Dubai: His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, has inaugurated the Mohammed bin Rashid Library, a new cultural beacon in the region. Built with an investment of AED1 billion, the library aims to cultivate a culture of reading, while supporting the development of creativity, knowledge and […]
Dubai: Mattar Al Tayer, Director-General, Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), has confirmed that the use of advanced technology and artificial intelligence (AI) had contributed to improving the public bus service and its operational efficiency. Al Tayer noted that the Remote Bus Performance Monitoring Centre had also […]
Ras Al Khaimah: Ras Al Khaimah Tourism Development Authority (RAKTDA) launches RAKation, a new summer campaign inviting visitors to explore the nature-based Emirate and discover an endless list of activities and experiences. Running from 15 June – to 15 September 2022, RAKation offers guests booking a stay of three nights or more at participating three-, […]
Dubai: Animated film Lightyear is not licensed for public screening in cinemas across the UAE, the Media Regulatory Office has announced. The movie was scheduled to be released on June 16. The regulator said the decision was taken because of the movie’s “violation of the country’s media content standards”. Lightyear is the latest film in […]
Dubai: Kandura Rally, dubbed the coolest motor show in Dubai, will debut this summer showcasing over 100 supercars and muscle cars with free entry for visitors to witness everything dedicated to motoring. The Kandura Rally is expected to attract an audience of over 2,500 people. The inaugural edition of the Kandura Rally taking place on […]
TikTok says it will add new options to promote users to take a break from constant scrolling short-form videos on the platform. The social media platform says that it will introduce a new option in the coming weeks for users to set custom time limits for how much uninterrupted time they want to spend using […]
A city that fell into the sea centuries ago has been found after decades of searching. The medieval port town of Ravenser Odd, also sometimes known as Ravensrodd, was located in East Yorkshire at the mouth of the Humber Estuary. In its glory days, it was a more important town than Hull, but that all […]
With football fever already underway in the MENA region and around the world ahead of this year’s FIFA World Cup Qatar, Twitter conducted on-the-ground research to understand what people are thinking about in relation to the tournament. Working with GWI, Twitter talked to over 12,000 people across 12 markets including MENA. With 53M football-related Tweets […]
Skin has traditionally been reserved for animals, until now. As per a new study, for the first time, scientists learned to grow humanlike skin on a robotic finger using cells. Unlike artificial skin that is commonly used when building robots, this skin is alive, said lead study author Shoji Takeuchi, project professor in the department […]
As per NASA, one of the 18 golden segments of the James Webb Space Telescope‘s giant mirror was hit by a micrometeoroid in May. However, the space observatory is still on track to share full-colour glimpses on July 12. A micrometeoroid is a particle in space that is smaller than a grain of sand. Earth’s […]
Washington: NASA has commissioned a new independent study on so-called unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs), the German press agency (DPA) reported. The agency said that UAPs – also known as unidentified flying objects or UFOs – are of interest for air safety and national security, stressing that there is no evidence the phenomena are extra-terrestrial in […]
