Day: August 27, 2023

Minister of Foreign and Expatriates, Fayssal Mikdad, stressed the importance of caring about the interests of Syrian citizens abroad and providing them with the best services, in addition to strengthening communication with them continuously.

Meeting on Sunday with heads of Syrian diplomatic missions appointed in a number of brotherly and friendly countries who will carry out their tasks there in the coming days, Mikdad provided them with instructions related to Syria’s stances on various developments and political events in the region and the world.

He stressed the importance of taking care of the interests of Syrian citizens abroad and providing them with the best services in addition to enhancing communication with them continuously.

Source: Syrian Arab News Agency

President Bashar al-Assad issued the decree No.27 granting compensation of the work nature by 50% of the monthly salary at the date of starting work for engineers, veterinarians, geologists and geophysicists, whether permanent or contract workers.

President al-Assad also issued the decree No.28 stipulating for granting radiology, anesthesia and prosthetic technicians of the permanent or contract workers at the hospitals affiliated to the Ministers of Defense, Interior, Higher Education and Health, a compensation of the work nature by 50% of the monthly salary.

President al-Assad issued the decree No. 29 stipulating for amending Article No.106 of Syrian Airlines Employees Law issued by Decree No. 35 for the year 1979.

Source: Syrian Arab News Agency

Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) launched 22 Starlink Sattelites into space.

According to a statement from the corporation, the Falcon 9 rocket, carrying the sattelites, was launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Base, Florida.

The first phase of the rocket returned to Earth successfully about 8 minutes later, landing on a SpaceX drone stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.

SpaceX has launched more than 5,000 satellites to date.

Source: Qatar News Agency

The instant messaging platform WhatsApp announced the launch of a new feature that allows users to share photos and videos in the original resolution.

According to the company, users can share photos through the new feature with better quality than before.

The site published a screenshot showing that WhatsApp is already working on a new feature to send photos and videos in the original quality, specifically, a new entry point will be available within the document selection section that will allow users to easily select photos and videos from their application gallery.

WhatsApp explained that sharing these photos and videos will continue as documents, but WhatsApp is now making it easier to share them by allowing users to select media from the gallery without navigating through multiple lists or folders.

Source: Qatar News Agency

Google’ is preparing to launch an Artificial Intelligence (AI) feature titled ‘Help Me Write’, which aims at improving the quality of writing through Chromebook devices.

The company equips the creative writing and editing feature powered by AI for Chromebook devices, allowing users to improve the quality of writing across the entire operating system.

Google has already delivered these sorts of AI-powered writing and editing tools in some of their other apps like Gmail and Google Docs to help users easily improve their writing.

Additionally, the Google Messages app recently rolled out a “Magic Compose” feature that uses AI to help draft or edit replies. These moves each highlight Googles increasing focus on generative AI.

Source: Qatar News Agency