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Deep-Rooted in Community Caring for a Decade “Tong Ren Tang Stroke Prevention Campaign” Debuts on Campus

Inaugural “Hong Kong Student Ambassador Programme for Chinese Medicine and Health Care” Graduation Ceremony Students Showcase Their Learning Outcomes HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach Newswire – 26 October 2025 – Beijing Tong Ren Tang Chinese Medicine Company Limited (“Beijing Tong Ren Tang”) (3613.HK) yesterday hosted the 10th anniversary retrospective exhibition of its “Tong Ren Tang Stroke Prevention Campaign” community health activity at its Tai Po Production […]

AI Infrastructure Surge Powers Crusoe’s Big Leap

US-based data-centre specialist Crusoe Energy Systems LLC has secured approximately $1.38 billion in a Series E funding round, raising its valuation to more than $10 billion underlining the intensity of demand for artificial-intelligence infrastructure. The equity fundraising was co-led by Mubadala Capital and Valor Equity Partners, and attracted backing from major investors including Nvidia Corporation, Fidelity Management & Research Company and Founders Fund. Crusoe, founded in 2018, […]

du Posts Strong Q3 2025 Growth

Dubai-based Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company PJSC announced that its third-quarter results delivered a 7.9 per cent year-on-year jump in revenues to AED 3.87 billion, underpinned by growth in mobile, fixed and ICT businesses. The company reported an EBITDA of AED 1.85 billion, which equated to a margin of 47.8 per cent, while normalised net profit rose by 25.8 per cent to AED 732 million. Chief Executive Fahad […]

OPPO Redefines Personalized Mobile AI Experiences with Google

MADRID, SPAIN – Media OutReach Newswire – 25 October 2025 – OPPO, a leading global smart device brand, today announced a deeper collaboration with Google to redefine personalized and secure mobile AI, focusing on personalized AI capabilities, AI model deployment, and AI privacy. Through this technical cooperation, OPPO aims to deliver more intuitive, secure, and comprehensive mobile AI experiences to users worldwide. “Working closely with partners like […]

Saudi Arabia Accelerates Shift to AI and Gaming

The kingdom is committing multibillion-dollar investments into artificial intelligence, high-tech manufacturing and gaming as it repositions its economy away from a flagship megacity project. Officials have indicated that the NEOM venture will receive a smaller share of funding as more capital flows into next-generation industries. The move reflects a pivot by policymakers toward technology-driven growth sectors. Top-level figures including the Public Investment Fund highlight that the ecosystem […]

Moniepoint Secures Over $200 Million To Power Pan-African Growth

LAGOS – Fintech company Moniepoint Inc. announced yesterday that it has raised more than US $200 million in a Series C equity financing round aimed at accelerating its expansion across Africa and into diaspora markets. The round was led by British private equity firm Development Partners International through its African Development Partners III fund, with participation from impact-investor LeapFrog Investments, Google Africa Investment Fund, global payments giant […]

Sophos introduces identity-first defence with ITDR launch

Cybersecurity firm Sophos has unveiled its new solution, Sophos Identity Threat Detection and Response, offering organisations continuous monitoring of identity risks, dark-web credential tracking and automated response capabilities within its Sophos Central platform. The UK-headquartered company positions the product as a strategic response to the “never-ending” rise of identity-based attacks. The new ITDR module integrates with Sophos’ existing Extended Detection and Response and Managed Detection and Response […]

Nakheel opens luxury waterfront villas at Palm Jebel Ali

Dubai– Nakheel has unveiled a new collection of ultra-luxury waterfront villas at its flagship Palm  Jebel  Ali development, signalling a major push in high-end residential real estate on the island. The release covers both the “Beach Collection” and “Coral Collection” villa clusters, with the broader master plan of the scheme now coming into sharper focus. The announcement highlights that the master community will include a 9,000 sq […]

Saudi Arabia Shifts Focus to AI as Neom Plans Adjust

Riyadh is advancing its push into artificial intelligence, sidestepping some of the previous fanfare around the massive urban-megaproject Neom, and signalling a new strategic pivot by its sovereign wealth arm Public Investment Fund. The fund is repositioning to attract global AI investment, deepen partnerships with major tech players and harness data-centre infrastructure at scale.

The kingdom’s leadership is steering resources away from grand construction ambitions to technology-driven growth. The newly formed Humain — a PIF-backed AI company — was launched in May with the mission of establishing Saudi Arabia as a global hub for AI. The firm plans to build advanced data centres, cloud services and one of the world’s most powerful Arabic large-language models.

