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In addition to Egypt, the Nile runs through or along the border of 10 other African countries. So that's where you can find it. But by some measurements, the Amazon is the longest river in the world. Which is longer is more a matter of definition than measurements. The Amazon runs from the bottom of Peru to the top and then heads east to the top of Brazil.

It lowered prices in Middle Eastern countries like Yemen and Iran, Sub-Saharan African markets like Kenya, and European territories such as Croatia and Bulgaria, and obviously more. Ms. Krouse notes that the cuts apply to certain tiers of Netflix in those markets, in some cases halving the cost of a subscription.

Patient empowerment is a double-edged sword: The Edelman Trust Barometer shows a growing number of consumers around the world are trusting friends, family, and social media for medical advice.

Emirati paytech Tabby secured $58M in a sign of investor confidence in the region鈥檚 BNPL market potential.

Netflix with ads is trailing streaming rivals: The service is struggling to compete with recent entrant Amazon and has lowered CPMs.

Discover Magazine says the African elephants sleep only two hours per day. Yory Wurmser (01:16):. Wow. Paul Verna (01:17):. Eureka. Marcus Johnson (01:17):. I'm not a doctor, but I don't think that's enough. Paul Verna (01:20):. It's not enough, yeah. Marcus Johnson (01:21):. Okay. I thought so. The most, the koala bear. They sleep between 20-22 hours per day according to BBC Science Focus. Lazy.

Key stat: The top way US internet users discover new mobile apps is by searching or browsing app stores, cited by 44% of those surveyed for Airship by Sapio Research.

We look back at the year鈥檚 most disruptive Big Tech payment stories and how the Big Four have expanded in the space.

And if you can't picture where the equator runs, which I couldn't until I looked it up, it runs through the very top of South America, right through the top of Brazil and then across through the middle of Africa pretty much. And then through Indonesia. And you've got Australia obviously below it. But what I also found fascinating is that India, which obviously is in Southeast Asia, is in the top half.

On today's podcast episode, we discuss how much people are actually searching on social media platforms versus looking elsewhere, what a TikTok ban could do to social search, and how AI-powered chatbots are changing how we look for things. Tune in to the discussion with our analyst Evelyn Mitchell-Wolf.

Super Bowl ads revealed DEI challenges: major brands lack depth in diversity representation.

Generative AI (genAI) has come to work. 鈥淗alf the people who are using genAI are in what we consider prime working years,鈥� said our analyst Max Willens on a recent webinar. 鈥淭his diffuse adoption of a technology, especially one as momentous as this one, really doesn鈥檛 have much precedent.鈥�

Food or merchandise at in-person events was the most popular purchase category for mobile wallet users worldwide in January 2024, purchased by 29% of users, according to Kantar.

Well, in Zambia, in Africa, hide and seek is a popular game, but there's a slight twist. The game called inu starts with one of the hiders kicking a ball as far away as possible for the seeker to then retrieve. That's when everyone goes and hides. Only once the seekers brought the ball back to the starting place can they begin to seek in Sumatra in Indonesia.

Getting cash back is the leading motivator for opening a new credit card, according to 42% of adults worldwide, per January 2024 data from Kantar.

Commercial generative AI poses risk for companies: Kenyan workers paid under $2 per hour to help build ChatGPT are among many human contributors behind generative AI who aren鈥檛 given sufficient compensation.

Internet use is growing the fastest in the Middle East and Africa, where about 80 million more people will go online at least once per month between 2023 and 2027, according to our forecast. Roughly 60% of the global population will use the internet regularly.

The top two reasons shoppers worldwide buy directly from brands are a better price (53%) and free delivery (49%), followed by fast and convenient delivery and free returns (both 36%), according to Wunderman Thompson.

Wild African elephants call each other by their names. According to a study published in Nature Ecology and Evolution, making them the only non-human animals known to use language in this way notes Celia Ford, at Vox. She was pointing out the researchers trained a machine learning algorithm to match the rich low frequency rumbles. Elephants used to call out to each other.

Network International is mulling a $2.6B acquisition bid, which reflects the widespread payments digitization in the region.

On today鈥檚 episode, host Bill Fisher is joined by our analysts Paul Briggs, Matteo Ceurvels, and Carina Perkins to examine what impact global economic turbulence is having on retail and ecommerce in different markets.