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Medianama ·
YouTube will start combining speaking voice detection with facial detection in its likeness detection tool later this year, the company announced at its ‘Made on YouTube’ event on September 23. “But likeness is not just the way you...
Tahawul Tech ·
Critical infrastructure organisations across the Middle East face an expanding cyber-physical attack surface as IT, operational technology (OT) and Internet of Things (IoT) environments become increasingly connected. Greater integration...
Tahawul Tech ·
AI adoption, expanding data volumes and the emerging threat posed by quantum computing are prompting enterprises to reassess their cybersecurity strategies. Growing demand for platform consolidation is also encouraging organisations to...
Tahawul Tech ·
AI is rapidly reshaping both cyber threats and defence strategies; enterprises are under growing pressure to secure data, identities and emerging AI environments. QBS Software is highlighting technologies designed to address evolving...
Tahawul Tech · · Medium severity
AI adoption is reshaping enterprise risk as organisations move beyond workplace productivity tools and embed autonomous agents into business-critical workflows. Cohesity research indicates that 78% of UAE respondents experienced a major...
Tahawul Tech · · High severity
Cybersecurity strategies across the Middle East are being reshaped by ransomware, AI-enabled attacks and the rapid adoption of generative and agentic AI applications. Organisations must protect expanding digital environments while...
Tahawul Tech ·
Google is collaborating with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) to provide 100,000 scholarships for online AI courses in more than 80 countries. This partnership is part of a wider effort to expand literacy and narrow the...
Tahawul Tech ·
OpenAI recently laid out a set of rules for how independent organisations should examine the safety of its most advanced AI models, amid calls for frontier developers to accept greater outside scrutiny. The ChatGPT maker stated...
Tahawul Tech ·
Microsoft has recently announced plans to invest over $10 billion in cloud, data centre and AI infrastructure across the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Kuwait by 2030. In a blog post, Microsoft Vice Chair and President...
Medianama ·
The Supreme Court of India (SC) has given a final deadline to the Indian government to file its response on what action and precautions the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) and the Ministry of Law and Justice...
Tahawul Tech ·
Artificial intelligence is reshaping the cybersecurity landscape, creating new risks while increasing the need for closer collaboration across the technology ecosystem. Qaisi, Chief Executive Officer of EVAD , discusses the company’s...
Tahawul Tech ·
At the start of the two sales waves for the new iPhone 18 models, the buzz has extended far beyond customers and Apple enthusiasts, scammers are also attempting to capitalise on the hype. Kaspersky experts have identified fake websites...
YourStory ·
Swadeza began with a simple question. What would "Made in India" really look like if globally relevant technology were built from places people rarely associate with deeptech? That question became a company.
Telecom Lead ·
Today’s telecom news includes announcements on Boldyn Networks, Lightcurve, Meta, SUBCO, among others. IHS telecom towers Boldyn Wins Private 4G/5G Network Contract at Ontario International Airport Boldyn Networks has been selected to...
YourStory ·
Dear Reader, India’s tech companies have raised a cumulative funding of $10.3 billion in the nine months of 2026, up 6.2% from $9.7 billion raised in the same period last year. Total tech funding this year is 3% above the $10 billion...
Tahawul Tech ·
Piyush M, CEO of Data Dynamics, explains why data sovereignty has become critical to cybersecurity, resilience and the protection of sensitive information D ata sovereignty has moved beyond policy discussions and regulatory checklists....
Tahawul Tech ·
Vishal Gauri discusses Seclore ARMOR, Data Security Intelligence, and persistent protection for sensitive enterprise information AI adoption is reshaping how enterprises create, consume and protect information, placing greater pressure...
Medianama ·
Download the CCPA draft guidelines here. The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) has proposed new guidelines to regulate unsolicited commercial communications across telecom networks, messaging applications and social media...
Tahawul Tech ·
AI adoption is accelerating across the Middle East, bringing a new generation of identities into enterprise environments as AI agents and other non-human identities gain greater autonomy. This shift is placing identity security,...
Intelligent CIO ME ·
Antoine Harb, Team Leader Middle East, Kingston Technology Kingston Technology Europe Co LLP, an affiliate of Kingston Technology Company, has highlighted the growing importance of reliable, durable and long-lifecycle embedded storage...
Medianama ·
Download the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority’s (IRDAI) consultation paper here. IRDAI has proposed prohibiting dark patterns on insurance websites and platforms , including practices that require consumers to submit...
