From a phone that physically moves to a humanoid robot and a record-breaking foldable, HONOR laid out its most ambitious product roadmap yet in Barcelona.

Amazon Web Services reported a fire at its UAE facility on March 1 that caused significant cloud service disruptions. Recovery is expected to take at least a day.

A new report from AppsFlyer, Sensor Tower and M+C Saatchi Performance maps the mobile demand surges that accompanied the last tournament — and lays out a three-phase framework for capitalising on the biggest edition yet

Boston Consulting Group has completed the latest edition of its six-month Jeel Tamooh programme, equipping more than 150 high-potential Saudi students with consulting fundamentals, personalised mentorship and exposure to priority sectors aligned with Vision 2030.

The strategic MoU, signed at the Sharjah Entrepreneurship Festival 2026, aims to improve cross-border payments, compliance readiness and operational efficiency for Sheraa’s network of UAE startups and SMEs.

Behind the scale of Dubai’s World Health Expo lies a deeper story about women’s health economics, capital discipline, laboratory power struggles, AI ambition, and the geopolitics of diagnostics.

Zero&One’s AWS competencies and regional delivery footprint strengthen NTT DATA’s push for larger migration and modernisation programmes across MENA.

Alphabet didn’t report a Google business under attack. It reported a Google business funding a massive buildout. The question now isn’t whether Google can do AI — it’s what AI does to Google’s costs and margins.

The acquisition reflects a broader shift in the UAE’s healthcare priorities, as demand for integrated psychological and behavioural care accelerates across the region.

A new report from Snap and the Business of Fashion shows how platforms, not storefronts or campaigns, increasingly shape luxury buying decisions across the GCC.

As AI spreads across advertising, retail, and enterprise software, personalisation has become faster and cheaper to deploy. The result is a paradox: more tailored experiences on paper, but fewer meaningful differences in practice.

Globant’s latest Game On report argues that the future of gaming will be defined less by spectacle and more by infrastructure, automation, and trust, as cloud platforms, AI tools, and regulation reshape how games are built and sustained — particularly in the Middle East.

As customer acquisition costs rise and funding tightens, a new class of regionally rooted D2C brands is quietly outperforming global-first plays by building cultural fit, local trust, and cleaner unit economics before scale.

In-principle approval from the central bank positions regulated banks—not crypto firms—at the centre of the UAE’s emerging digital payments infrastructure.

As global fintech faced tighter regulations and capital discipline in 2025, markets with regulatory clarity outperformed. The consequences are reshaping where finance gets built.

For decades, economists have debated why technology does not deliver the productivity gains it promises. The answer today is clearer: efficiency is captured by systems and expectations, not shared with workers.

Industry leaders across AI, cloud, cybersecurity, and digital platforms outline how increasing autonomy, regulatory pressure, and energy limits are influencing technology decisions for 2026.

Article by - Ramki Jayaraman, Managing Partner - Synarchy Consulting

Bahrain’s National Cyber Security Center will deploy SandboxAQ’s AQtive Guard across more than 60 ministry environments to strengthen cryptographic visibility and readiness for emerging quantum-era risks.

Today’s deals tell a consistent story: AI is moving from demos to deployment, biotech is buying geography, and private equity is still writing big cheques for infrastructure-like fintech.