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Apple’s MacBook lineup is one of the most popular on the market, with the MacBook Air and MacBook Pro regularly being among the best laptops and among the best-selling computers of all time. Because of its popularity it can be difficult to land substantial savings on a MacBook, but among the best laptop deals currently taking place are several MacBook deals worth taking a look at. We’ve rounded up the best MacBook deals from all current generations of Apple Silicon — that’s the M1, the M2, and the M3 processors — and we’ve tracked down what we feel are some…

Are you facing a service issue with a licenced financial institution or insurance company? Now, an independent ombudsman unit named Sanadak – a first of its kind in the region, has been launched for consumers to register complaints against banks and licensed insurance firms. Sanadak is the first legally established independent ombudsman unit, with a focus on safeguarding consumers’ rights and resolving complaints that arise from dealings with financial institutions and licensed insurance companies. Sanadak, which is managed and operated solely by Emiratis, will assume all consumer complaint-handling duties previously carried out by the Central Bank of the UAE’s Consumer…

A UN expert said on Thursday that Israel was destroying Gaza’s food system as part of a broader “starvation campaign” in its war against Hamas militants and berated a UN human rights body for not doing more. “The images of starvation in Gaza are unbearable and you are doing nothing,” Michael Fakhri, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, said in a speech to the UN Human Rights Council. Aid officials have warned of looming famine five months into the campaign against the Palestinian group, while hospitals in the isolated northern part of the enclave say children have started…

The UN telecoms agency chief on Thursday warned of the toll artificial intelligence could take on societies, but said her greatest concern remains the huge number of people without access to digital technologies. The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) estimates that around 2.6 billion people worldwide remain offline and unable to access the benefits of digital technology. “They have never, ever connected to the internet,” agency chief Doreen Bogdan-Martin told reporters in Geneva. Stay up to date with the latest news. Follow KT on WhatsApp Channels. That, she said, is “what keeps me up at night … because if you’re not…

You can now get a Rivian without spending more than $70,000. After months of rumors and leaks, Rivian has finally taken the wraps off of the Rivian R2, its newest SUV and the first to be built on the new Rivian R2 platform. The R2 is built to be Rivian’s “Model 3 moment,” or its attempt to build a car that’s more accessible to the general public, and thus could be sold at a much higher volume than the R1S or R1T ever were. The R2 certainly cuts some corners to achieve the lower price point, but it actually still…

Umm Al Quwain has announced that government employees in the emirate will have three-day weekends during Ramadan. In the announcement, it was confirmed that Friday to Sunday would be the weekend during the holy month, and government employees would work five and a half hours on the other days of the week. The timings are as follows: Monday to Thursday, 9am to 2.30pm So far, other emirates in the UAE have announced reduced work hours and remote work options for Fridays during Ramadan. Stay up to date with the latest news. Follow KT on WhatsApp Channels.

Businesses in the UAE stand to benefit from tariff-free or low-tariff access to international markets of two billion people, representing 10 per cent of the world’s GDP, following the ratification of Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreements (CEPAs) with key trading partners. Once ratified, these agreements create new opportunities for businesses to thrive and expand globally, Abdulla Ahmed Al Saleh, undersecretary of the Ministry of Economy, said. Speaking at the inaugural conclave of The Electronics Group (TEG), Al Saleh said the UAE, as as a signatory country to the World Trade Organisation’s Information Technology Agreement (ITA), seeks to foster a thriving digital…

It took a long time, but AMD has just updated its FreeSync adaptive sync technology requirements, and it was a much-needed change. Previously, the base tier of FreeSync didn’t have any refresh rate requirements that monitors had to meet. Now, AMD didn’t just add a requirement, but it’s pretty massive — and that’s great news for the future of gaming monitors. When AMD first introduced FreeSync in 2015, the vast majority of gamers and casual users alike were using a 60Hz monitor. While screens with higher refresh rates existed, they were a rarity. That’s no longer the case today, and…

In a tradition dating back in the 1960s, cannons will again play a major role in the observance of Ramadan in the UAE. The Ramadan cannon will be fired twice when the sighting of the crescent moon is confirmed, signifying the beginning of the holy month. Then, it is fired once every day – perfectly synchronised with the Maghrib call to prayer – to notify fasting individuals of Iftar timing. It will again be fired twice in a row to announce Eid Al Fitr, and two times on the morning of Eid, after Eid prayers. According to historians, the custom…

High levels of cancer-causing chemical benzene were detected in some acne treatments from brands including Estee Lauder’s Clinique, Target’s Up & Up and Reckitt Benckiser-owned Clearasil, said independent US laboratory Valisure. Valisure has also filed a petition with the US Food and Drug Administration, calling on the regulator to recall the products, conduct an investigation and revise industry guidance, the New Haven, Connecticut-based lab said on Wednesday. Estee Lauder shares dropped 3 per cent following the report. Benzene could form at “unacceptably high levels” in both prescription and over-the-counter benzoyl peroxide acne treatment products, Valisure said. Other products that benzene…