Technology

Governments, corporates, entrepreneurs urged to work together to build ‘friendly’ ecosystem. Start-ups and small busi­nesses play a key role in helping the Arab world shift towards becoming a digitally-based economy, yet they face…

Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI), the philanthropic fund management arm of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan, made its first Asian investment in BYJU’S-The Learning App recently. Other marquee investors…

"If I'm creepy, get over it," robot Sophia tells audience. A sassy humanoid robot called Sophia, flown in from Hong Kong, was the first to be granted citizenship at the Future Investment Initiative conference in Riyadh. The robot,…

"Our goal is to teach it to 1m young Arabs, in order to prepare them now for the requirements needed to excel in the future," Sheikh Mohammed said. One million Arabs will be taught coding as part of a new initiative that was launched by…

UAE foreign minister tells Science Event in Dubai that space sector will fuel qualitative leap in human civilisation. Dubai: The UAE’s space ambitions hinge heavily on an education sector inclined towards science, top officials told…

Ministry officials are currently in talks with private schools across the country about how the standardisation will be applied. The Minister of Education said the standardisation of the country’s national public school curriculum will…

Held under the theme 'Teaching for Tomorrow', the forum has convened more than 900 education professionals from 80 countries to discuss latest global trends in empowering teachers and inspiring students. New technologies are relevant to…

iLife introduces the ultra-thin portable PC with superior cinema acoustics A developer for innovative technologies; iLife Digital Technology today announced  the launch of its advanced All-in-One (PAIO) PC under its Zed product series. The…

Dubai, UAE 27.08.2017 – Professional photographers and serious hobbyists alike will be able to expand their photographic expressions with the latest release of the D850 announced by Nikon Middle East FZE. A highly anticipated successor to…

‘Logic-locked’ security is implemented at the hardware level rather than software or system levels, researchers say Dubai; Researchers at New York University Abu Dhabi’s (NYUAD) Design for Excellence (Dfx) lab have developed a new…