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UAE to invest up to $50 billion in Canada in industries such as AI, energy
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UAE to invest up to $50 billion in Canada in industries such as AI, energy

UAE has been looking to expand its energy investments abroad, especially through its recently launched firm XRG

Cloudflare restores services after outage impacts thousands of internet users
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Cloudflare restores services after outage impacts thousands of internet users

Users report problems with Cloudflare, X, and AWS amid a major DNS and network outage

Google boss warns no company immune if AI bubble bursts
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Google boss warns no company immune if AI bubble bursts

Sundar Pichai cites "irrational" AI investment fueling this year's tech rally amid recent market selloffs

Tesla requires suppliers to avoid China-made parts for US cars, WSJ reports
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Tesla requires suppliers to avoid China-made parts for US cars, WSJ reports

Elon Musk’s automaker is replacing China-made parts, aiming to fully switch within 1-2 years

Alibaba denies report it helps China's military target US
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Alibaba denies report it helps China's military target US

White House memo accuses Alibaba of giving tech support and user data to Chinese authorities and the PLA

OpenAI backs startup aiming to block AI-enabled bioweapons
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OpenAI backs startup aiming to block AI-enabled bioweapons

Experts say AI could revolutionize medicine but also risk enabling bioweapon development

Internet freedom declines in US, Germany: study
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Internet freedom declines in US, Germany: study

Washington-based democracy promotion research group says global internet freedom fell for the 15th straight year

Humans can no longer tell AI music from the real thing: survey
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Humans can no longer tell AI music from the real thing: survey

It has become nearly impossible for people to tell the difference between music generated by artificial intelligence and that created by humans, according to a survey

Fasset acquires DAO PropTech to accelerate Tokenized Real-World Asset adoption across Africa and Asia
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Fasset acquires DAO PropTech to accelerate Tokenized Real-World Asset adoption across Africa and Asia

Fasset to acquire DAO PropTech’s technology, IP, team and users to expand tokenized Shariah-compliant investments globally

Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, internal documents show
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Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, internal documents show

Leaked documents reviewed by Reuters reveal Meta failed for years to curb billions of scam ads across its platforms, earning an estimated $7 billion annually from such content

Trump re-nominates Musk ally and private astronaut Jared Isaacman as NASA chief
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Trump re-nominates Musk ally and private astronaut Jared Isaacman as NASA chief

The shakeup came during a turbulent year for NASA, which has faced massive budget cuts and layoffs

Pakistan launches first Google Chromebook assembly line in major digital milestone
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Pakistan launches first Google Chromebook assembly line in major digital milestone

Dar said local Chromebook production will make digital access cheaper and more inclusive, especially for education

UAE to become key hub in Microsoft’s global AI expansion
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UAE to become key hub in Microsoft’s global AI expansion

Microsoft said its UAE expansion is rooted in trust, aiming to make AI growth responsible and inclusive.

Trump says China, other countries can't have Nvidia's top AI chips
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Trump says China, other countries can't have Nvidia's top AI chips

US president says only US customers should have access to the top-end Blackwell chips offered by Nvidia

Saudi chases AI ambitions with homegrown firm pitched to global investors
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Saudi chases AI ambitions with homegrown firm pitched to global investors

Backed by its massive sovereign wealth fund, Saudi Arabia’s new AI firm Humain aims to become the world’s third-largest AI hub

Microsoft, OpenAI reach new deal valuing OpenAI at $500 billion
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Microsoft, OpenAI reach new deal valuing OpenAI at $500 billion

The agreement gives OpenAI greater independence, while Microsoft retains a 27% stake and long-term cloud partnership

Amazon cuts staff by 14,000
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Amazon cuts staff by 14,000

Amazon says cuts aim to streamline operations and focus on key growth priorities

Trump Organization earns $802M from crypto ventures in first half of 2025: Research
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Trump Organization earns $802M from crypto ventures in first half of 2025: Research

Trump’s crypto profits far surpass earnings from real estate, licensing and golf ventures, according to Reuters

Musk launches Grokipedia to rival 'left-biased' Wikipedia
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Musk launches Grokipedia to rival 'left-biased' Wikipedia

The site’s version 0.1 hosted over 885,000 articles by Monday, versus Wikipedia’s 7 million in English

Saudi hosts world's business elite with eyes on gigaprojects, AI
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Saudi hosts world's business elite with eyes on gigaprojects, AI

Chinese Vice President Han Zheng, joined by several ministers and more than 150 business leaders, and Syria's interim president are among the guests at the Future Investment Initiative in Riyadh