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62% of UAE Businesses Are Already Optimizing for AI Search, New Salesforce Research Shows

News Desk 11/08/2026

Salesforce, the world’s #1 AI CRM, released UAE findings from its fourth edition of the State of Commerce report, revealing a market moving quickly to adapt as shoppers increasingly start their purchase journeys with a question to an AI assistant rather than a traditional search engine.

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Cisco Outlines Need for a New AI Cyber Defense Playbook as AI Shrinks Threat Windows from Weeks to Hours

News Desk 11/08/2026

Cisco has highlighted a shift in the cybersecurity landscape: the rapid acceleration of cyber threats driven by artificial intelligence (AI). As AI models accelerate the ability to find vulnerabilities and generate exploits, the time between disclosure and weaponization has, in some instances, shrunk from weeks to days or hours. Many organizations remain vulnerable by

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Alef Education Expands AI-Powered Professional Learning Program to Empower 2,300 Teachers Ahead of New Academic Year

News Desk 11/08/2026

Alef Education, a UAE-based global leader in education technology, is accelerating the future of AI-powered, teacher-led learning through an expanded professional learning program empowering 2,300 teachers ahead of the new academic year, with the introduction of Alef AI for Teachers as a core component of the initiative.   Designed to move beyond traditional

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UAE-BASED – COBI – THE AI DECISION STACK FOR CUSTOMER INTELLIGENCE, RAISES $1 MILLION IN PRE-SEED ROUND

News Desk 11/08/2026

Cobi, the AI decision stack for customer intelligence, announces a $1 million pre-seed fund raise.   The raise was led by Lunara Partners – a multi-stage alternative investment firm investing predominantly across the MENA region. Other participating investors included Plug and Play, Annex Investments and Spring.   The proceeds will be used to accelerate

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Snowflake powers KSA’s Zahid Group’s data and AI transformation to unlock enterprise value

News Desk 10/08/2026

Zahid Group, one of Saudi Arabia’s leading diversified business groups spanning heavy equipment, energy, transport and manufacturing, and others, has selected Snowflake, the AI Data Cloud company, as the strategic foundation for its enterprise data and AI transformation, giving the Group a scalable way to strengthen governance, advance AI adoption, and elevate

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Firebird Opens the Region’s Largest AI Factory and Announces Global Expansion

News Desk 09/08/2026

Firebird today officially launched the largest NVIDIA DSX AI factory in the region, marking the operational debut of its global AI infrastructure platform and establishing Armenia as a new strategic hub for artificial intelligence computing. The official inauguration marked a defining milestone for both Firebird and the future of AI infrastructure in the region. The […]

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OMODA 4 Sets New Benchmark for AI Mobility with Next-Generation Super AI Cockpit

News Desk 07/08/2026

OMODA & JAECOO has unveiled its next-generation Super AI Cockpit at OMODA SUPER AI NIGHT in Jakarta, Indonesia, where the all-new OMODA 4 made its Southeast Asia debut as the first production model to showcase the brand’s latest artificial intelligence-powered cockpit technology. The global technology showcase marks another step towards bringing a new generation

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Ethics and Governance in AI Take Centre Stage at the AITHOS Forum on the Future of Education

News Desk 07/08/2026

Leading women experts in artificial intelligence (AI), ethics, governance, research and innovation led a conversation at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) on the inclusive and ethical use of artificial intelligence during an exclusive roundtable exploring how AI is reshaping education across Africa and the wider Middle East and Africa (MEA) region. The event

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AI’s next phase: Investing beyond the bottlenecks- Saxo Bank

News Desk 06/08/2026

The first phase of the artificial-intelligence trade was built around scarcity. There were not enough advanced chips, high-bandwidth memory, networking components, power connections or data-centre capacity to satisfy demand. Investors did not need to know exactly how AI would be monetised. It was enough to own the companies supplying the bottlenecks. That phase is

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AI Search Is Changing How UAE Businesses Measure Digital Marketing, Says ROSA eSolutions

News Desk 06/08/2026

UAE businesses need to reassess how they measure digital marketing performance as artificial intelligence changes the way customers discover brands, compare services and make purchasing decisions, according to ROSA eSolutions.   The Toronto-based digital marketing firm, which has a presence in Dubai, says conventional indicators such as website traffic, rankings and

