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Egyptian Restaurants Struggle to Survive as Preparation Lags Behind

Egyptian Restaurants Struggle to Survive as Preparation Lags Behind

On Cairo streets, many restaurants open with optimism and close with startling speed. New signs go up overnight, and months later, the lights go off, replaced by another concept, another promise. In Egypt, the restaurant

Tech
Iraq corridor cable aims to link UAE and Turkey — Arabian Post

Iraq corridor cable aims to link UAE and Turkey — Arabian Post

  An Iraqi-Emirati consortium is advancing plans for a $700 million subsea and terrestrial data cable connecting the United Arab Emirates to Turkey through Iraq, signalling intensifying competition among Gulf states to dominate regional digital

Tech
Apple tests text-driven playlist creation tool — Arabian Post

Apple tests text-driven playlist creation tool — Arabian Post

Apple has rolled out a new feature in its latest iOS developer beta that allows users to generate customised Apple Music playlists using a simple text prompt, marking a deeper push into artificial intelligence-driven music

Tech
Krea AI secures $83m to streamline creative workflows — Arabian Post

Krea AI secures $83m to streamline creative workflows — Arabian Post

Krea, a San Francisco-based technology startup, has locked in a total of $83 million in funding aimed at building a unified generative AI platform for designers, artists and creative teams grappling with a fragmented ecosystem

Tech
WordPress.com unveils sweeping AI site builder — Arabian Post

WordPress.com unveils sweeping AI site builder — Arabian Post

Automattic has introduced an expansive artificial intelligence assistant for WordPress. com, enabling users to edit text, generate images and reshape site designs through conversational prompts, marking a decisive turn in how websites are created and

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WordPress.com’s ai assistant reshapes website creation — Arabian Post

WordPress.com’s ai assistant reshapes website creation — Arabian Post

WordPress. com has unveiled a powerful artificial intelligence assistant that allows users to build, edit and redesign websites simply by issuing natural language commands, a move that could redefine how millions of sites are created

Opinion
North Korea’s new Congress to reset weapons development goals

North Korea’s new Congress to reset weapons development goals

North Korea is set to unveil new weapons development goals at its Ninth Party Congress this month, amid assessments that Pyongyang has checked off only part of a sweeping list ‌of capabilities that leader Kim Jong-un targeted at its 2021 Congress. While nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles ​remain central to Kim’s strategy, analysts say ‌the more mixed record lies in the conventional systems that could sharpen North Korea’s ability to find ‌targets, coordinate forces and apply pressure below the nuclear ‌threshold — including drones, submarines and space-based surveillance. In his report ‌to the Eighth Party Congress, Kim urged development of a range of systems, including hypersonic weapons, a solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile, and military reconnaissance satellites and drones, according to state media. The full report also referred to the design of a new nuclear-powered submarine as being in its “final examination” stage, and said work had been completed on “unmanned striking equipment”, “means of reconnaissance and detection” and a “military reconnaissance satellite”, among other electronic weapons. Since 2021, state media has repeatedly shown Kim overseeing tests of reconnaissance drones, while urging that unmanned systems and artificial intelligence be prioritised for modern warfare. A September analysis by 38 North, a US think-tank, said North Korea is expanding its drone programme and production capacity. The Institute for National Security Strategy, a ​think-tank run by South Korea’s National Intelligence Service, also flagged in a September report Ukrainian officials’ claims that Russia set up production capacity in North Korea for Russian drones. “If this is true, North Korean-Russian drone co-operation goes beyond simple technology exchange and carries significant strategic implications ‌for the security environment on the Korean Peninsula and in Northeast Asia,” ​the report said, noting the “grave threat” posed to South Korea’s security apparatus. Kim has highlighted conventional strike ​capability as a core pillar, including “super-large” multiple rocket launcher drills and orders issued in late 2025 to increase production of rocket launchers that state media KCNA called the mainstay of modernised long-range artillery. South Korea’s military has also said North Korea supplied Russia with conventional systems such as 240mm rocket launchers and 170mm self-propelled howitzers, pointing to stockpiles and industrial capacity even under sanctions. In terms of its conventional arsenal, “the biggest achievement for Pyongyang was arms exports stemming from the Ukraine war,” said Yang Uk, a military expert at South Korea’s Asan Institute for Policy Studies. Massive exports of arms by North Korea cleared out its “dead stock” from wartime reserves and it is now “modernising step by step with resources freed up”, said Yang. In 2023, North Korea unveiled what it called a “tactical nuclear attack submarine” that ‌analysts said appears to be a modified Romeo-class ‌submarine, but South Korean officials questioned whether it was fully functional. In late December 2025, state media published photos of what it said was Kim inspecting the construction of an 8,700-tonne nuclear-powered submarine capable of launching surface-to-air missiles. Analysts say the submarine push signals intent, but that propulsion, sensors, weapons integration and crew proficiency remain major barriers for a heavily sanctioned state. “With submarines, they seem to have failed,” said Yang, arguing that after unveiling a new vessel in 2023, North Korea “still hasn’t even properly tested it, which suggests significant problems with submerging.” Claims of Russian support in submarine development are hard to prove, Yang said, adding that the bottleneck is integrating a nuclear reactor into a workable design. One of North Korea’s most consequential weapons ​goals from 2021 may be military reconnaissance from space. The country succeeded in putting its first military spy satellite in orbit in November 2023, though observers, including the US-based Heritage Foundation, said its capabilities were largely unknown. A later attempt to launch another reconnaissance satellite in May 2024 failed when the rocket exploded in flight. Kim vowed in a speech that the programme would continue, but Pyongyang has yet to announce any new launches. 

Business
Mubadala Investment Company Invests $50 Million in Egyptian E-Grocery Startup Breadfast

Mubadala Investment Company Invests $50 Million in Egyptian E-Grocery Startup Breadfast

  The UAE’s Mubadala Investment Company made an investment in Cairo-based startup Breadfast on 17 February 2026, as the rapidly growing e-grocery and delivery platform prepares for a global Initial Public Offering (IPO). Mubadala joined

Tech
Microsoft Teams expands AI-powered workflows with Copilot automation — Arabian Post

Microsoft Teams expands AI-powered workflows with Copilot automation — Arabian Post

Microsoft has completed the global rollout of a new AI Workflows feature within the Teams Workflows app that uses Microsoft 365 Copilot to help users automate complex tasks and daily operations, marking a significant advance

Firefox patch fixes critical heap overflow flaw — Arabian Post

Mozilla has issued an emergency update to its Firefox browser to address a critical heap buffer overflow vulnerability in the libvpx video codec library, urging users and organisations to apply the patch without delay. The