Many technical experts are sounding a pertinent caution: it is not safe to use public WiFi networks for official work, sensitive data or transferring funds. If you shrug off this warning, you do so at your own peril. With mounting cyber threats ... ( read original story ...)
Partial lunar eclipse to occur over the Arab world on Monday
All that is needed to see the spectacle in the sky is an unclouded view and a pair of eyes. This week's partial eclipse is a prelude to the total solar eclipse, which will be visible in North America two weeks later (August 21). The Abu Dhabi-based ... ( read original story ...)
Looking for a job in UAE? Here’s the salary guide
Starting salaries for professional roles in finance and accounting, financial services, technology and administration in the UAE will grow by 2.5 per cent over the next year, according to the Robert Half 2017 Salary Guide. The guide is the most ... ( read original story ...)
Empower to Participate at World Green Economy Summit (WGES 2017)
The company is always keen to apply latest systems and technology in district cooling, which is one of the most important pillars of the transition to a green economy, due to the huge demand for cooling services within Dubai and the UAE that take major ... ( read original story ...)
Dubai Hospital Conducts Complex Open-Heart Surgery
Dr Esaaf Ghazi, Surgical Divisions director in Dubai Hospital, said: “Our hospital has been shouldering the pivotal tasks of providing advanced medical services with the highest technology, medical equipment and highly skilled manpower to deliver better ... ( read original story ...)
UAE leads in biggest commercial projects in GCC
“Dubai is where investors are snatching up exciting and forward ... It will feature knowledge-sharing CPD (Continued Professional Development) certified talks covering Technology, Sustainability, Project Management and more. As well as an all new HVAC ... ( read original story ...)
UAE declares 2018 as the ‘Year of Zayed’
The UAE has declared 2018 to be the ‘Year of Zayed’ to commemorate ... The aim is to invest in education that focusses on advanced technology, to build a system of ethical values for our future generations, to boost productivity of the national economy ... ( read original story ...)
Laying down the law for Dubai’s flying taxis
Dubai’s Road and Transport Authority (RTA ... The Volocopter is unprecedented in the history of aviation, even though much of the technology is familiar. The aircraft is essentially a supersized drone, powered by 18 electric propellers and capable ... ( read original story ...)
Now Money: a fintech start-up servicing the UAE’s low-income migrant population
“The business model we had in mind worked really well for this because without branches or legacy technology – you have stripped out about 95 per cent of the cost which means that you can profitably service people who don’t have much money.” The ... ( read original story ...)
Dubai’s flying taxis will be ‘very safe’, General Civil Aviation Authority says
The GCAA pointed out that a lot of work had gone into achieving the high level of safety in modern airliners, with robust regulatory systems, developments in technology over the years, and “some lessons learned the hard way as well”. However ... ( read original story ...)