Hacker News with Generative AI: Middle East

Ask HN: Software devs who went to work to Middle East how did it go? (ycombinator.com)
Ask HN: Software devs who went to work to Middle East how did it go?
Why Arabs Lose Wars (1999) (meforum.org)
Arabic-speaking armies have been generally ineffective in the modern era.
Army Testing Robot Dogs Armed with AI-Enabled Rifles in Middle East (military.com)
The Army has sent at least one "robot dog" armed with an artificial intelligence-enabled gun turret to the Middle East for testing as a fresh counter-drone capability for U.S. service members, service officials confirmed.
Israel’s Pager Attacks Have Changed the World (nytimes.com)
Israel’s brazen attacks on Hezbollah last week, in which hundreds of pagers and two-way radios exploded and killed at least 37 people, graphically illustrated a threat that cybersecurity experts have been warning about for years: Our international supply chains for computerized equipment leave us vulnerable. And we have no good means to defend ourselves.
Turning Everyday Gadgets into Bombs Is a Bad Idea (bunniestudios.com)
I think turning everyday gadgets into bombs is a bad idea. However, recent news coverage has been framing the weaponization of pagers and radios in the Middle East as something we do not need to concern ourselves with because “we” are safe.
Exploding pagers injure hundreds in attack targeting Hezbollah members (cnn.com)
'The danger is definitely not over': ISIS is still here (ynetnews.com)
About 65,000 people were supposed to fill the Ernst-Happel Stadion in the Austrian capital on August 8 and fulfill a dream: to see Taylor Swift, the biggest pop star in the world.
Planted bomb, remote control and AI: How the Mossad killed Hamas' leader in Iran (axios.com)
The Assyrian Renaissance (archaeology.org)
MSFT reportedly banning Palestinians in the US for calling relatives in Gaza (windowscentral.com)
Houthi rebels are operating their own GuardZoo spyware (theregister.com)
As Iran Picks a President, a Nuclear Shift: Open Talk About Building the Bomb (nytimes.com)
Palestinian-American engineer accuses Meta of firing him over Gaza content (theguardian.com)
1956 Suez Crisis (wikipedia.org)
Ireland, Norway, and Spain to recognise Palestinian state next week (bbc.co.uk)
UN suspends Rafah aid distribution and warns US pier may fail (theguardian.com)
Tech companies are flocking to the Middle East (washingtonpost.com)
Lawmakers Admit They Want to Ban TikTok over Pro-Palestinian Content (rollingstone.com)
Israel shuts down local Al Jazeera offices (theguardian.com)
It's Not Just Gaza: Student Protesters See Links to a Global Struggle (nytimes.com)
Desert city of Dubai floods as UAE hit by heaviest rainfall in 75 years (theguardian.com)
Laser Rocket Anti-Drone Systems Being Rushed to U.S. Forces in the Middle East (twz.com)