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Qualcomm to Alphawave for $2.4 bn

The deal makes Alphawave the latest tech company to depart London.

Equinor signs $27 bn gas deal

The 10-year contract was signed with Centrica.

ADNOC Drilling secures $1.15bn contract

The contract for two jack-up rigs begins in the second quarter.

Etihad Q1 profit $187 million

This is a 30% YoY increase over Q1 2025.

Yalla Group Q1 revenue $83m

Net income rose to $36.4 million, a 17% YoY increase.

‘Something is rotten’: Apple’s AI strategy faces doubts

New York, United States - Has Apple, the biggest company in the world, bungled its generative artificial intelligence strategy? Doubts...
  • Doubts arose when tech analyst John Gruber criticized Apple in a blog titled "Something Is Rotten in the State of Cupertino."
  • The analyst admitted frustration for not questioning Apple's Siri genAI upgrade announced last June

Firms and researchers at odds over superhuman AI

The belief that human-or-better intelligence -- often called "artificial general intelligence" (AGI) -- will emerge from current machine-learning techniques fuels...
  • "Systems that start to point to AGI are coming into view," OpenAI chief Sam Altman wrote in a blog post last month.
  • Such predictions help justify the hundreds of billions of dollars being poured into computing hardware and the energy supplies to run it.

Does ‘vibe coding’ make everyone a programmer?

New York, United States -- Can a complete tech novice create a website using everyday language on ChatGPT? That's the...
  • The ChatGPT and Claude interfaces can write an entire program line by line on demand, as can Gemini, which launched its dedicated version, Gemini Canvas.
  • Other generative AI platforms specifically dedicated to coding have also made their mark in recent months, from Cursor to Loveable, or Bolt, Replit and Windsurf.

Italian paper prints fully-AI edition, but not to ‘kill’ journalism

Rome, Italy -- In a world first, an Italian newspaper is printing a fully AI-generated edition for a month in...
  • Il Foglio, a daily broadsheet with an irreverent touch and a circulation of about 29,000, says it is the first newspaper in the world to print entire editions created through AI.
  • The newspaper's 20-odd journalists ask a version of ChatGPT to write a story on a specific subject in a specific tone, and it produces a text using information scraped off internet

ADQ and US equity firm ECP to invest $25bn in data center energy projects

Dubai, UAE --  Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund ADQ has partnered with the American private equity firm Energy Capital Partners...
  • Though the partnership’s primary focus will be the USA, a portion of the capital may also be allocated towards opportunities in selected other international markets.
  •  The combined initial capital contribution from the partners is expected to amount to $5 billion.

Deepfakes can clone your voice in 5 seconds, tech firms mount defense

Las Vegas, United States -- Tech firms are fighting the scourge of deepfakes, those deceptively realistic voices or videos used...
  • Hong Kong police recently revealed that a multinational firm employee was tricked into wiring $26m to crooks who staged a videoconference with AI avatars of his colleagues.
  • A recent study by identification start-up iBoom found that a scant tenth of one percent of Americans and Britons were able to correctly tell when a picture or video was a deepfake.

China’s Baidu releases new, free AI model to compete with DeepSeek

Baidu announced in a WeChat post that its latest X1 reasoning model -- which the company claims performs similarly to...
  • Baidu also made the models free to use, more than two weeks ahead of schedule. Previously, users had to pay a monthly subscription to access the company's latest AI models.
  • Technology companies in China have been scrambling to release improved AI platforms since start-up DeepSeek shocked its rivals with its open source and highly cost-efficient model

The future of logistics: Insights from DHL’s Amadou Diallo

The future of logistics is a convergence of technology, sustainability, and human ingenuity, which are transforming supply chains into more...
  • in the MEA region, key hubs such as Doha, Dubai, Jeddah, Casablanca, Salalah, Nairobi, Durban, and Tema serve as vital nodes for regional distribution.
  • Additionally, hubs like Istanbul, Dubai, and Addis Ababa improve connectivity within this region, said Diallo.

Electric, hybrid and aerial to entirely transform city life: IIT Madras expert

Easier commutes with faster, quieter, and eco-friendly vehicles would reduce travel times significantly and reduce stress for urban residents, says...
  • Large and hugely populous Asian countries like India have abundant sunlight, making solar power a natural fit for supporting EV adoption.
  • The ePlane Company’s air taxis will revolutionize urban transport by offering faster and more efficient ways to move within cities.

Smart cities lead GCC’s IoT boom: NEOM and Smart Dubai in focus

IoT applications are transforming critical sectors such as transportation, where connected vehicles improve traffic management, utilities where smart grids enhance...
  • For instance, to manage the flow of massive stadium crowds during the FIFA World Cup, Qatar leveraged “digital twins,” aggregating data from 40,000 IoT devices. 
  • In a similar vein, Dubai’s Enterprise Command and Control Center uses a combination of AI, digital camera, and thermal imaging technologies to oversee 11,000 surveillance cameras.

IBM claims ‘real world’ edge in quantum computing race

San Francisco, United States -- Technology veteran IBM on Tuesday laid out a plan to have a "practical" quantum computer...

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Experts seek to legitimize AI mental health care

Researchers at Dartmouth College believe artificial intelligence can deliver reliable psychotherapy, distinguishing their work from the unproven and sometimes dubious...

AI companions present risks for young users, US watchdog warns

New York, United States -- AI companions powered by generative artificial intelligence present real risks and should be banned for...

Meta releases standalone AI app, competing with ChatGPT

San Francisco, United States -- Social media behemoth Meta unveiled its first standalone AI assistant app on Tuesday as it...

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Chinese firms extend EV range with petrol generators

The generator, known as a range extender, is connected to the cars' batteries and feeds them only when needed. Since...
  • This technology grew faster in China last year than any other type of powertrain, the system that propels a vehicle forward.
  • More than one million EREVs were sold, representing a total market share of six percent, according to the McKinsey consultancy.

Global tax plans targeting super rich and tech giants stall under Trump

Paris, France -- Global tax plans targeting billionaires and multinational companies are running aground, with the United States torpedoing reforms...
  • Countries have accused Amazon, Microsoft, Google owner Alphabet and Facebook's parent company Meta of sidestepping local taxes.
  • Trump issued a warning on February 21 to countries that would hit big tech and other US companies with fines or taxes that are "discriminatory, disproportionate".

Meta to start using Europeans’ data for AI training May 27

Paris, France -- Meta will start using public posts and comments by its European users to train generative artificial intelligence...
  • Meta, the owner of Facebook, Instagram and Threads, said earlier it would develop its AI models with European users' public content and conversations with the Meta AI chatbot.
  • That means anything from Instagram photo captions to Facebook comments could soon be fair game for Meta AI, though private conversations via WhatsApp will be excluded.