Saturday, June 7, 2025

Technology

Elon Musk announces $100 million prize for new technology

Tesla Inc chief and billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk on Thursday took to Twitter to promise a $100 million prize for development of the "best" technology to capture carbon dioxide emissions. Capturing planet-warming emissions is becoming a critical part of many...

Apple considers foldable iPhone; minor changes planned for 2021 models

Cupertino: Apple Inc. has begun early work on an iPhone with a foldable screen, a potential rival to similar devices from Samsung Electronics Co. and others, though it's planning only minor changes for this year's iPhone line. The Cupertino, California-based...

WhatsApp users globally made 1.4 billion calls on New Year’s Eve

WhatsApp users the world over made more than 1.4 billion voice and video calls on New Year's Eve, the most ever calls in a single day on the platform, Facebook said. As Covid-19 made meeting with friends and family tough,...

Mukesh Ambani ordered to pay $2 million fine by Indian regulator SEBI

India's market regulator ordered billionaire Mukesh Ambani and his conglomerate Reliance Industries Ltd. to pay a combined penalty of 400 million rupees ($5.5 million) for allegedly violating share-trading rules about 13 years ago. In its order dated January 1, the...

Covid to catapult China, India economies to first and third largest by 2030

China is now expected to surpass the US economy when measured in dollars by 2028 — half a decade sooner than it forecast a year ago China will overtake the US as the world’s largest economy before 2030 while India...

iPhone 13 series to come with LiDAR sensors: Report

A state-of-the-art LiDAR Scanner means users can experience AR like never before San Francisco: Apple is reportedly planning to launch iPhone 13 lineup next year and now a new report has claimed that unlike the iPhone 12 series, all the...

Telegram messaging app to launch pay-for services in 2021

Moscow: Messaging app Telegram will launch pay-for services in 2021, its Russian-born founder Pavel Durov said Wednesday, as the growing company needed "at least a few hundred million dollars per year". "Telegram will begin to generate revenue, starting next year,"...

Got Dh10K? Sounds good to splurge on a wireless speaker

If you’re an audiophile, it’s a given you’d have some high-end sound equipment. So with maybe you’d want to ‘listen’ to what this French company has to pitch (pun intended) to you. Devialet, a Paris-headquartered audio technology firm, is offering...

Sheikh Mohammed launches official TikTok account

Dubai: His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, today (Saturday) launched his official TikTok account, the fastest growing platform in the world with more than 800 million followers. As soon as...

Microsoft says it found malicious software in its systems

SAN FRANCISCO: Microsoft Corp. said on Thursday it found malicious software in its systems related to a massive hacking campaign disclosed by US officials this week, adding a top technology target to a growing list of attacked government agencies. The...

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Pakistan govt begins cancelling passports of deportees

Over 7,800 Pakistanis were deported from 2019 to 2025 for different charges. Photo: Reuters Pakistan's government has initiated cancelling the...

Eid Al Adha 2025: Rains hit some parts of UAE as residents celebrate start of holiday

As residents of the UAE celebrate the beginning of the Eid holiday, they were greeted with a welcome break from the rising heat, as...

Eid Al Adha in Dubai: Salik to apply variable toll rates during holiday

Salik PJSC, Dubai’s toll operator, will implement variable road toll pricing on all four days of the Eid El Adha holiday, including Sunday (June...

Dubai to reserve 4 public beaches for families during Eid Al Adha holidays

Four Dubai public beaches will be designated exclusively for families during the Eid Al Adha holiday. The beaches include Jumeirah 2, Jumeirah 3, Umm...

Dubai RTA’s online booking system eases vehicle testing

For Syed Azeez, yearly vehicle testing was one of those chores he kept putting off, until it became urgent. His car’s registration had already...