Topic: Technology Innovation
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20 Tech Flops in the Last 20 Years
Every big leap in technology starts with a bold idea, a spark of innovation that promises to change the game. But not every spark catches fire. Over the past twenty years, we've witnessed some truly groundbreaking advancements, but we've also seen our fair share of ideas that, for one reason or another, just didn’t pan out ...
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Embracing Change: Learning from Talal Abu-Ghazaleh
In an era defined by rapid technological advances and shifting economic landscapes, the wisdom of seasoned leaders like Talal Abu-Ghazaleh offers invaluable guidance for professionals and entrepreneurs alike. Known for his pioneering work in intellectual property, education, and the digital domain, Abu-Ghazaleh's journey is a testament to the power of...
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Emirati Youth Drive Digital Future at Expand North Star 2025
Expand North Star 2025, organized by the Dubai Chamber of Digital Economy, highlights Emirati youth presenting innovative digital solutions and serves as a platform for local talent to gain international exposure. The event features the Emaratipreneur showcase, focusing on advanced technologies l...
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Sheikh Mohammed Opens Gitex Global 2025, Highlights UAE's Tech Progress
Gitex Global 2025, inaugurated by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, emphasizes the UAE's commitment to leveraging cutting-edge technologies to build a robust digital economy, with Dubai aiming to contribute AED100 billion annually from digital transformation by 2033. The event has evolved in...
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Oman Launches Hadatha Center to Boost Cybersecurity and Digital Independence
Oman has inaugurated the Hadatha Center for Cybersecurity Manufacturing to strengthen national cyber defenses and promote digital autonomy, marking a key step in building a resilient digital economy. The center, led by the Ministry of Transport and Middle East College, aims to position Oman as a ...
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33 Startups Chosen for ITIDA's Creativa Incubation Program Third Cohort
The Creativa Incubation Program has selected 33 startups from diverse sectors like educational technology and renewable energy to receive comprehensive support. Each startup will get up to EGP 360,000 in financial and in-kind aid, along with mentorship, networking, and access to co-working spaces...
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PressReader: A journey of innovation & Transformation
Discover the extraordinary journey of PressReader, a digital trailblazer transforming the world of news and publishing. With roots as NewspaperDirect, it revolutionized the delivery of global newspapers to hospitality and transport sectors. Evolving into PressReader, it redefined digital content access, offering thousands of titles in over 60 languages. Dive into PressReader's saga, from its pioneering start to its current stature as a digital publishing leader, in our latest blog post.
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Hitachi Energy Powers Geita Gold Mine with Cleaner, Low-Carbon Energy
AngloGold Ashanti's Geita Gold Mine in Tanzania has connected to the national grid, enabling over 45% of its electricity to come from renewable sources and cutting diesel use by 80%, which reduces annual CO2 emissions by 50 kilotons. The project, a collaboration with the Tanzanian government and ...
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PEXA Appoints New Executives to Drive Innovation and Growth
PEXA Group has made strategic executive appointments to strengthen its leadership team, aiming to accelerate innovation and support expansion into new markets while enhancing its core digital property settlement platform. Key external hires include Peter Bonney as Chief Product and Technology Off...
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Teradar Secures $150M for Sensor That Outperforms Lidar and Radar
Teradar raised $150 million in Series B funding to advance its solid-state terahertz sensor technology, which combines radar resilience with lidar-like high-resolution imaging for long-range environmental perception in adverse weather. The company is collaborating with five major U.S. and Europea...
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Exowatt's Hot Rocks Could Power AI Data Centers
Exowatt aims to provide ultra-low-cost solar power at one cent per kilowatt-hour using modular, container-like units with concentrated solar technology and thermal storage for continuous energy supply. The company has secured an additional $50 million in funding to scale production, supported by ...
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Wispr Raises $25M as Voice Dictation App Gains Traction
Wispr secured $25 million in new funding, bringing its total to $81 million, with strong investor backing and notable growth, including a 40% month-over-month increase and adoption by 270 Fortune 500 companies. The company is focusing on aggressive international expansion, developing proprietary ...
