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What happens when AI becomes part of the team?
How AI agents, automation and hybrid workforces are changing enterprise teams in Saudi Arabia.
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Why Saudi Arabia doesn’t need to be first
Why Saudi Arabia’s ‘fast-follower’ approach to AI and technology may be its biggest competitive advantage.
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How technology blurred the boundaries of travel (and life)
Discover how technology is transforming travel in 2026, blurring the boundaries between movement, work, identity and everyday life.
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Three incredible things tech has achieved in 2026
Explore three major tech breakthroughs of 2026, from fusion energy advances to space robotics and humanoid surgical systems.
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The rise of water intelligence platforms
Find out how water intelligence platforms are transforming infrastructure through smart meters, IoT sensors, cloud systems, and real-time analytics across global cities.
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The startup opportunity inside ageing water systems
Ageing water infrastructure is creating new opportunities for startups in predictive maintenance, smart metering, infrastructure analytics, and water technology platforms.
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How SUSTAIN turns ambition into action
Saudi Arabia’s SUSTAIN platform shows how AI can turn sustainability ambition into coordinated execution.
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How Saudi Arabia is building sovereign AI
How Saudi Arabia is bringing together energy, infrastructure, and capital to build sovereign AI capability.
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Could a digital twin of the earth solve climate change?
“We want to be able to simulate the planet Earth up to a kilometre small,” said Dr. Simon See (Head of Nvidia AI Technology Centre and AI Nation) at #LEAP22. “We want to be able to visualise it.” He was talking about technology under development by Nvidia that could change
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The power of augmented reality in e-commerce
The e-commerce industry has benefited enormously from pandemic-accelerated digitisation. According to IBM’s 2020 US Retail Index assessment, Covid-19 has accelerated the shift to digital commerce by about five years. So, what exactly is causing this shift? According to reports, emerging technologies are playing a significant role
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Welcome to the metaverse – the Internet’s next level
Metaverse is a word that has only recently entered our dictionary. The word popped up 128 times in company conferences in 2021, compared to only 7 in 2020. We can credit Mark Zuckberg for bringing the obscure term to common usage. In October 2021, the founder of the social media
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Building the Future with Geospatial Imaging
Saudi Arabia’s $500 billion, smart mega-city, NEOM, is breaking ground on the unspoilt coastline of the Red Sea, setting in motion a chain-reaction of construction projects creating a city where robotics is revolutionizing everything and outnumbering people, and self-driving cars are the norm. NEOM will be
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AI in life sciences: What we can learn from China
The US is recognised as the current leader in AI research and development – but China is closing the gap. And when it comes to the use of AI in life sciences, China has already edged ahead, as Dr. Kai-Fu Lee (CEO and President at Sinovation Ventures) noted during his
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Four key metaverse trends to invest in
Renato De Castro (Executive Director at RMA Advisory) opened his #LEAP22 keynote with a touch of regret. In February 2009 he received a “very strange” offer – the opportunity to buy something called Bitcoin, for about $0.09. He didn’t buy it. Then in 2010, his child was born. “We
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The argument for local cybersecurity in Saudi Arabia
As the world has made a rapid shift to digital since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, some countries have moved faster than others. Saudi Arabia stood out from the start as a nation with the drive to accelerate the rollout of digital services. According to the World Bank,