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Divsha Bhat

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Technology Editor - Arabian Gulf Business Insight (AGBI)

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Tech giants in the Gulf are building super-apps to dominate digital life

Tech giants in the Gulf are building super-apps to dominate digital life

Talabat and Botim are following Careem's lead, rolling out everything from grocery delivery to digital wallet…

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For Gulf businesses, chatbots are a difficult conversation

For Gulf businesses, chatbots are a difficult conversation

Gulf businesses are increasingly using chatbots for customer service, but as this frustrates 80% of their cli…

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Reality still beats deepfake technology ... for now

Reality still beats deepfake technology ... for now

Technology experts are confident that artificial intelligence-generated deepfakes will not dominate or replac…

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How cloud computing will serve as the foundation for business innovation

How cloud computing will serve as the foundation for business innovation

Public and private sectors are investing in cloud to improve their infrastructure and leverage this technolog…

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Here's how Israel is changing the way we travel

Here's how Israel is changing the way we travel

Nicknamed as 'the startup nation', Israel stands out as one of the world's most innovative countries. But how…

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Iran war: GPS jamming, spoofing upends delivery work in Gulf countries

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By Divsha Bhat
| Scroll.in Verified
This article was originally published in Rest of World, which covers technology’s impact outside the West. As war raged across the Persian Gulf in the first week of March, delivery driver Saeed Ahmed continued making deliveries in Dubai. Navigating down Al Asayel street, the 32-year-old driver for Lulu Hypermarket followed the blue navigation line on his phone as it guided him to a customer. Then, without warning, the route on his map shifted. The street he was on became invisible.
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In the Gulf, GPS jamming leaves delivery drivers navigating blind

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By Divsha Bhat, Michael Zelenko Verified
| Rest of World Verified
As war raged across the Persian Gulf in the first week of March, delivery driver Saeed Ahmed continued making deliveries in Dubai. Navigating down Al Asayel street, the 32-year-old driver for Lulu Hypermarket followed the blue navigation line on his phone as it guided him to a customer. Then, without warning, the route on his map shifted. The street he was on became invisible. Ahmed pulled over and called the customer. The address was correct. The map was not.
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China steers the Gulfs driverless future as US rivals stay home

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By Divsha Bhat
| MSN Verified
China is beating the United States in the race to control the Gulfs driverless car market. The latest win came last month when Chinese company WeRide secured an exclusive deal with Ras Al Khaimah, the northernmost of the United Arab Emirates, to build its entire transport system around driverless cars. The sleepy emirate preparing to become the Gulfs Las Vegas is betting on Chinese technology instead of traditional metros and buses.
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