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Inc42 ·
The government may soon notify a framework for levying a merchant discount rate (MDR) on select Unified Payments Interface (UPI) transactions, with the fee potentially set at around 40 basis points (bps), or 0.4% of the transaction...
Inc42 ·
AI Takes The Stage At Global Fintech Fest It was an action-packed second day at the Global Fintech Fest 2026 yesterday. As usual, fintech startups and regulators rolled out a slew of new products, while RBI governor Sanjay Malhotra...
Intelligent CIO ME ·
More than nine in 10 UK organisations consider digital sovereignty important or extremely important to their IT and security strategy, according to new findings from Arctic Wolf’s 2026 AI & Cybersecurity Trends report. The findings also...
Inc42 ·
India has spent years celebrating founders who built companies from scratch. But what rarely gets discussed is what happens to the company, its shares and the family when a founder is suddenly gone. The recent tragic passings of...
Telecom Review ·
The UAE and France are stepping up their ambitions in space-based artificial intelligence with a new USD 1 billion satellite program that will see 50 AI-enabled satellites manufactured in Abu Dhabi and deployed as part of a global...
Tahawul Tech ·
Maher Jadallah, Vice President, Middle East and Africa at Tenable. Tenable® , the exposure management company, recently announced its participation at GISEC Global 2026, taking place at the Dubai Exhibition Centre (DEC), Expo City Dubai...
Tahawul Tech ·
(L-R) Khalid Aljamed, General Manager, Middle East, Türkiye and Africa at Submer, Signing ceremony & Mingshou Liu, CEO of Edgecore Networks. Submer , a provider of end-to-end AI infrastructure, recently announced the signing of a...
Tahawul Tech ·
Collaboration combines NVIDIA Nemotron models with Palantir’s AI platforms to strengthen supply chain visibility, resilience, and sovereign control Palantir Technologies Inc. and NVIDIA today announced a collaboration to bring sovereign...
Intelligent CIO ME ·
Marlan Space and Loft Orbital have announced a US$1 billion programme to build what they describe as the world’s largest artificial intelligence satellite infrastructure, scaling from a ten-satellite demonstration to a 50-satellite...
Tahawul Tech ·
Qualcomm recently entered into a deal with Amazon to develop customised silicon for large-scale AI data centre infrastructure. The move marks Qualcomm’s latest strategic expansion into the data centre sector, building on its recent...
Electronics B2B ·
The world’s top contract chipmaker posts a 53 per cent surge in August sales as advanced production lines remain fully booked. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) recorded its highest-ever monthly revenue in August, propelled...
Tahawul Tech ·
Accenture and Google Cloud recently expanded their existing partnership with the launch of a global joint initiative aimed at helping enterprise customers deploy and scale agentic AI tools. The two companies formed the Accenture Gemini...
Tahawul Tech ·
In a recent report by Dell’Oro Group it was uncovered that worldwide data centre IT semiconductor and component revenue for servers and storage systems surged 182% in Q2 2026. This increase was likely driven by rising memory prices and...
Tahawul Tech ·
Zakaria Haltout, Group Vice President for the Middle East, Turkey and Africa, Workday. Workday highlights how connected data, agile operating models and responsible AI can help organisations build future-ready workforces AI is reshaping...
Tahawul Tech ·
Apple’s latest device lineup includes iPhone Duo, iPhone 18 Pro models, Apple Watch Series 12, Apple Watch Ultra 4 and AirPods 5. The 2026 portfolio includes the foldable iPhone Duo, iPhone 18 Pro models, Apple Watch Series 12, Apple...
Tahawul Tech ·
Stan Hansen, Chief Operating Officer at Egnyte. Stan Hansen, Chief Operating Officer at Egnyte, explains how connected project information, purpose-built AI agents and safeguards can support secure AI adoption across the Middle East. E...
Intelligent CIO ME ·
Mannai’s Sumanta Roy discusses Saudi Arabia’s growth opportunities
YourStory ·
Harnesses, lanyards and safety helmets rarely make headlines. KARAM Safety Private Limited, India's largest fall-protection and personal protective equipment (PPE) company, has raised ₹600 crore from Motilal Oswal Alternates, the...
YourStory ·
For the past few years, enterprise AI conversations have often revolved around one question: which model are you using? But as AI moves into production, the model is becoming one of the variables of a much larger equation. That was the...
Medianama ·
“An institution may outsource the computation, but it cannot outsource the consequence,” said Rohit Jain, Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India, in a keynote address at Global Fintech Fest (GFF) 2026, on why banks and other regulated...
