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Revoland becomes the first blockchain game to launch on Huawei Cloud

Revoland is a multiplayer online battle arena where players can gather friends to form a team, play and earn token rewards for their individual skills

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TCS launches goIT programme for students in the UAE

Tata Consultancy Services’ goIT programme aims to inspire young students to pursue STEM education and technology careers

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Jack Dorsey’s first tweet offered for $48m on NFT marketplace

It is 16 times of what the owner paid for a year ago

Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway builds new $4.2bn HP stake

Shares of the laptop maker surged as much as 10 per cent

Here’s how advancements in robotics are driving micro-mobility innovation

Micro-mobility is playing a significant role in decarbonising transportation across the world, says Amir Melad, GM-Middle East at Tier Mobility

Dubai CommerCity launches e-commerce academy with AstroLabs

The platform intends to increase the UAE’s e-commerce talent pool by enhancing individuals’ techno-functional abilities in the same field

Boeing taps Amazon, Microsoft and Google for cloud mega-deal

The multiyear agreements are intended to upgrade the company’s current system of hosting and maintaining software applications

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Dash Venture Labs launches a ‘startup guide for coders’ in the UAE

Coding and automation are new growth drivers and can play a pivotal role to promote digital economy across the globe

Saudi’s Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority launches app to improve taxpayer experience

The ‘Zatca’ app is designed to be more effective in providing fast, reliable and high-quality services

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Elon Musk poll may prompt a Twitter edit button, CEO hints

Musk revealed this week that he’s acquired a 9.2 per cent passive stake in Twitter

How conversational AI powered bots are democratising the healthcare industry

Conversational AI solutions have the potential to make life easier for patients, doctors, nurses and other hospitals and clinic staff in several ways

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UAE’s Alec launches subsidiary to revamp data centre construction across MENA

The company will employ the group’s in-house civil, MEP, and technological expertise to help corporations

Huawei Cloud highlights the benefits of ‘everything as a service’ model to boost digital transformation

During Huawei Cloud’s Summit Middle East and Africa 2022, experts shared how industries can better leverage cloud and AI technologies

Cybereason hires Hussam Sidani to lead Middle East and Turkey operations

Sidani joins the company with more than 20 years of security experience, having most recently led Gulf, Levant, and Africa sales for FireEye

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Gupshup acquires Active.Ai, a conversational AI platform

Headquartered in Singapore, Active.Ai serves BFSI customers across 43 countries

Dubai Police to release 150 free NFTs available to people around the world

Dubai Police is the first government entity in the UAE to create its own digital assets

Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai

Sheikh Mohammed issues new law regulating provision of digital services in Dubai

Government bodies and judicial authorities as well as non-government entities in Dubai are required to provide digital services to their customers

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The key sectors where robots are expected to play a pivotal role

We look at five ways that robots are transforming business

Saudi’s PIF, stc Group sign agreement to establish new IoT company

The JV agreement is part of PIF’s and stc’s efforts to drive rapid growth of Internet of Things across Saudi Arabia

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How fintech solutions can support small exporters

Fintech companies are uniquely positioned to fill the gap and help SMEs get access to flexible injections of liquidity

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Trends that will shape the automotive industry in 2022

Ben Barber, MD at XA Group explains why the following trends can be a critical element in deciding your success if you work in the automotive industry

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How the food industry can evolve its sustainable business models

Almost 50 per cent of global consumers are considering sustainability attributes when purchasing food and beverages

UAE’s ADGM and Finastra team up for ‘Hack to the Future 4’

ADGM’s hackathon is seeing participants explore innovative ideas around themes of ESG, embedded finance and decentralised finance

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Panasonic to spend $5bn on EV cells, supply chain software

The Osaka-based firm will invest 400 billion yen in growth areas including electric vehicle cells

Data streaming platform Confluent opens Middle East headquarters in Dubai

The channel is an integral part of the company’s go to market strategy in the UAE

Where is Bitcoin heading? Look at the options market

Demand for call options that give the right to buy the cryptocurrency in the future has climbed this month as Bitcoin’s spot price rallied

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Dubai’s DP World launches e-commerce platform in Tanzania

The latest expansion of dubuy.com follows launches in Kenya and Rwanda last year

MSI upgrades its business laptops with 12th Gen Intel core processor

The series is also implemented with enterprise-grade securities such as webcam and port locks, discrete TPM support, and webcam status notification

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UAE’s e& partners with Meta to drive innovation

The companies will work together on use cases that integrate with the latest Meta products and solutions

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Equinix to build data centre in Salalah, Oman

Work is underway to establish a new subsea cable interconnection hub linking Asia, Africa and Europe in partnership with Omantel