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Red Date Technology

Interview: Yifan He, chief executive officer at Red Date Technology

Increasing digitisation, the global pandemic and decline in cash usage have contributed to the growing interest in central bank digital currencies

Artificial intelligence

Insights: The role of artificial intelligence and blockchain in Web3

Artificial intelligence brings value to organisations to better understand their customers, and monetise interactions in the virtual world

Dar Al Arkan_3d printed villa

Saudi Arabia’s Dar Al Arkan completes first 3D printed villa at Shams Al Riyadh

Unlike traditional home-building methods, 3DCP cuts the construction time by more than half, is more flexible and requires less manpower since it takes only three workers to build one house

metaverse

Chief metaverse officers: What do they do all day?

Chief metaverse officers first appeared at video-game makers, where immersion in a digital universe is central to the products

Museum of the Future's rise as one of Dubai's top tourist attractions

Museum of the Future’s rise as one of Dubai’s top tourist attractions

Majed Al Mansoori, deputy executive director of Museum of the Future tells us how this architectural marvel is a significant boon to Dubai’s cultural and tourism economy

Hub71 launches Tech Barza an exclusive capital club for regional family offices

Hub71 launches capital club for family offices in Abu Dhabi

The ‘Tech Barza’ platform will encourage more family office participation to tap investment opportunities among high-growth tech companies in Abu Dhabi

Crypto

Is the crypto crisis good for the system?

Top-down macroeconomic and bottom-up crypto-specific headwinds have been blowing strongly for digital assets resulting in the biggest ever drawdown

Internet

Navigating the new, bold era of 3D Internet

As the technology matures, the metaverse will become a seamless extention of our physical world, giving us new methods to carry out all of our daily activities

HP LaserJet Tank printer

HP LaserJet Tank printer for small businesses and home offices

Here’s how the HP LaserJet Tank Printer Series can make a difference to your business

Here’s how 3D printing is revolutionising healthcare

With patient specific 3D solutions, clinicians can plan personalised treatment, with access to a 3D visualisation of an individual’s anatomy

Musk completes $44bn Twitter deal

Shareholders will be paid $54.20 per share, and Twitter will now operate as a private company

NFTs

NFTs beyond art: How will it transform other industries?

When people think of NFTs, they associate them with art both physical and digital, but there’s more to them

Crypto

Bitcoin breakout stalls with daily trading volume also tumbling

Cryptocurrencies, like other riskier investments, have been suffering in a tighter-monetary-policy environment

Apple will comply with iPhone USB-C charger law, executive says

Apple has already moved its Macs, many iPads and accessories to USB-C from Lightning and other connectors

Crypto

Blockchain to disrupt business models, transform the future – report

The inaugural edition of the Crypto Oasis Ecosystem Report 2022 highlights the confluence of blockchain activities in the UAE and the progress of its key players

Meta gives tepid revenue forecast as ad weakness persists

In the third quarter, Meta posted revenue of $27.7bn, slightly beating analysts’ average estimate for $27.4bn

Akamai

How Akamai can help mitigate the API security vulnerabilities

An integral part of API security is the implementation of strategies and practices to reduce vulnerabilities and security threats

selfdrive

How Selfdrive is rethinking on-demand mobility

Soham Shah, founder and CEO of Selfdrive, the smart mobility app, tells Gulf Business about introducing the UAE’s first ‘drive a new car every year’ programme

Open Platform

Open platform: The idea of digital ecosystems

The idea of digital ecosystem is to create an environment around a single, core banking platform, so that customers can be offered value added services in the most user-friendly

Mastercard BitOasis crypto-linked card

Mastercard, BitOasis to launch crypto-linked cards in MENA region

BitOasis customers will be able to link their crypto wallet balances to physical or virtual cards and make fiat payments across 90 million global locations using their BitOasis Mastercard Crypto Card

IHC tech investments

Abu Dhabi’s IHC increases tech deals by 100% over last year, aims to launch tech holding arm

International Holding Company’s technology deals crossed Dhs1bn in value in the first 10 months of the year

Pulse Music

How Pulse Music is reinventing the music industry with blockchain

Pulse Music co-founder and CEO Mehdi Cherif explains his aim to provide quality content across all platforms while maintaining enthusiasm through constant innovation

Autodesk

Autodesk, Epic Games partner to deliver real-time, immersive design capabilities to customers

This joint effort aims to make immersive real-time environments easily accessible to designers, engineers and construction professionals, so they can deliver more projects in less time

autonomous Data

Autonomous data management: A golden future for data

When autonomous data management takes over, artificial intelligence can enable proactive decision making and policy application at a much more granular level

BMW

BMW Group, AWS partner to develop new cloud technologies

The collaboration will focus on cloud-based infrastructure for BMW’s vehicle data processing and provision

GB Tech Awards

Revealed: GB Tech Awards 2022 shortlists

The GB Tech Awards will be held on November 2 at the Social Distrikt – The Pointe, Palm Jumeirah, Dubai

blockchain

Blockchain trends to look for in 2023

From IT to financial services, government, healthcare and other industries, blockchain is changing how we do business and share information

Dubai

Dubai traces a digital path towards a smart future

The Digital Dubai initiative represents a vision to recreate the traditional top-bottom city management model into one that is representative and sustainable

Infobip

Infobip helps MENA customers become digital transformation pioneers

Since 2006, Infobip has grown to become the world’s most connected cloud communication platform, and achieved $1bn in revenue in 2020

Financial

Why a digital-first approach is the way to go for financial services to ensure growth

The transformation of financial services is more important than ever. Here’s why…