Tech

Some of the world’s most important chemical elements are being seriously depleted – because we are throwing them away in our phones. Many of the 30 elements included in smartphones are becoming increasingly scarce thanks to limited supplies, their source in conflict zones, and a failure to recycle. And scientists …

Social media has become a part of life. It brings with it huge advantages and has set off a knowledge explosion, knitting the entire world into a global village, an editorial in a local English language daily has said. The editorial, in today’s edition of The Gulf Today, said, “It, …

YouTube clips that depict dangerous or emotionally distressing “pranks” have been banned from the platform. The move comes in response to so-called “challenges” that have sometimes resulted in death or injury. The Google-owned video sharing site said such material had “no place on YouTube”. However, the firm appears to be …

Hyundai has unveiled a car that can walk, a development that it hopes will save lives in disaster zones. The van-like vehicle has been developed to help emergency workers travel across terrain so tough that it would defeat most other vehicles. The South Korean carmaker revealed the new concept, called …

The official UAE Government portal has seen a steady increase in the number of its visitors, securing an upward growth as their number has doubled seven times in almost a year since its launching in April 2014, ultimately witnessing a significant rise in its users to 5 million in 2018. …

While technology brings with it huge advantages, there is a dangerous flip side to it, said the daily ‘Gulf Today’ in an editorial Saturday. Private data that has been stolen from hundreds of German politicians, including Chancellor Angela Merkel, and released online indicates the extent to which damage could be …

The UAE Public Prosecution and the Ministry of Artificial Intelligence have explored ways of advancing mutual cooperation to implement the plan of the Public Prosecution to benefit from the Artificial Intelligence, AI, technique, and the possibility of employing this technique in the judicial system. This came during a meeting between …

The UAE Central Bank on Thursday warned customers against ‘WhatsApp’ messages of fraudulent nature which claims to be sent by the bank and using its logo. “The Central Bank of the UAE today warns consumers to be aware of malicious WhatsApp messages claiming to be from Central Bank, which are …

The co-founder of the popular app HQ Trivia, Colin Kroll, has been found dead in his apartment in New York at the age of 34. The CEO, who also co-founded the video platform Vine, was found by police after his girlfriend reportedly asked them to check on him. An HQ …

As the UAE races to fully embrace fifth generation (5G) connectivity by 2019 to boost business profitability and develop new and existing market sectors, the fourth Sharjah FDI Forum has brought industry leaders in the technology sector to shed the spotlight on crucial aspects of whether the national and regional …