1+ hour, 50+ min ago  (691+ words) As the US war with Iran continues to roil the Middle East, new research shared exclusively with WIRED shows that You Tube is hosting and possibly profiting from dozens of channels linked to US-sanctioned groups linked to the Iranian government,…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (206+ words) When Drake surprise-dropped a 43-track trilogy " one of them titled Habibti " last week, the Middle Eastern internet ballooned with think pieces dissecting his use of Arabic references. He mentions halal, deen, Ramadan and mashallah. He sampled Fairuz and called out…...

4+ week, 2+ hour ago  (923+ words) Egypt is preparing to reshape how children access the internet. In April, the country announced plans to launch a dedicated "child SIM" by June 2026, embedding parental controls, age-based social media restrictions and "secure internet packages" directly into telecom infrastructure. The…...

1+ mon, 6+ hour ago  (910+ words) For years, Gulf states have been racing to transform themselves into global AI and cloud computing hubs, investing tens of billions of dollars into the data centres powering artificial intelligence systems, government services and the digital economy. The ambition is…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (991+ words) Beneath the waters of the Strait of Hormuz lies a dense network of subsea cables carrying internet traffic, financial data and cloud services between the Gulf, Europe and Asia. Globally, those cables carry roughly 99% of internet traffic, making them one…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (951+ words) Tavajoh! Tavajoh! Tavajoh!" " Attention!" in Persian " a man's voice announces, before going on to narrate a string of numbers in no apparent order, slowly and rhythmically. After nearly two hours, it stops, only to resume again hours later. The broadcast…...

3+ mon, 3+ day ago  (466+ words) But even this sliver of connectivity is not immune from wartime disruption. "Within the limited connectivity that remains, multiple networks have experienced additional outages," Madory says, adding that technical failures caused by air strikes on Iran are likely responsible. Georgia…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (676+ words) On 8 January 2026, Iran shut down international internet access, mobile phone service, domestic text messaging and portions of the banking system as the Islamic Republic's regime faced its worst wave of mass protests, yet. Point-of-sale devices and ATMs went offline, demonstrating…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1655+ words) At around 9pm on January 8, Iran went offline. Across Tehran and cities throughout the country, internet and phone lines were cut without warning. Within minutes, people could no longer call or message loved ones, either inside Iran or beyond its borders....

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (644+ words) For most of the world, streaming services promise smooth access: click, pay and watch. In parts of the Middle East and North Africa, however, the reality is far more complicated. While global platforms such as Netflix and Spotify have expanded…...