Author: Arabian Media staff

Image: Supplied Taraf, the real estate division of Yas Holding, has signed a joint venture with Masdar City to develop a 1.4 million square metre residential community within Abu Dhabi’s flagship sustainable urban hub. The project is designed to deliver a high-quality, human-centric environment that aligns with Masdar City’s vision of a vibrant, low-carbon destination redefining modern living. Planned around shaded walkways, cycling routes, and green spaces connected to Al Masar Park, the community will introduce rare freehold ownership opportunities alongside modern infrastructure and lifestyle amenities. Low Ping, group CEO of Yas Holding, said: “This partnership with Masdar City reflects…

SustainInsight portfolio map dashboard/Image: Supplied SustainInsight has officially launched in the UAE with an AI-powered platform that provides construction and real estate companies with a comprehensive, real-time view of their sustainability performance—extending far beyond traditional carbon accounting. The launch comes at a pivotal time as new climate regulations and stricter ESG disclosure requirements raise the bar for verifiable corporate credentials. The company has already conducted a successful pilot with the UAE Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure in Ajman and is supporting major organisations, including DAMAC Properties and Expo City Dubai, on their sustainability journeys. Branded as the “Bloomberg of sustainability,”…

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Image: Getty Images/ For illustrative purposes Chief information officers across the globe are increasingly adopting low-code platforms to accelerate application development, according to Kissflow’s 2025 CIO Low-Code Strategy Pulse Report, with 86 per cent of CIOs now considering them essential to their technology strategy. The report highlights a growing reliance on AI to further boost development speed and scale, as businesses face talent shortages and mounting IT backlogs. Over half of CIOs surveyed (55 per cent) said AI will dramatically increase the number of applications developed. The research also points to a rise in citizen development, with departments such as…

Silvia Coleman, vice president of Thought Leadership at CXG/Image: Supplied The UAE has firmly established itself as one of the world’s most dynamic retail destinations, drawing strength from its multicultural demographic, ambitious mall developments, and appetite for luxury. Yet, as competition intensifies and consumer behavior shifts, retail leaders are increasingly asking: how can the UAE take lessons from the world’s largest retail powerhouse—China—to remain agile and future-proof? Silvia Coleman, vice president of Thought Leadership at CXG, believes there are valuable parallels. Drawing on findings from CXG’s report, Understanding Chinese Luxury Customers’ Sentiment in 2025, she highlights strategies that could help…

Image: Dubai Media Office Dubai’s Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA) has introduced two new technical guides aimed at improving staffing practices across the emirate’s private education sector, strengthening accountability, transparency, and teacher quality. The Technical Guide for Appointing Teaching Staff in Private Schools in Dubai and the Staff Deregistration Technical Guide are designed to ensure every learner is supported by professionals who uphold standards of integrity, professionalism, and cultural respect. The policies align with the emirate’s Education 33 (E33) Strategy, particularly its Doing Great, FlexiReg Framework, and All Rise game changers, which place student wellbeing and educational quality at…

Image: Supplied Nearly two in three people in the UAEs now prefer sending remittances through digital applications rather than physical locations, according to a new report by Visa. The findings, released on Wednesday as part of Visa’s Money Travels: 2025 Digital Remittances Adoption Report, show that 50 per vent of respondents cited ease of use as a reason for adopting digital apps, while 46 per cent pointed to safety, privacy and faster transactions. The UAE is the world’s third-largest sender of remittances Remittances remain central to how people in the UAE support families abroad, with 49 per cent sending money…

Image: Dubai Media Office Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, chairman of the Dubai Health Board of Directors, on Wednesday officially inaugurated Dubai Health’s Center for Innovation and Technology, a facility designed to combine clinical expertise, research and technology to advance healthcare. The inauguration took place during a Dubai Health Board meeting chaired by Sheikh Ahmed and attended by members including Dr Raja Easa Al Gurg, Abdulla Abdul Rahman Al Shaibani, Professor Sir Ian Andrew Greer, Walid Saeed Al Awadhi, Mohammed Hassan Al Shehhi, and Dr Amer Sharif, CEO of Dubai Health. Sheikh Ahmed conveyed his appreciation to Professor Alawi…

Image: Getty Images/ For illustrative purposes The Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) and Abu Dhabi-based G42 launched K2 Think, an open-source system for advanced AI reasoning that delivers performance on par with the most powerful reasoning models at a fraction of their size. With 32 billion parameters, K2 Think outperforms flagship reasoning models nearly 20 times larger, according to MBZUAI’s Institute of Foundation Models. The system ranks among the top reasoning models globally, leading all open-source models in math benchmarks including AIME ’24/’25, HMMT ’25 and OMNI-Math-HARD. What K2 Think offers Built on six pillars of innovation,…

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