Neowin News Feed for: Uae

Microsoft to invest $7.9 billion in UAE AI and Cloud Infrastructure by 2029

Pradeep Viswanathan — Mon, 03 Nov 2025 14:12:01 +0000

Microsoft is dramatically expanding its partnership with G42, the UAE's sovereign AI company, by investing $7.9 billion. Read more...

This could be a hint that Samsung may introduce two new Galaxy Ring sizes

Sagar Naresh Bhavsar — Thu, 26 Dec 2024 13:26:01 +0000

Official support pages of two new Galaxy Ring sizes have gone live in the UK, and multiple other regions, confirming the addition. Read more...

Apple brings Vision Pro headset to two more countries

Sagar Naresh Bhavsar — Thu, 31 Oct 2024 07:06:01 +0000

After launching in the US in February, Apple has launched its mixed reality Vision Pro headset in two more countries. Read more...

Sam Altman's OpenAI seeks up to $7 trillion in investment from investors for chips and AI

Mehrotra A — Fri, 09 Feb 2024 05:24:01 +0000

OpenAI's founder Sam Altman is working on a new AI initiative that would require investments of up to $7 trillion. Altman is in talks with investors including the UAE government and SoftBank. Read more...

Global 5G download speed increased by 20%, says new report

Aditya Tiwari — Tue, 19 Dec 2023 18:22:01 +0000

The latest data from Ookla reveals there was a 20% rise in the median global 5G download speed in the third quarter of 2023. UAE is the fastest 5G network with a median download speed of 592.01 Mbps. Read more...

Ookla 5G speed test: UAE crowned world's fastest 5G network in Q2 2023

Aditya Tiwari — Mon, 31 Jul 2023 10:44:01 +0000

Ookla has released its updated 5G speed test numbers for the second quarter of 2023. The United Arab Emirates and its telecom operators are currently taking the lead as the world's fastest 5G market. Read more...

Amazon Project Zero arrives in seven more countries

Paul Hill — Tue, 11 Aug 2020 12:00:01 +0000

Amazon has rolled out its anti-counterfeit tool, Project Zero, to several more countries. Brands can use Amazon Project Zero to enforce their intellectual property on the Amazon platform. Read more...

Microsoft is bringing HoloLens to two more markets, and making it available to rent

Rich Woods — Wed, 14 Feb 2018 18:36:01 +0000

In its February mixed reality update, Microsoft announced today that it will be bringing HoloLens to Singapore and the United Arab Emirates. The company will also make the device available to rent. Read more...

Police hover bikes may soon be a thing in Dubai

Richard Tyr Blewitt — Thu, 19 Oct 2017 17:16:01 +0000

The police force in Dubai is well known to drive around in Bugatti Veyrons, but soon its officers will be cruising at up to 45 mph through the air, over all of the traffic, on their hoverbikes. Read more...

This week in science: new detection of gravitational waves

Gabriel Nunes — Sun, 01 Oct 2017 23:22:01 +0000

The first detection of gravitational waves by both LIGO and Virgo detectors was announced this week; a new type of supercomputer using polaritons was successfully tested; and more. Read more...

The UAE is going to build the largest Mars base, on Earth

Richard Tyr Blewitt — Thu, 28 Sep 2017 16:58:01 +0000

The Mars Scientific City aims to be a fully functioning simulation of what it will be like on an actual Mars base. Scientists can spend a year there completely isolated from the outside world. Read more...

Samsung issues new update to improve Bluetooth stability of Galaxy S8 and S8+

Boyd Chan — Fri, 26 May 2017 08:42:01 +0000

Samsung has released a new OTA update in the UAE which bundles up the Android security update for May 2017 and a camera firmware update, as well as fixes that target Bluetooth and SD card stability. Read more...

Buy a Lumia 530 for $110, get one free, with Microsoft UAE

Andy Weir — Tue, 23 Sep 2014 12:28:01 +0000

An upcoming promotion from Microsoft UAE will offer two Lumia 530s for the price of one, effectively bringing the price of its low-cost Windows Phone 8.1 handset down to an even more affordable $55. Read more...