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US to announce response to French tech tax on December 2
Trump administration trade officials announced on Wednesday that they will offer an official response on Monday to the French tax on US technology ... Technology -
Middle East’s largest VC fund to invest in ‘homegrown’ Saudi tech startups
Saudi Technology Ventures (STV), the Middle East’s largest venture capital fund, plans to fill a growing gap between supply and demand in the ... Technology -
UAE telecom du, India’s Wipro tie up to address IoT security challenges
UAE based telecom operator du and Indian software firm Wipro Ltd have partnered to build an identity an access management platform for ... Business -
Consumer preference main risk of tech disruption for GCC retail banks: S&P
The main risk for technological disruption in banks based in the Arabian Gulf is customers changing their preferences, according to a report released ... Technology -
Hollywood star Penelope Cruz: Tech making ‘our brains explode’
Hollywood star Penelope Cruz warned on Sunday that technology was driving high anxiety that would one day make “all our brains explode.” ... Entertainment -
New internet calling and messaging app with translation launches in UAE
On Wednesday a new messaging app, YZER, launched at an event held at the Jumeriah al-Naseem Hotel in Dubai, UAE. YZER is aimed at providing individual ... Economy -
Workplace messaging startup Slack to list on Wall Street
The workplace messaging startup Slack filed documents Friday to list its shares on the New York Stock Exchange, the latest of a group of richly valued ... Technology -
Aramco, Saudi Information Technology Company to form venture in tech sector
Saudi Aramco and the Saudi Information Technology Company signed an agreement to set up a joint venture firm that will develop a platform to invest in ... Technology -
EU fines chipmaker Qualcomm 1 bn euros for Apple deal
The EU on Wednesday hit US chipmaking giant Qualcomm with an antitrust fine of 997 million euros ($1.2 billion) for paying Apple to use its chips ... Economy -
Apple to buy song recognition app Shazam
Apple has bought Shazam, the maker of a song-recognition app that Apple's digital assistant Siri has already been using to help people identify the ... Technology -
Facebook opens new London HQ, to create 800 UK jobs
Facebook opens its new London office on Monday and said it would add 800 more jobs in the capital next year, underlining its commitment to Britain as ... Technology -
Google launches new phones, speakers with ‘real time translation’
Google on Wednesday unveiled the second generation of its Pixel smartphone along with new voice-enabled home speakers, redoubling its commitment to ... Technology -
Google’s sister company Deepmind forms ethics unit for artificial intelligence
DeepMind, the Google sibling focusing on artificial intelligence, has announced the launch of an “ethics and society” unit to study the ... Technology -
Three offers raise Uber’s value to $100 billion
Investment groups around the world are scrambling to seize a stake in Uber, the world’s largest passenger services company. The move comes amid ... Technology -
Google employee’s anti-diversity memo prompts company rebuke
Google executives over the weekend rushed to denounce an engineer’s memo that ascribed gender inequality in the technology industry to ... Technology -
Mubadala sells second stake in US chipmaker AMD
Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala Investment Company on Friday said it sold a 3.9 percent stake in US-based semiconductor company Advanced Micro Devices ... Technology -
Palestinian president kicks off India visit with tech tour
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas began a three-day visit to India on Monday with a tour of an IT facility that is helping Ramallah build a high-end ... World News -
New malicious malware on the prowl targets the Middle East
Kaspersky Lap Global Research and Analysis Team has discovered a wiper malware that destroys everything on the infected computer. The wiper called ... Technology -
Saudi , SoftBank aim to be world’s No. 1 tech investor with $100 bln fund
Prince Salman aims to expand Kingdom’s wealth fund from $160 bln to about $2 trln, making it the world’s largest Technology -
Googling yourself now leads to personal privacy controls
An update to the “My Account” hub that Google introduced a year ago will now make it easier for people to manage the privacy and security controls Technology -
Meet the Smart-Mother device
'Mother' smart device fulfills the functions of the mother at home, and has multiple characteristics making the lives of the family members easier, as ... Reports -
Apple loses China trademark case for ‘iPhone’ on leather goods
In a statement, Apple said it was disappointed with the rulin Technology -
Watch: How Dubai will use streetlights to emit Internet
Dubai is the first place where LiFi is being tested on a large scale. UAE-based tech company Zero 1 have partnered up with du to roll out LiFi in ... Reports -
Smart cover adds second screen to your iPhone
popSLATE 2 puts a second shatterproof E-Ink screen on the back of your phone, so you can view other materials without having to unlock your phone. Technology -
3D printer that can build steel bridges
A company located in Amsterdam, Holland called MX3D is using multi-axis industrial robot arms to eject molten steel to build a bridge in Amsterdam by ... Reports -
Screen you can wrap around wrist
The English company FlexEnable revealed a new flexible bracelet that can surround the wrist Technology -
Watch: Samsung rolls out devices with long-awaited features
Samsung revealed in a recent exhbition in Lisbon several new products, including the Galaxy Tab Pro S, which combines the most needed and popular ... Reports -
Watch: Samsung gadgets providing intelligent life
Advanced devices were launched during Samsung Forum 2016 in Lisbon, Portugal focusing on providing intelligent life Reports -
WATCH: Xperia Eye, Era.. new toys to change how to communicate
Beyond the new Xperia X line, Sony had some other products to reveal this week. It’s the Xperia Eye, Xperia Ear, Xperia Projector and Xperia ... Technology -
Apple’s new San Francisco office could be a tool in tech talent wars
From Apple’s earliest days, executives insisted that employees work from its headquarters in sleepy suburban Cupertino Technology