Dubai Startup Hub, an initiative of the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry has hosted a series of 10 workshops …
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UAE CIOs rank cloud as a top investment priority
With 85 percent of UAE CIOs ranking cloud as their top investment priority to 2020, managing multiple clouds will be the foundation for business success, industry experts revealed recently.0 3584
Bitcoin mining consumes more electricity than Oman, Bahrain
Bahrain and Oman generate 27.8 TWh and 29.6 TWh of energy per year. Bitcoin, however, generates the most of them all – with a 30.25 TWh reading per year.
Avaya CEO announces court approval of restructuring plan
Avaya CEO Jim Chirico has announced that the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York (the …
Facebook speeds up removal of terror-related content with AI tech
According to Facebook, this is primarily done through the use of automated systems like photo and video matching and text-based machine learning.
Consultation launched to define ‘courts of the future’
The Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) Courts and Dubai Future Foundation have invited global experts in law, technology, IT and …
Krypto Labs launches $500k drone contest
Krypto Labs has launched a worldwide search for the best unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) innovators through a drone technology startup competition. Aimed …
Innovation is responsibility of senior execs only, say 60% of UAE managers
Nearly 3 in 4 managers and 2 in 3 junior staff describe the companies they work for as innovative, but 60 percent of managers believe that innovation is a responsibility only of senior executives.
AW Rostamani’s Shift Technologies, Google seal cloud partnership
UAE-based company Shift Technologies will now be able to provide customers with access to Google Cloud’s artificial intelligence, machine learning, big data and data analytics services.
Tech will create more jobs than it will destroy in energy sector: survey
The survey was released on the eve of the Oman Energy Forum, which seeks to explore how the future of work will be impacted by digital disruption.
Will robots really spell ‘sweet dreams’ for humanity?
Following Atlas’ acrobatics act, Musk said “This is nothing. In a few years, that bot will move so fast you’ll need a strobe light to see it. Sweet dreams.”