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Supporters of President Donald Trump listen to him speak at a rally on October 31, 2020 in Reading, Pennsylvania. AFP

Trump, Biden and the rise of the robots: what next for the American worker?

Under the Republican Trump administration robot sales to manufacturers dipped while his Democratic challenger has a $300bn R&D plan for cutting-edge technology should he win the White House

The AmericasNovember 01, 2020

Should Google and Facebook users be paid for their data?

Big Tech critic Jennifer Zhu Scott joins this week to talk about a new way forward amid a lawsuit against Google and a growing digital divide

PodcastsOctober 28, 2020

Visitors to Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Project will be able to sleep in overwater villas on clear blue waters. Courtesy The Red Sea Development Company

Red Sea mega-project on track to welcome guests by end of 2022 despite pandemic, CEO says

The reserve will be 'greener, smarter and less crowded' than other global destinations

Travel and TourismOctober 27, 2020

Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid visits Dubai Future Labs.

Dubai: where it's good to be a drone

Unmanned aerial vehicles will take centre stage in the battle against Covid-19, and Dubai will be their theatre

CommentOctober 26, 2020

The head of sustainability at Rolls Royce predicted small hydrogen-powered aircraft will take to the skies before the end of the decade. AFP

Rolls-Royce presses ahead on hydrogen power after scrapped Airbus project

Testing facility for E-Fan X remains open as the UK jet engine maker seeks to adapt its engines to run on hydrogen

AviationOctober 22, 2020

ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES. 11 DECEMBER 2019. SALT Abu Dhabi in partnership with Mubadala at the Emirates Palace. Incubating Innovation: How to Accelerate Technological Progress. Ibrahim Ajami, Mubadala Investment Company, Head of Venture Capital and Moderated by Rachel Pether, Sovereign Wealth Fund Institute (SWFI), Senior Advisor.. (Photo: Antonie Robertson/The National) Journalist: Dan Anderson. Section: National.

Mubadala’s Ibrahim Ajami on a long-term approach to tech investments: Business Extra

The head of ventures at Abu Dhabi’s strategic investment fund is looking at 25-year time horizons

PodcastsOctober 21, 2020

A humanoid robot works side by side with employees in the assembly line at a factory of Glory, a manufacturer of automatic change dispensers, in Kazo, north of Tokyo, Japan, in 2015. Reuters

Workforce is 'automating faster than expected' in light of pandemic

The majority of employers are predicted to divide work equally between humans and machines by 2025

BusinessOctober 21, 2020

Abu Dhabi has signed on with 30 international universities for co-research and co-funding partnerships in advanced technology research. Courtesy: Abu Dhabi Culture and Tourism

Abu Dhabi launches 'NexTech' scheme to develop next generation of Emirati talent

The Advanced Technology Research Council has already recruited 45 Emiratis to help the UAE cement its status as a global innovation hub

EducationOctober 20, 2020

AeroFarms, founded in 2004, is the largest vertical farm operation in the world. It develops its own technologies which it exports around the world, with projects in China, the Middle East and Northern Europe, according to co-founder Marc Oshima. AFP

AeroFarms gets more than 9,000 job applications for new Abu Dhabi vertical farm

The New Jersey agri-tech company is on track to open the facility in mid-2021 , CEO said

TechnologyOctober 20, 2020

STV looked at its overall contribution to direct employment in its first impact report. Reuters

VC fund STV led 30% of all venture capital funding in Saudi Arabia since 2018

The Careem investor said it was eyeing an opportunity in e-commerce next

BusinessOctober 18, 2020

The environment is a key factor for young people in the UAE according to a new report. Getty

Facebook offers 'holy grail' data set to tackle renewable energy's unsolved problems

The project is a collaboration with Carnegie Mellon but researchers in the UAE said they would be cautious when using its data

EnergyOctober 15, 2020

Samples of the University of Oxford coronavirus vaccine trials are handled at a laboratory. Another issue is making enough shots of any successful jabvto vaccinate the world. AP

Why the UAE joined Russia's Covid-19 vaccine trial: Business Extra

News editor Rory Reynolds, who has been overseeing The National's pandemic coverage, joins to discuss

Business ExtraOctober 14, 2020

@HHShkMohd in presence of @HamdanMohammed and @MaktoumMohammed witnesses the placement of the last panel of the Museum of the Future’s facade, which symbolizes the start of the final phase of construction.

New details emerge about Dubai’s Museum of the Future

Museum will be home to a research centre with labs and classrooms as well as space for museum-goers to experience new technologies

UAEOctober 13, 2020

An electric vehicle that charges faster than one can top up a gas tank is the "holy grail", according to one research team in China trying to make it happen. AFP

New battery technology can charge electric vehicles in less than 10 minutes, researchers say

The breakthrough will increase the competitiveness of EVs against fuel-powered cars

ScienceOctober 08, 2020

Adnoc's head office in Abu Dhabi. AIQ, a joint venture in which Adnoc owns 60 per cent, has already begun developing new products. Reuters

Adnoc and Group 42 form joint venture to develop AI products for oil and gas industry

AIQ is majority owned by Adnoc with a 60% stake

BusinessOctober 07, 2020