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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

January 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

January 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

January 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

January 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

January 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

January 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

January 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

January 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

January 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

January 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

January 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

January 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

January 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

January 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

January 12, 2025