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Nonprofit March 14, 2023 Nonprofit Teams Meet at the AWS InMotion Nonprofit Conference
On March 14th, 2023, AWS hosted the AWS InMotion Nonprofit Event, bringing together nonprofit leaders, experts, and AWS professionals to share best practices and insights on how technology can help drive positive change in the nonprofit sector. The keynote speaker for the event was Allyson Fryhoff, managing director of nonprofit and nonprofit health at AWS. Other ...
Business EU Ireland UK February 28, 2023 UK, EU propose New Framework on Northern Ireland Border
| By Alexander Haidar | On February 27, 2023 the British Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, and President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen announced a tentative post-Brexit trade agreement concerning Northern Ireland.[i] The existing Northern Ireland Protocol is an agreement which came into effect in January of 2021 as part of the Brexit ...
AI Technology February 24, 2023 Positive and Negative Implications of NLP Artificial Intelligence
| By Alexander Haidar | Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been a rapidly evolving technological innovation of the 21st century whose full potential has yet to be realized. Recent advancements in machine learning has led to an AI model developed by researchers at MIT that can predict which patients are at high risk of developing lung ...
earthquake News Syria Turkey February 9, 2023 Massive Earthquake in Turkey and Syria; What happens next?  

| By Alexander Haidar |

On February 6, 2023, magnitude 7.8 earthquakes struck in the southern-Turkish city of Gaziantep, causing over 100 aftershocks of magnitude 4 or higher between Türkiye and Syria. Initial estimates suggest upwards of 10,000 people have been killed, with numbers expected to rise as many more are still trapped under debris of collapsed buildings. Several shocking videos released on social media sites show Turkish and Syrian citizens surveying the preliminary damage as aftershocks cause entire buildings to collapse in on themselves. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared a 3 month state-of-emergency in the 10 affected regions and mobilized 25,000 search and rescue personnel.

Energy Lebanon Middle East January 31, 2023 Lebanon Energy Market: Outlook and Opportunities

| By Alexander Haidar | Contents Introduction Over the course of the past decade, the economic situation in Lebanon has made life increasingly difficult for its population of roughly 6 million people.[1] Within the last few years in particular, Lebanon has gone from seeing a widespread social movement against the broken system of government; to …

Business Technology January 23, 2023 Amazon Cloud Gets More Global Thunder with New AWS Data Centers in US, Australia, and India
| By Alexander Haidar | On January 20, 2023, Governor Glenn Younkin of Virginia announced that the Amazon subsidiary Amazon Web Services (AWS) is planning to invest $35 Billion into expanding its operations in the state over the next seventeen years. According to the Director of Economic Development for AWS, investment from the company has ...
Technology November 18, 2022 MIT Creates 3D Printing Technique with Alloys for Extreme Environments
| By Alex Haidar |  MIT developers published a research paper in the peer-reviewed journal Additive Manufacturing which demonstrated the potential for metal components used in high-stress and temperature applications (such as turbine blades) to be 3D printed from a specially heat-treated nickel superalloy. Currently, air turbine blades are fabricated from solid castings of mixed ...
Energy Saudi Arabia Technology October 28, 2022 Saudi Arabia Moves Forward on NEOM Vision 2030 Project
| By Alex Haidar | Saudi Arabia is advancing the reality of its futuristic plans for developing 3 regional centers in Neom. The Kingdom considers the project to be a “revolution in civilization” and is part of the country’s diversification away from economic reliance on fossil fuels in its Vision 2030. Trojena Mountain Resort, NEOM ...
Energy Technology October 21, 2022 Li-Ion EV Battery Tech Advances
| By Alex Haidar | As governments and car manufacturers around the world shift their focus towards incentivizing and producing electric vehicles, lithium-ion cell manufacturers are looking for new ways to increase battery efficiency and performance.  In a new study published by Penn State University's Electrochemical Engine Center and Department of Mechanical Engineering and EC ...
Business Space October 8, 2022 NASA Small Business Conference
The NASA Office of Small Business Programs hosted a virtual business development conference on Thursday, October 6th 2022. The online event brought together NASA officials, industry prime contractors, and more than a hundred small business vendors to learn about NASA’s outreach programs to promote business partnerships with small businesses. The NASA team is looking to ...