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As a two-time English Derby (Group 1) winner, Charlie Appleby can be regarded as a trainer who knows what it takes to win the 2,400-metre contest, widely acknowledged as one of flat-racing’s toughest tests for both horses and riders. In 2018 Appleby gave Godolphin, the global racing stable created and owned by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, a historic first Derby success in the team’s Royal Blue silks when Masar conquered the famous Epsom Downs Racecourse in Surrey. Three years later Adayar would repeat the feat when…

PlayStation revealed a new cinematic trailer for its live-service sci-fi game Concord during the May 2024 State of Play presentation. Firewalk Studios also showed off gameplay featuring five of its characters. It also got a fresh release date of August 23 for the PS5 and PC; a beta will also be hosted in July. Concord is a 5vs5 shooter taking place in the Concord galaxy. Players assume the role of a mercenary-type figure called a Freerunner and are part of an an intergalactic spacefaring crew called Northstar. The five characters unveiled are Vale, a woman with a knack for snipers;…

New technologies like genomic medicine coupled with artificial intelligence (AI) can cut diagnosis times of rare diseases drastically, according to some experts in the UAE. Researcher Dr. Imane Boudellioua gave the example of a previous project she worked on. “We had a cohort of 19 patients who took three years to get a diagnosis for an extremely rare genetic disease called congenital hypothyroidism,” she said. “From their DNA sequence, it is very difficult to identify the disease. Using AI, by integrating data from multiple sources, we were able to cut the time taken to identify the disease to just one…

Medad Holding subsidiary Medad Technology, a UAE-based HealthTech company leading in public health advances, has been granted 331 patents over the last couple of years as the company boosted its investment in research and development. In 2022, the company announced it is investing $150 million in R&D, product development and manufacturing, paving the way for new advances in Consumer HealthTech, Pharmaceutical HealthTech, and Power Management. This has culminated in an impressive portfolio of 331 patents and four proprietary chips. In 2022, Medad Technology accounted for 39% of all patents originating from the UAE at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO),…

Do you know anything about Carson Bride from Portland, Oregon? Here was a promising young life cut short tragically by vicious attacks of cyberbullying. Do we want this future for our children? Carson’s life was celebrated and the message that young users are always vulnerable on social media resonated far and wide on the very first day of the recently-held Sync Digital Wellbeing Summit 2024 at the King Abdulaziz Centre for World Culture in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, as Carson’s mother Kristin Bride recalled what it has been like to live with the unspeakable trauma of losing a son. The American…

World No. 1 Nelly Korda’s chances at claiming her first U.S. Women’s Open title took an early and dramatic hit with a septuple-bogey on the third hole of her first round in Lancaster, Pa., on Thursday. Six players were on the course at one-under par overall to share the lead with the clubhouse lead at level par 70 shared by South Korean Kim Sei-young, Germany’s Alexandra Forsterling, Japan’s Chisato Iwai and US amateur Megan Schofill. Starting on the back nine at Lancaster Country Club, Korda bogeyed her opening hole. After a par on the next hole, Korda’s tee shot at…

With the growing popularity of robot vacuum deals, you’re going to have to make your purchase immediately if there’s an offer that catches your eye. Here’s a great example — the iRobot Roomba 694, which is already pretty affordable at its original price of $275, with a $95 discount from Crutchfield. That means you’ll only have to pay $180 for this reliable cleaning companion, but only if you hurry. There’s no telling how long stocks will last for this sale, so add the robot vacuum to your cart and push through with the checkout process as soon as you can.…

A new British school will be opening soon in Dubai South soon, with registrations beginning from June 1, 2024 and the academic year starting in August, this year. The Gems Founders School will initially be open for students from FS1 to Year 8. However, it plans to grow to accommodate more than 2,500 students up to Year 13. The school’s construction will be completed in phases, starting with the Early Years and primary schools. Facilities include spacious classrooms, state-of-the-art labs for Science, Technology, Engineering Arts, Mathematics (STEAM), fully equipped food tech and ICT labs, art and music rooms, dedicated classrooms…

A bus carrying pilgrims fell into a deep gorge in the northern Indian federal territory of Jammu on Thursday, killing at least 21 people and injuring dozens, authorities said. The bus, which began its journey in Kurukshetra in the northern Haryana state was headed to a Hindu temple in Jammu when it rolled into the gorge, a police spokesperson said. A rescue operation was ongoing, said the police official, adding that 40 injured people were admitted to the government medical college in Jammu for treatment. Stay up to date with the latest news. Follow KT on WhatsApp Channels.

OpenAI will offer discounts on corporate ChatGPT subscriptions to non-profit organisations, the Microsoft-backed firm said on Thursday, as it seeks to grow sales of its artificial intelligence product to enterprises. Under the programme, large non-profits will be able to get 50 per cent off the enterprise-grade version of ChatGPT. Smaller non-profits using ChatGPT Team will pay $20 per month per user, instead of $25 or $30. When OpenAI released the consumer-focused ChatGPT in November 2022, it set off frenzied use of generative AI in daily tasks from writing to coding and became the fastest application to acquire 100 million users.…