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William Li, chief executive officer of Nio Inc., front right, uses a smartphone to take a photograph during an event marking the rollout of the company’s 100,000th electric vehicle at the automaker’s factory in Hefei, Anhui province, China, on Wednesday, April 7, 2021. Nio said it delivered 7,257 cars last month, bringing its first quarter total to 20,060 vehicles - a 423% jump from the previous year period. Photograph: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg

Can the reality of the electric vehicle market justify the hype?

Podcasts

UAE’s telecoms regulator adopts a new identity

Technology

Cruise to unveil its driverless robotaxis in Dubai in 2023

Technology

Animate materials will solve problems, but will they kill us first?

Comment

Elon Musk's Neuralink shows monkey with brain chip playing video game with its mind

World
Photo credit Callie Chee

Neom’s head of technology describes his vision for the future city
A rendering of the VoloCity flying over Paris. Courtesy: Volocopter

Future of transport: electric air taxi project wins boost from regulator
Urban centres may have emptied in 2020 but the rebound is coming, experts say. Bloomberg 

Six tech trends for the 2020s which are cause for optimism

Davos in the Swiss Alps has been unusually quiet as delegates stay away owing to the coronavirus crisis. EPA

What role does Davos play in a world gone virtual?
Gamestop shares plunged 29 per cent in early trading on Monday as data showed short sellers have been forced to cover their positions. AFP 

To understand the GameStop Redditors, listen to them
Sophia sits for an interview with The National.

Sophia the robot on 'why she matters'
This picture taken on April 2, 2021 shows an AlphaDog quadruped robot being remotely controlled in a workshop at the Weilan Intelligent Technology Corporation in Nanjing, China's Jiangsu province. It's whip fast, obeys commands and doesn't leave unpleasant surprises on the floor -- meet the AlphaDog, a robotic response to two of China's burgeoning loves: pets and technology. - TO GO WITH AFP STORY CHINA-TECHNOLOGY-ROBOTS-ECONOMY,FOCUS BY HELEN ROXBURGH AND QIAN YE / AFP / WANG ZHAO / TO GO WITH AFP STORY CHINA-TECHNOLOGY-ROBOTS-ECONOMY,FOCUS BY HELEN ROXBURGH AND QIAN YE

Chinese tech company develops robo-dogs that can see and hear its environment

Arts&Culture
Al Maryah Community Bank says it will focus on 'supporting individuals and small businesses within the UAE economy. Courtesy istockphoto.com

Covid-19 has accelerated the adoption of digital payments, experts say

Technology
This image courtesy of Toni Thai shows the American filmmaker looking at Clubhouse in New York in March. AFP

No need for Fomo: here's the case against Clubhouse

Comment
New human rights standards set out by Facebook to hold itself accountable to harmful content will be tested in Myanmar. AP

Facebook executive on harmful content: 'There isn't a perfect law out there'

Technology
Family biking on Oakland Slow Street at 42nd and Shafter. Courtesy City of Oakland

The future of the daily commute: How going to work will improve city life

Lifestyle
A Nasa illustration showing the ‘Ingenuity’ helicopter in flight. AFP / Nasa

How to watch Nasa’s Mars helicopter take its first flight

The Americas
Xupermask, developed by rapper Will.i.am and Honeywell, will be launched globally on Thursday. Courtesy Honeywell

Rapper Will.i.am partners with Honeywell to produce $299 face mask

Technology
A lab assistant uses a pipette to prepare Coronavirus RNA for sequencing at the Wellcome Sanger Institute that is operated by Genome Research in Cambridge, Thursday, March 4, 2021. Cambridge University microbiologist Sharon Peacock understood that genomic sequencing would be crucial in tracking the coronavirus, controlling outbreaks and developing vaccines, so she began working with colleagues around the country to put together a plan when there were just 84 confirmed cases in the country. The initiative helped make Britain a world leader in rapidly analyzing the genetic material from large numbers of COVID-19 infections, generating more than 40% of the genomic sequences identified to date.(AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

Understanding the life sciences and genomics revolution: Business Extra

Podcasts
In the developed countries, the internet penetration rate is 87 per cent but it falls to 47 per cent in developing countries. AFP

Pandemic highlights the need to bridge the digital divide, experts say

Technology
Samy Bengio, a well-known AI researcher at Google is leaving the tech giant amid the fallout from the company's handling of ethics researcher Timnit Gebru's departure. Reuters

In blow to Google, AI research manager leaves after two colleagues ousted

Technology
Left: Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft. Right: SpaceX. NASA/AFP

Boeing v SpaceX: the rivalry shaping the future of space exploration

World
Within hours of its official launch, there were 37 stakeholders on the ADGM's Digital Marketplace. Alamy

ADGM unveils Digital Marketplace to test feasibility of future products

Technology
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