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Aldar Properties and Mubadala Investment Company have completed a strategic joint venture that brings together two of Abu Dhabi’s most prominent retail destinations into a single platform valued at about AED 10 billion, marking one of the emirate’s largest consolidations in the retail real estate segment. The transaction combines Yas Mall and The Galleria Luxury Collection under a unified ownership and management structure, with Aldar appointed as […]

Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Abu Dhabi’s sovereign investor Mubadala Investment Company has been awarded more than €700 million in arbitration tied to the failure of Europe’s sprawling Signa property empire, according to creditor protection group Creditreform. The ruling underscores the scale of losses facing lenders and investors after one of the continent’s largest real estate groups unravelled under the weight of higher interest rates and rising financing […]

Python’s packaging ecosystem is under growing strain as development teams move away from pip in production environments, citing performance bottlenecks, fragile dependency resolution and rising operational risk. The shift towards faster tools such as uv reflects more than a search for speed; it exposes structural weaknesses in how Python applications are built, tested and deployed at scale. Pip remains the default package installer bundled with Python, but […]

Apple has rolled out Safari Technology Preview 236, the latest iteration of its experimental browser platform that previews innovations destined for future mainstream releases. The update delivers a broad set of fixes and technical refinements spanning CSS, HTML, image handling, form functionality, media playback, rendering performance, Web API behaviour, scalable vector graphics and real-time communication protocols. It can be downloaded on macOS Sequoia and macOS Tahoe via […]

South Africa’s flagship reform programme is moving into a broader and more complex phase as Operation Vulindlela expands beyond its initial focus on energy, logistics and telecommunications, signalling a renewed push to lift growth and attract investment at a time of fragile confidence. Launched in 2020 within the Presidency, Operation Vulindlela was designed to unblock structural constraints that had long weighed on the economy. Its early emphasis […]

Aldar Properties is set to begin construction of nearly 3,000 new homes across Abu Dhabi this year, signalling a significant acceleration in residential supply as population growth, job creation and investment inflows sustain demand across the capital’s prime districts. The developments carry a combined gross development value of about 23 billion dirhams, underscoring the scale of capital being channelled into the emirate’s housing market. The projects will […]

Dubai has unveiled plans to construct what officials describe as the world’s first villa assembled entirely by robots, marking a sharp acceleration in the city’s push to industrialise construction and reduce reliance on manual labour. The pilot project, scheduled to rise at Expo City Dubai, will test whether fully automated systems can deliver a complete residential unit from foundation to finish without on-site human builders. Authorities say […]

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Crypto firms expanded hiring through 2025, with job openings rising 6% to 1,801, as companies pivoted towards compliance, business development and operations roles, signalling a maturation of the sector beyond its engineering-heavy origins. The increase came despite volatile digital asset prices and tighter oversight across major markets, underscoring how crypto businesses are adapting to regulatory scrutiny and a broader push for institutional credibility. While software engineers and […]

Gulf Warehousing Company has stepped onto a global technology stage with its debut at Web Summit Qatar 2026, signalling how logistics groups in the Gulf are repositioning themselves around data, automation and artificial intelligence. The Doha-based firm announced a partnership with Apify, a European cloud platform known for web data extraction, automation tools and AI-driven workflows, during the four-day summit held from 1 to 4 February in […]

Oracle is preparing to raise about $50 billion during 2026 as it accelerates spending on data centres, specialised chips and network capacity to meet a sharp rise in demand for artificial-intelligence workloads, according to people familiar with the company’s plans. The proposed capital raise, which would rank among the largest ever attempted by a US technology group in a single year, reflects the scale of investment required […]

Kenya is set to host its first public cloud region after iXAfrica Data Centres confirmed a partnership with Oracle, a move that places Nairobi at the centre of East Africa’s fast-expanding digital infrastructure map. The initiative, announced in January 2024, brings Oracle Cloud Infrastructure services to locally based facilities operated by iXAfrica, allowing businesses and public institutions to store and process data within the country rather than […]

Miral has confirmed plans to develop a Topgolf venue on Yas Island, adding another global leisure brand to Abu Dhabi’s flagship entertainment destination and reinforcing the emirate’s strategy of broadening year-round tourism beyond theme parks and seasonal events. The venue, to be known as Topgolf Yas Island, will be developed and operated by Miral under a licensing agreement with Topgolf International. It is expected to feature technology-enabled […]

