Author: Dubai News Staff

Apple Inc. is currently in a defining moment as it tries to play ‘catch up’ with other companies in the creation of artificial intelligence. Although Apple entered the race with Siri in 2011, recent competitions by OpenAI and Alphabet Inc ‘s Google compelled Apple to rethink its plan. The Current Landscape Tim Cook’s Leadership: So far, Cook has emerged victorious in many situations, but his fight against the AI age is his biggest battle yet. Early AI Efforts: Apple introduce Siri for several years before competitor’ move and now is playing catch up with the AI. Competitors’ Advances: Apple has…

The Sharjah Club Basketball Juniors Team clinched their seventh General League Championship title for the 2023-2024 season, defeating Al Nasr Club with a score of 66-59. The decisive match took place on Sunday evening at the Al Hamriyah Cultural and Sports Club hall. Abdul Latif Al Fardan, Vice President of the Emirates Basketball Federation, awarded the championship shield and gold medals to the victorious Sharjah team. The Al Nasr Juniors received silver medals as runners-up. Talal Shaker, Supervisor of Basketball at the Sharjah Club, presided over the ceremony. Source: Sharjah 24

Hungarian ultra-low-fare airline Wizz Air has made available to travelers in Abu Dhabi its innovative ‘Wizz MultiPass’ flight subscription service, which is offered by its subsidiary Airlines Wizz Air Abu Dhabi. Passengers could now buy tickets and baggage yearly at a fixed price and travel on global flights from and to the UAE every month for a predetermined cost. Key Features of Wizz MultiPass: Fixed Price Year-Round: The subscription guarantees consumers relatively lower costs of plane tickets that are neither dependent on seasonality nor last-minute purchasing. Customization: Clients can also add some extra services to their plan, like Wizz Priority…

By Reuters: On Sunday it became known from the Saudi state news agency that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman met with Jake Sullivan, White House National Security Adviser to discuss a draft agreement that has been almost agreed on for a security deal between the United States of America and Saudi Arabia. ‘The semi-final version of [the] draft strategic association between the two countries are significantly finalized,’ the meeting concluded based on an official statement. The discussions followed report that quote U. S. and Saudis are almost there in deals that include US securitycommitments and civil nuclear assistance. But…

Concluded yesterday in Dubai for the Gulf News Edufair 2024 the exhibition embrace of more that 8,000 people in 3 days that was considered a record. The event has more than 30 universities and educational services by UAE and abroad beside over 15 panel discussions and fireside chats were conducted. The exhibitors unambiguously mentioned the excellent numbers and the amazing possibility to influence admission seekers. David George, Publisher at Gulf News Commercial, praised the event’s sponsors and exhibitors, noting, “Each year, Edufair continues to grow, both in scale and significance, attracting an ever-growing number of universities and students eager to…

For most grandparents, the joys of the simple activities of family life are finding expression in loving care and devotion, particularly with grandchildren. Furthermore, an Instagram video was released recently, showing one of Dubai’s rulers, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, engaged in a heartwarming display of affection with his grandson, who is three years old. The video was posted by the Dubai Ruler’s son, one of the Emirate’s Crown Princes Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the affectionately known as Fazza, and the same video gaining internet’s love. The video shows Sheikh Mohammed in the traditional white…

Irrespective of the resources invested in silencing spam calls, bothersome telemarketing remain to be a nuisance for residents of the UAE. The government is now going ahead to impose stricter regulations on cold hacking by putting punitive measures in place. While majority of the people expect an occasional marketing call, Dubai citizen Allaine Galvez encountered a really intolerable situation. After about four months a “forex trading guy” call her endlessly. “At the time, I was searching for jobs. He felt me over the phone and he asked me whether I need any money from his foreign exchange trading platform. But…

RIYADH: Greek Prime Minsiter Kyriakos Mitsotakis meets the secretary general of the Muslim World League in Athens as reported by the Saudi Press Agency on Tuesday. Within the meeting, Mitsotakis and Al-Issa expressed views about several issue in common. Al-Issa, who happens to be the chairman of the Association of Muslim Scholars, underlied the basic Islamic tenets of coexistence and comprehensiveness during his speech. He clearly expressed his appreciation of a warm welcome and the positive statements made towards the effect on Islamic civilization. Following on from the meeting that he had with the prime minister, he met with multiple…

German flights continued normally to and from the UAE after a short-term shutdown at its Munich airport on Saturday, two UAE airlines told the Khaleej Times. The officials of Dubai-based Emirates and Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways were also sure that the flights operated on time, and none of the flights had any delays or change of course. An occurrence of the protest against the climate change was displayed when activists somehow grabbed themselves to the taxi ways of Munich International Airport and there was temporary closure of the airport, due to security reasons. Some flights were either cancelled or given…

KUWAIT CITY, May 18, 2024: Asmaa Murshid Al-Otaibi, the Acting Director of the Public Authority for Agriculture and Fish Resources, has announced a specialized team formation to scrutinze the educational certificates of the employees of the Authority, who are citizens as well as residents. The team leader, Al-Otaibi, says, in her talk with Al-Rai, that the team will get together next week, in order to document the mechanism and deadline for getting the academic qualifications confirmed. On the first of January, “The team’s mandate is for three months,” Al-Otaibi said, repeating that all persons who hold academic qualifications above high…