Tech

The Ministry of Climate Change and Environment, MoCCAE, is introducing a new project to survey and map agricultural areas using unmanned aerial vehicles or drones. MoCCAE invited several professional drone companies in the UAE to carry out the pilot phase of the project. Commencing in the second week of June, …

Emirates NBD has announced that it partnered with Diebold Nixdorf, a world leader in driving connected commerce, to soon launch Emirates NBD EasyHub, the region’s first integrated digital kiosk that will allow customers to sign up for new products and access a variety of teller services, functioning like a mini-branch …

Apple’s annual developer conference, where the iPhone giant is expected to announce the latest changes to its iOS smartphone operating system, is just around the corner. Every year thousands of developers and Apple fans gather for its Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC). Last year, Apple revealed the HomePod, its new smart speaker system …

Egypt’s top administrative court ruled on Saturday that regulators must block the video file-sharing site YouTube for one month over a video that denigrates the Prophet Mohammad, a lawyer who filed the case told Reuters. A lower administrative court had ordered that the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology block …

Since her defeat in the 2016 election, speculation has churned about Hillary Clinton and what she set her mind to after losing a second run for the U.S. presidency. On Friday, Clinton indicated that a dream job of hers, at least in the private sector, would be to run a high-profile company: Facebook. Speaking at …

Europe’s sweeping data protection law came into force on Friday. And legal experts say big tech companies are already violating the new rules. Facebook (FB) and its subsidiaries Whatsapp and Instagram, as well as Google (GOOGL), are facing lawsuits for failure to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The companies could face billions of dollars in …

Google has enraged a leading film-maker by using his footage in a corporate video that later leaked online. The technology company used material from more than half a dozen of Philip Bloom’s films to make a provocative presentation about ways it could exploit users’ data in the future. Mr Bloom …

oogle is facing a potential payout of up to £3.2bn over claims it collected data on millions of iPhone users, the search giant has revealed. The group representing iPhone users, known as Google You Owe Us, represents 4.4 million people in a class action law suit which is taking action against …

The number of cyber-attacks against websites in the UAE during the first four months of the current year reached 155, compared to 297 attacks during the same period of 2017, a decline of 48 percent. The decrease from January to April reflects the significant success of the “National IT Emergency …

Etisalat today announced its exclusive partnership with GSMA for Mobile 360 series-MENA conference in 2018 and 2019, a regional platform that attracts telecom leaders from across the global and regional mobile industry to address key challenges and opportunities in the mobile ecosystem. The three-day conference, scheduled to take place during …