Dubai business owners dealing with poor-quality leads, hiring problems, inefficient systems or a business that relies too heavily on them are being invited to a free one-day accelerator on Friday, 2 October at Le Royal Méridien Beach Resort & Spa, Dubai. Fix & Scale, hosted by the Business Owners Collective (BOC), is aimed at owners whose businesses have grown but are still being run much as they were when they started. It will help them identify what is no longer working and what needs their attention first. The event comes as the UAE continues to strengthen its position as a…
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SYDNEY — Protesters have gathered in Austin, Texas, where local officials said a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent shot and wounded a man in the Texas capital. The man was in a serious but stable condition at a hospital after being shot once in the torso on the city’s north side on Sunday afternoon, Austin Police Chief Lisa Davis said at a news conference with the local mayor and other city officials. An immigration attorney representing the man’s family identified him as Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, a 28-year-old Venezuelan. The shooting occurred just before 1300 local time, although…
Moses Frost, SANS Institute, explains how organisations can adopt AI and cloud technologies more securely. Source: Tahawul Tech
The UAE is emerging as one of the key international markets connected to India’s fast-growing digital payments ecosystem, with links spanning UPI acceptance, RuPay card acceptance and domestic payment infrastructure partnerships, according to a presentation by NPCI International. The UAE appeared among the countries listed under UPI Acceptance, alongside Qatar, Singapore, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Cambodia, France and Mauritius. It was also listed under RuPay Card Acceptance, together with Mauritius, Nepal, Singapore, Maldives and Bhutan. Stay up to date with the latest news. Follow KT on WhatsApp Channels. The data also showed the UAE under Domestic Card Switch partnerships, highlighting…
SAN FRANCISCO — Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has described warnings that AI could lead to humanity’s extinction by the next decade as “doomsday narratives”. Warnings from researchers in recent weeks about potential risks posed by the technology escalated the debate about AI safety, with some industry executives calling for a slowdown in developing models. In an interview with CBS News aired on Sunday, Nvidia’s CEO accused leaders of the frontier AI labs of being disingenuous in their warnings that, without more AI oversight, the products they are building could harm humanity in myriad forms. Huang said: “Scaring people is unnecessary.…
An Emirati student who helped give nearly 400,000 Dubai pupils a stronger voice in education is now taking that experience to a global stage. Moza Ahmed, chairperson of Dubai’s first Students Council, has been selected for the inaugural Global Youth Council Fellowship, where she will represent the UAE among a cohort of young people from around the world. The Grade 12 student at the American School of Creative Science in Nad Al Sheba was elected the first chairperson of the Dubai Students Council, launched by the Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA) under the City of Students initiative within Dubai’s…
Gavin Millard, Tenable, explains how exposure management, AI governance and faster remediation can help organisations counter autonomous cyberattacks. Source: Tahawul Tech
As residents prepare for a new working week and children head back to school, the UAE is set to experience fair to partly cloudy weather on Monday, September 21, 2026, according to the National Centre of Meteorology (NCM). Clouds are expected to develop over eastern areas and could become convective in the afternoon. Expect humid conditions by night and during the morning hours on Tuesday over some coastal and internal areas with a chance of fog or mist formation. Temperatures nationwide will range between 25°C and 45°C. In Dubai, the highest temperature is 43°C and the lowest is 29°C, while…
LONDON, 20th September, 2026 (WAM) — Manchester City moved three points clear at the top of the Premier League after beating Sunderland 5-3 at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday in Matchweek 5. The victory took City to 15 points, three ahead of second-placed Arsenal, who suffered a 3-0 defeat to Brighton and Hove Albion on Saturday. Elsewhere in the same round, Liverpool defeated Bournemouth 1-0, while Leeds United and Crystal Palace played out a goalless draw. Source: Emirates News Agency
Gregg Peterson, Cohesity, explains why recovery strategies are falling short and outlines five steps organisations can take to strengthen cyber resilience. Source: Tahawul Tech