Topic: urban planning
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Dubai's Museum of the Future Launches Urban Future Week
Dubai’s Museum of the Future and Dubai Municipality will host Urban Future Week on November 10–11, 2025, bringing together global leaders to explore resilient, sustainable, and inclusive urban development through technology and governance. The event will focus on key themes like urban resilience,...
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Oman to Launch First High-Tech Satellite in 2026
Oman will launch its first high-tech satellite in the first half of 2026, marking a major milestone in its digital and scientific advancement. The satellite features high-resolution imaging and onboard AI for real-time data processing, enabling detailed Earth observation and faster insights. It w...
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Dubai Live: Real-Time City Management Launched at Gitex 2025
Dubai Municipality has launched Dubai Live, a real-time city management platform that integrates AI, Digital Twin technology, and predictive analytics to oversee municipal activities and urban systems. The platform centralizes citywide information, enabling monitoring of urban operations, trackin...
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Google DeepMind's AI Maps Earth with Unprecedented Precision
Google DeepMind's AlphaEarth Foundations is a groundbreaking AI system that maps Earth's surface with unmatched precision, enabling better environmental monitoring, urban planning, and resource management. The system integrates diverse satellite data into a unified model, reducing error rates by ...
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Geospatial AI at Scale: Innovations from Google Earth
Google Earth AI introduces new geospatial AI models, like AlphaEarth Foundations, to tackle pressing global challenges. It improves weather predictions, delivers crucial flood and wildfire alerts, and aids urban planning and public health. This initiative offers practical insights, helping individuals and organizations make informed decisions for a more resilient world.
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Oman Set to Launch Second High-Res Satellite by 2026
Oman plans to launch a second high-resolution satellite by 2026, achieving 50-centimeter resolution to enhance Earth observation capabilities as part of Oman Vision 2040. The new satellite builds on the success of OL-1, Oman's first optical satellite launched in 2024, which provided one-meter res...
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AI for Good Qatar Challenge Launched at Qatar Investment Conference
The AI for Good Qatar Challenge, launched on November 3, 2025, in Doha, supports early-stage GCC startups using AI to address the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Participants pitch their solutions to a panel and gain access to mentorship, funding opportunities, and global networks, though no mo...
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Space42 Launches First UAE-Built Radar Satellites to US
Space42 has shipped the first three UAE-built Synthetic Aperture Radar satellites to the United States, marking a milestone in sovereign space manufacturing for the UAE. This achievement represents the first time advanced integration and testing of such sophisticated satellites were completed ent...
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