Technology
Google ties school search access to AI tools in policy change
By Associated Press •Nov 4, 2026
Students using Google software in school will not be allowed to use the company's search tool unless their school system also provides them access to...
Chinese AI model shows advanced hacking capabilities, raises security concerns
By Reuters •Oct 29, 2026
BEIJING: Chinese firm Z.AI's flagship AI model carried out complex cyberattacks in controlled simulations and repeatedly ignored instructions in sepa...
How teachers are adapting classrooms to ChatGPT and AI tools
By Reuters •Oct 29, 2026
In the AI capital of the world, sixth-grade humanities teacher Tristen Chang is designing her classroom so students can’t rely on chatbots. Starting ...
Apple unveils its first touchscreen MacBook
By WAM •Oct 29, 2026
Los Angeles: Apple CEO John Ternus unveiled the company's first touchscreen MacBooks on Wednesday, abandoning a long-held aversion to the technolog...
Apple's next big bet: Touchscreen laptops in a blockbuster product rollout
By Reuters •Oct 28, 2026
LOS ANGELES: Apple is expected to unveil its first touchscreen MacBooks on Wednesday, abandoning a long-held aversion to the technology as it caps...
DeepSeek AI model shows safety gaps in independent tests
By Reuters •Oct 27, 2026
BEIJING: DeepSeek's latest AI model showed stronger safety controls in independent tests than earlier versions, but could still disable software inte...
Anthropic IPO: Meet the tech giants and investors behind the AI startup’s meteoric rise
Oct 27, 2026
Only a few startups have attracted as much investor conviction as Anthropic. Backed by some of the biggest names in technology and finance, the AI co...
PHP Foundation 'under-funded' with one full-time staff member
By Reuters •Oct 24, 2026
AMSTERDAM: The discovery of two serious flaws in PHP this week set off a global scramble to keep websites safe from hackers, showing just how critica...
Governments, companies across the world take websites offline over PHP flaws
By Reuters •Oct 22, 2026
Several government, school and hospital websites across Europe and beyond were taken offline on Wednesday as organizations rushed to protect themselv...
Millions of hacking attempts as companies, governments rush to patch PHP flaws
By Reuters •Oct 22, 2026
TOKYO/BEIJING: Companies and governments worldwide rushed on Thursday to patch critical flaws in the widely used PHP programming language, as a cybe...
Apple Duo folding phone tips: Screen protection, hinge care, magnets - key dos and don'ts
By Associated Press •Oct 22, 2026
Apple’s first folding phone arrives in stores on Friday, bringing the advantages of a flexible display to iPhone loyalists. Such devices also have th...
OpenAI to sell its top models on Google Cloud in latest enterprise push
By Reuters •Oct 21, 2026
OpenAI will make its frontier artificial intelligence models and Codex coding agent available through Google Cloud in the coming weeks, the compani...
Dubai RTA hosts AI challenge to develop smart mobility solutions
By Emirates247 •Oct 20, 2026
Dubai: Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), in collaboration with the Canadian University Dubai and Mistral AI, a company specialising in art...
This New York apartment building can run on a battery for days
By Associated Press •Oct 20, 2026
A battery system installed in a Buffalo, New York, apartment building will store excess energy when it’s plentiful and power the building when the gr...
Google Cloud services down in UK; banks, public sector report issues
By Reuters •Oct 20, 2026
A disruption at Google's cloud operations in London on Tuesday affected the websites and mobile apps of several banks, financial firms and public...
Dubai Chamber of Digital Economy signs two MoUs to accelerate Agentic AI adoption across Dubai’s private sector
By Emirates247 •Oct 19, 2026
Dubai: Dubai Chamber of Digital Economy, one of the three chambers operating under the umbrella of Dubai Chambers, has signed two Memorandums of Unde...
Cybersecurity experts warn AI-powered scams are increasingly targeting elderly people’s savings
Oct 19, 2026
Abu Dhabi: Two cybersecurity experts warned of increasingly sophisticated electronic fraud targeting the savings of elderly people, stressing that th...
Apple’s foldable iPhone faces January 2027 delivery dates in UAE amid huge pre-order demand
Oct 18, 2026
Dubai: Buyers in the UAE hoping to get their hands on Apple’s first foldable iPhone may have to wait until next year, with estimated delivery dates f...
Dubai Future Week to bring global AI and robotics talent to Dubai
By WAM •Oct 18, 2026
Dubai: Dubai Future Foundation (DFF) has unveiled details of The Challenge, one of the main concepts at Dubai Future Week, which will take place from...
MBRCLD launches AI-powered Dubai Leadership Coach for government employees
By Emirates247 •Oct 13, 2026
Dubai: In the presence of His Highness Sheikh Mansoor bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, President of the UAE Olympic Committee, the Mohammed bin Ra...
Mars rover Perseverance sets record for longest drive on another world
By Reuters •Oct 13, 2026
Washington: NASA's Perseverance rover has set a new record for the longest distance travelled by any vehicle on a world beyond Earth, marking another...
Can hackers really hack your fridge? The risks of connected devices
By Reuters •Oct 13, 2026
Hackers who sabotaged refrigeration systems at hundreds of French supermarkets exploited the growing connectivity of equipment that was once largely ...
UAE space sector spending rises 27.1% to AED 5.52 billion in 2025
Oct 13, 2026
Dubai: Engineer Salem Butti Al Qubaisi, Director General of the UAE Space Agency, has revealed the results of the 2025 Space Economic Survey, confirm...
AI models may soon self-replicate without access to data centers, Anthropic warns
By Reuters •Oct 13, 2026
Anthropic said on Monday its experiments suggested small AI models may be months away from being capable enough to self-replicate on commercial inte...
Hamdan bin Mohammed reviews AI-powered decision intelligence solutions at ATRC meeting
By Emirates247 •Oct 12, 2026
Dubai: His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence of the UAE...