Author: Ashik Ahmed

The UAE telecom company du makes payments via cryptocurrency available to customers who can also use Apple Pay, Samsung Pay, debit cards and traditional credit cards. du Expands Payment Options Customers can settle payments through various channels that include cryptocurrency as well as Apple Pay, Samsung Pay and credit cards and debit cards. The telecom provider du operates a blockchain system of payment using an unspecified cryptocurrency currency. Apple Pay & Samsung Pay for seamless transactions. Debit & credit cards for traditional payments. This development follows Dubai’s active pursuit of digital financial transformation since du has maintained official silence about…

As shown by the Global AI Competitiveness Index the UAE stands among the top renditions worldwide regarding AI company density per population. The International Finance Forum (IFF) together with Deep Knowledge Group evaluated over 55,000 AI enterprises throughout the world. The United Arab Emirates positioned itself as the ninth most innovative nation together with Singapore and the United States and the United Kingdom. The top 10 countries with the highest AI company density are: Singapore – 162.8 AI enterprises per million people Israel – 135.2 Switzerland – 73.6 United States – 61.2 Canada – 58.3 United Kingdom – 56.5 Ireland…

G42 from Abu Dhabi together with Microsoft introduced the Responsible AI Foundation which marks the first such initiative produced in the Middle East to advance ethical and inclusive AI practices. The foundation operates through research support from Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) to advance responsible AI governance with focus on fairness in addition to transparency. A Global Vision for Ethical AI The initiative targets to maintain AI so it serves all people across every geographical region including Western countries. Through its subsidiary Inception G42 will execute the foundation’s programs by directing research efforts toward developing responsible AI…

The Third International Conference of the Emirates Rare Diseases Society took place in Dubai where participants focused on how artificial intelligence (AI) supports diagnosis and treatment of rare diseases. The event successfully gathered more than 300 medical professionals together with researchers and patients as it was organized by the Ministry of Health and Prevention alongside the Dubai Health Authority. The Al Jalila Hospital leader Dr. Abdullah Al Khayyat started the event by discussing the problems of rare conditions that appear early in life and create lasting disabilities for the patients. Through his presentation he explained how AI brings transformation to…

HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum the Crown Prince of Dubai made an important announcement about the UAE’s space mission while establishing a remarkable record in the nation’s space development goals. The UAE executed a cooperation agreement with Thales Alenia Space through a statement on X (formerly Twitter) to establish the company as its strategic Lunar Gateway Space Station collaborator. The upcoming mission will create conditions for the first Emirati Arab astronaut to conduct lunar orbital activities. UAE’s Role in Lunar Exploration MBRSC functions as the leading UAE organization for executing the scientific mission of the project.…

DeepSeek an AI startup based in China developed a highly capable AI model with a fraction of the price of Western competitors thus shocking the international tech sector. DeepSeek developed its powerful AI model with reported development costs of just $6 million which has prompted U.S. observers to signal this as a “Sputnik moment” while creating worries about China’s quick AI progress. The impact was immediate. The leading AI chip supplier Nvidia witnessed its market value decline by $600 billion on a single day which became the biggest single-day market value loss ever recorded. The Nasdaq stock index crashed 3.1%…

Fuel pricing decisions for February 2025 are scheduled to come from the UAE this week. All fuel types including Super 98 along with Special 95 and E-Plus 91 and diesel maintained identical prices through January 2025. The current market shows fuel prices that are lower than what users received at the start of 2024. Petrol prices stayed at AED2.43 per litre for E-Plus 91 during January 2024 compared to AED2.64 in the same month of the previous year. Special 95 and Super 98 both experienced price reductions with current rates at AED2.50 and AED2.61 per litre while costs were AED2.71…

A mother verified her daughter’s arm discomfort after a vehicle accident because of the AI chatbot Grok designed by Elon Musk. An AI tool identified a distal radius fracture despite medical staff dismissing both the urgent care provider and radiologist who found no fractures in the X-rays. Grok successfully identified a hidden distal radius fracture which health professionals failed to spot. A specialist confirmed the diagnosis through follow-up consultation which also demonstrated that early detection would prevent surgery and additional medical complications. The medical staff incident demonstrates the remarkable ability of artificial intelligence technology to evolve healthcare when employed together…

According to Meta Platforms’ CEO Mark Zuckerberg the company will spend up to $65 billion this year to improve its artificial intelligence (AI) systems. Meta’s aggressive AI move places it at the forefront of competition with OpenAI and Google to become a leader in the AI revolution. Metro will dedicate $65 billion to build its AI framework and wants to add a large workforce of AI professionals and build a data center at least 2-gigawatt in size which spans equivalent to a major portion of Manhattan. The company has set two milestones for 2025 which include deploying 1 GW of…

The worldwide industry revolution through artificial intelligence (AI) has positioned healthcare as its leading sector for transformation. With its headquarters in the UAE M42 emerged as a global health leader that develops sophisticated AI solutions to transform medical services together with both clinical choices and preventive healthcare initiatives. Before Arab Health 2025 Dr. Maaz Shaikh who serves as M42’s Vice President of Product Management explained the company’s recent breakthroughs. The “Med42 LLM Model” serves as central to their innovations since it started as the first clinical large language model of October 2023 followed by an update in 2024. The exceptional…