UAE BEGINS MAPPING CORRIDORS FOR AIR TAXIS AND CARGO DRONES

Sat 15 February 2025: The United Arab Emirates has begun mapping air corridors for air taxis and cargo drones, its civil aviation authority said in a statement on Thursday, Reuters has reported. The oil and gas-rich country has sought to distinguish itself in the Middle East as a high-tech, forward-looking society, with Dubai starting to test two-seater, […]

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KUWAIT FOILS MASSIVE CYBERATTACK ON TELECOM, BANKING SECTORS; CHINESE HACKERS ARRESTED

Thu 13 February 2025: Kuwait said on Thursday that it had foiled large-scale cyberattacks targeting telecom towers and banks in the Gulf country, Anadolu reports. An Interior Ministry statement said that the attacks were orchestrated by an international cybercrime ring of Chinese nationals. The ministry said the suspects behind the attacks were arrested and affirmed its commitment […]

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NEW FORENSIC AI TOOL TO DETERMINE BIOLOGICAL SEX FROM SKULL WITH 97 PCT ACCURACY

Thu 13 February 2025: A team from Australia’s national science agency has developed an AI tool capable of rapidly and accurately identifying biological sex from human skulls. Researchers from the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) revealed the tool in a study published on Wednesday, saying that it could support investigators in criminal analysis […]

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AUSTRALIA HITS RUSSIAN ENTITY WITH SANCTIONS OVER MEDIBANK CYBERATTACK

Wed 12 February 2025: Australia on Wednesday imposed sanctions on a Russian entity and five individuals over their alleged involvement in stealing the personal information of millions of customers of a private health insurance company in a major cyberattack in 2022. In a joint statement with Defense Minister Richard Marles and Home Minister Tony Burke, Foreign Minister Penny Wong said the attack affected millions of […]

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OVER 20 BILLION ROBOTS TO SERVE HUMANITY BY 2050

Wed 12 February 2025: More than 20 billion robots will be serving humans by 2050, reshaping lifestyles, labor markets and societies, according to Mohammad Abdullah Al Gergawi, minister of cabinet affairs of the United Arab Emirates and chairman of the World Government Summit. Al Gergawi made the prediction Tuesday during his keynote address at the opening of the […]

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GOOGLE CALENDAR REMOVES DATES FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH, PRIDE MONTH, WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH

Tue 11 February 2025: Google Calendar no longer shows the start dates for Black History Month, Pride Month, Women’s History Month, and other events. The company’s calendar used to mark those days in early February, March, and June but they are absent in 2025. A Google spokesperson, Madison Cushman Veld, provided the Guardian with a statement that […]

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JAMES WEBB CAPTURES UNPRECEDENTED DETAILS OF HH30 PROTOSTAR AND PLANET FORMATION

Tue 11 February 2025: The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) continues to deliver unique images of the universe. Most recently, it captured a fascinating image of the HH30 protostar. This object was first discovered by the Hubble Space Telescope, but thanks to JWST’s advanced technology, HH30 has been examined in unprecedented detail. Located in the Taurus constellation, about […]

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SAUDI ARABIA SECURES $14.9B IN AI INVESTMENTS AT LEAP 25

Mon 10 February 2025: The fourth edition of the LEAP 25 tech conference kicked off Sunday in Saudi Arabia’s capital, Riyadh, with the first day seeing the attraction of major investments and strategic partnerships exceeding a total value of $14.9 billion in infrastructure and artificial intelligence (AI). In a statement on its official website, the […]

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