Publisher Electronic Arts states that 98 per cent of games in Battlefield 6 were played without cheater interference during the week following its launch. According to the company’s report, only about 2 per cent of matches showed signs of cheating — a significant drop compared with many contemporary online shooters. The backbone of this shift is the kernel-level anti-cheat system EA Javelin, which the publisher credits with […]
Mounting evidence from across the technology sector shows that some of the world’s largest platforms continue to struggle with code quality, raising questions about long-term sustainability as companies balance rapid feature deployment with structural reliability. The growing reliance on AI-assisted development tools and accelerated shipping cycles is fuelling technical debt across major firms, prompting calls from engineers, analysts, and former executives for a recalibration of priorities. The […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Airlines worldwide mobilised to install a mandatory software update on jets in the Airbus A320 family after a software flaw linked to intense solar radiation threatened critical flight-control systems. The issue came to light after an aircraft operated by JetBlue experienced a sudden, uncommanded drop in altitude while cruising in October, prompting a global safety alert issued by the manufacturer Airbus SE and […]
OpenAI disclosed a data breach involving its analytics provider Mixpanel, confirming that a security lapse allowed unauthorised access to certain API user details but did not compromise ChatGPT message data or model-generated content. The company informed affected developers that the incident, traced to November 2025, exposed names, email addresses and limited account-related metadata, prompting a broader review of third-party integrations across its platform. OpenAI stated that the […]
HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach Newswire – 28 November 2025 – Trend Micro Incorporated (TYO: 4704; TSE: 4704), a global cybersecurity leader, today released its annual Security Predictions Report for 2026, warning that the coming year will mark the true industrialization of cybercrime. Artificial intelligence (AI) and automation are now enabling threat actors to run entire campaigns autonomously, from reconnaissance to extortion, creating unprecedented speed, scale, […]
Bahrain-based alternative investment firm Investcorp has agreed to sell its majority stake in the European fintech firm Shine to cloud-software group Cegid, marking the end of an eight-year partnership. The deal will be executed via Investcorp Technology Partners and comes nearly a decade after Investcorp first backed the Danish fintech, then known as Ageras. Financial terms remain undisclosed, and the sale awaits customary regulatory clearances.
Shine, headquartered in Copenhagen, operates across multiple European markets including France, the DACH region, the Netherlands and Denmark. The platform provides a broad suite of services for small and medium-sized businesses — covering business formation, digital banking, invoicing, accounting, and payroll. Under Investcorp’s stewardship, it expanded its reach and grew recurring revenues more than ten-fold, while completing nine acquisitions in its core regions.
Cegid — majority-owned by private equity firm Silver Lake — aims to integrate Shine into its Small Business division, positioning the combined entity as a pan-European “financial copilot” for SMEs and accountants. The merged platform is being designed to offer a unified, cloud-native, AI-driven ecosystem combining e-invoicing, accounting, business banking, payments, payroll, HR and tax compliance. The target user base across Europe is estimated at over one million SMBs and 15,000 accounting professionals.
Reflecting on the sale, Investcorp’s Head of Technology Partners and Chairman of Shine, Gilbert Kamieniecky, said the firm is proud of having supported Shine’s evolution “from a start-up with only a few million in revenue into a European leader and unicorn.” Shine’s co-founders, Rico Andersen and Martin Hegelund, expressed optimism about the next phase under Cegid, emphasising their ambition to deliver more advanced, scalable financial infrastructure to businesses across Europe.
For Cegid, adding Shine strengthens its footprint across key European markets and significantly boosts its SMB customer base, offering opportunities to deploy embedded finance solutions and streamline compliance workflows ahead of evolving e-invoicing and digital reporting mandates across the continent. The integration of Shine’s scalable technology stack with Cegid’s existing cloud and AI infrastructure underscores a strategic bet on digital transformation in SME finance and accounting.