Intelligent CIO ME ·
Gabriele Obino, vice president for Southern Europe and the Middle East at Denodo , on what sovereignty really means for Saudi government . As Saudi Arabia celebrates National Day, there is an opportunity not only to reflect on the...
Medianama · · Medium severity
An OpenAI agent gained unauthorised access to Australia’s Medicare Statistics Reporting Service portal on June 18 , read public and non-public files and wrote files to the internal server, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said in New...
YourStory ·
Hello, Alakh Pandey or "Alakh Sir" as he is popularly known is moving to South India. Outlining a two-year mission, Pandey said PhysicsWallah is setting its sights firmly on Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, and Kerala...
Tahawul Tech ·
P emo’s in-principle approval from the Central Bank of the UAE supports broader financial services for SMEs as fintech enters a more regulated growth phase. T he UAE’s fintech sector is entering a more regulated phase as financial...
Tahawul Tech ·
Paul Carey, EVP – Cards, Payments & Fintech, Al-Futtaim; and Nakul Kothari, Head of APAC & Middle East, Juspay. Partnership will introduce enterprise payment orchestration across Al-Futtaim’s brands and markets, with the first brand...
Tahawul Tech ·
Matthias Nijs, VP of EMEA Sale, Datadobi. Datadobi’s Matthias Nijs explains why data visibility, continuous governance, and control across hybrid environments are essential for enterprise AI readiness. E nterprises are racing to embed...
Tahawul Tech ·
Rudie Opperman, Manager for Engineering & Training MEA, Axis Communications. Axis and Cisco deliver unified cloud-based management for connected physical security devices A cross Africa and the Middle East, enterprise IT and physical...
Intelligent CIO ME · · Medium severity
300+ C-level executives report that 57% experience network disruptions monthly or more, while 59% face a significant manual audit burden and lowering total cost of ownership is the number one network redesign priority. Nile, the Secure...
Tahawul Tech ·
Sami Saber, Regional Sales Manager and Oman Country Manager, F5. F5 showcased new enterprise AI security capabilities aligned with the Omani government’s National Programme for Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Digital Technologies...
Medianama ·
India recognises an assistive device by what it was built to be, not by what it does for the person using it. A smartwatch that alerts a deaf user when their phone is ringing is not on the list and is taxed as an ordinary consumer...
Medianama ·
This year Apple will launch all-day-listening AI-powered features to their new Apple Watch series, according to the company’s support document ( archived ) published on September 10, 2026. Apple calls it “Audio Intelligence,” which uses...
Tahawul Tech ·
The partnership brings together SettleMint’s lifecycle platform and Utila’s secure, AI-ready digital asset infrastructure. T okenization is no longer a proof-of-concept exercise. As banks, fintechs, and market infrastructure providers...
Tahawul Tech ·
Nasir Al Nabhani, Managing Director, Solutions+. Abu Dhabi is accelerating its role as a global force in applied AI, mega-scale compute infrastructure, and real-world deployment, as the UAE capital gets set to host the world’s largest...
Medianama · · Medium severity
Download Broadband India Forum’s submission here. A fast lane for selected apps could amount to content discrimination , the Broadband India Forum (BIF) told the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), arguing that network slicing...
Medianama ·
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a chargesheet against EaseMyTrip promoter Nishant Pitti for his alleged involvement in the Mahadev online betting app money laundering case. According to the federal probe agency, Pitti helped...
Medianama ·
Digital advertising agency Blink Digital India has sued Meta in the Bombay High Court after it disabled four of the agency’s Business Manager accounts , the tool agencies use to run client ad accounts, pages and campaigns across...
Intelligent CIO ME ·
Riverbed is expanding its intelligent network observability portfolio with AI-driven capabilities designed to help NetOps teams identify root causes, predict emerging issues and resolve performance problems across increasingly complex...
Tahawul Tech ·
At the Google Cloud Summit Doha 2026, Google Cloud recently showcased the acceleration of Qatar’s national digital transformation, announcing major new initiatives including the launch of the MCIT Innovation Lab (iLab) and the Google...
Telecom Review ·
At Huawei Connect 2026, Huawei ’s AI-for-industry strategy centered on embedding intelligence directly into core production and scaling it across organizations. Rather than treating AI as a standalone capability layered onto existing...
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