- The United Arab Emirates has unveiled Unit 2 of the Barakah Nuclear Energy plant, located in Abu Dhabi’s Al Dhafra...
Unit 2 will be connected to the national electricity grid in the coming months
When fully operational, the four units of the plant will produce 5.6 GW of electricity while preventing the release of more than 21 million tons of carbon emissions every year
- The NSA whistleblower has said other companies following suit could lead to a torrent of privacy breaches across the board.
Apple unveiled the features earlier this month, saying they would help limit digital contraband on its devices
Experts have already warned against the feature, saying that it could be hacked or exploited
- Without water resilience, the MENA region may see a loss of 6-14 percent of the collective GDP by 2050, says...
A drought can reduce the economic growth of a city anywhere in the world by up to 12 percent, says the World Bank
The MENA region, it says, has over 60 percent of the population living in areas with high water stress, compared with 35 percent globally
- Since the French government made proof of vaccination mandatory to enter cafes and other public places this month, a black...
Russian mobsters, Chinese hackers and Nigerian scammers use stolen identities to plunder tens of billions of dollars in pandemic aid
Among the ripest targets for the cybertheft have been jobless programs
- The GCC might have been a late entrant to the exclusive club of space programs, but with its deep pockets...
The GCC governments have built a 21st-century vision of space focused on business, power, image, and control
Saudi Arabia's space program is the only one that compares in scope and ambition to the UAE
- With temperatures rising globally, this could be a useful feature for users of this Apple device.
Apple has recently been granted a patent in this regard by the US Patent and Trademark Office
The patent shows electrodes in the watch band, through which the electrical properties of sweat will be measured
- Saudi Arabia is constructing two renewable energy plants as part of the kingdom’s plan to generate 50 percent of its...
The plants will have a capacity of 600 megawatts and will be implemented in the Third Industrial City in Jeddah and the Industrial City in Rabigh
The Ministry of Energy is working to diversify the energy mix to produce electricity, by increasing the share of gas and renewable energy sources in it













