Voices in the Dark: How Iranians Stay Connected Amid Internet Blackout

When the internet went dark across Iran, silence was not an option. From Tehran’s bustling streets to small towns tucked away in the mountains, ordinary citizens began piecing together ways to stay connected because for them, communication is survival. For Zahra, a university student, the blackout meant losing access to her online classes and the…

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Israeli AI startup Wonderful raises another $100 million, valued at $700 million

JERUSALEM, Nov 11 (Reuters) – Israeli startup Wonderful, whose platform allows companies to manage AI agents serving customers across voice, chat, and email in any language, on Tuesday said it had raised another $100 million in a private funding round.It was the second financing round for Wonderful, whose AI agents adapt output to local cultures….

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The bacteria turning waste plastic into painkillers

Earlier this year an extraordinary new way of using waste plastic made headlines. A common bacterium was genetically engineered to eat a plastic-derived molecule and then digest it to produce the everyday painkiller, paracetamol. The microbe used by Stephen Wallace, professor of chemical biotechnology at the University of Edinburgh, was Escherichia coli, better known as…

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