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      Alkesh Sharma

      Alkesh Sharma

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      Based out of Toronto, Alkesh Sharma is a Technology Correspondent reporting for The National from North America. With an experience of over 15 years in journalism to his credit, he has worked across Asia and the Middle East and globe trotted to cover important technology events from the East to the West end of the world. He has been covering the Big Tech companies, consumer tech and telecoms for The National since 2018. Prior to joining The National, he has worked with leading media outlets across India and the UAE.

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      An Apple store in the Nanjing East Road shopping area during Lunar New Year holidays in Shanghai, China, on January 30. Bloomberg
      Apple’s shares surge despite iPhone revenue miss and China struggles

      Phone sales accounted for more than 55% of the company’s total revenue in the holiday quarter

      MarketsJanuary 30, 2025
      Recently Meta announced the discontinuation of its third-party fact-checking programme across its platforms, stating that the move aims to promote free expression. AP
      Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg bets big on government relations

      California tech behemoth reports a 49% jump in last quarter's net income to $20.8bn

      MarketsJanuary 30, 2025
      Tesla's automotive business revenue dropped more than 8 per cent to almost $19.8 billion in the December quarter. AFP
      Tesla banks on AI and full self-driving tech amid declining profits and weakening motor business

      Texas-based company reports a 71% drop in last quarter's net profit

      MarketsJanuary 29, 2025
      The UAE Central Bank building in Abu Dhabi. The regulator expects the economy to expand by 4.5 per cent this year. Photo: UAE Central Bank
      UAE Central Bank follows Fed in keeping interest rates steady

      The US last lowered rates in December by a quarter percentage point but indicated that it will slow the pace of cuts

      BankingJanuary 29, 2025
      Saudi Telecom Company aims to strengthen digital infrastructure in the kingdom. Reuters
      Saudi Telecom Company signs $9bn deal to build telecom infrastructure

      The agreement involves an 18-month preparation and execution phase

      EconomyJanuary 28, 2025
      Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang holds a shield designed to look like a computer chip, as he gave an address at CES 2025 in Las Vegas early in January. Reuters
      Why Nvidia stock dip after DeepSeek launch is a healthy market correction

      US chip maker dropped 17% on Monday, wiping out more than $590bn in market value

      TechnologyJanuary 27, 2025
      Greece's HHG operates 10 hospitals, including the Hygeia hospital (pictured) as well as 16 diagnostic centres. Reuters
      Pure Health to acquire 60% stake in Hellenic Healthcare Group

      Abu Dhabi-listed firm is expanding across international markets through acquisitions

      EconomyJanuary 27, 2025
      Rendering of the upcoming project. Photo: Modon Holding
      Abu Dhabi's Modon Holding enters London's prime property market

      Scheduled for completion in 2027, the 2 Finsbury Avenue development features two high-rise buildings

      PropertyJanuary 24, 2025
      Badr Jafar, UAE special envoy for business and philanthropy, has called frontier markets 'one of the greatest opportunities of our time'. Photo: Crescent Enterprise
      Frontier markets need more than traditional philanthropy, UAE official says

      Private sector must adopt strategic investment approach, Badr Jafar tells World Economic Forum

      EconomyJanuary 23, 2025
      President Sheikh Mohamed alongside Dr Thani Al Zeyoudi, Minister of State for Foreign Trade, New Zealand's Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Todd McClay, Minister of Trade of New Zealand after signing the UAE - New Zealand Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement. Photo: Hamad Al Kaabi / UAE Presidential Court
      UAE expands Cepa network to shield economy amid trade risks

      New white paper lays out opportunities for foreign direct investment in the Emirates

      EconomyJanuary 23, 2025
      An array of Bitcoin mining units inside a container at a CleanSpark centre in College Park, Georgia, in the US. Bloomberg
      Abu Dhabi-listed Phoenix Group enters Africa with Ethiopian Bitcoin mining deal

      The new site is scheduled to be supplied with the energy in the second quarter

      TechnologyJanuary 22, 2025
      Guests entertained by a robot at the Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence in Abu Dhabi. Khushnum Bhandari / The National
      Abu Dhabi aims to become the world’s first AI-native government

      Emirate aims to integrate artificial intelligence across all digital services by 2027

      TechnologyJanuary 21, 2025
      Nearly 48 per cent of surveyed business leaders believe their governments are still in the early stages of AI readiness. Reuters
      One in five businesses in emerging markets 'not ready for AI adoption'

      Lack of training data and high-capacity computational systems to power high-tech systems are significant barriers, G42 report finds

      TechnologyJanuary 21, 2025
      Nearly 60 per cent of organisations say they are adjusting their cybersecurity plans to account for threats such as cyber espionage. EPA
      WEF warns of widening global cybersecurity gulf

      World Economic Forum report reveals widening cybersecurity gulf between developed and emerging economies

      TechnologyJanuary 13, 2025
      A journalist watches an introductory video by the AI anchor Fedha on the X account of Kuwait News service. AFP
      AI media is set to challenge news, entertainment and gaming

      From automated news presenters to lifelike characters in video games, synthetic media is set to expand this year

      TechnologyJanuary 12, 2025
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