As Saudi Arabia spends $38B to become the “ultimate global hub” for gaming and esports by 2030, critics point to its anti-LGBTQ laws and question its intentions
Nick El Hajj / Associated Press : Bluesky: @paul.bsky.social . Twitter: @staniselsborg and @staniselsborg Bluesky: @paul.bsky.social : KSA is literally spending money on everything to see what sticks...
Profile of Manal al-Sharif, a technologist whose social media activism pressured Saudi Arabia to let women drive and who now informs people about digital rights
Joel Khalili / TechRadar : Tweets: @jkfruit . Thanks: @techradarpro Tweets: Joel Khalili / @jkfruit : My profile of Manal al-Sharif, whose activism was pivotal in forcing the Saudis to grant women th...
Jeff Bezos beat the National Enquirer by bypassing media and appealing directly to regular people, retaliating with the brutal efficiency used to build Amazon
Brad Stone / Bloomberg : Tweets: @bradstone , @ashleevance , @jackposobiec , @nkulw , @stevekopack , @ritholtz , @gregotto , @tomgara , @benyt , @jbarro , and @bradstone Tweets: Brad Stone / @bradsto...
SensorTower data shows Clubhouse has been downloaded 1.1M times in the Middle East, where its users see it as an open forum to discuss politics and taboo issues
New York Times : Tweets: @abdu , @curdistani , @nytimes , @asadabukhalil , @shahselbe , @rickgladstone , @naderalihashemi , @freddydeknatel , @mairavz , @farnazfassihi , and @evelyndouek Tweets: @abd...
A researcher found NSO Group's contact tracing system, codenamed “Fleming”, unprotected on the Internet, NSO says system was a demo, hence not a security lapse
As countries work to reopen after weeks of lockdown, contact-tracing apps help to understand the spread of the deadly coronavirus strain, COVID-19. Tweets: @lorenzofb , @rj_gallagher , @campuscodi , @...
UN experts say Saudis likely used NSO Group's Pegasus mobile spyware to hack Jeff Bezos' phone in May 2018, six months after the Saudis obtained the spyware
United Nations experts are calling for an investigation after a forensic report said Saudi officials “most likely” …
Jeff Bezos' security chief says his investigation concluded with high confidence that Saudi Arabia “had access to Bezos' phone, and gained private information”
These are not April Fool items. Bobby Hellard / IT PRO : Jeff Bezos allegedly hacked by Saudi Arabia Duncan Riley / SiliconANGLE : Security consultant claims Jeff Bezos' phone was hacked by Saudi Arab...
After Khashoggi's murder, Saudi Arabia and SoftBank seem unlikely to lose out on many deals; sources say a $500M Softbank-led investment in Flexport is underway
Axios : Tweets: @billkristol , @joenbc , @alex , and @teddyschleifer See also Mediagazer Tweets: Bill Kristol / @billkristol : Tom Barrack, on Lincoln's birthday in Dubai: “Whatever happened in Saudi...
Sources: Saudis groomed a Twitter employee to spy on accounts of dissidents; he was investigated and fired in Dec. 2015 after Western intelligence warnings
Some years ago an investor I met at a TechCrunch … Jordyn Holman / Bloomberg : McKinsey Is ‘Horrified’ That Saudi Arabia Report May Have Been Misused CNET : Twitter employee may have spied on users fo...
Sources: Saudis groomed a Twitter employee to spy on accounts of dissidents; he was investigated and fired in Dec. 2015 after Western intelligence warnings
Each morning, Jamal Khashoggi would check his phone to discover what fresh hell had been unleashed while he was sleeping.