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People commute home in Dubai. The UAE's digital transformation will help create jobs in manufacturing, education and retail, forecasts say. Chris Whiteoak / The National

UAE will need to add 1 million workers by 2030 for AI push

Predicted 12.1 per cent increase is highest among countries studied

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'If traffic matters to your business you'll either pay, adapt, or diversify away from Facebook,' one social media analyst said of the development. Getty Images

Will Facebook soon charge users to post links?

Some users have received update as part of wider test

Technology

AI contract workers seldom recognised but have growing importance, report says

Technology
An Amazon Web Services AI data centre. The top five companies in the S&P 500, including AWS's parent company Amazon, make up roughly 30 per cent of the tech-heavy index. Reuters

Bubble or not, AI spending is keeping the US economy humming

Technology

Arabic ebooks being used to disguise malware, cybersecurity company warns

Technology
OpenAI's Sora 2, which received criticism amid allegations of copyright infringement, has reached a deal with Disney.

What Disney and OpenAI's Sora deal means for Mickey Mouse and other characters

Technology

UAE ready for Q-Day but quantum decryption crisis looms for others, expert says

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Nvidia and Trump criticised after China H200 announcement

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Business ExtraBehind the Bitcoin drop: Are we entering a new era for crypto?

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A supermoon appears in the skies over Dubai in 2023. Antonie Robertson/The National

The year's largest supermoon to be visible in UAE on Wednesday

This will be the penultimate lunar event of its kind in 2025

Space

Orionids meteor shower to light up UAE skies on Tuesday night

Space

Thuraya-1: UAE marks 25 years since launch of its first satellite

Space

UAE lining up new satellite internet system after Red Sea cable disruption

Space

Arab world's first joint satellite a step closer to lift-off

Space

Abu Dhabi researchers test-fire rocket engine for future Mars missions

UAE

Countries join forces to avoid star wars as US and China race to the Moon

Space

Technology
'If traffic matters to your business you'll either pay, adapt, or diversify away from Facebook,' one social media analyst said of the development. Getty Images

Will Facebook soon charge users to post links?

Some users have received update as part of wider test

Technology

STC unit and Humain to build data centres in Saudi Arabia

Technology

Swiss firm ABB targets Gulf data centre growth with Nvidia tie-up

Energy

AI contract workers seldom recognised but have growing importance, report says

Technology

Bubble or not, AI spending is keeping the US economy humming

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ChatGPT tops Apple's UAE App Store downloads in 2025

Technology

Arabic ebooks being used to disguise malware, cybersecurity company warns

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Science
Dr Khalil Ramadi is an assistant professor at NYU Abu Dhabi, with the diminutive invention aiming to boost patient care. Chris Whiteoak / The National

Abu Dhabi scientists develop 'Ozempic-buster' weight-loss device

New York University Abu Dhabi creates oral LED alternative designed to regulate appetite

Health

Camel beauty pageant champion lives on after scientists clone 11 calves

UAE

Scientists in new space race to beam solar power back to Earth

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ADQ seeks stake in seeds company to focus on vegetable gene editing

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