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Dubai cybersecurity hub goes on Emirati hiring binge – Technology

In its bid to make the United Arab Emirates city the "safest electronic city in the world,” the Dubai Electronic Security Centre (DESC) is looking to expand its Emirati-only workforce by 50 percent this year. The centre, which has a budget of millions of dollars, monitors and researches potential electronic incidents that may affect governmental institutes. To do that, the relatively new center, established in 2014, is [...]

Abu Dhabi International Book Fair writes another successful chapter for itself

The Abu Dhabi International Book Fair completed its 27th edition on Tuesday. On the surface the event did what it was designed to do. Thousands of books were sold, literary awards were handed out, a new publishing house was announced, publishing deals were signed and authors’ works were snapped up in languages ranging from Chinese to Turkish.But it is only when you spend a serious amount of [...]

China to launch own encyclopaedia to rival Wikipedia

China plans to launch its own online encyclopaedia next year, hoping to build a "cultural Great Wall" that can rival Wikipedia as a go-to information source for Chinese Internet users who Beijing fears are being corrupted by foreign influences China plans to launch its own online encyclopaedia next year, hoping to build a "cultural Great Wall" that can rival Wikipedia as a go-to information source for Chinese [...]

Red Hat and Amazon integrate AWS, RHEL, and OpenShift

For the first time ever, Red Hat will align its flagship operating system, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), development and release dates with a third-party: Amazon Web Services (AWS). This alliance underlines just how important the cloud is to Red Hat as it moves from being a Linux distributor first to being a cloud services provider first.Red Hat is partnering closely with Amazon to fly Red Hat [...]

Development projects to bring homes and jobs to outskirts of Abu Dhabi

ABU DHABI // Two major development projects will bring thousands of homes and jobs to an underdeveloped area on the outskirts of the capital. The Dh4 billion Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City is 90 per cent complete and will open soon, while construction is under way on a Dh2.5bn Emirati housing neighbourhood near Abu Dhabi International Airport. The first of the homes will be ready by 2019.The 732-bed [...]

If Recent Trends Are Any Indication, Marine Le Pen Is Being Drastically Underpriced By Oddsmakers

According to recent polling by Elabe, he would take 65 per cent of the vote in a second-round run-off against Le Pen.   It is expected that Macron – a centrist – should be able to attract a wider spectrum of second-round voters than Le Pen, pulling in left-leaning voters from Hamon and Mélenchon as well as those leaning to the right that voted Fillon in the [...]

Dev Patel on life after Lion, his Indian accent, and becoming tabloid fodder

Actor Dev Patel was in Dubai on Tuesday to be honoured as one of the Chivas Icons at the H Hotel venue Play. The 27-year-old has been having a very good year. The Brit earned a best supporting actor Academy Award nomination for his turn in the real-life tale Lion, in which he portrayed Saroo Brierly, who was adopted by an Australian family after he was lost [...]

How journalists should handle the next 100 days of Trump’s presidency – Poynter

This past Saturday marked 100 days since Donald Trump became president, and many news organizations marked the occasion with data-intensive packages that measured his progress and made it really easy for the public to understand what's happened so far. Some highlights: The Guardian published an interactive making it really easy to analyze the first 100 days by putting the numbers in context. They also published daily briefings [...]

Italy’s National Carrier Alitalia Files For Bankruptcy

As was widely expected, on Tuesday Italy's national carrier Alitalia filed for its second bankruptcy in 9 years, after its board decided to formally ask the ministry of economic development to put the money-losing carrier, the partly owned by UAE's Etihad Airlines, under special administration after workers rejected its latest rescue plan meant to unlock much-needed financing. As discussed previously, a majority of the company's workers last [...]

Album review: Humanz by the Gorillaz sees several gems emerge

HumanzGorillaz(Parlophone)Four starsWhen Blur frontman Damon Albarn and his comic-book artist friend, Jamie Hewlett, created Gorillaz in 1998, they could scarcely have imagined how much mileage there was in cartoon creations Murdoc, Noodle, Russel and 2-D. Unlike the members of conventional groups, they do not age, burn out or fall out. Albarn turns 50 next year, but Gorillaz helps to keep him relevant. The virtual band has always [...]

We now know what Janet Jackson’s mystery countdown clock was all about

Janet Jackson performs last March in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.Image: Francois Nel/Getty ImagesBy Josh Dickey2017-05-02 01:36:53 UTC Janet's back, and there's nothing nasty about it. Janet Jackson's official website carried a curious count-down clock that had fans wondering what news its expiration would bring Monday morning — especially since her long-awaited "Unbreakable" tour was postponed last year.  But by afternoon, the clock had disappeared — then re-set [...]

Detecting walking speed with wireless signals

WiGait uses wireless signals to continuously measure a person's walking speed. Credit: Jason Dorfman, MIT CSAIL We've long known that breathing, blood pressure, body temperature and pulse provide an important window into the complexities of human health. But a growing body of research suggests that another vital sign - how fast you walk - could be a better predictor of health issues like cognitive decline, falls, and [...]