Rapid strides in artificial intelligence are reshaping how organisations handle field service operations across sectors ranging from utilities to manufacturing and telecom, with predictive maintenance, intelligent scheduling, and real-time technician support becoming core features of modern systems. Companies deploying advanced AI tools report gains in technician efficiency and reductions in unplanned downtime, marking a shift from reactive maintenance to proactive service strategies. A key development driving this […]
AI’s most celebrated breakthroughs have lived almost entirely behind glass. Models generate words, sketches and synthetic universes, but the physical world remains stubbornly uninterpreted and largely untouched by this computational flourish. As companies push toward systems that move, react and collaborate like autonomous agents, a quieter truth is settling in across California’s innovation core: intelligence can no longer remain suspended inside screens. The next era is about […]
Abu Dhabi now offers public rides in fully driverless robotaxis operated jointly by WeRide and Uber, marking the first deployment of such services on the Uber platform outside the United States. Passengers can hail an autonomous vehicle on Yas Island using the Uber app — either through UberX or Uber Comfort — or select the newly added “Autonomous” ride option for a dedicated robotaxi.
The launch follows grant of a city-level commercial permit for Level 4 autonomous driving, issued in late October to WeRide, allowing the company to operate robotaxis without a safety driver on board. Local transport authorities approved the licence after WeRide demonstrated its technology and safety protocols through extensive testing over several months. This regulatory clearance and licensing represent a breakthrough in public acceptance of self-driving mobility in the region.
Initial operations are restricted to the tourist and leisure enclave of Yas Island, home to the Formula 1 Grand Prix circuit, where road traffic and infrastructure are relatively controlled. WeRide and Uber plan to expand coverage into central Abu Dhabi by the end of the year, aiming to broaden the footprint beyond the initial zone. The fleet — managed in collaboration with local operator Tawasul Transport — includes GXR-class robotaxi vehicles equipped with multiple sensors and cameras to navigate urban streets autonomously.
WeRide retains what it describes as a four-year first-mover advantage in deploying robotaxis in Abu Dhabi, having operated test and pilot robotaxi services since 2021. The company’s broader Middle East fleet already includes more than 100 robotaxis, with ambitions to scale into thousands over the coming years. This launch fits into Uber’s global vision for autonomous mobility, which aims to expand driverless operations to at least 10 cities by the end of next year.
Ride-hailing firms and autonomous-vehicle companies have long eyed the Middle East as a favourable terrain for self-driving deployment, thanks to relatively predictable urban layouts, supportive regulators, and growing appetite for smart mobility solutions. For Uber and WeRide, the Abu Dhabi rollout demonstrates that regulatory, technological and commercial challenges can be addressed in unison.
City officials from the Integrated Transport Centre have emphasised that the licensing process required rigorous review of safety standards and compliance steps before granting commercial operator status. WeRide had earlier secured a national-level licence for self-driving vehicles in 2023, and the new city-level permit is among the first of its kind outside the United States. That dual-licence history helped accelerate trust among authorities and the public.
Drivers and ride-hailing staff will still be involved behind the scenes — Uber, through Tawasul Transport, will handle fleet maintenance, cleaning, charging and vehicle readiness, while WeRide retains responsibility for sensor calibration, software updates and compliance. That model reflects a hybrid approach aimed at balancing technology, operations and safety.
Passengers have reacted with cautious optimism. Some early users welcomed the novelty and convenience of driverless rides, especially in a region with extreme weather and limited public transport options. Others raised concerns over reliability, data privacy, and how the autonomous system would respond to unpredictable road events such as pedestrians or errant drivers.