Strategic deals have followed. U. S. chip-maker Nvidia has agreed to ship some 18,000 Blackwell chips to Saudi Arabia to support a 500-megawatt data-centre facility coordinated by Humain. PIF and international analysts say the move reflects a shift in focus: less emphasis on sprawling “giga-projects” of construction, more on the digital-infrastructure layer that underpins a future knowledge-economy.

Globally, transformative AI applications — from generative-AI language models to edge computing in industries — require vast compute power, energy and state coordination. PIF’s governor Yasir Al‑Rumayyan has said the kingdom is well-placed, given its energy resources and large-scale capital, to become a “hub outside the U. S.” for AI development. Analysts suggest the pivot acknowledges market realities: mega-cities like Neom have proved slower to materialise than envisaged, while digital-economy bets offer faster, more measurable returns.

The megacity Neom and its flagship component – The Line – have faced scepticism over timelines, cost-overruns and foreign investor pull-back. Executive reshuffles in Neom’s leadership and recalibrated investment priorities have signalled the shift. Meanwhile, PIF has begun trimming the proportion of its portfolio allocated to global investments — moving foreign-allocation toward 18 per cent from previous targets — to double-down on domestic strategic sectors like AI.

The investment case for Saudi Arabia is sizeable. Humain aims to tap into the Arab-language market of over 450 million people, while deploying data-centre capacity measured in gigawatts. Academic and industry voices say the kingdom has already built one of the strongest AI-ready physical infrastructures in the Middle East: multiple super-computers, data centres and training programmes are in motion. On the human-capital front, programmes to train 20,000 data/AI experts by 2030 are underway through partnerships with international firms such as Microsoft, Accenture and Huawei Technologies.

For global tech firms and investors, Saudi Arabia’s offer now centres around “sovereign AI infrastructure” rather than purely construction or real-estate play. The deal with Nvidia is seen as precedent-setting: Nvidia’s CEO told reporters that AI infrastructure is “essential infrastructure” akin to power and internet. Moreover, the shift aligns with the kingdom’s broader strategic framework Vision 2030 — which seeks to reduce oil-dependence and build a diversified economy.

Nevertheless, risks remain. Observers caution that the AI ambition is spectacular in scale yet faces operational and regulatory challenges — from data-governance to talent retention and ideological scrutiny. The push may also attract geopolitical scrutiny given the involvement of U. S. technology in Saudi infrastructure. The earlier mega-project model illustrates how bold vision can be slowed by delivery hurdles.

Broadcom Sets New AI Network Benchmark with 800G “Thor Ultra” NIC

Semiconductor giant Broadcom Inc. on 14 October 2025 launched its first 800 gigabit-per-second AI Ethernet Network Interface Card named the “Thor Ultra”, a product the company says enables interconnection of hundreds of thousands of XPUs and supports trillion-parameter artificial-intelligence workloads. Broadcom describes Thor Ultra as the “industry’s first 800G AI Ethernet NIC” that adheres fully to the open standard of the Ultra Ethernet Consortium. The card supports […]

Trend Micro Named a Leader in Network Analysis and Visibility

Trend Vision One™ ranked among top vendors in the NAV solutions market HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach Newswire – 22 October 2025 – Trend Micro Incorporated (TYO: 4704; TSE: 4704) announced today that it has been named a Leader in Network Analysis and Visibility (NAV) solutions by Forrester. The analyst firm’s independent market evaluation scores the flagship Trend Vision One™ platform highest among all 12 evaluated […]

Cloud Collapse Shakes Global Platforms as AWS US-EAST-1 Falters

A significant outage at Amazon Web Services rippled through the digital economy on 20 October 2025, cutting off access to dozens of major websites and applications. The disruption emerged from AWS’s US-EAST-1 data-centre region in Northern Virginia — a hub that hosts some of the world’s most critical cloud infrastructure. The fault, described by AWS as a failure in network-load-balancer health monitoring and associated DNS resolution problems, […]

Fresh Ubuntu-based Distro NebiOS Launches With Its Own Wayland Engine

A new entrant to the Linux desktop space, the distro known as NebiOS, has been unveiled by Turkish developer Sarp Mateson under the umbrella of his company NebiSoft. Built on the foundation of Ubuntu and tailored for Wayland graphics instead of the older X11 system, NebiOS marks a distinct shift in how independent desktop Linux distributions are conceived and delivered. Mateson’s project began as a personal experiment […]

