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Exactly 25 years ago, the U.S. Unity module linked together with Russia’s Zarya module in Earth orbit, marking the official start of the International Space Station. NASA shared a video on social media on Wednesday showing the U.S. portion of the mission in which the Space Shuttle Endeavour carried the Unity module to space. 25 years of remarkable achievements. On Dec. 6, 1998, the six-member STS-88 crew mated Unity, the first U.S. element of the International Space Station, with the already-orbiting Zarya module, beginning the historic assembly of the orbiting laboratory. pic.twitter.com/Z48hGIcPXb — International Space Station (@Space_Station) December 6, 2023…

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, on Wednesday inaugurated the largest concentrated solar power (CSP) project in the world, within the fourth phase of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park in Dubai. The 950-megawatt (MW) fourth phase is the largest investment project that uses three hybrid technologies: 600MW from a parabolic basin complex, 100MW from the CSP tower, and 250MW from photovoltaic solar panels. Built at an investment of Dh15.78 billion, using the independent power producer (IPP) model, the project features the tallest solar…

A massive fire broke out Wednesday at a multi-story commercial building in Pakistan’s largest southern port city of Karachi, killing at least three people and damaging several shops, police and rescue officials said. The fire started at a furniture store and quickly engulfed other shops on the ground floor of the building known as Ayesha Manzil, said Karachi Mayor Murtaza Wahab. He said firefighters doused the flames after hectic efforts. Wahab and hospital officials said three people died in the blaze and one person was injured. TV footage showed billowing into the sky as flames engulfed parts of the building.…

The smart home market in the UAE is poised to achieve a robust yearly growth rate of 11.13 per cent, projecting a market volume of $113.8 million by 2028, according to research by Samsung, the global electronics major. Today, Samsung has 2.3 million registered SmartThings users in the UAE alone. The trends reflect a surge in the demand for smart home technology, propelled by the nation’s emphasis on innovation and luxury living. “All the lineup that we are launching with home appliances are going to smart products. And our smartphones come with embedded with the Smart Things Energy and the…

If ever there was a movie that could make generations cry with tears of happiness, it’s the Frank Capra holiday classic It’s a Wonderful Life. Films like A Christmas Story and A Charlie Brown Christmas are also popular Christmas movies, but It’s a Wonderful Life is on another level. This is one of the greatest movies ever made, and it’s a genuinely moving story about George Bailey, as played by Hollywood icon Jimmy Stewart. It’s a Wonderful Life arrived in theaters in 1946, just a year after World War II ended. And for most of the movie, it paints a…

Visitors to Dubai will get a colourful welcome with a digital artwork that combines millions of nature-related photos. Renowned artist Refik Anadol unveiled the world’s longest artificial intelligence (AI) art content at Terminal 1 of Dubai international airport in time for COP28. The innovative artwork presents an AI Data Sculpture that draws inspiration from a vast dataset of over 400 million publicly available nature-related images encompassing water, coral, and flora. “I’m calling it a data painting. So when the people come to Dubai, the first thing they will see is this AI dreaming nature,” he said, speaking to Khaleej Times…

Squid Game: The Challenge | Who Will Win the 4.56 Million Dollars? | Finale Trailer | Netflix Everybody loves Squid Game. When it first debuted on Netflix during the pandemic in 2021, the world couldn’t get enough of the South Korean battle royale series. Created by Hwang Dong-hyuk, the show was about a deadly competition that drew hundreds of players — some violent, some greedy, all desperate — to compete for 45.6 billion won, or around $38 million. The competitors would compete in a series of children’s games such as Red Light, Green Light, with success advancing them to the…

Smugglers attempted to bring into the UAE 10kg of illegal drugs, but Sharjah Ports, Customs, and Free Zones Authority inspectors thwarted the plan and seized narcotics at Khalid Port. During a routine inspection with a radiological device, customs officers at Port Khalid discovered a suspicious bag in a container. Manual examination revealed the bag contained ten rolls of narcotics, weighing a total of 10.046 kilograms. The confiscated narcotics have been handed over to the relevant authorities for further legal action. The Authority emphasised its ongoing commitment to utilising its resources and intensifying efforts to thwart smuggling attempts, especially drug trafficking,…

Adding a robot vacuum to your home is a great way to automate your cleaning. These nifty devices will clean your floors with little to no manual input — freeing up your time for more exciting endeavors. Some are even capable of emptying their own dustbin or can pull double duty as a mop. Not all robot vacuums are created equal, however, and finding the best robot vacuums takes a bit of digging. The first thing you’ll need to do when searching for a robot vacuum is set a budget. Robot vacuums run the gamut from a few hundred bucks…

Launched in 2011, the biodiesel program in partnership with Neutral Fuels has saved over 23 million kg of CO2 emissions compared to driving on regular petrol diesel In the UAE, the rapid growth of the economy and population, while signaling prosperity, has also led to a dramatic increase in the demand for resources such as energy, food and water. With a long-term approach in mind, the UAE government is committed to achieving more sustainable consumption and production, in line with the UN’s twelfth Sustainable Development Goal (SDG12). This calls for countries to move away from a ‘take, make, use, dispose’…