Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre, has reportedly welcomed the two Emirati astronauts at his offices.
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UAE parents “concerned” but “don’t take action” in protecting kids online
A majority of UAE parents (96 percent) worry about their children’s online safety but many may not know how to protect them, according to a recent study by Norton.2 4206
Dubai promotes road safety awareness in schools
Dubai has launched the ‘Smart Safety Bus’ for raising the traffic awareness of students in schools within the emirate.
UAE scores high in global autonomous vehicle readiness index
The UAE has earned a place in the top 10 for the second year in a row in KPMG’s Autonomous Vehicles Readiness Index (AVRI), which evaluates how prepared countries are to accommodate driverless vehicles.
du accelerates UAE’s smart city ambitions
UAE-based telco du has announced the launch of next generation Narrow Band-Internet of Things (NB-IoT) network in the country based on the latest 3GPP Release 14 standard.
UAE retail giant teams up with SAP in digital transformation push
Dubai-based Majid Al Futtaim is spearheading the digital transformation of the region’s $313 billion retail market by digitally transforming its Carrefour brand with global technology company SAP.
UAE will be ready for 5G this year, says telco
UAE telco Etisalat has announced plans to launch its 5G service for all consumers with its infrastructure and get the network ready to support all 5G devices in 2019.
“Oracle machine learning will dominate cloud market”: Applications EVP
Oracle’s applications chief has reiterated the firm’s ambitions to capture the majority of the global cloud computing market as well …
“Innovation impossible without wholesale change”: Oracle
Cloud giant Oracle’s vice president of innovation and digital has warned that if organisations don’t adapt their processes and have …
Ingram Micro, Carbon Black sign distribution agreement for META
Regional technology distributor Ingram Micro has joined the Carbon Black programme as a value-added distributor. Carbon Black provides endpoint security …
“Machine learning answers unimaginable questions”: Oracle
Oracle claims it has developed machine learning capabilities that will provide insights that surpass human thought processes, and that its “self-driving” …