UAE-based startup Health at Hand has received recognition from Silicon Valley after winning a place on the coveted Blackbox Connect entrepreneurial immersion programme
Dubai to bridge gap between ME tech entrepreneurs and Silicon Valley
Dubai Technology Entrepreneur Centre (Dtec), DSOA’s wholly owned technology startup centre has announced that it will host the Dubai edition …
Saudi Aramco signs up Silicon Valley startup to boost production rates
Saudi Aramco Technologies Company and Siluria Technologies, a company focused on processing technologies for the petrochemical and energy industries.
Silicon Valley firm Voicera scoops up Dubai-based AI startup
Voicera, an artificial intelligence and productivity solutions company has reportedly acquired Wrappup, which leverages AI technology to power predictive highlights during meetings, and has seen strong user-adoption globally.
Silicon Valley calls for stricter gun control after YouTube shooting
Several Silicon Valley leaders have called for increased gun control in the United States after a woman at the YouTube headquarters in California shot and wounded three people before taking her own life.
Silicon Valley entrepreneur signs up to have brain digitally preserved
Silicon Valley tech-billionaire Sam Altman has reportedly paid $10,000 to be put on the start-up Nectome’s waiting list which would digitally preserve his brain forever.
Mubadala commits to 15 Silicon Valley firms in SoftBank partnership
Mubadala deputy group chief executive Waleed al-Muhairi has announced that the Abu Dhabi state investor has made ’15 to 16 investments’ in technology firms.
DEWA launches tech investment firm in Silicon Valley
JEI Silicon Valley will primarily look for opportunities linked to research and development, R&D, and innovation.
Qatar Investment Authority to open Silicon Valley office
Qatar’s Sovereign Wealth Fund said today that it would open a San Francisco office to expand its extend its US …
Europe’s biggest software clusters no match for Silicon Valley heavyweights
The EU has built a core of world class software zones but remains some way from emulating Silicon Valley’s ability to fuse technological innovation with economic success, a Fraunhofer Institute study has found.
China is Silicon Valley's top threat: survey
A significant number of high-level technology executives appear to believe Silicon Valley’s days as the world’s innovation hub are numbered. …
Fiber cuts slash Silicon Valley’s Internet arteries
Cuts in fiber-optic lines early Thursday at two locations near Silicon Valley shut down two IBM facilities and affected an …
Dubai Silicon Oasis opens new hub to foster regional digital transformation
Dubai Silicon Oasis (DSO), the integrated free zone technology park, and Intel, the Silicon Valley-headquartered tech giant, have announced the launch of the new phase of ‘Intel Innovation Centre.’
Freshworks adds Zoom Sales Exec as its Chief of Global Field Operations
Former Zoom executive brings enterprise experience driving revenue at leading Silicon Valley cloud companies.
Apple self-driving car involved in minor crash
An Apple self-driving car was rear-ended while merging onto an expressway near the company’s Silicon Valley headquarters.
Privacy is a fundamental human right, says Apple CEO
In a CNN interview, Apple CEO Tim Cook shares why he thinks Silicon Valley’s abuse of privacy is out of control and why tech companies need to do a better job of protecting consumer data.
SpaceX launches megarocket with Tesla on board
SpaceX’s jumbo rocket built to be the world’s most powerful launch vehicle blasted off from Florida on Tuesday in its maiden test launch in a milestone for Silicon Valley billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk space company.
Here’s what goes on inside a smartphone safety test lab
Before a smartphone, laptop or wearable goes on sale the Silicon Valley base of UL, a security testing group, examines and measures the radio waves emanating from these WiFi devices.
Trump tightens grip on H-1B visa programme
The Trump administration has tightened its control over the H-1B immigration visa programme for skilled workers, often used by Silicon Valley companies to attract tech workers.
Palo Alto Networks acquires CirroSecure
Palo Alto Networks announced its acquisition of CirroSecure, a Silicon Valley-based company specialising in securing Software as a Service (SaaS) applications.