Big news from WhatsApp: Here’s what its new feature is all about

The feature is being rolled out globally and will expand over the next few weeks

Join our tech panel event on April 23 in Dubai

The high-level panel event will bring together senior voices from telecoms, artificial intelligence, blockchain, cloud computing, and e-mobility

Dubai's DET, Amazon launch accelerator for SMEs

Amazon, Google sign pledge to support tripling of nuclear energy capacity by 2050

Shale company Occidental and Japanese heavy machinery maker IHI Corp also added their names to the pledge

Musk’s Starlink, India’s Reliance sign surprise satellite internet deal

The deal follows a similar partnership announcement between Starlink and India’s No. 2 telecom player Bharti Airtel a day before

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Alpha Data debuts on ADX, raises Dhs600m from IPO

Upon listing, Alpha Data’s market capitalisation stood at approximately Dhs1.5bn, reinforcing its strong position in the UAE’s technology sector

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Facebook owner Meta begins testing its first in-house AI training chip

Meta, which also owns Instagram and WhatsApp, has forecast total 2025 expenses of $114bn to $119bn, including up to $65 billion in capital expenditure

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WhatsApp launches ‘Lists’ in UAE: What the new feature has to offer

With this feature, WhatsApp users can filter their chats into custom categories of their choice

Good news for EV drivers: New charging stations to come up in Dubai

Customers will be able to pay both the EV charging tariff and the parking fee in a single transaction using Parkin’s app

Bitcoin breaches $64,000 as records beckon

Bitcoin jumps, shares cling to hopes for tariff relief

US President Donald Trump on social media announced five digital assets he expected to include in a new reserve, including bitcoin, ether, XRP, solana and cardano

Video: Dubai’s RTA unveils cashless payments, free Wi-Fi for commuters

The Wi-Fi service will undergo continuous evaluation to facilitate its expansion and enhancement

Bitcoin tops $72,000 as demand frenzy intensifies

Bitcoin slides more than 5% to lowest since November 11

The world’s largest cryptocurrency has shed a quarter of its market value since mid-December

Dubai: New traffic signal control system to reduce congestion by 20%

This is expected to play a key role in reducing the duration of commutes

Zoom, center3 partner for node deployment in Saudi Arabia

This initiative introduces high-performance infrastructure to address the increasing demand for low-latency conferencing

DeepFest spotlights women driving innovation

A number of female industry leaders and entrepreneurs took to the DeepFest stage, championing the sector’s drive for gender equality

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Grok 3: This AI chatbot, ChatGPT challenger is to release soon

Grok 3 is outperforming anything that’s been released

LEAP 2025: How tech will transform Saudi Arabia’s FIFA World Cup

The World Cup is not the result – it is a milestone in a journey that Saudi Arabia is continuously investing in

LEAP 2025: AI data centre, key tech deals signed

The data centre will boast of a a capacity of 1.5 gigawatts in Oxagon – the floating industrial city being developed in the Red Sea.

OpenAI secures $6.6bn investment from Abu Dhabi’s MGX, Nvidia

OpenAI’s Altman to stop in Abu Dhabi for MGX fundraising talks – report

Altman’s Abu Dhabi stop comes as the ChatGPT maker looks to raise about $40bn to fuel its model development

UAE firms turn to Oracle NetSuite to drive business expansion

UAE firms turn to Oracle NetSuite to drive business expansion

NetSuite offers out-of-the-box processes built on best practices from their experience with 41,000 customers

UAE: Leader in Artificial Intelligence

Pearl of AI excellence: Minister wants UAE to be world leader

The UAE has been seamlessly incorporating AI into people’s daily lives

Oracle boosts UAE cloud capacity fivefold as GCC embraces AI

The appetite for cloud growth and AI capabilities in the region is “phenomenal”, says Oracle’s executive vice president for technology in EMEA

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Charging electric vehicles in Dubai: What you need to know

There are about 400 electric vehicle charging stations in Dubai

Intersec 2025 Dubai: World’s biggest safety, security summit opens today

The event hosted 47,506 trade buyers from 141 countries as part of its Silver Jubilee event in 2024

MSI unveils AI-powered innovations, next-gen gaming tech at CES 2025

From high-performance gaming monitors and graphics cards to AI-powered desktops and compact computing solutions, the PC maker is looking to push the boundaries of performance and design.