The Ministry of Finance, MoF, in collaboration with the Arab Monetary Fund, AMF, has organised a workshop on the modern technologies applied to financial services, its impact on the banking sector, and the challenges faced by Arab regulatory authorities to establish a suitable environment to adopt these new technologies.
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Car company offering red light-reading vehicles in Las Vegas
On the theory that a driver who knows when a red light will turn green is more relaxed and aware, vehicle manufacturer Audi is unveiling this week in Las Vegas a technology that enables vehicles to “read” traffic signals ahead and tell the motorist how long the wait will be.
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Mars One puts back planned colonisation of Red Planet
A British-Dutch company planning to install a community of humans on Mars admitted on Wednesday that it’s project will be delayed by several years.
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Free WiFi at all Dubai airports: High-speed, unlimited too
Passengers will now be able to enjoy unlimited free high-speed Wi-Fi at Dubai International and Dubai World Central after operator Dubai Airports officially rolled out the upgraded service across both airports today. Continue reading Free WiFi at all Dubai airports: High-speed, unlimited too
Sharjah students’ brainwave: Solar panels that move with the sun
A moving solar panel launched by a team of three students was the major attraction of UAE Innovation Week activities organised by Sharjah Media Centre at the Sharjah Expo Centre.
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Dubai climbs innovation index rankings
Dubai has moved up one spot to rank 15 among 28 global innovation cities as per the second edition of the Dubai Innovation Index.
Meet Guy Kawasaki, the wizard of enterprise
The key for the Dubai to become a global centre of innovation is to hire more engineers, a former Apple fellow and tech evangelist said at Innovation Live!, a forum of business and government leaders, on Monday.
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3 superpowers at your disposal: Mobile, AI, VR
Jonathan Labin failed his driver’s licence test three times. But now that he has it, he still says – ironically enough – that he will “never, ever drive again”.
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Cloud warning: Alibaba comes to Dubai
Alibaba Cloud, the cloud computing arm of Alibaba Group, launched its new data centre in Dubai that will be operated by Yvolv, a joint venture between Alibaba Cloud and Meraas Holdings.