The world’s first AI Art hackathon, the AI Artathon, has opened in Riyadh with 300 experts in data science and AI, graphic designers and artists competing to create visual arts using artificial intelligence.
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Excessive technology use to blame for child obesity in UAE, Saudi Arabia
Nine in 10 children across UAE and KSA have access to tablets, smartphones or other handheld electronic devices with screens.1 3811
Saudi Arabia accused of hacking Jeff Bezos’s phone
Amazon.com’s founder and CEO Jeff Bezos’s mobile phone was hacked in 2018 following an exchange with the Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Salman on encrypted messaging service WhatsApp.
Why joined technologies are key to manage data explosion
Kevin Pickford, hyperconverged sales specialist, Lenovo Data Centre Group (DCG) UAE, looks into the data explosion in the Middle East and shares insights into how enterprises can cope.
Saudi Arabia’s Mobily teams up with Ericsson to accelerate digital services
Saudi Arabia’s Mobily has signed an agreement with Ericsson to leverage the latter’s products and solutions to support its drive to empower the kingdom’s government and private sectors towards digital transformation.
Emirates NBD boosts AED 1 billion digital transformation
Emirates NBD, a leading banking group in the region, has completed the third phase of its international core banking system …
Takween taps SAP to boost KSA’s manufacturing sector to US $450B by 2030
Takween Advanced Industries Company, a leading global supplier of plastic conversion technologies, has digitally transformed on SAP cloud data centre …
McDonald’s leverages Snapchat Lens for MENA recruitment campaign
McDonald’s has become the first company in the MENA region to use a Snapchat Lens for a recruitment campaign. Launching …
How Saudi insurance firm Najm is leveraging technology to fight fraud
Deputy editor Giorgia Guantario sat down with Dr Mohammad Alsuliman, CEO of Najm for Insurance Services to understand how the …
Mobile technologies added $191 billion to MENA economy: report
Mobile technologies and services have added $191 billion to the region’s economy in 2018 – equivalent to about 4.5 percent of regional GDP, according to the latest reports by GSMA Intelligence.
Uber founder receives $400m in investment from Saudi Arabia
Uber founder Travis Kalanick has received investment of $400m from Saudi Arabia’s sovereign-wealth fund according to reports in The Wall …