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AI is making it harder for UAE employers to verify real job skills

Employers in the UAE say artificial intelligence is complicating candidate assessment, as the technology helps jobseekers produce polished...

iPhone Duo Resold for Up to Dh25,000 as Dubai Buyers Cash In on Shortage

Apple's first foldable phone, the iPhone Duo, went on sale across the UAE on Friday, and within hours a brisk resale market had sprung up,...

Abu Dhabi's M42 launches AI tool to ease doctors' workload

Abu Dhabi-based healthcare technology company M42, in partnership with Microsoft, unveiled a new artificial intelligence platform called...

Dubai AI Festival 2026 to Gather Global Tech Leaders at DWTC

The third edition of the Dubai AI Festival will take place on October 26 and 27, 2026, at the Dubai World Trade Centre, bringing together...

Tesla Opens Roadster Reservations in the UAE, with Deposits up to Dh1 Million

Tesla has begun taking reservations for the next generation of its Roadster in the UAE, giving buyers a place in line for the car ahead of...

Aridge Set to Begin Flying-Car Tests in the UAE From Early 2027

Aridge, one of Asia's largest flying-car makers, is preparing to start test flights in the UAE from early 2027, as it edges closer to a...

Dubai Airport Trials Self-Driving Wheelchair for Passengers with Disabilities

Dubai International Airport has begun trialling a self-driving wheelchair at Concourse D of Terminal 1, aiming to give passengers with...

UAE Scientists Develop Plant-Waste Gel That Cuts Irrigation Water Use by 30%

Researchers at the UAE's Technology Innovation Institute (TII) have developed a gel made from plant waste, including date palm residue, that...

Emirates NBD becomes first MENA bank to run OpenAI models on UAE soil

Emirates NBD has become the first bank in the Middle East and North Africa to run OpenAI's GPT models on infrastructure physically based...

Dubai Police Unveils 10 AI Trends Set to Reshape Policing by 2040

Dubai Police has outlined ten artificial intelligence trends it expects to reshape policing by 2040, according to Brigadier Dr Hamdan Ahmad...

Apple's First Foldable iPhone Pre-Orders in UAE Already Facing January 2027 Delivery Delays

Pre-orders for the iPhone Duo, Apple's first foldable smartphone, opened in the UAE on Friday, but surging demand has already pushed...

Sheikh Hamdan names SWS Board Technology winner of Dubai-it Award in economy category

Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum has announced SWS Board Technology as the winner of the Dubai-it Award in the...

Abu Dhabi Scientists Use AI to Develop a Painkiller More Effective Than Morphine

Insilico Medicine, a clinical-stage biotech company based in Abu Dhabi's Masdar City, has used its end-to-end AI drug discovery platform,...

Apple Opens iPhone Duo Pre-Orders in the UAE

Apple opened pre-orders for its first foldable smartphone, the iPhone Duo, in the UAE on Friday, October 16, at 4pm local time, with...

Dubai Launches AI Literacy Platform for Families

Dubai has introduced a new digital platform designed to help parents guide their children toward safe and responsible use of artificial...

Chinese Robotics Firms Explore Gulf Partnerships at Dubai AI Summit

On the sidelines of the AIM Summit in Dubai on Tuesday, Chinese companies working in robotics and physical AI said they were in talks with...

Du and Etisalat Unveil New Services as UAE Pushes Toward 6G

The UAE's two telecom operators, du and etisalat, have rolled out new network services that mark fresh steps on the country's path toward...

Dubai Hosts Generative AI Assembly, Launches New Alliance

Dubai held its Assembly for Generative AI on October 11 and 12 at the Museum of the Future and AREA 2071 in Emirates Towers, drawing around...

UAE turns to agentic AI to transform firefighting and disaster response

The UAE is adopting what officials call agentic AI — artificial intelligence capable of acting with a degree of independence — to reshape...

Dubai Launches Driverless Glydways Pod Trial on Bluewaters Island

Dubai's Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), together with Dubai Holding and US firm Glydways, began a four-week trial on October 11 of a...

Elon Musk's Boring Company signs deal to explore tunnels in Abu Dhabi

Elon Musk's Boring Company has signed an agreement with the Abu Dhabi Projects and Infrastructure Centre (Adpic) on the sidelines of the...

Dubai launches Create AI Agents Championship with Dh2.5m prize pool

Dubai Crown Prince Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed launched the Create AI Agents Championship on Wednesday at a ceremony on Emirates Towers...

Sheikh Hamdan launches global AI agents championship worth over Dh2.5 million

Dubai's Crown Prince, Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum, has launched the "Create AI Agents Championship," a global competition with...

Mistral AI Chief Says UAE's Cyber Defences Can Repel Attacks

Arthur Mensch, chief executive of French artificial intelligence company Mistral AI, says the UAE has built "very powerful" cyber defence...

Abu Dhabi to Relaunch Tamm App as It Targets AI-Native Government

Abu Dhabi will unveil a major overhaul of its government app, Tamm, in December at Gitex Global in Dubai, as the emirate pushes toward its...

Abu Dhabi's AI Council Meets Under Sheikh Tahnoon to Review Progress

Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed, Deputy Ruler of Abu Dhabi and chairman of the Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Technology Council, chaired a...

UAE and Saudi Arabia to add up to 3GW of AI data centre power by 2030

The UAE and Saudi Arabia are set to add a combined two to three gigawatts of IT power capacity by 2030, according to new analysis from...

Abu Dhabi hosts world's largest AI summit as focus shifts from pilots to real deployment

AI Everything, billed as the world's largest AI-first exhibition and summit, returns to Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC) on...

UAE ranks 6th among world's top cyber-attack targets, Microsoft warns

Microsoft has identified the UAE as the sixth most targeted country for cyber attacks globally, placing it among a list of 12 nations facing...

UAE Builds and Launches Its First Fully Domestic Commercial Satellite

A satellite designed and manufactured entirely in the UAE reached orbit on Friday, marking what officials are calling a turning point for...