  Hundreds of Android applications have left massive volumes of user information exposed after developers misconfigured cloud databases, allowing outsiders to access personal records, authentication tokens and internal credentials at an unprecedented scale. Security researchers estimate the exposed data at more than 730 terabytes, making it one of the largest known leakages tied to mobile apps and underscoring persistent weaknesses in how cloud services are deployed and […]

Aldar Properties has moved to deepen its long-term development pipeline after announcing the addition of several strategic land plots across Abu Dhabi with a combined gross development value of about AED23 billion, underlining the developer’s intent to capitalise on sustained demand across the capital’s prime growth corridors. The newly added sites span more than 2.3 million square metres and are expected to deliver around 3,000 new homes […]

Nvidia Corp chief executive Jensen Huang has pushed back against suggestions that the chipmaker had lined up a $100 billion investment in OpenAI, saying any such figure was never a firm commitment and that the company would assess participation in funding rounds on their individual merits. The remarks seek to clarify Nvidia’s role at a moment when expectations around financing for advanced artificial intelligence models are reshaping […]

Crypto markets closed January in the red despite a policy backdrop that, on paper, appeared more accommodating than at any point in the past two years. Prices slid across major tokens, trading volumes thinned, and investor sentiment softened even as regulatory signals from Washington and other financial centres suggested a shift away from outright hostility towards digital assets. Bitcoin, the bellwether for the sector, ended the month […]

Women in Games has unveiled a new manifesto urging game studios, publishers and platform holders to confront entrenched gender imbalance and workplace inequities, arguing that the long-term health of the global video games sector depends on structural change rather than symbolic gestures. The document sets out a framework aimed at reshaping hiring practices, leadership pathways and creative decision-making across an industry that employs millions but continues to […]

Google has begun opening access to Project Genie, an artificial intelligence system that generates interactive, game-like environments from simple prompts, signalling a fresh push by the company to redefine how digital worlds are created while reigniting debate over the use of copyrighted material in generative AI. Project Genie allows users to describe a scene, upload an image, or sketch a rough layout and then play inside a […]

Project: Gorgon has made a significant milestone in its development with the launch of its 1.0 version, marking its transition out of Early Access and broadening its world with a substantial new map, expanded progression systems and deeper endgame mechanics. The update introduces Statehelm, a sprawling capital city designed as the largest and most intricate area the indie fantasy MMO has ever seen, featuring over 200 quests […]

Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Dubai-based luxury property developer Damac Real Estate Development Limited has returned to the debt capital markets with a $600 million Islamic bond that drew strong investor demand, signalling sustained appetite for Gulf real estate credit despite higher-for-longer global interest rates. The 3.5-year benchmark sukuk attracted an orderbook topping $1.7 billion, excluding interest from joint lead managers, allowing pricing to tighten materially from initial […]

Sony is keeping the PlayStation 6 firmly out of public view even as speculation over its arrival intensifies, with industry signals suggesting the company is prioritising longevity and performance gains for the PlayStation 5 rather than rushing a generational shift. Market expectations have clustered around a PS6 launch window between 2027 and 2029, but Sony’s current strategy points to a longer runway for the PS5, underpinned by […]

A warning from a long-standing crypto fund manager has reignited debate over Bitcoin’s long-term viability, with claims that the world’s largest cryptocurrency could face a structural security breakdown within the next seven to eleven years unless its economic model changes. Justin Bons, founder and chief investment officer of Cyber Capital, has argued that Bitcoin’s reliance on declining block subsidies will eventually undermine the incentives that secure its […]

Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have unveiled a platform technology designed to strengthen the potency of RNA interference therapies, a field that has promised targeted gene silencing yet has struggled with delivery efficiency and durability inside cells. The work centres on improving how small interfering RNA molecules reach the cytoplasm, where they can shut down disease-driving genes with greater precision. RNA interference, […]

atNorth has unveiled plans to build a new high-density data centre in Stockholm, strengthening its Nordic presence as cloud providers, enterprises and artificial intelligence developers push demand for low-carbon digital infrastructure across Europe. The Iceland-based operator said the Stockholm facility would be designed to support compute-intensive workloads, including high-performance computing and AI training, with a focus on energy efficiency and heat reuse. The project adds to atNorth’s […]

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