Saudi Crown Prince, US Secretary of Defense discuss troop deployment
:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman received a phone call on Wednesday from the US Secretary of Defense during which they discussed ongoing arrangements to send US troops of a More »
Saudi Energy Minister confirms restoration of Kingdom’s gas production capacity
:: Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Energy confirmed on Wednesday the restoration of production capacity, affirming the Kingdom’s position as a reliable energy supplier in the global market. The energy minister, Prince Abdulaziz More »
Egypt calls Erdogan statements ‘ironic,’ accuses Turkey of sponsoring terrorism
:: Egypt’s foreign ministry spokesman, Ahmed Hafez, slammed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s statements at the UN General Assembly this week where he urged the UN to “handle the suspicious death of More »
Saudi Crown Prince: Attacks are test of int’l resolve against destructive acts
:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said on Wednesday that the attacks on Saudi Aramco oil facilities are a test of international resolve in the face of destructive acts that More »
Saudi Crown Prince says attacks on oil facilities are a ‘dangerous escalation’
:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said the recent attacks on Saudi Aramco facilities represented a “dangerous escalation not only toward the Kingdom but also the entire world.” The Crown More »
Category Archives: Technology
Calls for boycott of Vodafone Egypt after ‘Glorious Tamim’ campaign in Qatar
:: Some Egyptians on Friday called for boycotting Vodafone Egypt after the company’s branch in Qatar decided to change the network’s name to “Glorious Tamim” in a show of support to the country’s emir. Egyptians who called for the boycott
Microsoft plans to cut ‘thousands’ of jobs – sources
:: Microsoft Corp plans to cut “thousands” of jobs, with a majority of them outside the United States, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters. Reuters reported on Monday that Microsoft would undergo a reorganization that would impact its
Tesla model S fall short in crash test yet again
:: In another setback for the high-flying electric carmaker, Tesla’s Model S once again fell short of the top rating in a key crash test, an independent testing agency said Thursday. On the eve of seeing its first mass-market Model
Dubai online retailer Souq.com says sale to Amazon completed
:: Dubai-based Souq.com, the Middle East’s biggest online retailer, says its sale to Amazon has been completed. Souq.com said on Monday that users now could log into their website using their Amazon account. A Souq.com statement said the firms now
Apple’s iPhone turns 10, bumpy start forgotten
:: Apple Inc’s iPhone turns 10 this week, evoking memories of a rocky start for the device that ended up doing most to start the smartphone revolution and stirring interest in where it will go from here. Apple has sold
Global wave of cyber attacks hit India’s largest port
:: A wave of cyberattacks wreaking havoc across computer systems worldwide disrupted operations at India’s largest container port, the government said on Wednesday. India’s shipping ministry said a private terminal run by Danish sea transport giant A.P. Moller-Maersk at the
Multinationals hit by vast wave of cyberattacks
:: Several multinational companies said Tuesday they were targeted in a massive wave of cyberattacks which started in Russia and Ukraine before spreading to western Europe. Danish sea transport company Maersk, British advertising giant WPP and the French industrial group
British Airways resumes flights from London after IT outage but many still waiting
:: British Airways resumed some flights from Britain’s two biggest airports on Sunday after a global computer system failure created chaos, but hundreds of passengers were still waiting for hours at London Heathrow. BA said it aimed to operate the
All aboard India’s new luxury affordable train
:: India’s passenger trains are notorious for being rickety and spartan, but the government is hoping to change all that with a new “luxury” service. The popular image of rail travel in the country of 1.2 billion people is of
Saudi Telecom to form $500 mln venture capital fund
:: Saudi Arabia’s largest telecommunications firm said on Thursday it will set up a $500-million venture capital fund to invest in start-up companies. As part of a wideranging economic diversification plan launched last year, Saudi Arabia is trying to promote
Nokia and Apple settle long-running legal disputes
:: Nokia and Apple have settled their numerous legal disputes after signing an agreement to work together. Nokia, once the world’s No. 1 cellphone maker and now a networks provider after selling its ailing mobile phone sector to Microsoft in
London City Airport’s flights to be controlled from 70 miles away
:: If you fly into London City in two years’ time, air traffic controllers won’t see your plane through a window but will guide it down from screens 70 miles away as the airport becomes one of the first in
US agency votes to roll back broadband ‘neutrality’ rules
:: US regulators voted on Thursday to scrap a 2015 order aimed at forcing broadband firms to treat all online traffic equally, in the latest turn of the politically charged “net neutrality” debate. The Federal Communications Commission voted 2-1 to
Stellar to protect Lenovo customers from data loss
:: In the wake of the global “WannaCrypt” attack, New Jersey-based Stellar Data Recovery on Wednesday announced a strategic partnership with Lenovo to protect its customers in India. Stellar will offer its most robust data recovery software ‘Stellar Phoenix Windows
High measures to block ‘ransomware’ attack across Arab banks
:: Banks and financial institutions in the Arab countries have taken precautionary measures in order to anticipate the unprecedented electronic attacks that some banks have experienced directly in the region. Al Arabiya traced the developments of these measures at the
Cyber attack hits companies, hospitals, schools in almost 100 countries
:: A global cyber attack leveraging hacking tools believed to have been developed by the U.S. National Security Agency has infected tens of thousands of computers in nearly 100 countries, disrupting Britain’s health system and global shipper FedEx. Cyber extortionists
May: Cyberattack targeting UK hospitals part of international attack
:: British Prime Minister Theresa May says a cyberattack that has crippled some UK hospitals is part of a wider international attack. May says there is no evidence that patient data has been compromised. Hospitals across the country have been
Cyber extortion campaign hits dozens of countries, top firms
:: A global cyberattack leveraging hacking tools widely believed by security researchers to have been developed by the US National Security Agency disrupted Britain’s health system and infected computers in dozens of other countries on Friday. British hospitals and clinics
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