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In 2025, one in four cars sold anywhere in the world was electric. However, in the US, that figure is closer to one in ten, and it is not moving in the right direction. The falling EV prices globally have pushed sales to record levels. American buyers, on the other hand, are marching through 2026 with fewer incentives, higher prices, and a shrinking selection of affordable options. How bad is the EV situation in the US? The IEA’s Global EV Outlook 2026, released May 20, puts the global picture in sharp relief. Electric car sales exceeded 20 million units in…
Magna AI, Global Telecommunications and Zchwantech Announce Strategic Collaboration to Accelerate Sovereign AI Infrastructure Across Southeast Asia 02 June 2026, Riyadh, KSA:Magna AI, Inc., the global integrated‑value‑chain sovereign AI transformation leader established through a partnership between Trend Micro and Wistron Digital Technology Holding Company (WDH), in strategic collaboration with NVIDIA, today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) withGlobal Telecommunications Sdn. Bhd., a Malaysian infrastructure technology company, and Zchwantech Cybersecurity Sdn. Bhd., a trusted Malaysian provider of security assurance and cyber resilience solutions, at Computex 2026 in Taiwan. Magna AI, Zchwantech, and Global Telecom sign an MoU agreement…
Amazon Prime Day is back, it is four days long again, and, for the first time in Prime Day’s history, it’s kicking off in June rather than July. So, if you spent last summer waiting until mid-July to buy that thing at a discounted price, you now have about two fewer weeks to make up your mind. When does Prime Day 2026 sale begin? Prime Day 2026 runs June 23–26, kicking off at 12:01 a.m. PDT on June 23. That brings it roughly two weeks ahead of the Prime Day 2025 sale, which ran July 8–11. Amazon has not explained…
Nahyan bin Mubarak to Inaugurate Arqaam Capital’s 13th Annual MENA Investor Conference in Dubai on Wednesday DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES — 2 June 2026 – H.E. Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, UAE Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence, will inaugurate Arqaam Capital’s 13th Annual MENA Investor Conference on Wednesday, 3 June 2026, at The Ritz-Carlton, DIFC, Dubai. The conference will convene regional and global investors, listed corporates, policymakers, economists and market leaders to discuss the future of capital markets across the Middle East and North Africa. His Excellency will deliver the opening keynote address, setting the stage for discussions on…
Asus’ V700 Mini Tower, announced at Computex 2026 gives the home desktop a rare design win. The new mini desktop keeps the practical shape of a tower PC, but swaps the usual cold box look for clean lines, soft contours, and a wood-grain finish meant to sit where people can actually see it. That visual shift does real work. A mini desktop doesn’t have to be hidden under a desk, tucked behind a monitor, or parked beside a router because it looks too harsh for the room. Asus introduced the V700 Mini Tower as part of its Computex 2026 AI…
Abu Dhabi Maritime Academy and Bahrain Polytechnic Sign MoU to Enhance Academic and Applied Collaboration in Maritime Transport and Emerging Technologies Abu Dhabi, UAE – 1stJune 2026:Abu Dhabi Maritime Academy (ADMA), the region’s leading academic institution for maritime training, and an integral part of AD Ports Group (ADX: ADPORTS), has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Bahrain Polytechnic to strengthen cooperation in the areas of education, training, and applied research, and at building high-impact partnerships that contribute to the development of national and regional talent in the maritime, engineering, and technology sectors. The MoU was signed by Dr. Yasser…
MSI has taken the wraps off its latest handheld gaming device at Computex 2026, and it looks like a big step forward for portable PC gaming. Dubbed the Claw 8 EX AI+, the new model is powered by Intel’s Arc G3 Extreme processor, making it the first gaming handheld to use Intel’s new platform designed specifically for handheld devices. The company says the new chip brings a major boost to graphics performance while maintaining the power efficiency needed for longer gaming sessions. If these claims turn out to be true, it could become the handheld gaming console to look out…
Group-IB Achieves AWS Financial Software Competency, Recognizing its Cybersecurity Capabilities for Global Banking, Insurance, and Payments Sectors Dubai, UAE; 1 June 2026 – Group-IB, a leading creator of predictive cybersecurity technologies to investigate, prevent, and fight digital crime, announced today that it has achieved the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Financial Software Competency designation. This recognition highlights Group-IB’s deep industry experience, technical expertise and predictive solutions in safeguarding the financial industry against evolving cyberthreats, with industry-leading solutions and services such as Fraud Protection, Cyber Fraud Intelligence Platform (CFIP), and Digital Forensics and Incident Response (DFIR) to deliver proactive and predictive defense…
Google Photos backups are getting a little less wasteful for people who use Takeout to keep their own copy of a photo library. This is aimed at Google Photos users who don’t want Google to be the only place their photos live, especially anyone keeping a second archive on an external drive, NAS, or another cloud service. Google says Incremental Takeout for Photos will make recurring downloads faster and more efficient once the initial archive is complete. The first run still includes all selected photos and albums, but later runs focus on photos and videos that were uploaded, backed up,…
WD Takes the Stage at Computex to Reframe AI Infrastructure as a Data System and Demonstrates the Storage Innovations and Platforms Required to Scale Persistent AI Workloads Economically and Reliably United Arab Emirates(Computex 2026) – June 2, 2026 – Western Digital Corporation (Nasdaq: WDC), the storage foundation of the AI-driven data economy, today announced its presence at Computex 2026 to help the industry understand that AI infrastructure is fundamentally a data system, not just a compute system. Every AI workload – from training and inference to agentic and physical AI – continuously creates data that persists, compounds, and expands over time. This dynamic is fundamentally changing how…