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Shereen Faisal, Project Manager and AI Data Scientist, Nasser Centre for Science and Technology. Shereen Faisal, Project Manager and AI Data Scientist at Nasser Centre for Science and Technology, tells Tahawultech.com why transparency, governance, and focused pilot projects are essential to overcoming hesitation and scaling AI successfully. Artificial intelligence has moved firmly onto boardroom agendas across the region, yet hesitation continues to slow adoption among organisations and end users alike. Concerns around trust, transparency, data protection, and the impact on people and established workflows remain the most common barriers, often outweighing questions about the technology itself. Shereen Faisal, Project Manager…
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Municipalities and Housing has approved new regulations governing commercial activities operating around the clock, implementing a Cabinet decision that allows businesses to operate 24 hours a day in exchange for an annual fee of up to SR100,000. Under the regulations, the minister of municipalities and housing is authorized to determine the applicable fee and identify activities exempt from payment based on the public interest and the nature of the business. Businesses seeking to operate around the clock must obtain approval from the relevant municipality as well as the police before a 24-hour operating permit…
When a city takes its dessert game as seriously as Dubai does, an occasion like World Chocolate Day (July 7) isn’t just a date on the calendar. This is, after all, the city that turned a single stuffed chocolate bar into a global obsession. Whether your idea of celebrating involves hunting down an ultra-limited drop, lingering over a classic French mousse or grabbing a cold gelato by the water, Dubai’s cocoa scene doesn’t require you to pick just a single lane. From maximalist showpieces to guilt-free artisan truffles, here’s how to navigate the ultimate sugar trail in the city this…
TEHRAN — Millions of Iranians assembled in the streets of Tehran on Monday for the funeral procession of Iran’s late supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was assassinated on the first day of the war with the US and Israel. Footage from Iranian state TV showed many tens of thousands of mourners gathered to watch Khamenei’s flag-draped coffin being transported by a lorry along a 10km (6-mile) route that passed through the capital’s landmark Enghelab Square. Thousands had filled the Grand Mosalla on Sunday, where they paid their respects to Khamenei and his four family members. The entire Iranian leadership,…
Siada is live. NVIDIA B200 GPUs sold out worldwide and waitlisted into 2027, are running inside Innovation City Ras Al Khaimah today. RAS AL KHAIMAH — Siada, an IOPn enterprise, and Innovation City, the UAE’s premier AI-powered free zone, today announced they have secured exclusive access to the UAE’s first sovereign AI data center for their business ecosystem – live, operational, and ready inside Innovation City Ras Al Khaimah. The facility operated by Siada, is the first deployment of sovereign AI compute, in a planned network of data centers, with additional sites to follow across the UAE and wider region.…
King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) on Friday distributed 1,050 food baskets in Nigeria. The assistance benefited 6,300 individuals from 1,050 families as part of the 2026 food aid distribution project for displaced and affected people in Nigeria. The initiative is part of the relief and humanitarian projects carried out by Saudi Arabia through its humanitarian arm, KSrelief, to support countries and communities in need around the world. Source: Riyadh Daily
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia has provided $3.21 billion in humanitarian aid to Sudan through 359 projects, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. The projects span a wide range of humanitarian and development sectors. Key areas of Saudi assistance include budget support, education, water and sanitation, health, food security, industry, mining and mineral resources, financial and banking services, agriculture, forestry and fisheries, and energy. Source: Saudi Gazette
At Paracelsus Recovery, I often sit across from people who have everything you could ever imagine needing, and yet that ‘safety-net’ does not seem to save them from pain. In most cases, it exacerbates it. In fact, a pattern I see time and time again is this: someone with more money and time than most of us could imagine, who is free from the grinding obligation that exhausts so many of us, and yet they are trapped in a depression they can’t shake and a relationship with substances that has taken hold of their life. They know it makes no…
RIYADH — The General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT) has launched a digital economy survey to identify establishments that rely on digital inputs. The statistical survey will also identify establishments whose operations are significantly enhanced by digital inputs, including digital technologies, digital infrastructure, digital services, and data. It collects data from a representative sample of these establishments across various economic activities in all regions of the Kingdom. One of the survey’s primary objectives is to establish a comprehensive database to support the development of studies and indicators on Saudi Arabia’s digital economy. It also aims to create a broad database that…
RAMALLAH — A four-month-old Palestinian boy has died after an Israeli military checkpoint west of Ramallah blocked access to urgent medical care, while a 16-year-old boy was shot dead by Israeli forces elsewhere in the occupied West Bank. Laila Ghannam, the governor of Ramallah and el-Bireh, said in a post on Facebook that doctors at the Arab Specialised Hospital had confirmed the death of Ahmad Marouf Zeid on Sunday evening after Israeli forces prevented his transfer to the hospital for more than an hour despite his critical medical condition. Ghannam said Israeli soldiers fired tear gas to stop Palestinians trying…