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Michael Saylor speaking in Dubai this month. Antonie Robertson/The National

Michael Saylor and Strategy buy Bitcoin worth more than $100 million

Company was already largest corporate Bitcoin holder before purchase

British-Syrian AI boss calls for a 'humanist' AI

UAE will need to add 1 million workers by 2030 for AI push

Sequoia's Shaun Maguire called 'hate machine' after falsely linking shooter to Palestine

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OpenAI has introduced new AI tools that it says enhances Norad's Santa-tracking experience. AFP

Norad Santa tracker gets souped-up with help from AI elves

OpenAI teams up with Norad, which has tracked Santa for seven decades

TikTok signs deal to sell US unit to American and UAE investors

'If traffic matters to your business you'll either pay, adapt, or diversify away from Facebook,' one social media analyst said of the development. Getty Images

Will Facebook soon charge users to post links?

AI contract workers seldom recognised but have growing importance, report says

An Amazon Web Services AI data centre. The top five companies in the S&P 500, including AWS's parent company Amazon, make up roughly 30 per cent of the tech-heavy index. Reuters

Bubble or not, AI spending is keeping the US economy humming

Arabic ebooks being used to disguise malware, cybersecurity company warns

What Disney and OpenAI's Sora deal means for Mickey Mouse and other characters

UAE ready for Q-Day but quantum decryption crisis looms for others, expert says

Nvidia and Trump criticised after China H200 announcement

A supermoon appears in the skies over Dubai in 2023. Antonie Robertson/The National

The year's largest supermoon to be visible in UAE on Wednesday

This will be the penultimate lunar event of its kind in 2025

Orionids meteor shower to light up UAE skies on Tuesday night

Thuraya-1: UAE marks 25 years since launch of its first satellite

UAE lining up new satellite internet system after Red Sea cable disruption

Arab world's first joint satellite a step closer to lift-off

Abu Dhabi researchers test-fire rocket engine for future Mars missions

Countries join forces to avoid star wars as US and China race to the Moon

A visitor holds a Samsung Galaxy Z TriFold smartphone during a launch event at a Samsung store in Seoul on December 2, 2025. Samsung Electronics unveiled its first tri-fold phone on December 2, as the conglomerate rushes to show it can keep pace with rivals in generative AI. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP)

Samsung Galaxy Z TriFold review: Peak mobile convenience or can we go bigger?

Get ready for a big piece of digital real estate in your hands

TikTok signs deal to sell US unit to American and UAE investors

Will Facebook soon charge users to post links?

STC unit and Humain to build data centres in Saudi Arabia

Swiss firm ABB targets Gulf data centre growth with Nvidia tie-up

AI contract workers seldom recognised but have growing importance, report says

Bubble or not, AI spending is keeping the US economy humming

Rings formed by towers from the Amazon Face research project, where scientists pump carbon dioxide into the rainforest canopy to simulate future atmospheric conditions and study long-term climate effects, in Manaus, Brazil. Reuters

Business InsightsOur children in 2100 will inherit today’s energy decisions

As governments and forecasters fixate on 2050, the real consequences of energy policy will be felt far beyond it

Abu Dhabi scientists develop 'Ozempic-buster' weight-loss device

Camel beauty pageant champion lives on after scientists clone 11 calves

Scientists in new space race to beam solar power back to Earth

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