Dubai Health Forum 2018 is set to take place on 15th and 16th January and will feature global health specialists …
Oman professor awarded national prize for AI research
Professor Azizi’s AI research has proposed a new algorithm that can be applied in different sectors such as telecommunication, transportation and energy.
Elderly robot companion ElliQ wins CES Innovation award
Intuition Robotics’ AI-powered “social” robot for the elderly ElliQ has won the CES 2018 Best of Innovation Honouree award …
Telcos secure mobile network coverage across 99% of Bahrain
The TRA also revealed that all mobile network operators have improved their performance levels for data use, particularly since the activation of 4G in 2014.
Uber ex-CEO Travis Kalanick to sell $1.4 billion worth of shares
Uber Technologies’ ousted CEO and co-founder Travis Kalanick is reportedly planning to sell $1.4 billion of stock in the company, or 29 percent of his stake, according to a report by Bloomberg.
DEWA bags 8 Ideas America innovation awards
The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has been recognised as a global leader in innovation and creativity after winning …
PwC: Digitisation is crucial for private-equity investments to be ‘future ready’
80% of private equity houses in the region that PwC surveyed said that digitisation is critical for making their companies ‘future ready.’
Sony’s Fast Hybrid AF Camcorders launch in Middle East
Sony has announced the launch of two new 4K HDR camcorders featuring its Fast Hybrid AF system: the XDCAM PXW-Z90 …
Mark Zuckerberg vows to ‘fix’ Facebook in 2018
Zuckerberg’s resolutions in the past have included wearing a tie every day, learning Mandarin, meeting one person a day outside of Facebook and building a simple AI system to run his home.
SoftBank’s robot Pepper appointed as university employee in Jordan
Mashhoor Al Refair, president of the PSUT, said that Pepper was “appointed as an employee at the university”, and became “part of the university family”.