“Abtal Al Internet” by Google Helps Children Fight online Trolls and Scammers

Google has launched a cool platform named “Abtal Al Internet” in Arabic where children are taught to detect scammers and fraudsters on the internet. The platform is for free and has plenty of learning resources and interactive games on online safety for kids, parents and educators. One of the games challenges children to cross a river by answering 10 questions, where each helps kids develop good digital habits such as not buying stuff online from…

Beirut Mosque Launches Kindness Fridge Initiative

Al Daouk mosque on Bliss Street set up a fridge on the sidewalk whereas people can donate extra food and needy people could pick it up. This Kindness Fridge idea will hopefully help feed the hungry for free and encourage people to donate food instead of throwing it away. let's just hope it won't end up being vandalized like the Wall of Kindness was last year.

Someone Did the Math Behind Lebanese Governments’ Formation

Benjamin Redd, Journalist at the Daily Star, tweeted yesterday an interesting excel sheet showcasing the amount of times it took the past eight prime ministers to form their governments, the number of days from designation to formation, the numbers of days from formation to confidence or resignation and other insightful numbers. As of today, it's been 140 days since Hariri was designated to form a government, which is the third longest period we've spent in…

Alfa Telecom to Ship 460 Tons of e-Waste to Sweden

As of 2017, over 47 million tons of e-waste were generated and the numbers are rising annually by 4%. Unfortunately, only 20% of e-waste is subject to recycling and 80% are dumped in landfills or burned, knowing that e-waste accounts for nearly 70% of toxic waste. Telecom companies are always upgrading their network components and servers and for that sake, Alfa has decided to package all retired equipment and ship them to Sweden for recycling.…
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Generator Owners can Now Claim Insurance Fees

7 years ago
Negotiations between generator owners and the ministry of economy are still ongoing and the latest updates reveal that generator owners who installed meters can now charge customers insurance fees, starting with 100,000LL for 5-ampere subscription, ...
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#NotEverythingIsForSharing: Alfa’s Timely Reminder

7 years ago
It’s like every single day, countless new videos are shared online of people in situations they will most probably later regret. Most of the time, it’s the people concerned themselves that share something they later ...
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LBCI Launches Paid Subscription Service to Rewatch Episodes

7 years ago
Much to the discontent of TV viewers, LBCI surprised its fans by launching a couple of days ago a paid subscription service, to be able to rewatch the episodes of its programs. The news was ...
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Haret Hreik Lab Tests Show Water Contains Human Stools

7 years ago
A Haret Hreik resident sent a sample of his building’s water to test to have it checked, and the laboratory tests turned out to be horrific. Not only is the water not drinkable, but it ...
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