IT & Telecommunications

IT & Telecommunications

World Bank urges crisis-era job support as IMF warns of AI 'tsunami'

Tue, 13 Oct 2026

International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned that AI was hitting the global labour market like a 'slow-moving tsunami,' with young graduates first in line to be knocked down while the World Bank called for governments to make 'crisis-era' support measures a permanent tool for getting young people into work.

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Circus brings to UAE its autonomous AI food production

Mon, 12 Oct 2026

Circus has unveiled its CA-1 AI-powered autonomous food production system in Abu Dhabi. The launch marks the company's first deployment outside of Europe, bringing this first of its kind technology to the UAE.

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Mashreq pilots IBM Bob to advance Agentic AI

Mon, 12 Oct 2026

IBM has announced that Mashreq is piloting IBM Bob, IBM's enterprise AI-powered software engineering platform, to advance its integration engineering capabilities.

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Bentley reveals winners of 2026 Year in Infrastructure Awards

Mon, 12 Oct 2026

Bentley Systems, the infrastructure engineering software company, has announced the winners of the 2026 Year in Infrastructure Awards.

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MDASH implementation moves to next phase

Mon, 12 Oct 2026

The UAE Cyber Security Council (CSC), Core42, , Microsoft, and Open Innovation AI have announced the next implementation phase of their collaboration around Microsoft’s MDASH.

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UAE, Japan to boost cooperation in industry, tech

Sun, 11 Oct 2026

The Ministry of Industry and Advanced Technology (MoIAT) has concluded a working visit to Japan aimed at strengthening cooperation in industry, technology and artificial intelligence, with meetings held in Tokyo and Kyoto.

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Beyon Connect, BENEFIT to explore international FinTech opportunities

Thu, 08 Oct 2026

Beyon Connect, part of the Beyon Group, and BENEFIT, Bahrain’s leading fintech and electronic financial transactions services company, have signed a strategic memorandum of understanding (MoU) to explore potential collaboration in FinTech services and solutions in international markets.

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Inception42 marks AI Everything Abu Dhabi with Insight launch

Thu, 08 Oct 2026

Inception42, G42's agentic AI company, has launched Insight, a platform that brings AI into board and executive meetings where organisations make their most important decisions.

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Khazna aims for 100% carbon-free electricity for cooling load by 2035

Thu, 08 Oct 2026

Khazna Data Centers, a global leader in critical AI infrastructure, has highlighted its sustainability-by-design approach, including 27% carbon-free electricity coverage for mechanical cooling load in 2025 and ambition to reach 100% by 2035 in its first standalone Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Report.

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Global trade growth up as tech beats tariffs: DHL

Thu, 08 Oct 2026

The global race to build infrastructure for artificial intelligence is giving world trade strong momentum at a time of higher tariffs and geopolitical conflicts.