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Abu Dhabi Debuts World's First AI Public Servant at GITEX 2025
Abu Dhabi has launched the world's first AI public servant through the TAMM AutoGov platform, automating routine tasks like license renewals and bill payments to free residents from administrative burdens. The initiative introduces AI-driven features such as AI Vision, Smart Guide, and holographi...
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Microsoft Unveils Its First In-House AI Image Generator
Microsoft has launched MAI-Image-1, its first internally developed text-to-image generator, enhancing its AI portfolio with a focus on high-quality, original visual content. The model was developed with artist input to avoid generic results and excels in producing realistic images quickly, partic...
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IBM Consulting names new leaders: Melanie Evans and Wynand Fourie
IBM Consulting Australia has appointed Melanie Evans as Partner and Distribution & Industrial Leader for East Australia and promoted Wynand Fourie to lead the same sector in Western states, reinforcing focus on industries like Retail, FMCG, and Logistics. Melanie Evans brings over 20 years of exp...
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PMT Security and DroneShield Unite to Protect Australia's Critical Infrastructure
PMT Security and DroneShield have formed a strategic alliance to enhance protection for Australia's critical infrastructure and government facilities against unauthorized drones by integrating advanced counter-drone capabilities. The partnership addresses rising security threats from drones, such...
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Amazon Lays Off 14,000, Citing AI as Key Factor
Amazon is cutting 14,000 corporate jobs to streamline operations and invest in automation and AI as key growth drivers. The layoffs aim to reduce bureaucracy and redirect resources toward high-priority initiatives, with affected employees having 90 days to find new roles internally. This restruct...
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Harnessing the Ocean to Store Renewable Energy
Childhood memories of a pumped-storage hydropower reservoir inspired the creation of an offshore energy storage solution to overcome land scarcity limitations. Sizable Energy's design uses two flexible reservoirs connected by turbines, pumping dense saltwater to store energy and generating power ...
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SAP Concur & Amex GBT Forge New Business Travel Alliance
SAP Concur and American Express Global Business Travel have formed a strategic alliance to launch Complete, a unified platform integrating AI for streamlined corporate travel and expense management. The collaboration combines both companies' technologies and data to offer enhanced marketplace acc...
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Vodafone Qatar Named Official Telecom Partner for Seashore Phoenix Games
Vodafone Qatar has become the exclusive telecommunications partner for the Seashore Phoenix Games in a five-year alliance through 2029, starting with the 2025 event. The partnership involves providing connectivity solutions and digital interactions for athletes and spectators, aiming to enhance s...
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PEAK:AIO Raises $6.8M Seed Funding to Fuel Global Expansion
PEAK:AIO raised $6.8 million in seed funding, led by Pembroke VCT, to expand its AI-first data storage solutions and global operations. The company's platform addresses AI data bottlenecks by providing high-performance, low-latency storage for applications from edge inference to model training. I...
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DeepSeek's New AI Model Challenges Alibaba Qwen and OpenAI
DeepSeek has launched an experimental AI model, DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp, challenging competitors like Alibaba and OpenAI with its advanced Sparse Attention technology that cuts computational costs and boosts performance. The company introduced a 50% reduction in API pricing to lower adoption barriers a...
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Kuwait & Google Cloud Boost Digital Skills for Public Workers
Kuwait has launched the second phase of its Digital Skills Development Initiative with Google Cloud to provide government employees with advanced training in cloud computing, AI, and cybersecurity. The initiative is a strategic investment aligned with the New Kuwait Vision 2035, aiming to enhance...
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Dubai's DEWA Deepens China Ties to Boost Clean Energy Goals
DEWA is enhancing its partnership with Chinese energy firms to advance Dubai's clean energy transition, aligning with its goal of 100% clean power by 2050. The collaboration includes progressing the seventh phase of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park, which will add 2,000MW of solar ca...
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OpenAI's New AI Jobs Platform to Rival Microsoft's LinkedIn
OpenAI is launching an AI-powered jobs platform to compete with Microsoft's LinkedIn, expanding its reach into consumer and enterprise markets. The platform uses advanced algorithms to match job seekers with employers by analyzing skills, experience, and career goals for better accuracy. This mov...