Telecom Review ·
Oman ’s National Center for Statistics and Information (NCSI) revealed that the Sultanate’s total mobile telecommunications subscriptions grew 1% year-on-year to 8,435,420 by the end of July 2026. Active postpaid mobile subscriptions...
Tahawul Tech ·
Mistral recently raised around €3 billion in a Series D funding round led by Samsung Electronics. This momentum has helped take the French AI player’s valuation above €21 billion as it ramps up wider efforts to build sovereign frontier...
Tahawul Tech ·
Verizon and Corning recently agreed a multi-billion dollar fibre supply deal covering more than 80 million miles of high-density optical fibre and connectivity products. The timeline of this agreement is set to run from 2027 to 2032....
Telecom Review ·
Nokia has launched Mobile Core Early Access, a new initiative giving telecommunications providers and enterprises hands-on access to the latest mobile core technologies and use cases in a live, hosted environment. The program is...
Telecom Review ·
Quantinuum has finalized an agreement with the U.S. Department of Commerce’s CHIPS Research and Development Office for USD 100 million in federal funding deployed through the CHIPS and Science Act. The award, which follows a letter of...
Medianama ·
Cybersecurity researcher Nisarga Adhikary alleged that vulnerabilities in Adalat AI’s systems exposed its database, storage, infrastructure, credentials and private source code. He also initially alleged that sensitive court data was...
Medianama ·
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) launched a Face Authentication Software Development Kit (SDK) and a testing environment in its Aadhaar sandbox at the Global Fintech Fest 2026 . Sanjeev Yadav, Director at UIDAI,...
Tahawul Tech · · Medium severity
Presenting the findings from its new global survey of small‑ and medium‑size businesses (SMBs), Kaspersky highlights the motives of threat actors, warns about the damaging consequences of cyber‑attacks, and underscores the growing need...
Inc42 ·
The Cost Of India’s Convenience Economy Fuelled by massive capital and discounting wars, India’s instant service platforms are preparing for a mega festive season. But the gig workers are facing rigid targets and uncertain earnings. The...
Telecom Review ·
Zain Group , a leading techco providing innovative ICT and digital lifestyle communications across eight markets in the Middle East and Africa, has recently seen its Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) Environmental, Social and...
Tahawul Tech ·
Moataz BinAli, Chief Executive Officer, Magna AI. , the global integrated-value-chain sovereign AI transformation leader established through a partnership between Trend Micro and Wistron Digital Technology Holding Company (WDH), powered...
Tahawul Tech ·
HTC recently launched its AI-powered Vive Eagle smart glasses in North America, Europe and Australia for $499. A launch that steps directly into an arena with growing consumer concerns over secret recordings. Designed with a...
Tahawul Tech ·
Accord to a recent report published by consultancy group PwC , global spending on data centres is set to hit $31.6 trillion by 2050 as demand for AI computing capacity drives a boom in infrastructure investment. In its Global Data...
Medianama ·
Download a copy of the lawsuit here. The Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN) has sued Suno, alleging widespread copyright infringement. The claim targets Suno’s AI music-generation and streaming...
Tahawul Tech · · Unconfirmed
Huawei has reportedly emerged as Malaysia’s preferred supplier for AI chips. The details specify that serious consideration is being given for the Chinese vendor to provide hardware for a MYR2 billion ($494.3 million) sovereign AI...
Tahawul Tech ·
Buying furniture has traditionally involved a frustrating question: “Will this actually work in my home?” A sofa may look perfect online or in a showroom, but determining whether it will fit the available space, complement the room, or...
Medianama ·
Recently-listed logistics startup Shiprocket narrowed its consolidated net loss by 24% to Rs 13.7 crore in the June quarter of fiscal 2026-27 (Q1 FY27), compared with a loss of Rs 18 crore in the same quarter last year. Sequentially,...
Tahawul Tech ·
Ram Velaga, President, Infrastructure Software Group, Broadcom. , a global technology leader that designs, develops, and supplies semiconductor and infrastructure software solutions, recently introduced VMware Private AI Cloud, a more...
Intelligent CIO ME ·
Nutanix, a leader in hybrid multi-cloud computing and the Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture (MEWA) in Saudi Arabia have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore collaboration aimed at advancing the Ministry’s...
Tahawul Tech ·
Gulf Business Machines (GBM) , a leading end-to-end digital solutions provider, recently announced the appointment of Pieter Willem Bil as its Chief Executive Officer. In this role, Pieter will lead GBM’s strategic growth across...
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