By pairing sovereign capital with frictionless regulation, Doha reversed the startup playbook, attracting investors and founders first, then letting an...
The post-oil Gulf has the chance to redefine authenticity itself—as a deliberately trained, global hospitality culture built by people, not...
San Francisco, United States - Microsoft on Thursday said it cut an Israeli defense unit's access to some cloud services...Microsoft reviewed the decision with the Israel Ministry of Defense along with steps the tech firm is taking to ensure compliance
The move followed a two-month Microsoft probe into a Guardian report that the Israeli Defense Force used Azure to store phone call data from surveillance in Gaza and the West Bank
US President Donald Trump announced Thursday punishing tariffs on pharmaceuticals, big-rig trucks, home renovation fixtures and furniture, reviving his global...The announcement is the harshest trade policy by the president since last April's shock unveiling of reciprocal tariffs on virtually every US trading partner across the globe
Earlier this year, the Trump administration launched a so-called Section 232 probe into imports of trucks to "determine the effects of national security."
Tech companies including WhatsApp and Reddit as well as streaming giant Twitch and gaming firm Roblox could be among more...The head of Australia's eSafety Commissioner, Julie Inman Grant, has written to 16 more companies to "self-assess" whether they fall under the ban's remit
Companies will need to make a case if they believe their platform should be exempt from the ban, the national broadcaster ABC said
- Still heavily reliant on imported fossil fuels, Japan has declared offshore wind energy a "trump card" in its drive to...
That's despite rising project costs and fears over inadequate infrastructure to produce turbines en masse.
Floating turbines are particularly well suited to Japan as its deep coastal waters make fixing them to seabeds tricky.
- As there is no recognised body to govern AI on a global level, world leaders will gather in New York...
The UN says Artificial AI has been rapidly transforming the world including everything from self-driving cars to the analysis of medical images
However, it notes that the benefits of AI are unevenly distributed, and many countries struggle to access the tools which could transform their societies by supporting development
Shares in chipmaker Intel skyrocketed on Thursday after AI giant Nvidia announced it would invest $5 billion in its struggling..."This marks a fusion of two world-class platforms," said Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. "Together, we will expand our ecosystems and lay the foundation for the next era of computing."
The Trump administration surprised the tech industry last month by taking a 10 percent equity stake in Intel, recognizing the strategic importance of the company
Nvidia announced a $5 billion investment in struggling US rival to jointly develop chips for PCs and data centers. The...Investors were also reacting to Wednesday's US central bank decision to lower rates by 25 basis points, its first cut of the year.
The decision to cut came even as US inflation runs well above policymakers' two-percent target, but analysts said the main focus was on the jobs market.
- Fed Chair Jerome Powell stressed that the central bank remains "strongly committed" to maintaining its independence from politics, however, when...
Fed Chair Jerome Powell stressed that the central bank remains "strongly committed" to maintaining its independence from politics
He added that the Fed was "right to wait and see how tariffs and inflation and the labor market evolved" before lowering rates
- Paris, France - Scientists said Wednesday that they had created an AI model able to predict medical diagnoses years in...
Based on a patient's case history, the Delphi-2M AI "predicts the rates of more than 1,000 diseases" years into the future
Researchers trained the model on data from Britain's UK Biobank -- a large-scale biomedical research database with details on about half a million participants
- The 2025 edition of the World Trade Report reveals that, with the right enabling policies, artificial intelligence (AI) could boost...
According to the report, AI could lead to significant increases in trade and GDP by 2040, with global trade projected to rise by 34-37% across different scenarios
Trade can be a powerful enabler of inclusive AI -supported growth by helping economies access AI-enabling goods, such as raw materials, and semiconductors