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Build Digital Resilience for the Age of Agentic AI
Global AI investment is projected to reach $1.5 trillion in 2025, yet many business leaders are uncertain about maintaining service continuity, security, and cost control due to the challenges posed by agentic AI's autonomous decision-making and deep integration into critical systems. Organizatio...
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5 Ways to Feed Your AI Quality Data for Better Results
High-quality data is essential for successful AI outcomes, as poor data leads to poor results, making the right data assets critical as companies adopt AI technologies. Experts recommend focusing on key data that delivers the most impact, adopting deliberate data governance, and creating flexible...
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UAE, U.S. Forge Energy and AI Partnership Deal
The UAE and US have signed a partnership to enhance cooperation in energy and artificial intelligence, aiming to drive industrial transformation, economic growth, and national security. This collaboration focuses on developing smarter energy systems and advanced technologies to meet AI-era demand...
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Samsung's Galaxy XR Headset Launches at Half the Price of Vision Pro
Samsung and Google have launched the Galaxy XR mixed-reality headset as a direct competitor to Apple's Vision Pro, priced at $1,800 to make advanced technology more accessible. Previously known as "Project Moohan," the headset has been fully unveiled with its official branding, specifications, an...
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Inside GM's Lab: The Race to Build Better EV Batteries
GM is conducting rigorous battery testing under extreme conditions, simulating years of real-world usage in months to ensure durability and performance for electric vehicles. Despite market challenges and regulatory changes impacting EV adoption, GM is advancing lithium manganese rich (LMR) batte...
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Cursor Launches AI Coding Model with Multi-Agent Interface
Cursor has launched its own competitive AI coding model called Composer and a major 2.0 release of its IDE, featuring a multi-agent interface for parallel task execution. The Composer model is built with reinforcement learning and a mixture-of-experts architecture, operating four times faster tha...
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Firmus Technologies Strengthens Leadership for Sovereign AI Push
Firmus Technologies has appointed Kirsty Godfrey-Billy as CFO and Grant Dempsey as incoming Board Chair following a $330 million equity financing round to support institutional growth and technological expansion. The company is preparing to launch Project Southgate, a sovereign AI campus in Tasma...
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Cancer Council Queensland Boosts IT with Macquarie Telecom
Cancer Council Queensland has partnered with Macquarie Telecom to enhance its IT infrastructure, enabling the charity to focus more resources on cancer research, prevention, and patient care. The partnership includes a secure SD-WAN and SASE framework, along with cybersecurity upgrades like SOC a...
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Ookla's New One-Tap Wi-Fi Troubleshooter Fits on Your Phone
Ookla's Speedtest Pulse is a compact MagSafe-compatible diagnostic tool that simplifies Wi-Fi troubleshooting for users of all technical levels by identifying connectivity issues and offering clear solutions. The device operates in two modes—immediate diagnostics and continuous monitoring—using m...
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Nvidia, Deutsche Telekom Form €1B AI Data Center Partnership in Munich
Nvidia and Deutsche Telekom are investing €1 billion to build an AI factory in Munich, which will increase Germany's AI computing power by 50% and enhance its technological infrastructure. The facility will use over 10,000 Blackwell GPUs and operate in compliance with Germany's data sovereignty l...
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Samsung Galaxy Z TriFold: The Future of Folding Phones
Samsung has officially unveiled its first tri-folding smartphone, the Galaxy Z TriFold, at the K-Tech Showcase during the APEC 2025 summit in South Korea. The device features a dual-hinge mechanism that allows it to transform from a 6.5-inch smartphone into a 10-inch tablet, as demonstrated in im...
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TakeMe2Space and AICRAFT Launch First Orbital Data Center
TakeMe2Space and AICRAFT are partnering to launch the first orbital data center, with a 2026 mission to demonstrate high-performance computing in space and integrate AI capabilities into the TM2S satellite constellation. The collaboration will enable real-time, on-orbit processing of Earth Observ...
