Dubai’s Road and Transport Authority (RTA), in cooperation with Next Future Transportation, launched the first tests of the “world’s first” autonomous pods today, on the sidelines of the World Government Summit.
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UAE CIOs rank cloud as a top investment priority
With 85 percent of UAE CIOs ranking cloud as their top investment priority to 2020, managing multiple clouds will be the foundation for business success, industry experts revealed recently.0 3950
20 million Middle East jobs could be automated, report says
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20 million Middle East jobs could be automated: McKinsey & Co.
An estimated 45 percent of existing jobs in the Middle East could be automated, according to McKinsey & Company’s latest …
Khalifa University launches crowd mood detector
Khalifa University has filed a provisional patent application for a technology that can assess the general mood of a crowd. …
World Government Summit kicks off in Dubai
The sixth edition of the World Government Summit (WGS 2018) gets underway today, featuring more than 130 speakers across 120 interactive sessions and over 4,000 participants from 140 countries.
UAE TRA nominates 13 projects for ITU accolades
The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) announced the nomination of 13 national projects, to compete in the World Summit on the …
Digital payments could save Dubai consumers $200m: Visa
In collaboration with Roubini ThoughtLab, Visa examined the economic impact of increasing the use of digital payments in major cities around the world.
Google Innovation Hub brings high-tech classes to UAE students
A new Innovation Hub, powered by Google, has been launched at UAE University’s Science and Innovation Park in Al Ain as part of the Innovation Month.
Uber ex-CEO to testify in Waymo trial
Alphabet’s Waymo had filed a lawsuit against Uber Technologies a year ago over charges of theft of self-driving car trade …
DIFC Courts launches region-first paperless trials
DIFC Courts has become the first court in the Middle East to introduce a new cloud-based technology to allow court …