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Deloitte presents practical Agentic AI solutions to support secure government transformation at DGE Showcase

News Desk 06/08/2026

Deloitte presents practical Agentic AI solutions to support secure government transformation at DGE Showcase Abu Dhabi, UAE – 6 August 2026: Deloitte Middle East announced its latest AI-powered government solutions at the Department of Government Enablement’s (DGE) Showcase in Abu Dhabi, demonstrating how secure, enterprise-ready Agentic AI can help public sector

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NTT DATA AI for Insurance Converts Complex Workflows into Governed, Repeatable AI-delivered Services

News Desk 06/08/2026

NTT DATA, a global leader in AI, digital business and technology services, today announced NTT DATA AI for Insurance, an AI-native agentic solution that converts complex core insurance workflows into governed, repeatable services. Built for highly regulated insurance environments, the Service-as-Software solution combines configurable AI agents, insurance-specific data

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Tencent Hy3 Now Available Globally, Advancing Enterprise AI Adoption

News Desk 05/08/2026

Tencent today announced broader international access to Tencent Hy3 (Tencent Hy, formerly known as Tencent Hunyuan) following the model’s official release on 6 July. The rollout broadens access for developers, users and enterprises, offering multiple ways to experience and integrate the model.   Users and enterprises can access Hy3 through WorkBuddy, where it is

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HaxUnit and Liplyn Information Group Form Strategic Partnership to Strengthen AI-Powered Cyber Resilience Across the Gulf

News Desk 04/08/2026

HaxUnit and Liplyn Information Group today announced a strategic partnership to help organisations in the United Arab Emirates and the wider Gulf region gain continuous visibility into their external cyber exposure and maintain stronger evidence for information-security governance and ISO/IEC 27001 certification activities. The partnership combines HaxUnit’s cybersecurity

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Breaking the Myths: How AI Is Changing the Way UAE Homes Dry Clothes

News Desk 03/08/2026

For generations, hanging laundry on balconies or drying racks has been a daily ritual across UAE households. Yet high ambient humidity means clothes dried this way often remain damp for hours, retaining odors and cluttering living spaces, a far cry from the design-conscious, efficient homes that modern residents aspire to. As smart home adoption accelerates […]

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AI Earnings Lift Wall Street as Oil Retreats and Fed Outlook Remains in Focus – Century Financial

News Desk 03/08/2026

US Markets US equity indices closed last week in gains, despite volatility. SPX rose 0.90% as breadth widened, and NDX was little changed. In today’s session, indices jumped higher as oil prices retreated amid hopes of a US-Iran deal. The SPX is up 0.8% above $7,500. The outlook for today is bullish. July was a […]

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OMODA & JAECOO’s AI Ecosystem Expands Globally as AiMOGA Surpasses 2,000 Overseas Robot Deliveries

News Desk 03/08/2026

OMODA & JAECOO’s intelligent mobility ecosystem continues to gain global momentum as AiMOGA Robotics has surpassed 2,000 cumulative overseas robot deliveries across more than 60 countries and regions, highlighting the rapid international expansion of the company’s AI technologies that are expected to support the brand’s next generation of intelligent mobility

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BHM Capital Establishes Consulting & AI-Enablement Department to Advance AI-Driven Business Transformation

News Desk 03/08/2026

BHM Capital, the leading financial institution in the capital markets of the United Arab Emirates, has announced the establishment of its Consulting & AI-Enablement Department, reinforcing the company’s long-term strategy to expand its consulting capabilities and support organizations in leveraging artificial intelligence to drive innovation, improve

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Check Point Revolutionizes the Firewall Market: New AI Network Firewall Closes the Network’s AI Blind Spot — Everywhere

News Desk 03/08/2026

Check Point® Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHKP), a pioneer and global leader of cyber security solutions, today announced the Check Point AI Network Firewall, delivered as part of Check Point firewall software release R82.20. AI has introduced a new class of network traffic — prompts, autonomous agent actions, and sensitive business context — that traditional […]

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AI’s Double-Edged Role in Managing Security, Health and Operational Risks in the UAE

News Desk 03/08/2026

As the UAE accelerates AI adoption across business and government, new research from International SOS highlights that organisations increasingly see artificial intelligence as a critical tool for verifying risk information, while also recognising the growing dangers posed by misinformation and synthetic content. The findings come at a time when AI adoption in the UAE