Amazon has launched a feature called Alexa Home Theater that lets owners of its latest Echo speakers transform their living-room setup into a full surround-sound system, linking up to five speakers plus an optional subwoofer for cinematic audio. Supporting devices include the updated Echo Studio and the newly released Echo Dot Max, both of which are engineered to deliver powerful spatial audio and deep bass while automatically […]
TAIPEI, TAIWAN – Media OutReach Newswire – 26 November 2025 – To promote Taiwan’s smart healthcare technologies across ASEAN markets, the Taiwan Smart Healthcare Alliance has integrated 11 Taiwanese SMEs specializing in smart diagnostics, surgical imaging, and ward care to jointly launch “Smart Teleconsultation Solutions”. The alliance focuses on three major scenarios—”Teleconsultation”, “Smart Operating Room”, and “Telesitting”—providing integrated solutions for medical image streaming, diagnostic interconnectivity, and ward […]
Microsoft has officially opened the source code of the original Zork trilogy—Zork I, Zork II and Zork III—making the foundational text-adventure games freely available under the MIT licence. The company’s Open Source Programs Office, working alongside its Xbox and Activision divisions, announced that the historic repositories now include source code, build notes, comments and documentation intended to support study, teaching and development. The release does not grant […]
Cloud-software giant Salesforce has announced that it is investigating unauthorised activity involving applications published by vendor Gainsight, which may have enabled access to customer data through the Salesforce platform. The firm said it revoked all active access and refresh tokens related to the Gainsight apps and temporarily removed those applications from its marketplace. It emphasised this incident does not stem from a vulnerability in the Salesforce core […]
Google’s top infrastructure executive has informed staff that the company must double its artificial-intelligence compute capacity every six months to keep pace with escalating demand. Amin Vahdat, vice-president of AI infrastructure at Google Cloud, stated that this rapid expansion is critical if the company is to achieve the next “1,000×” increase in compute over the next four to five years. Vahdat delivered the message during an all-hands […]
TAIPEI, TAIWAN – Media OutReach Newswire – 21 November 2025 – Amid global market shifts and intensifying competition, Taiwan’s leading functional and smart textiles expert, Asiatic Fiber Corporation, has united medical device manufacturers and textile suppliers to form the Taiwan Medical Textile Alliance. The alliance leverages Taiwan’s strengths in medical innovation and advanced textile production to promote cutting-edge, functional healthcare products across Southeast Asia. Focusing on Thailand’s […]
India’s workforce is entering a critical phase as artificial intelligence reshapes job markets and industry demands, with upskilling emerging as a non-negotiable necessity for both individuals and organisations. According to a recent assessment of the Asia-Pacific region, India needs to scale up its skilling efforts rapidly to avoid falling behind in the global AI marathon. A report by Asian Development Bank and Google. org warns that without accessible AI-skilling initiatives, large segments of the workforce risk being left out of the transition.
The country already boasts one of the youngest and fastest-growing workforces in the world, offering a potential advantage in the AI era. Yet the report highlights a mismatch: numerous workers in labour-intensive sectors such as textiles, manufacturing and logistics perform roles with high automation risk — for example data-entry, scheduling and support functions — and these roles are disproportionately held by women and informal workers. With AI-driven automation advancing quickly, these groups could be among the hardest hit unless targeted training interventions are introduced.
Data published by NASSCOM indicates that India’s existing AI talent pool, estimated at around 600,000 today, must expand to more than 1.2 million by 2027 to fill expected demand—implying a shortfall of more than a million skilled professionals. This gap emerges despite the country producing hundreds of thousands of engineering graduates each year. Industry trackers indicate that more than half the workforce in technology services is already undergoing training in AI, machine learning and related domains, yet skills still lag employer expectations.
Business research from Microsoft found that across Indian organisations two-thirds of employees and four-fifths of leaders are now familiar with AI agents. Within the next 12-18 months more than half of these companies will place upskilling at the top of their agenda, and more than half expect AI training to become a core team responsibility within five years. These trends confirm that industry demand is ahead of the skill supply curve.
Beyond technical expertise, new job roles are emerging. Organisations are recruiting for “AI Workflow Designers”, “Software Operators” and multi-agent system builders. The most vulnerable workers are those in roles focused on infrastructure management, manual testing, and basic coding — positions that technology is already beginning to automate. This points to an imperative for current employees to acquire cross-functional, human-centric skills such as critical thinking, adaptability and collaboration with AI.
