A man has shared how he got paid for doing nothing at his job for five years. He even managed to get promotions and salary hikes. The man said that he got the data entry job in 2015 and worked on night shifts after getting trained, he realised that the work could be done by […]
ABU DHABI: Abu Dhabi residents can now travel on a driverless taxi around the clock via the application, TXAI, available on Google Play and IOS App Store. In his statement to the Emirates News Agency (WAM), Hassan Al Hosani, CEO of Bayanat for Mapping and Surveying Services, a subsidiary of Group 42, said the first […]
Scientists believe Venus could be harbouring alien lifeforms. The planet, which sits a casual 47 million kilometres from us in our solar system, has ammonia in its upper atmosphere. Researchers have reportedly been fixated on why Venus’ atmosphere contains the combination of hydrogen and nitrogen ever since it was discovered back in the 1970s. Now […]
ABU DHABI: All federal government employees and the public seeking federal government services nationwide are required to follow the Green Pass Protocol on Alhosn app effective January 3, 2022, to have access to federal entities, with entry to these departments to be confined to the individuals who have received two doses of UAE-approved COVID-19 vaccines […]
DUBAI: Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has started providing its smart services on Amazon Alexa in Arabic, becoming the first government utility in the world to do this. Customers can now review their monthly bills in Arabic, check past statements, details of electricity and water consumption, their carbon footprint, as well as connect their […]
The Stanford students heard the sadness in their friend’s voice when he shared the news. “Guys, I had to quit my job.” To them, it didn’t make sense. He was fluent in English and Spanish, extremely friendly and an expert in systems engineering. Why hadn’t he been able to hold down a call center job? […]
ABU DHABI: The inaugural Pokémon GO Tour: Live Event is coming to Yas Island, Abu Dhabi as a real-world extension of a global, with a live event on February 26, 2022. Hosted by Niantic, the AR company behind Pokémon GO, in partnership with the Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi), […]
The world’s first ever text message is set to be auctioned off as an NFT — and it’s expected to sell for a huge sum. An NFT, short for non-fungible token, is defined as ‘a unique digital certificate, registered in a blockchain, that is used to record the ownership of an asset such as an […]
DUBAI: The world’s smallest 3D-printed replica of the Great Mosque in Makkah, created by Czech company IQS nano, is now on display at the Czech Republic Pavilion. The record-breaking gold-plated model of Al-Masjid Al-Haram measures 820 micrometres by 643 micrometres by 135 micrometres – the thickness of a sewing needle. There are 1,000 micrometres in 1 […]
The Airbus A380 superjumbo holds a special place in many aviation fans’ hearts — and when the last of its kind made its final test flight, it returned that love with a message in the sky. The world’s largest passenger airliner made its last pre-delivery flight on December 13, taking off from Airbus’ facility at […]
A trader accidentally sold a non-fungible token (NFT) for a hundredth of its market price. NFTs are the latest cryptocurrency phenomenon to go mainstream. In the simplest terms, NFTs transform digital works of art and other collectibles into one-of-a-kind, verifiable assets that are easy to trade on the blockchain. The Bored Ape Yacht Club is […]
