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Philippine President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. made a last-minute decision to cancel his trip to Dubai to attend COP28, citing “important developments” in the hostage situation involving 17 Filipino seafarers in the Red Sea as the reason for his decision not to attend the UN Climate Summit. Marcos was supposed to arrive in UAE on Thursday and, aside from attending COP28, was scheduled to meet the Filipino community at Dubai World Trade Centre on the same day. It would have been the first time in 14 years that a Philippine president will come to meet his kabayan (countrymen) in the…
The UAE on Thursday (November 30) announced the retail fuel prices for the month of December. The approved fuel prices by the Ministry of Energy are determined every month, according to the average global price of oil, whether up or down, after adding the operating costs of distribution companies. The Fuel Prices Monitoring Committee reduced gasoline prices for December by between 7 and 8 fils for gasoline and 23 fils for diesel per litre, compared to the prices of November 2023. The new rates will apply from December 1 and are as follows: CategoryPrice per litre (December)Price per litre (November)DifferenceSuper…
I routinely drink three or four cups of coffee per day, but often wonder if this is too much. Should I consider cutting back? Coffee can be many things: a morning ritual, a cultural tradition, a productivity hack and even a health drink. Studies suggest, for instance, that coffee drinkers live longer and have lower risks of Type 2 diabetes, Parkinson’s disease, cardiovascular conditions and some cancers. “Overall, coffee does more good than bad,” said Rob van Dam, a professor of exercise and nutrition sciences at the Milken Institute School of Public Health at George Washington University. But between your…
How Gen AI Proof is your job? New Pearson research shows Generative AI will have greater impact on white collar jobs than blue collar jobs in next 10 years 30 November 2023 – New workplace research from Pearson, the world’s leading learning company, finds that white-collar roles are under greater threat from generative AI than blue-collar roles, as the technology takes a greater foothold in the global economy. The latest instalment of Pearson’s Skills Outlook series looks at ‘Gen AI Proof Jobs’ – analysing the impact of generative AI on more than 5000 jobs in five countries – Australia, Brazil,…
Resizable Bar has been a feature on AMD and Nvidia graphics cards, along with Intel and AMD CPUs, for a few years. You’ve probably heard of it if you keep up with the world of PC gaming. Since its introduction, ReBar has become one of the essential features to enable on any gaming PC, right alongside memory overclocking profiles like Intel XMP. It’s so essential that most modern motherboards come with the feature already enabled so you don’t have to think about it. You should leave the feature turned on for general use, even if it doesn’t provide a performance…
The UAE Under-15 Girl’s Team comfortably lead their Division with a 36-hole total of 289 at the Pan Arab Ladies and Junior Championships at Riyadh Golf Club, Saudi Arabia. They delivered a second round, five under par 139 on Wednesday. Aasiya Saleem had one of the rounds of the day in the Under-15 Girl’s Division with her five-under par 67 to also lead the individual catgegory. Her round consisted of nines of 35 and 32, with eagles on holes 5 and 15, and birdies on holes 12, 13 and 18. Maya Gaudin, also from the UAE, shot a second round…
DUBAI HOLDING UNVEILS SUSTAINABILITY SERIES AT COP28 The Group’s programme of inspiring sustainability talks and presentations are open to the public at its showcase space Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 30 November 2023: Dubai Holding, a diversified global investment company with operations in 13 countries and a Principal Pathway Partner at the 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28), is set to host a series of engaging talks and presentations from 3 to 12 December 2023, at Expo City Dubai. Four daily informative talks and presentations, hosted at Dubai Holding’s showcase space, will offer attendees a comprehensive overview of Dubai…
Exactly one year ago, OpenAI put a simple little web app online called ChatGPT. It wasn’t the first publicly available AI chatbot on the internet, and it also wasn’t the first large language model. But over the following few months, it would grow into one of the biggest tech phenomenons in recent memory. Thanks to how precise and natural its language abilities were, people were quick to shout that the sky was falling and that sentient artificial intelligence had arrived to consume us all. Or, the opposite side, which puts its hope for humanity within the walls of OpenAI. The…
The UAE’s Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation has announced that more than 6.7 million people have subscribed to the Unemployment Insurance Scheme. The scheme offers a 3-month compensation to insured individuals in case of unemployment and until they find a job. The deadline to enrol into in the scheme expired on October 1, 2023. A Dh400 fine will be awarded to non-subscribers after the October 1 deadline. They are also subject to other penalties, which are: not being able to obtain a work permit till fines are paid and fine amount being deducted from worker’s salary or end-of-service gratuity.…
Israeli authorities on Thursday announced the extension of the pause in Gaza war, which will allow more hostages and prisoners to be released. In a post on X, the Israeli Defence Forces said: ‘In light of the mediators’ efforts to continue the process of releasing the abductees and subject to the terms of the agreement, the truce will continue”. The six-day halt to fighting was supposed to end this morning, with a last group of hostages freed from Gaza overnight in exchange for dozens of Palestinian prisoners. The truce has brought a temporary halt to fighting that began on October…