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SUBCO Weighs Australia Cable Ship As Repair Capacity Shifts Toward 2030

Morocco Names Fatima Zahra Mansouri as First Woman Prime Minister

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SUBCO Weighs Australia Cable Ship As Repair Capacity Shifts Toward 2030

SUBCO is considering an uncrewed survey vessel and a US$165 million cable-laying ship as Australia looks for more certain submarine cable survey and repair capacity beyond 2030.

#submarine cables #Australia connectivity #SUBCO

October 7, 2026Read More →

Morocco Names Fatima Zahra Mansouri as First Woman Prime Minister

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Morocco Names Fatima Zahra Mansouri as First Woman Prime Minister

King Mohammed VI appointed Fatima Zahra Mansouri to form Morocco’s next government after PAM led the election results, setting up coalition talks and a policy agenda tied to jobs, wages, inflation and 2030 World Cup investment.

#Morocco #Fatima Zahra Mansouri #PAM

September 30, 2026Read More →

Trump Rejects Iran Offer to Reopen Strait of Hormuz

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Trump Rejects Iran Offer to Reopen Strait of Hormuz

Trump rejected an Iranian proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz within seven days, keeping pressure on Tehran as nuclear and regional-war demands remain unresolved.

#Strait of Hormuz #Iran #United States

September 27, 2026Read More →

IBM Buys Logiq to Deepen UK Cybersecurity Work in Regulated Sectors

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IBM Buys Logiq to Deepen UK Cybersecurity Work in Regulated Sectors

IBM UK has acquired Logiq Consulting, adding NCSC-assured cybersecurity, Secure by Design and sovereign collaboration expertise for defence, critical infrastructure and public-sector clients.

#IBM #cybersecurity #UK public sector

September 25, 2026Read More →

UPI Fee Shift Puts India’s Free Payment Habit To A Market Test

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UPI Fee Shift Puts India’s Free Payment Habit To A Market Test

India’s new MDR framework will charge select higher-value UPI merchant payments from October 15, creating a revenue pool for banks and payment firms while testing merchant acceptance.

#UPI #India payments #MDR

September 21, 2026Read More →

Shanghai Hull Points To Possible China Underwater-Drone Mothership

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Shanghai Hull Points To Possible China Underwater-Drone Mothership

Satellite imagery of a 200-metre Shanghai hull suggests a possible support ship for China’s large uncrewed underwater vehicles, though analysts say the role remains unconfirmed.

#underwater drones #uncrewed underwater vehicles #China technology

September 18, 2026Read More →

Swiss Agencies Put Microsoft 365 Exit On Two Speeds

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Swiss Agencies Put Microsoft 365 Exit On Two Speeds

Switzerland is testing openDesk as a sovereign workplace fallback for federal staff while military cyber units accelerate a Microsoft 365 replacement for sensitive work.

#Microsoft 365 #openDesk #Switzerland

September 15, 2026Read More →

Atoms Turns $1.7 Billion Round Toward Autonomous Talent And Uber Talks

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Atoms Turns $1.7 Billion Round Toward Autonomous Talent And Uber Talks

Travis Kalanick’s Atoms is hiring autonomous-vehicle engineers after a $1.7 billion round, while early Uber talks test how far its industrial AI work could extend into ride-hailing.

#Atoms #Uber #Travis Kalanick

September 7, 2026Read More →

UAE Extends Government Modernization Model To Syria As Trade Jumps

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UAE Extends Government Modernization Model To Syria As Trade Jumps

A Syrian executive leadership program in the UAE ties government modernization training to a wider bilateral relationship marked by $1.4 billion in non-oil trade.

#UAE #Syria #Government Modernization

September 7, 2026Read More →

Baladi Map Logs Lebanon Infrastructure Complaints in Public Civic Record

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Baladi Map Logs Lebanon Infrastructure Complaints in Public Civic Record

The National reported that Roy Bou Nassif built Baladi Map after a crumbling wall in Ardeh highlighted how local infrastructure complaints can remain unresolved for years.

#Lebanon #Baladi Map #civic technology

August 30, 2026Read More →

Take-Two Seeks Discord And GitHub Data In GTA 6 Leak Fight

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Take-Two Seeks Discord And GitHub Data In GTA 6 Leak Fight

Take-Two Interactive asked a New York federal court for DMCA subpoenas covering Discord accounts and a Microsoft-owned GitHub repository tied to new GTA 6 leaks. The requests seek identity and account data by Sept. 4 as Rockstar prepares a Nov. 19 launch.

#GTA 6 #Take Two Interactive #Discord

August 24, 2026Read More →

Hidden Zillow Listings Suit Turns Broker Inventory Fight Into Antitrust Case

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Hidden Zillow Listings Suit Turns Broker Inventory Fight Into Antitrust Case

Ars Technica reported that New York renters accuse Compass of hiding enough rental listings from StreetEasy to create an artificial supply shock and raise Manhattan rents.

#antitrust #Zillow #Compass

August 23, 2026Read More →