestinian state. The E1 project, which would bisect the occupied…...