Saudi Arabia has reportedly approved its national nuclear programme policy as tabled by Khalid Al-Falih, energy minister and chairman of the King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy.
Broadcom to move ahead with US plans
Singapore-based Broadcom is planning to scrap its bid for Qualcomm, following US President Donald Trump ordered to block the chipmaker’s proposed acquisition on national security grounds earlier this week.
France to sue tech giants for ‘abusive practices’
France will reportedly take Google and Apple to court over contractual terms imposed by the tech giants on startups and developers, according to a report by Reuters.
AI and people make a more productive workplace
Kronos Incorporated has launched its new artificial intelligence (AI) powered Workforce Dimensions solution during the KronosLive event in Dubai.
Saudi Arabia’s new app to help protect residents’ privacy
Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Interior has reportedly launched a new smartphone app to help protect individual privacy.
Google to stop displaying crypto ads
Alphabet Inc’s Google said on Wednesday it will ban advertisements for cryptocurrencies and related content starting in June.
Oman to send first woman representative to Technofest
BP Oman HR advisor Asmahan Mustafa is the first Omani woman to have represented the Sultanate at Technofest, an internal BP competition.
Your baby monitor could be spying on you: Kaspersky Lab
Kaspersky Lab researchers have discovered multiple security vulnerabilities in popular smart cameras that are frequently used as baby monitors, or for internal home and office security surveillance.
Searching for the cure: AI-focused healthcare competition opens
Booz Allen Hamilton and Kaggle launched the 2018 Data Science Bowl, a 90-day competition that calls on thousands of participants globally to train deep learning models to examine images of cells and identify nuclei, regardless of the experimental setup—and without human intervention
Physicist Stephen Hawking dies at 76
Hawking passed away due to complications due to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a progressive neurodegenerative disease, according to a report by The Huffington Post.
Sustainable foundations: Dubai launches smart concrete calculator
The Dubai Municipality’s Buildings Department has developed a new smart calculator to measure the environmental impact of the use of concrete in construction projects and compare it to the baseline that it has developed in advance.
Women sue Microsoft: over 200 discrimination complaints filed in court
Women at Microsoft working in US-based technical jobs filed 238 internal complaints about gender discrimination or sexual harassment between 2010 and 2016, according to court filings made public on Monday.
Focus Softnet announces multi-city VAT seminars
Focus Softnet announced that it is holding multi-city seminars on Tax Accounting and filling of VAT Returns using its cloud-based ERP solution on March 15, 2018 at Mövenpick Hotel, Bur Dubai in Dubai and March 19th, 2018 at Dusit Thani in Abu Dhabi.
Oman symposium to explore AI’s impact on education
Oman will put the spotlight on how artificial intelligence will impact the education sector in an upcoming symposium at the Sultanate.