With the stock market listing of its national oil company stalled, Saudi Arabia is scrambling to boost the coffers of the sovereign wealth fund spearheading a risky plan to diversify its economy.
Dubai’s Blockchain Technology Capital launches ICO auditing services
ICO Watchdogs Smart Contract Auditing Service Tokengrade, audits smart contracts to ensure it is line with a startups whitepaper, as well as auditing the quality and security of the smart contract itself.
AI to detect mobile banking fraud in seconds
Microsoft has developed a solution using artificial intelligence (AI) that can identify fraudulent mobile banking transactions in less than two seconds.
US Congress grills Facebook, Twitter over political bias
Top executives from Facebook and Twitter defended their companies in the US Congress on Wednesday as lawmakers probe on what they believe as a failure to combat continuing foreign efforts to influence US politics.
Facebook says BlackBerry stole its voice messaging tech
Facebook is reportedly suing BlackBerry for patent infringement, escalating the legal battle between the two companies over protected technology.
Dubai trials 100% environment-friendly driverless vehicle
Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has recently embarked on Phase 4 of the Driverless Vehicles Project within Sustainable City at Dubailand, Al-Qudra Road over a track extending 1250m.
Urban municipalities will be AI-driven within the next decade, says Dubai
Artificial Intelligence (AI) will drive the way cities are run and it might happen sooner than expected.
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UAE initiatives boost regional Smart City spending to $2.3 billion
The UAE’s government-led Smart City projects are driving regional Smart Cities spend to reach a record-high of $2.3 billion by 2021.
Lock your digital treasures: why data encryption is vital for security
Organisations in the Middle East work in a fast-paced and competitive environment. Data is the new oil, powering growth, efficiency …
Pure Storage acquires cloud-first storage firm
Pure Storage has announced the acquisition of privately-held, Sunnyvale, California-based software company StorReduce, a cloud-first software-defined storage solution for managing large scale unstructured data.