Saudi's tech investments pay off in coronavirus battle (CIO)

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Good to read how a countries embracement of digital services have proven to be more essential than ever in today's times. Which is nice as I'm sure some will read that title and expect to read about financial investments profiteering from a disaster as we usual read and one of those titles that if people had to guess the associated article - may well lean another way.

I agree. Title is true but my mind read it differently, most likely my unconscious bias shining through.

It does seem odd that only 75% of Saudi residents have accessed the Internet in 2018.

I wonder if is this a result of an aged population or restricted access from an authoritative/religious regime. I thought that Saudi Arabia was one of the wealthiest countries in the world and as such having 25% of the population not accessing the Internet seems wrong.

That site has so many ads. Anyway drones takes people's temperature and implementing measures sounds pretty nebulous. ambiguous tech talking points.

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