ONLYOFFICE Docs 9.1 Enhances PDF Editing and Collaboration Features

ONLYOFFICE Docs 9.1 has been launched, bringing with it a significant overhaul aimed at boosting both productivity and collaboration. Among its notable additions is a new set of PDF redaction tools, enabling users to efficiently remove sensitive content from documents, as well as various editor upgrades that promise to streamline workflows. The introduction of PDF redaction tools addresses growing concerns around privacy and data security, allowing users […]

Beyon Cyber and Haven to Unveil Orryx AI SOCs Globally

Bahrain’s Beyon Cyber and global cybersecurity firm Haven Cyber Technologies have entered a strategic Memorandum of Understanding to deploy advanced AI-powered Security Operations Centres across the UK and internationally, integrating Beyon’s Orryx AI platform into Haven’s managed services portfolio. Under the agreement, Haven will adopt the Orryx AI platform through its UK subsidiary, ITC Secure, and embed agentic AI workflows into its threat detection and response operations. […]

Astra Nova Nets $48.3 Million to Fuel Web3-AI Entertainment Push

Astra Nova has secured USD 48.3 million in a funding round aimed at accelerating its development of no-code, AI-driven tools for creators in the Web3 entertainment space. The capital will bolster expansion into new regions and deepen integrations among its ecosystem of mini-apps, games and community tools.

The bulk of the funding, approximately USD 41.6 million, came through a strategic investment round, building on prior backing from firms including Outlier Ventures and Middle East family offices. Astra Nova intends to deploy the funds toward global scaling, regulatory readiness and product enhancements.

Astra Nova’s core proposition rests on TokenPlay AI, a platform that enables creators to launch blockchain-enabled micro-apps without writing code. Powered by Alibaba Cloud infrastructure, it is designed to let developers spin up interactive communities and gamified utilities rapidly. In addition, Astra Nova operates NovaToon, Deviants: Fight Club, and BlackPass, all of which already draw user traction.

Crucially, major brands are integrating with Astra Nova ahead of its token launch. Shiba Inu, one of the most active crypto communities, is deploying mini-apps through TokenPlay AI, and the Simon’s Cat IP is also building live integrations. These are not mere announcements: the integrations are functional and active, driving transaction volume even before the token is fully in circulation.

Astra Nova’s native token, $RVV, is scheduled for issuance on 18 October. The token is intended as the foundational utility currency within the ecosystem, underpinning in-app upgrades, advertising, subscriptions, and community incentives. Transaction fees from ecosystem activity are programmed to trigger buybacks of $RVV, creating a feedback loop to support tokenomics.

Backing for the project includes strategic support from NEOM, NVIDIA’s Inception programme, and Alibaba Cloud. NVIDIA’s involvement is particularly significant: it provides access to GPU and AI computing capabilities that are critical to Astra Nova’s adaptive storytelling and intelligent NPC infrastructure. Alibaba Cloud offers global infrastructure scale, while NEOM’s partnership underscores sovereign interest in aligning the startup with Saudi Arabia’s broader AI and tech ambitions.

Astra Nova’s metrics already indicate early scale: the company claims more than 250,000 creators on its waitlist for TokenPlay AI, cumulative user reach across its live products exceeding 500,000, and 200,000 daily active users across the ecosystem. The ARPG built on Unreal Engine 5 has surpassed 100,000 playtest downloads, reinforcing early demand and user engagement.

Analysts see the model’s strength in its orchestration of multiple components—creator tooling, community building, content, and gaming—into a unified framework supported by AI and blockchain. The pre-launch traction with IPs such as Shiba Inu and Simon’s Cat gives the ecosystem a runway of activity even from day zero of token issuance.

Survival ideas for the coming AI bloodbath!