Rethinking your development approach for your future leaders

Since the emergence of the single market in Asean, many companies are expanding their markets outside of their home country whereas others are still struggling. Some firms have already entered neighbouring markets while others are looking even farther beyond the Asean Economic Community. Research shows that firms in different industries look at the AEC from different perspectives. For example, firms in the financial industry seem to support [...]

Vienna Guide: A walk through town from past to present – Travel & Hospitality

Vienna is different. That is what Austrians say about their own capital, but it is hard to understand what makes the city so special, until experiencing the wonder of it for yourself. Though Vienna is renowned as a city of tradition with a glorious past, being home to some of the most influential musicians, philosophers and scientists of all time, Vienna today is a must-visit destination in [...]

Displaced Dubai tower residents may return after five years of waiting

DUBAI // Hundreds of displaced residents of Tamweel Tower, which was badly damaged by a blaze in 2012, may finally return this Ramadan after a key document confirming completion of cladding work was submitted to the authorities. The document signed by eight companies was submitted last week to Dubai Civil Defence stating that the installation of the new cladding complied with fire safety requirements. The 34-storey Jumeirah Lakes [...]

10 things to do today: The Fridge Concert Series is back and attend exhibition Emirati Adornment: Tangible & Intangible

Your daily guide to community and cultural activities across the Emirates for April 28, 2017, including performances, festivals, art exhibitions, film screenings, health and fitness events, talks, classes, workshops and family fun. Ellen Fortini rounds up 10 things to do today in the UAE.Want to see your event listed here? Email us with the details and contact information at [email protected] DubaiConcert The Fridge Concert Series is back [...]

A grain of truth: Anna Kurkova’s Dunescape

Many artists have drawn inspiration from Abu Dhabi’s sweeping sand dunes. But when Anna Kurkova contemplated the desert, she saw an opportunity to make a statement about recycling and humanity’s duty of care for the environment. The reward for her vision was the Christo and Jeanne-Claude Award, a coveted art prize named after the renowned husband-and-wife artist team who helped to redefine the boundaries of contemporary art [...]

Stephen Hawking issues familiar warning to China against AI

(Image: Hawking.org) It's a pet obsession that both physicist Stephen Hawking and entrepreneur Elon Musk -- two people credited with pushing the boundaries of technology and science in pioneering ways -- have in common: Rampaging intelligence, borne within machines, could end the human race if utilized dangerously. "I believe there is no real difference between what can be achieved by a biological brain and what can be [...]

UAE launches Soft Power Council to enhance global reputation

Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the UAE's Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, launched on Saturday the UAE Soft Power Council, which aims to reinforce the country's status and reputation in the world. The Council will define a comprehensive strategy to consolidate the UAE's values of respect and appreciation with governments and citizens across the world, state news agency WAM reported. The UAE [...]

Today’s customer experience mandate: Avoid ’50 first dates’

The news these days continues to be filled with reports that traditional stores are at last being sustainably displaced by fast growing online competitors. Startups in online shopping, media, travel, financial services, sharing economy, and finally even healthcare, have either invented popular new high-growth digital categories or are in the midst of successfully re-imagining the old ones in digital native terms.In the 2000s, the digital disruption had [...]

Economic Depression And Denial: “We Want To Believe We Aren’t Japan”

Authored by Jeffrey Snider via Alhambra Investment Partners, Back on March 10, the New York Fed’s attempt at real-time GDP forecasting predicted that the Q1 2017 estimate would be 3.2%. That would have qualified as another decent quarter, the second out of the past three and somewhat in keeping with “reflation.” As we know today, the advance figure calculated by the Commerce Department amounted to just 0.69% [...]

China’s Silicon Valley to host third Dubai Week event – Politics & Economics

The third Dubai Week in China, an event to promote and catalyse economic development and cultural exchange, will take place in Shenzhen, located in Southern China, later this year. The announcement was made by Falcon and Associates, a strategic advisory company that works for the Dubai leadership and initiated Dubai Week in China.    Following the success of Dubai Week in China in Beijing (2015) and Shanghai (2016), [...]

Newsmaker: Lionel Messi | The National

That it fell to Barcelona’s Lionel Messi to score the match-winning goal away to arch-rivals Real Madrid on Sunday was of little surprise to his legions of devotees, who already view the diminutive Argentinian as something of an immortal giant on the football field, and even to casual fans.El Clasico – the lyrical Spanish name for matches played between the two powerhouses of the country’s domestic game [...]

UAE Minister of Culture praises hard work, dedication of labourers in building the country

ABU DHABI// The contribution made by labourers in helping to build the UAE was praised yesterday by Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak, the Minister of Culture and Knowledge Development.He was speaking to thousands of labourers at the Al Dar Camp 3 on Yas Island, as part of early celebrations to mark International Labour Day in the capital.Sheikh Nahyan thanked them for their hard work over the years, which [...]