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Nvidia Expands Into the CPU Market, Challenging Intel and AMD’s Longtime Dominance

Nvidia Expands Into the CPU Market, Challenging Intel and AMD’s Longtime Dominance

Nvidia is expanding into the traditional CPU market with its Vera processor, winning AI cloud startup Modal as a customer after early tests showed significant performance improvements over Intel and AMD chips.

Saudi Arabia Postpones Its Flagship Investment Conference as Houthi Attacks Threaten Vision 2030

Saudi Arabia Postpones Its Flagship Investment Conference as Houthi Attacks Threaten Vision 2030

Qatar Unveils Detailed Plan to End Lebanon’s Electricity Crisis Within Three Years

Qatar Unveils Detailed Plan to End Lebanon’s Electricity Crisis Within Three Years

Lebanon and Israel Meet in Florida as Washington Pushes for a Security Breakthrough

Lebanon and Israel Meet in Florida as Washington Pushes for a Security Breakthrough

Lebanon Launches National Digital Heritage Archive to Preserve Its Forgotten History

Lebanon Launches National Digital Heritage Archive to Preserve Its Forgotten History

Macron Blames Trump as France Burns, Deflecting Responsibility From His Immigration Policies

Macron Blames Trump as France Burns, Deflecting Responsibility From His Immigration Policies

Lebanon Prepares for Military Talks With Israel

Lebanon Prepares for Military Talks With Israel

Politics

Lebanon and Israel Meet in Florida as Washington Pushes for a Security Breakthrough

Lebanon and Israel Meet in Florida as Washington Pushes for a Security Breakthrough

Lebanese and Israeli military delegations are meeting at U.S. Central Command headquarters in Florida to discuss Israeli withdrawal, Hezbollah's disarmament and security arrangements in southern Lebanon.

Macron Blames Trump as France Burns, Deflecting Responsibility From His Immigration Policies

Macron Blames Trump as France Burns, Deflecting Responsibility From His Immigration Policies

Lebanon Prepares for Military Talks With Israel

Lebanon Prepares for Military Talks With Israel

Trump Suspends New Russia Sanctions as Energy Crisis Reshapes U.S. Policy

Trump Suspends New Russia Sanctions as Energy Crisis Reshapes U.S. Policy

France Burns as the Palestinian Flag Flies Over Paris

France Burns as the Palestinian Flag Flies Over Paris

Another Sovereignty Scandal: Mihrac Ural Taken From Lebanon Into Syrian Custody

Another Sovereignty Scandal: Mihrac Ural Taken From Lebanon Into Syrian Custody

Rubio Warns Aoun: Hezbollah’s Seized Explosives Must Not Be Returned

Rubio Warns Aoun: Hezbollah’s Seized Explosives Must Not Be Returned

Economy

Qatar Unveils Detailed Plan to End Lebanon’s Electricity Crisis Within Three Years

Qatar Unveils Detailed Plan to End Lebanon’s Electricity Crisis Within Three Years

Qatar has proposed a comprehensive electricity investment program for Lebanon, including two 825-megawatt gas-fired power plants, a 20-year LNG supply agreement, 800 megawatts of solar energy, 440 megawatts of wind power and electricity imports from Syria.

Anthropic Forecasts Extraordinary AI-Driven Growth

Anthropic Forecasts Extraordinary AI-Driven Growth

IMF Warns of Growing Global Economic Risks

IMF Warns of Growing Global Economic Risks

Qatar Announces Major Electricity Investment in Lebanon

Qatar Announces Major Electricity Investment in Lebanon

IMF Forecasts Middle East Economy Will Contract 1.3% in 2026

IMF Forecasts Middle East Economy Will Contract 1.3% in 2026

Qatar’s Prime Minister Visits Beirut With Reported Plan to Address Electricity Crisis

Qatar’s Prime Minister Visits Beirut With Reported Plan to Address Electricity Crisis

U.S. Inflation Jumps to 3.7% as Energy Shock Reaches American Consumers

U.S. Inflation Jumps to 3.7% as Energy Shock Reaches American Consumers

Culture

Lebanon Launches National Digital Heritage Archive to Preserve Its Forgotten History

Lebanon Launches National Digital Heritage Archive to Preserve Its Forgotten History

Lebanon has launched a national digital heritage archive inviting residents and the diaspora to contribute historical photographs, family letters, oral histories, traditional songs and other records of the country's past.

The Traditional Lebanese Houses Being Replaced One Building at a Time

The Traditional Lebanese Houses Being Replaced One Building at a Time

Why Do Lebanese Ask “Where Are You From?” When They Mean Your Village?

Why Do Lebanese Ask “Where Are You From?” When They Mean Your Village?

Two Forgotten Palaces: The Mansions That Remember Zokak el-Blat’s Golden Age

Two Forgotten Palaces: The Mansions That Remember Zokak el-Blat’s Golden Age

Lebanon Before Modern Medicine: The Remedies Lebanese Families Relied On

Lebanon Before Modern Medicine: The Remedies Lebanese Families Relied On

The Jewish Beiruti Feminist the Nahda Forgot

The Jewish Beiruti Feminist the Nahda Forgot

How Lebanese Food Changed After Traveling Around the World

How Lebanese Food Changed After Traveling Around the World

Technology

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Flying Cars Are Finally Here: Elon Musk Just Made One Fly

Trump Shares AI Accord Signed With Leading Tech Executives

OpenAI Launches “Always-On” AI Agents as the Industry Moves Beyond Chatbots

OpenAI Scraps Planned GPT-6.1 Astra Release After It Fails Internal Safety Tests

The UAE Launches Initiative to Train One Million Lebanese in Artificial Intelligence

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Nvidia Expands Into the CPU Market, Challenging Intel and AMD’s Longtime Dominance

Saudi Arabia Postpones Its Flagship Investment Conference as Houthi Attacks Threaten Vision 2030

Houthi Attacks Threaten Saudi Arabia’s Economic Ambitions

Lebanon’s Businesses Are Growing Again, So Why Does the Economy Still Feel Broken?

Samsung Just Reported What Could Be the Largest Quarterly Profit in Technology History