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October 13, 2022

FEATURE-Saudi ‘surveillance city’: Would you sell your data to The Line?

The smart city is housed within NEOM, a $500-billion business zone aimed at diversifying the economy of the world’s top oil exporter, and the brainchild of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
by News Desk | 4 min read
October 11, 2022

Gitex 2022 starts with a bang! Amazing tech on display

The event is themed under the umbrella of seven technologies that circle web3.0, metaverse, sustainable digital economy and decentralized internet.
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September 20, 2022

Understanding and Preventing the Log4j Exploit and Botnets

Of all the security issues that have appeared over the last few years, none has had the impact of the Log4j exploit. Also called the Log4Shell, it was reported to the developers, the Apache Software Foundation, on 24 November, 2021, by the Chinese tech giant Alibaba and it took two weeks to develop and release a fix. The existence of the Log4j exploit was first publicly published in a tweet by Chen Zhaojun, a cyber security researcher with the Alibaba Cloud Security team on December 9, 2021
by News Desk | 5 min read
September 15, 2022

Dataiku hires Daniel Brennan as Chief Legal Officer

Dataiku, an Everyday AI platform, has announced the appointment of Daniel Brennan as its new Chief Legal Officer. Brennan, who previously worked at Twitter for more than a decade, joins the company at a time of increased enterprise demand, traction, and exceptional customer retention rates.
by News Desk | 3 min read
September 9, 2022

MoHRE launches WhatsApp Account for 24/7 services

The Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation (MoHRE) has launched a WhatsApp business account through which customers can contact the ministry and submit inquiries. Customers can reach the ministry at 600590000, and services will be available in English and Arabic. The new channel, verified by Meta, the owner of WhatsApp, allows employers, employees, domestic helpers, and other categories to contact MoHRE in real-time. With the launch of the new service, MoHRE has become the UAE's first federal entity to have a verified WhatsApp business account.
by News Desk | 2 min read
August 31, 2022

YouTube CBO Robert Kyncl leaves company after 12 years

Robert Kyncl worked in YouTube for 12 years and will be succeeded by Mary Ellen Coe who was the president of Global Customer Solutions at Google
by News Desk | 2 min read
August 24, 2022

Proofpoint introduces a smarter way to stay compliant

Proofpoint, Inc., a cybersecurity and compliance company, has launched its Intelligent Compliance Platform, which provides enterprises with modern regulatory compliance safeguards while simplifying corporate legal protection practices. While meeting complex compliance and information governance obligations.
by News Desk | 3 min read
August 23, 2022

AI and ML reliability and security: BlenderBot and other cases

Blenderbot, an AI-driven research project by Meta, has been making headlines since its debut in early August 2022. Blenderbot is a conversational bot, and its statements about people, businesses, and politics appear unexpected and sometimes radical.
by News Desk | 2 min read
August 18, 2022

How Instagram allows crossposting to Facebook

Instagram announced 3 new features for reels including crossposting reels to Facebook
by News Desk | 2 min read
August 12, 2022

UAE citizens to get new high-tech passports from September 1

The Federal Authority for Identity, Citizenship, Customs and Ports Security declared the issuance of the new generation of the Emirati Passport.
by News Desk | 2 min read