Educational institutions and vocational training providers are responding. For example, an initiative at Andhra University in partnership with NASSCOM integrates advanced skill modules into non-engineering streams and appoints department-wise coordinators to ensure student readiness. The move reflects recognition that skilling must extend beyond traditional tech fields to arts and sciences, and must address digital literacy gaps.
Nonetheless, major structural obstacles remain. A digital divide persists: only about one in five young adults in some South Asian regions has reliable internet access at home, limiting participation in online skilling programmes. Language barriers and low digital literacy further hamper effective engagement. Informal-sector workers, who often lack formal training and social protections, face a double risk of displacement without clear pathways into higher-value work.
The informal economy accounts for a large share of India’s employment, and workers in this segment are often overlooked in skill-development policies. Analysts warn that unless training programmes are redesigned for accessibility — offering tailored formats for women re-entering the workforce, rural populations and digitally disadvantaged groups — AI adoption may deepen existing inequalities.
A substantial shift in sentiment around Alphabet Inc. has taken shape following the firm’s elevation to ‘Buy’ from ‘Hold’ by Loop Capital, with the brokerage raising its price target to $320 from $260. The upgrade underscores a decisive move by Wall Street away from doubts about Alphabet’s core search business toward bullish conviction in its AI-driven future. Loop Capital’s managing director, Rob Sanderson, observed that earlier concerns […]
The Video Game History Foundation is making strides in preserving gaming culture by unearthing a trove of out-of-print gaming magazines, including the iconic Game Informer. With the increasing demand for digital archives of media, this initiative aims to provide the gaming community, researchers, and enthusiasts with a valuable glimpse into the evolution of gaming through these historic publications. The Game Informer collection represents decades of gaming history, […]
Canonical has taken significant steps to address the needs of security-conscious organisations by introducing new features in both its Kubernetes distribution and Ubuntu Long Term Support offerings. The company’s latest enhancements focus on improving compliance and security, which are crucial for industries requiring stringent safeguards. The addition of FIPS 140-3 validation to Canonical’s Kubernetes distribution marks a major update in the company’s commitment to security. FIPS 140-3 […]
Samsung has announced a transformative investment strategy, committing $310 billion over the next five years to accelerate its artificial intelligence and technology development. This ambitious move is designed to meet the soaring demand for AI-driven innovations and strengthen Samsung’s position at the forefront of global tech advancements. The investment will be channelled primarily into developing cutting-edge AI technologies, next-generation semiconductors, and other advanced tech products. Samsung’s strategy […]
IBM has committed to enhancing AI-powered search and retrieval capabilities by becoming a premier member of the OpenSearch Software Foundation. The tech giant’s involvement marks a significant step forward in its mission to improve open-source search technology and enrich data-driven decision-making for businesses across industries. This collaboration aligns with IBM’s broader strategy to integrate artificial intelligence more deeply into enterprise systems. OpenSearch, an open-source search and analytics […]
Ubuntu, the popular open-source operating system, has announced a significant extension to its long-term support offerings, with a new 15-year commitment aimed at bolstering enterprise adoption. The initiative will provide extended support for key versions of the operating system, including Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, which will receive five additional years of updates and maintenance. This bold move is designed to reassure businesses that depend on Ubuntu for critical […]
SHENZHEN, CHINA – Media OutReach Newswire – 14 November 2025 – OPPO today introduced Apex Guard, a full technology suite designed to safeguard the user experience with unprecedented quality in hardware and software. The new concept marks OPPO’s latest step in redefining what consumers can expect from smartphones—moving beyond everyday use to cover extended product lifespans and raise industry standards to the next level. During an exclusive […]
A landmark agreement between Apple Inc. and Tencent Holdings Ltd will allow Apple to collect a 15 per cent commission on payments made within WeChat’s mini games and mini apps on iPhones, marking a significant shift in the Chinese digital ecosystem. Under the deal, Apple will handle the payment processing for qualifying “mini-apps” embedded within WeChat and take half of its standard 30 per cent App Store […]
