As a young immigrant in Brooklyn, Mo Shaikh often pondered over his father’s taxi earnings. His father would say he made $ 100, but Shaikh couldn’t understand why only $ 60 made it home. (The rest, he learned, went to intermediaries.) This early experience sparked his curiosity about financial systems, but also their shortcomings and […]
Payroll startup Cercli inks $4M to build the “Rippling for the Middle East and North Africa”
While scaling and managing teams at two of the largest unicorns in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, Akeed Azmi and David Reche stumbled on what they believed was a $ 2 billion opportunity. They realized that their former employers at Careem and Kitopi as well as other local businesses in the region struggled with payroll management […]
“My ID Is Gangnam Beauty” Actress Once Had A Full Grown Man Pursue Her In Middle School
My ID is Gangnam Beauty actress Im Soo Hyang once appeared on Radio Star and shared that she used to be pursued by older men all the time, even when she was in elementary and middle school. Actress Im Soo Hyang in “My ID Is Gangnam Beauty.” | JTBC When one of the show hosts mentioned that, […]
Loft Orbital forms joint venture with UAE-based firm to scale satellite production in the Middle East
A holding company affiliated with an Emirati royal family is injecting a new joint venture between Abu Dhabi-based Marlan Space and startup Loft Orbital with over $ 100 million to grow the region’s domestic satellite manufacturing capabilities. The joint venture, called Orbitworks, will be the first commercial firm in the United Arab Emirates to mass […]
Students From Yet Another Middle School Caught Creating And Spreading Explicit Photos Of Their Classmates
Another case of middle school students using AI and deepfake technology to create and distribute inappropriate images of their peers has come to light. This time, the incident occurred in Hadong County, Gyeongnam, following a similar situation in Busan. The case involves five students from a local middle school who allegedly used deepfake technology to […]