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Google’s Quick Share is the kind of feature you don’t think about until the day you need it and your phone simply doesn’t have it. Huawei device owners live in that reality permanently, given that they don’t have access to Google Play services, and so does anyone running the Chinese regional build of Android.  However, a developer with the handle Kyujin-cho just published an open-source Android app called Bada on GitHub that seems to solve exactly this problem. It does so by implementing Google’s own Quick Share protocol from scratch, circumventing the lack of Google Play Services. What does Bada…

China has launched a national programme that will assign every humanoid robot manufactured in the country a unique digital identity code, effectively a citizen ID, but for bipedal machines (those that can balance and walk/run on two legs).  The initiative, called the Humanoid Full Lifecycle Management Service Platform, was announced on Friday. It is led by the Humanoid Robotics and Embodied Intelligence Standardization committee, which is under China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (via South China Morning Post). What does a robot ID actually look like? The machine codes are structured in four parts. While a two-digit national code…

UAE PAVILION AT EXPO 2025 OSAKA HIGHLIGHTS YOUTH AMBASSADOR PROGRAMME AT KEIO UNIVERSITY The session explored how Youth Ambassadors helped translate the UAE’s story and values into meaningful global engagement during Expo 2025 Osaka Abu Dhabi / Tokyo, May 25, 2026: The United Arab Emirates Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, continued its post-Expo legacy initiatives through a special engagement at Keio University in Tokyo, examining how the Pavilion’s Youth Ambassador Programme combined leadership development, cultural representation and global engagement during Expo 2025 Osaka. Held as part of Keio University’s “Regional Culture: Arab World” course, the session also coincided with…

Back in 2023, Avalanche Studios (also behind Mad Max) let many live their magical dreams of entering the Harry Potter universe once again with Hogwarts Legacy. Players got to experience the magical school of witchcraft and wizardry in next-gen graphics. Now, a new rumor suggests that Hogwarts Legacy 2 may be closer to its first official reveal. But this is one of those leaks that seems more hopeful than real. What does the rumor say? Hogwarts Legacy 2 could appear during Sony’s next State of Play showcase. The post has been interpreted as a tease for a reveal rather than…

“Eid Reunion” Brings Families Together Rental Disputes Center and Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Charitable Establishment Settle AED 3.5 million to Release Individuals in Rental Disputes (Dubai, Monday, 25 May 2026):In line with a humanitarian approach that reflects the values of compassion and social solidarity across the Emirate of Dubai, the Rental Disputes Center, represented by its “Yad Al Khair” Committee, has launched a new initiative titled “Eid Reunion”,(Lammat Eid),incollaboration with the Mohamed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Charitable Establishment, coinciding with the blessed occasion of Eid Al Adha. The initiative aims to support families involved in rental-related cases and ease…

If you have ever tried to book a hotel online and found yourself unsettled by the AI chatbot trying to help you, science has your back. New study from Texas A&M College of Agriculture and Life Sciences confirms that hotel booking chatbots are genuinely creeping people out, and it is actually hurting bookings. What is giving hotel chatbots their creep factor? Researchers surveyed 340 adults in the UK who had used chatbots to book hotels and found three main culprits behind the ick factor: inaccuracy, deceptive behavior, and intrusiveness. Inaccuracy was by far the biggest offender, triggering a negative response…

World’s two great snack traditions come together this Eid: Dates and American pecans create a perfect festive pairing DUBAI – May 25, 2025: As families across the UAE and the Arab world prepare to celebrate Eid with traditional sweets, gatherings, and gifting, a new festive food pairing is bringing together two great culinary traditions from different parts of the world — dates and American pecans. Deeply woven into the culture of the Middle East, dates have long been at the heart of Eid celebrations, symbolising generosity, hospitality, and togetherness. From family majlis gatherings to elegant festive gift boxes, dates remain…

I wrote this entire article while seated on an airplane experiencing unusually high turbulence. The software I used to spell-check and grammatically sanitize the draft was built at an airport. The language engine is running entirely on my Mac, fully offline, fixing all my typos and removing the double spaces while I mash the keyboard and sip a sugar-bomb coffee.  Also, I don’t know how to code. I didn’t write a single line of code, and yet, the Mac software I am using right now looks classier and feels snappier than Grammarly ever did. Grammarly, if you don’t know, is…

‘Elevate World’ to Host ‘Engage by Elevate’ Virtual Tourism Summit Gathering 250 Global Travel Leaders to Shape UAE Tourism Readiness Dubai – 25 May 2026: As the United Arab Emirates and the Middle East prepare for a robust tourism comeback, Dubai is set to host the landmark ‘Elevate World’ virtual Tourism summit ‘Engage by Elevate ‘ on June 2nd. Samir Hamadeh, CEO, Elevate World, The three-day landmark event will unite over 250 hotels and key destination partners with international tour operators and travel agencies through an engaging programme of pre-scheduled one-to-one meetings, destination updates and exclusive industry sessions.  The three-day…

Pope Leo XIV signed his first encyclical on May 15, the 135th anniversary of Pope Leo XIII’s Rerum novarum. The document, Magnifica humanitas, was published on May 25 and addresses one of the defining challenges of our time: artificial intelligence and its impact on humanity. The core message isn’t anti-technology. The Pope is clear that technology is neither a threat nor inherently evil. However, he does say that technology is never neutral, because it takes on the values of those who build, fund, and control it. That’s where things get interesting. Is AI becoming a tool for the powerful? A…