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Seeing the United Arab Emirates

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Obviously, there was a lot of buzz about the financial meltdown, especially in a place like Dubai that has built itself up as a major international business center (Dubai as an emirate has relatively little oil compared to some of the other gulf emirates).

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France pledges to build one gigawatt of new nuclear to speed up its AI ambitions

Engadget

The news follows Macron and United Arab Emirates leader Mohamed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan's February 6 announcement to put between 30 million and 50 million ($31 million to $51.6 Most of these chips are made by Nvidia, which FluidStack claims will send chips over when they need them. million) towards a one-gigawatt AI center.

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Bookshare without Borders: #3/3

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The initial collection has already inspired a new partner to come on board: the Emirates Association for the Visually Impaired ( EAVI ), a nonprofit organization that serves people with print disabilities in the United Arab Emirates. Digitally processing Arabic-language content is no easy task.

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To Dubai on an Emirates Airbus 380

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

My current business trip started by heading for Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It was easier to say yes than usual: I'd never been to Dubai or the region, and the government of Dubai and Emirates airline offered to fly me there business class!

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CATL strikes deal for world’s first 24/7 renewable project in UAE

TechNode

Masdar, the United Arab Emirates’ clean energy powerhouse, has selected CATL for a contract to supply its battery energy storage systems (BESS) as part of its plan to build the world’s first large-scale, round-the-clock gigascale project, the companies announced Jan. The $6 billion project will include a 5.2-gigawatt

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CATL to report record profit in 2024 despite revenue decline amid lithium price slump

TechNode

It also provides its battery energy storage systems (BESS) to overseas projects in countries including the United Arab Emirates and the US.

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5 takeaways on trust in NGOs to manage new innovations and technologies 

Candid

Respondents in 12 countries trust in NGOs ‘to do what is right’ More than 60% of respondents said they trusted NGOs “to do what is right” in 12 out of 28 countries: India, Kenya, Nigeria, China, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, the United Arab Emirates, Singapore, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, and South Africa.