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A new car market will be catering to passionate auto enthusiasts across Dubai after a deal was signed between Dubai Municipality and DP World to build the largest car market in the world on Thursday. Under the vision of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum and the oversight of Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the market is set to cover an area of 20 million square feet. It will offer innovative government and banking services and will be connected to global markets through DP World’s network. It will also host major events and specialised conferences in the…

Threads, Meta’s alternative to X (formerly Twitter), has hit 175 million monthly users a year after its out-of-the-blue launch. “What a year,” Meta CEO and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg said on Wednesday on Threads in announcing the platform had reached the threshold. Threads, which hit app stores on July 5 last year, is a spin-off of Instagram and is intended to be a rival to X, formerly known as Twitter, after that platform alienated many users and advertisers following Elon Musk’s purchase in 2022. Threads was rushed out after Musk threatened to limit the amount of posts on X for…

July 4, 2024, Dubai –  The 7th Burj CEO Awards, trademarked and pioneered by one of the largest networking organizations in the world, CEO Clubs Network, is set to make a grand return, celebrating the outstanding achievements of CEOs and organizations from around the world. Under the theme “Bridging Continents, Celebrating Excellence,” this prestigious event will take place over five days and four nights in the vibrant city of Istanbul, Turkey, from October 22-26, 2024. The Burj CEO Awards, known as the “Oscars” of the business world, is an esteemed annual global business award ceremony hosted in different countries that…

The generative AI revolution began long before ChatGPT made its debut in November 2022. Computer Science researchers and sci-fi authors alike have been imagining the potential of thinking, feeling computers from the days of pulling literal bugs out of mainframes. Visionary Apple co-founder Steve Jobs was just as enamored with that ideal, as he describes in this 1985 video recording, almost 40 years ago. When Steve Jobs could predict Generative AI few decades forward ! #GodLevel pic.twitter.com/5kUNn18R5L — Vijay Shekhar Sharma (@vijayshekhar) September 16, 2023 In the clip above, which has been resurfaced on X (formerly Twitter), Jobs first reveals…

During the summer holidays, many children spend the majority of their time at home, often engaging with digital gadgets. According to doctors, this substantial increase in screen time is contributing to a surge in vision-related and other health problems among young people. According to an analysis conducted by Khaleej Times, children’s screen time is regulated by school schedules and extracurricular activities during the academic year. However, with the onset of the holidays, parents are struggling to limit their children’s use of digital devices. Akhlaq Salem, a fifth-grade student at a private school in Sharjah, began experiencing persistent headaches and difficulty…

In the Vivekananda Camp slum, adjacent to the US embassy in New Delhi, communal taps supply brackish water for about two hours a day. Water delivered by tankers provides one additional bucket to each of its 1,000 residents for drinking and cooking. In parts of the arid state of Rajasthan, southwest of the Indian capital, tap water is available once every four days for an hour. In rural areas near Mumbai, women and children travel more than a mile to get water. Bengaluru, India’s tech hub of 14 million people, reeled under a water shortage this year and had to…

“إعلان أستانا”.. توكاييف يكشف عن رؤيته الاستراتيجية لمستقبل منظمة شنغهاي أستانا – اعتمد قادة الدول الأعضاء خلال القمة الـ 24 لمنظمة شنغهاي للتعاون “إعلان أستانا” الذي شدد على التزام المنظمة ببناء نظام عالمي أكثر تمثيلا وديمقراطية وإنصافا ومتعدد الأقطاب، موضحا أن التعاون داخل المنظمة يمكن أن يشكل أساسا لبنية أمنية متساوية وغير قابلة للتجزئة في أوراسيا، فيما صدرت دعوة أممية لحل الصراعات العالمية ومواجهة تهديدات المناخ والذكاء الاصطناعي. كما تمت الموافقة على برنامج تعاون لمكافحة الإرهاب والانفصالية والتطرف للأعوام 2025 – 2027، واستراتيجية منظمة شنغهاي للتعاون لمكافحة المخدرات للأعوام 2024 – 2029 وبرنامج العمل لتنفيذها، بالإضافة إلى استراتيجية تطوير التعاون في…

If you’re in the market for a VPN, you’ve probably considered ExpressVPN and NordVPN. They’re the darling of YouTube ads the world over, and you’ll commonly find the names side-by-side on top of the list of the best VPNs (including our own). They are indeed some of the best VPN services you can buy, but they aren’t necessarily the right choice for everyone. Both are among the most expensive VPN services around, and in the case of NordVPN, a 2019 data breach has left some lingering questions about the security of the service. Regardless of if you’re concerned about your…

Residents who are going for a long summer vacation are not only making sure they leave their homes secure, but are also taking measures to ensure their cars are kept clean and tidy. Some of them were previously fined for leaving their cars looking grimy in public parking lots while they were away on vacation. They are now taking proactive steps so they will not be penalised again and can enjoy their holidays worry-free. One among them is Sharjah resident Hadi Amani, who will be going home to Shiraz, Iran, for 20 days for summer vacation. He told Khaleej Times:…

In a bustling Tehran prayer hall, ultraconservative Saeed Jalili has rallied fervent supporters ahead of Friday’s runoff presidential vote, while his reformist rival Masoud Pezeshkian stirred up a crowd in a nearby stadium. The two candidates held their final campaign rallies late Wednesday, after leading the first-round vote in snap elections to succeed president Ebrahim Raisi who died in a May helicopter crash. Chants of “All Iran says Jalili” echoed as thousands of supporters of the hardline former nuclear negotiator gathered at the Grand Mosalla mosque in central Tehran, buzzing with excitement. Jalili promised “strength and progress” if elected, as…