UAE government introduces ‘Big Data for Sustainable Development’ platform

The UN’s decision to make the UAE the MENA headquarters of the platform, according to Reem bint Ibrahim Al Hashemy, Minister of State for International Cooperation and Chairperson of the National Committee for Sustainable Development Goals, “underscores the UAE’s stature and will enhance its position as a global hub for technology and big data.”

Why artificial intelligence is good but only as good as the data fed into it

AI is incredibly powerful at turning data into insights. This power is applied to data regardless of quality or biases, which means that any unintentional biases found in the data will only be emphasised by the AI algorithms. This makes the quality of data the number one predictor of how successful an AI project will be.

KSA healthcare leaders shifted their priorities, reveals Philips’ Future Health report

Feedback from healthcare leaders, including executive officers, financial officers, technology and information officers, operating officers, and others, reveals a new vision for the future of healthcare by examining the challenges. Their vision is framed by new forms of care delivery, both within and outside the hospital, with a focus on patient-centered healthcare facilitated by smart technology.

Hero to villain and loyal sidekick of the cybercriminal

Cybercriminals use a variety of techniques and attacks. Sometimes they want to be seen, they want to cause demonstrative damage, for example in Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks on websites. Sometimes they want to distract attention from other attacks or just to test their skills, show their strength and make headlines.

Acer unveils ConceptD 7 SpatialLabs Edition Laptop for 3D Creators

The ConceptD 7 SpatialLabs Edition laptop has 11th Gen Intel CoreTM i7 processor, an NVIDIA GeForce RTXTM 3080 Laptop GPU, 64 GB of DDR4 memory, and up to 2 TBs of NVMe PCIe SSD storage.