Matein Khalid Stock exchange folklore in pre-1929 Jazz Age New York has one priceless insight for me – “you be buying when they are crying, you be selling when they are yelling”. So as I scan the markets, I realized that the mother of all yelling is taking place in the AI arena and its decibel count is loudest where the ignorance about its nuances is the […]

UAE Firms Commit to Next-Generation V2X for Smart Mobility

Space42 has inked a memorandum of understanding with e& UAE to co-develop Vehicle-to-Everything systems that will underpin autonomous mobility and smart city infrastructure across the UAE. The pact seeks to marry Space42’s Sovereign Mobility Cloud and autonomous vehicle expertise with e& UAE’s 5.5G connectivity, edge computing and secure communications, forming a foundation for 6G-era applications. The collaboration will see both firms launch pilot projects, help shape regulatory […]

Zorin OS 18 Beta Unveils Windows-Friendly Pipeline to Post-Windows 10 Era

A public beta of Zorin OS 18 has been launched, offering a reimagined interface and a suite of tools aimed at easing the migration from Windows as support for Windows 10 ends on 14 October 2025. The developers position this release as a compelling alternative for PCs that don’t qualify for Windows 11, while businesses, schools and individual users explore paths away from Microsoft’s ecosystem. The new […]

Ajman Unveils Smart-Payment Push at GITEX 2025

The Ajman Department of Finance unveiled a suite of smart payment services at GITEX Global 2025, signalling its bid to position the emirate at the forefront of digital government finance solutions. The offerings include integration of the UAE’s national payment card “Jaywan”, a buy-now-pay-later option via its AjmanPay portal, and a unified financial management platform dubbed “Estidama system”.

Marwan Ahmed Al Ali, Director General of the Department of Finance in Ajman, said the new services aim to provide “flexible payment options” tailored to “all segments of society” and boost the emirate’s digital transformation agenda. The launch was attended by senior government and private-sector officials during the event.

The Jaywan card—launched by the Central Bank of the UAE to reduce reliance on global card networks—has now been linked with AjmanPay, allowing users to make payments via ATMs, e-commerce platforms and point-of-sale terminals. The Department also launched a zero-interest instalment option to facilitate fee payments and transactions in instalments or deferred payments.

The Estidama system is presented as a next-generation cloud-based platform comprising four interconnected modules that manage budgeting, initiative planning, financial execution and reporting. It promises to unify financial operations across the Ajman government, enhancing transparency and control over public spending.

Officials emphasised that these steps align with broader national efforts to digitise financial infrastructure. By integrating Jaywan into Ajman’s government payments, the emirate is tapping into the UAE’s goal of financial sovereignty and reducing dependence on foreign card networks.

Partnership with First Abu Dhabi Bank underpins the linking of Jaywan with AjmanPay, showcasing public–private collaboration in driving fintech infrastructure. The Department described the move as a qualitative addition to its digital ecosystem, reflecting its commitment to “innovation in government payment systems”.

During GITEX, Ajman’s government platform is also showcasing AI, data analytics, and other advanced technologies in financial resource management. The participation underscores the emirate’s aim to benchmark itself in the regional competition over smart city and digital government credentials.

Aryaka Launches New Channel Program, Bringing Simplicity and Scalability to Partner Ecosystem

Aryaka Partner Program strengthens partner engagement, improves ease of onboarding, and positions company for accelerated channel-led growth SINGAPORE – Media OutReach Newswire – 16 October 2025 – Aryaka®, the leader in and first to deliver Unified SASE as a Service, today announced the launch of a revamped channel program. The new Aryaka Parter Program delivers added simplicity, support, and structure to Aryaka’s growing Distributor and VAR ecosystem, […]

A tale of two emerging market fintech money gushers

Matein Khalid I have made no secret about my conviction that Brazil’s Nu Bank (NU) and China’s Alibaba (BABA) are my two fave emerging market’s fintechs of destiny since 2024. Alibaba has risen almost 100% since I accumulated its shares in the mid 80’s in its New York ADR once it was evident that the Politburo had pivoted to Big Bang fiscal/monetary stimulus to goose the dormant […]

Qwen3-VL 235B Hits Cloud Stage with Ollama Launch

Alibaba’s most advanced vision-language model, Qwen3-VL 235B, is now accessible via Ollama’s cloud infrastructure, signalling a milestone in multimodal AI deployment. The dense and sparse variants of the Qwen3 family—4B, 8B, 30B and 235B—are slated to become available for local use in due course. Qwen3-VL elevates visual reasoning capabilities: it can interpret graphical interfaces, recognise GUI elements, press buttons, call external tools and complete tasks autonomously. Its […]

AI Empires Rise at GITEX 2025

GITEX Global 2025 in Dubai has become a battleground for dominance in nation-scale artificial intelligence, as governments and tech giants compete to control the infrastructure that will underpin the next wave of the digital economy. The event has already featured multiple high-stakes unveilings of sovereign AI platforms, hyperscale data centres, and public-service automation systems illustrating how computing power is being weaponised as strategic capital. The opening day […]