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Orange Jordan Launches an Unprecedent Home Experience Combining Education, Entertainment, and Sports with High-Speed Internet
“Spending Time at Home Just Got Better” Orange Jordan launched its “Spending Time at Home Just Got Better” campaign, introducing a distinguished range of Fiber and 5G Home offers in conjunction with the beginning of the new academic year alongside the 2026-2027 sports season. Bringing together education, entertainment, sports, and connectivity, this step unlocks an integrated digital experience that responds…
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Consumer sentiment edges up to near pre-Iran war level
Consumer sentiment rose slightly in August to close to the level it stood at before the Middle East conflict stoked concerns about the cost of living, a survey showed. The Credit Union Consumer Sentiment Survey rose to 63.2 from 61.6 in July. The index stood at 65.2 in February before dropping to a 40-month low of 53.3 in April following…
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Mortgage approvals reached 15-year monthly high in July
Mortgage approvals reached their highest monthly levels in at least 15 years in July, latest figures from Banking & Payments Federation Ireland (BPFI) show. BPFI said first-time buyers (FTBs) continued to drive approvals, accounting for over half (3,575) of the 6,253 mortgages approved during the month. The total number of approvals was 14.4% higher than July 2025. Those remortgaging and…
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Stripe, Advent consortium said to drop pursuit of PayPal – Bloomberg
A consortium of payment processor Stripe and buyout firm Advent has decided to abandon its pursuit of fintech pioneer PayPal, Bloomberg News has reported, citing people familiar with the matter. PayPal, Stripe and Advent declined to comment on the Bloomberg report. The payments company, once the crown jewel of American financial technology, received a $60.50-per-share bid from Stripe and private…
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Zain Sponsors the Desert Screening of “Shadow of the Falcon” in Wadi Rum
Amman, August 27th, 2026: Zain Jordan sponsored the desert screening of the film “Shadow of the Falcon”, held in Wadi Rum in cooperation with the Royal Film Commission – Jordan, as part of the activities of Amman International Film Festival – Awal Film. The screening was attended by HRH Princess Rym Ali, HRH Prince Abdullah bin Ali, and HRH Princess…
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Unexpected chat between OpenAI agents led to Hugging Face hack
When more than 1,200 artificial intelligence (AI) agents within OpenAI started unexpectedly communicating, it led to a large group banding together in order to hack into Hugging Face. “We consider this incident a ‘warning shot’ for us and for the world”, OpenAI, which owns ChatGPT, wrote in its report. In July, OpenAI’s models went rogue during a test, escaped the…
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Why Tesla has been caught up in a massive car recall in China
Hidden car door handles – the sleek designs often found on electric vehicles (EVs) – have come under the spotlight over the past week. That’s after China announced its biggest ever recall of cars, with more than four million vehicles – mostly Teslas – affected. The recall comes ahead of new regulations in China, requiring cars to have a mechanical…
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Xbox boss ‘thinking about affordability’ of next-gen console
Xbox chief executive Asha Sharma says the gaming giant needs to be “thinking about” affordability for its next-generation console, amid a “crisis” in computing prices. In an interview with the BBC, she said rising hardware costs partly driven by AI spending mean firms need to find ways to make gaming affordable. She also revealed gamers will soon be able to…
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Nvidia revenue doubles on continued AI demand
Chip giant Nvidia has reported another huge jump in sales as the global push to build artificial intelligence (AI) systems continues at a rapid pace. The company said on Wednesday that it brought in $96bn (£71bn) of revenue during the second quarter, more than double the amount for the same period a year earlier. And it expects revenue of $108bn…
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Exxon made $160 million per day last quarter as oil prices surged
Big Oil is minting money. ExxonMobil and Chevron, the two biggest US oil companies, reported gangbusters profits on Friday driven by the spike in global oil prices unleashed by the US-Iran war. Exxon raked in $14.5 billion in profit during the second quarter, more than doubling its year-earlier earnings and its highest haul since 2022 during the onset of the…
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