Making a case for wonder
Why one of humanity's oldest emotions might also be our greatest innovation engine.
Why one of humanity's oldest emotions might also be our greatest innovation engine.
Researchers are training foundation models on simulations and matter.
Why SETI researchers think we've been listening too narrowly for alien life – and what it teaches us about science, innovation and curiosity.
Discover what synthetic data is, why organisations are using it to train AI, and how it could help solve privacy, bias and data scarcity challenges.
What two Rocket Fuel winners tell us about the next generation of regional startups.
Discover how LEAP Rocket Fuel winner Daleela grew to 400,000 users, completed 8,000 consultations and expanded women's healthcare across the region.
How AI agents, automation and hybrid workforces are changing enterprise teams in Saudi Arabia.
Why Saudi Arabia’s ‘fast-follower’ approach to AI and technology may be its biggest competitive advantage.
Discover how technology is transforming travel in 2026, blurring the boundaries between movement, work, identity and everyday life.
Explore three major tech breakthroughs of 2026, from fusion energy advances to space robotics and humanoid surgical systems.
Find out how water intelligence platforms are transforming infrastructure through smart meters, IoT sensors, cloud systems, and real-time analytics across global cities.
Ageing water infrastructure is creating new opportunities for startups in predictive maintenance, smart metering, infrastructure analytics, and water technology platforms.
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Step into the theatre as we explore the future of surgical technology and how innovative discoveries are reshaping the way surgeons operate and train the next generation. Join some of the worlds most renowned surgeons as they look to the future of health tech and how technology can change lives
Today, it seems as if you cannot avoid NFTs. The news, social media, business moguls, venture capitalists, and teenagers alike are all buzzing about them. From mid-2021, we have started to see venture capital investment in NFT marketplaces, along with some exclusive NFT-directed funds being established. Now we
To celebrate International Women’s Day and the theme #Breakingthebias, we will be looking at exciting projects that are being led by women and how tech is opening opportunities for female leaders. Get first-hand experience from female leaders in the tech industry, including 2019’s Woman of the Year
Industry 5.0 is said to already be on the horizon but what is the actual difference between Industry 4.0 vs Industry 5.0? What technologies are at the cusp of the fifth industrial revolution? And what will real personalisation look like in Industry 5.0? Find out from
Web 1.0 was static, decentralised, mostly read-only home pages. Web 2.0 is about blogging, social media and e-commerce centralised and owned by tech giants. Web 3.0 is about whatever we want it to become. According to Chris Dixon: “We are now at the beginning of
The situation results from a severe chip shortage that has lingered for at least one and a half years and is expected to persist for much longer. Now manufacturers of cars, graphics cards, video game consoles, computers, and other products that require semiconductors face price increases, shortages, and queues, hitting
Med tech is an increasing part of healthcare. And with it comes the need for medical cybersecurity. But healthcare and cybersecurity don’t always mesh as seamlessly as they might, with hi tech medicine sometimes falling short of the standards we’d like for cyber security in healthcare. Here, Celeste
H1: Will humans become immortal androids? What you need to know about the quest to live forever The fight against ageing is on. But will tech ever let us unlock eternal life? A top futurist gives us their key learnings to answer the question: is immortality possible? | 15 AUGUST 2021
Hungry? You probably don’t know the half of it. Globally, around 690 million people survive on under 1800 calories a day. Nearly nine percent of the entire world population are undernourished, and if you find yourself wondering: “How much would it cost to end world hunger?”, the answer is
Climate change is not often a topic that leaves you brimming with optimism. But, increasingly, the tech industry sees it as a challenge to be solved, and is trying to address it with pioneering ideas like energy storage or smart cities. To find out more about these attempts, we spoke
The latest UN Climate Change conference in Glasgow, or COP26, underscored the need to act quickly on climate change. Answering the call, some of the world’s biggest economies and major carbon-intensive enterprises have pledged to bring their emissions to net zero within the next 2050 to 2070 timeframe.
As the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s (KSA) key enterprises embark on a transformative array of strategic objectives derived from the nation’s leadership’s agenda for digitalization, open source solutions and products have taken center stage and are delivering a wave of cutting-edge innovations to redefine the country’
How secure is data when it is stored in cloud? If the last two years has taught us anything, it’s that we should be prepared for the unexpected. The global pandemic has changed the way that we live our lives and the way that we work. Offices closed across