Microsoft has announced plans to build its first Middle East and North Africa data centres in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. …
Saudi Arabia’s new app to help protect residents’ privacy
Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Interior has reportedly launched a new smartphone app to help protect individual privacy.
Google to stop displaying crypto ads
Alphabet Inc’s Google said on Wednesday it will ban advertisements for cryptocurrencies and related content starting in June.
Oman to send first woman representative to Technofest
BP Oman HR advisor Asmahan Mustafa is the first Omani woman to have represented the Sultanate at Technofest, an internal BP competition.
Citrix announces new regional director
Citrix has appointed Taj El-Khayat as regional director for Middle East & North Africa (MENA). In this role, he is …
Your baby monitor could be spying on you: Kaspersky Lab
Kaspersky Lab researchers have discovered multiple security vulnerabilities in popular smart cameras that are frequently used as baby monitors, or for internal home and office security surveillance.
Searching for the cure: AI-focused healthcare competition opens
Booz Allen Hamilton and Kaggle launched the 2018 Data Science Bowl, a 90-day competition that calls on thousands of participants globally to train deep learning models to examine images of cells and identify nuclei, regardless of the experimental setup—and without human intervention
Physicist Stephen Hawking dies at 76
Hawking passed away due to complications due to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a progressive neurodegenerative disease, according to a report by The Huffington Post.
“Fail fast and often,” says Dubai IoT experts
How to kick start the next industrial revolution within organisations was one of the main points of discussion at the …
Dubai rolls out new project to fight crime “without policemen”
Dubai Police has proposed a number of new projects under the theme “Police Without Policemen” as part of …