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As the excitement of a massive new temple in Abu Dhabi builds, an Indian family living here for more than a century, recalling its tryst with temples in Dubai says there is no difference between a UAE national and an expatriate in the Gulf nation. Deepak Bhatia, whose grandfather Uttamchandan Bhatia (known by the nickname Vattra) reached Dubai in 1920, said: “He grew up with the then UAE Vice-President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum, and they enjoyed the closest friendship.” Bhatia, who is the Managing Director of ‘Uncles Shop Building Material Trading’ in…

Gartner Forecasts Security and Risk Management Spending in MENA to Grow 12% in 2024 Growth of Generative AI Is Augmenting Threat Landscape Dubai, UAE, February 13, 2024 –End-user spending on security and risk management (SRM) in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is forecast to total $3.3 billion in 2024, an increase of 12.1% from 2023, according to a new forecast from Gartner, Inc. “The rapid growth of generative AI (GenAI) is expanding the threat landscape. At the same time, the evolving regulatory landscape and the alarming frequency of cyberattacks are prompting SRM leaders to increase their spending on security…

Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg took to Instagram on Tuesday to knock Apple’s new Vision Pro headset while singing the praises of his own company’s Quest 3 alternative. In a video lasting 3 minutes and 40 seconds and shot entirely on the Quest 3, The Zuck only had two positive things to say about the Vision Pro, praising its higher screen resolution and its “really nice” eye-tracking. For the rest of it, he lauds Meta’s Quest 3 headset while at the same time tearing into Apple’s competing device, which launched earlier this month. “I finally tried Apple’s Vision Pro and I…

The days of long wait times are over. The U.S. Golden Visa allows a family to file their application and move to the U.S. immediately, with few restrictions. Now is the best time to file your application as there is a government price increase that will take effect at the end of March. Click Here to RSVP and Reserve Your Seat The team of U.S. licensed attorneys at The American Legal Center will be hosting a seminar on the U.S. Golden Visa EB-5 Immigrant Investor program this Sunday. The program allows investors to obtain their U.S. residency through a secure…

One of the drawbacks of Apple’s new Vision Pro headset is the small number of available apps. Sure, you can load most iPad apps onto the mixed-reality headset, but it’s the tailor-made apps that really bring out the best in the Vision Pro. The good news is that the Vision Pro App Store now has 1,000 visionOS apps ready for download by owners of the face-based computer, which started shipping for $3,499 on February 2. The 1,000-app figure was revealed by Greg Joswiak, Apple’s senior vice president for marketing, in a post on social media on Tuesday. It marks an…

Projects from India, Kazakhstan, Ghana and Indonesia were crowned winners of the ninth GovTech Prize during the second day of the World Government Summit in Dubai on Tuesday. The four winners were iRASTE, a project by India’s Ministry of Road Transport and Highways in the AI-Powered Government Services category; the Digital Family Card project by Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Digital Development, Innovations and Aerospace Industry in the Inclusive Digital Transformation category; the Education Outcomes project by Ghana’s Ministry of Education in the Education Services category; and the Health Services Platform project by Indonesia’s Ministry of Health in the Healthcare Services category.…

I’m not a hardcore gamer. But like a lot of people, I like to dabble here and there. Looking at my limited Steam account, I find a handful of remotely current titles I’ve been enjoying lately, whether that’s Baldur’s Gate 3 or Civilization VI. When I fully converted to a MacBook Pro from Windows, I didn’t expect to have even my limited gaming needs met. I figured it would just be something I’d lose in the transition. To my surprise, I’ve found myself quite enjoying the experience of gaming on my M3 Max MacBook Pro 16-inch. It won’t be enough…

As heavy rains, hail, thunder, and lightning hit the country on Monday, more than 700 residents in the eastern region of the country were displaced, Sharjah Police said. The inclement weather caused damage to their homes, forcing them to move out for their safety. The authority confirmed that all 707 residents were provided with temporary shelter. As unstable weather lashed the country, Sharjah Police found themselves responding to around 21,000 calls in one day. Ranging from emergency calls to non-emergency ones, the operations room received 21,635 calls on Monday, and issued more than 300 certificated to shops and vehicles affected…

Born in Venice, the city of canals, bridges and gondolas, Jasmine Eissa has a deep-seated desire to become an Olympic swimmer. The Year 13 student at the GEMS Wellington Academy (Al Khail) has already made quite a splash in the pool, winning the 200m butterfly gold for Egypt at the African Junior Swimming Championships. This 17-year-old prodigy, who shocked her coaches in Dubai three years ago by winning a butterfly event in her first attempt, was not expecting to become an African champion in her first appearance at the continental showpiece. “I had no expectations, it was a very big…

Picking out which laptop to buy can be a severe challenge. You have to compare brands, makes, hardware, check out the keyboard, double-check the webcam’s stats and so on. Even when looking at the best laptops it can be a challenge weeding your picks down to just one choice. And if you do end up making a mistake, it is all your fault. No wonder analysis paralysis rules over us with an iron fist. What if there were a simpler way? A way to get a (used but functionally okay) laptop with decent specs, picked at random, for only $190?…