The blockchain hype keeps growing and governments are starting to take notice. Widespread adoption of the distributed ledger technology remains a long way off, but it could help address some major public sector challenges.
News
UAE to open region’s first AI summer camp
UAE students will soon be able to attend an artificial intelligence-focused summer camp following Minister of State for Artifical Intelligence Omar bin Sultan Al Olama's announcement that the government is collaborating with number of leading national and international technology and education companies in the private sector to open such programme in the country.0 4690
Artificial intelligence is a threat to humanity, says Alibaba founder
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a big threat to human beings and machines are going to replace several of us in the future, Alibaba founder and executive chairman Jack Ma said at Davos.
WEF 2018: technologists and futurists take centre stage
The theme for this year’s meeting of business, political and academic elites at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, is ‘Creating a Shared Future …
Maersk, IBM set sails on new blockchain voyage
Maersk and IBM had announced a joint venture to deploy a blockchain-based electronic shipping system that will digitise supply chains and track international cargo in real time.
Dubai poised to be the blockchain capital of the world
The organisation said it is close to rolling out 20 blockchain applications in a number of government firms including the Dubai Roads and Transport Authority, Dubai Police and DEWA among others.
Revealed: Tahawul Tech’s top tech vendors of 2018
As a prelude to the inaugural Masters of Tech Awards, the CNME editorial team decided to give its own take …
Emirates signs $85m managed services deal with IBM
IBM has signed a ten-year, approximately $85 million managed services agreement with Emirates airline. The agreement will enable Emirates to …
Dubai start-ups to increase spending on cloud
Seventy percent of startups in Dubai currently use cloud computing, and that 24 per cent even built their startups on the cloud. Meanwhile, 38 per cent of those not yet on the cloud plan to adopt the technology in the near future.
startAD Demo Day spotlights hardware innovation in the UAE
Three teams walked away with a prototyping grant that will enable them to further develop their products at startAD’s Hardware Venture Launchpad’s Demo Day.
IBM ships AI-optimised Power9 system
With the release this month of the first commercial server based on its Power9 processor, IBM is reaching another milestone …