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Warner Music Partners with AI Startup Suno in Landmark Deal
Warner Music Group has partnered with AI startup Suno to resolve copyright disputes and establish new standards for artist compensation and control in AI-generated music, including launching licensed AI music models next year. The agreement ensures Warner Music artists retain full control over th...
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Waymo Cleared to Expand Robotaxi Service Across California
Waymo has received regulatory approval to expand its autonomous vehicle testing and deployment across much of California, including the Bay Area, Sacramento, and a Southern California corridor from Santa Clarita to San Diego. The company must secure additional clearances before offering paid ride...
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Last Chance: Save $624 on Disrupt 2025 Passes
Time is running out to save up to $624 on TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 passes, with discounts available for teams and a 50% reduction on a second ticket until the October 17 deadline. The event, held from October 27-29 in San Francisco, will feature over 10,000 attendees, 200 sessions, and 300 startup...
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Stoke Space's $510M Round Signals Defense-Focused Launch Future
The launch industry's demand center has shifted from commercial markets to defense and national security priorities, driven by substantial investments like the $510 million funding for Stoke Space. Geopolitical tensions and initiatives such as the Pentagon's "Golden Dome" missile defense program ...
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ChatGPT's Shopping Research: Solution or New Problem?
The integration of shopping features into ChatGPT risks diluting its core promise as a reasoning engine, potentially turning it into a transactional, ad-driven platform similar to traditional search engines rather than enhancing intelligent assistance. Testing revealed the shopping functionality ...
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NETSCOUT Boosts Kubernetes Visibility with Continuous Observability
NETSCOUT has launched the Omnis KlearSight Sensor for Kubernetes to provide deep, real-time insights into performance, health, and costs in complex multi-cluster environments. The solution captures decrypted packets directly from the Linux kernel using eBPF technology, enabling visibility into en...
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Al Fardan Exchange & ABHI Launch Salary Advance for Financial Access
A new Salary Advance service in the UAE, launched by Al Fardan Exchange and Abhi Middle East, allows WPS-registered workers to access up to half of their earned wages early via the AlfaPay app or over 90 branches. The initiative aims to enhance financial inclusion and stability by helping underba...
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Spiro Secures Record $100M for Africa's E-Mobility
Spiro secured a record $100 million investment, the largest for an African EV mobility company, to expand its electric motorcycle fleet and battery-swapping network across the continent. The company's battery-swapping model reduces operating costs by 30% and eliminates refueling downtime, making ...
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Nvidia and Intel's $5B Deal Targets AMD's Market Share
Nvidia and Intel have formed a $5 billion partnership to develop integrated CPU-GPU solutions targeting the laptop and server markets, directly challenging AMD's strong position. The collaboration focuses on using Intel's CPUs and Nvidia's GPUs with NVLink technology to create compact, power-effi...
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Rihal Secures ITHCA Funding to Boost SaaS Expansion
Rihal has secured an initial $7.5 million in Series A funding, led by ITHCA Group, to support its growth amid rising demand for data solutions in the GCC region. The company has achieved a 119% CAGR since 2021, driven by a 300-person team with strong local hiring and female representation, servin...
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MessageXchange Reappointed as NSW Government's E-Invoicing Partner
The New South Wales Government has renewed its partnership with MessageXchange, confirming it as the dedicated e-invoicing provider after a review by NSW Treasury, continuing a collaboration that began in 2020. Peppol e-invoicing enables secure, direct invoice transfers between software systems, ...
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NVIDIA to Unveil AI Infrastructure Breakthroughs at GITEX 2025
NVIDIA will present its latest AI infrastructure and datacenter technologies at GITEX 2025 in Dubai, focusing on scalable and efficient AI deployment to accelerate the Middle East's AI transformation. Key partners like PNY, MBUZZ, Mindware, and Dell will showcase NVIDIA's Dynamo inference platfor...
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Affinda's New AI Platform Makes Document Processing Effortless
Affinda's new agentic AI platform automates document workflows with exceptional accuracy, enabling companies to build custom models in minutes rather than months. The platform uses advanced AI with persistent memory to learn instantly from interactions, overcoming the limitations of traditional s...
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