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ABU DHABI / GULF TIME MAIR Group PJSC (ADX: MAIR) (“MAIR” or the “Group”), a strategic investment company focused on grocery retail and commercial real estate in the UAE, announced its condensed consolidated interim financial results for the six-month period ended 30 June 2026 (“H1 2026”). All figures are in AED million, unless otherwise stated H1’26 H1’25 YoY (%) Q2’26 …

GULF TIME Tarek Jammoul, Managing Director, North Gulf and Levant Countries, TrendAI™️: Over the past year, I’ve seen a clear shift in how organizations across the Gulf approach cybersecurity. There is growing momentum around AI-driven security, automation, and advanced threat intelligence, as organizations look to strengthen resilience and respond to threats faster. That momentum is only expected to grow. By …

WASHINGTON/WAM Apple on Thursday forecast sales that beat expectations, even as it said it expected to continue to face chip supply constraints, sending shares up more than 3%. Apple executives said they expect sales growth of 14% to 17% in the current fiscal third quarter, which was above Wall Street estimates of 9.5% growth to $102.93 billion, according to data …

CALIFORNIA / WAM Google has announced that it is bringing more of its Gemini AI features to its Chrome browser, the latest in the company’s efforts to put its new-age tech front and centre for users. The Gemini-powered features include the image generation tool Nano Banana, Google’s “Personal Intelligence” feature and “Auto browse,” an agentic AI tool that lets users …

WASHINGTON / WAM Elon Musk, owner of social media site X, announced that his artificial intelligence startup, xAI, has officially open-sourced its Grok 2.5 model. The effort aims to motivate researchers, developers, and AI enthusiasts to explore and broaden the platform’s capabilities. In a post on his social media platform X, Musk revealed that Grok 3 would follow suit, with …

ABU DHABI / WAM The global education sector is witnessing a transformative shift as artificial intelligence (AI) becomes an integral part of school curricula. Beginning with the 2025–2026 academic year, UAE public schools will introduce Artificial Intelligence as a formal subject across all grades, from kindergarten to grade 12. This initiative aims to equip students with the knowledge and skills …

ABU DHABI / WAM UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan welcomed the winners of the 11th season of the Prince of Poets and Million’s Poet competitions, as well as the fourth season of the Al-Mankous programme, along with their respective judges. During the meeting, held at Qasr Al-Bahr in Abu Dhabi, His Highness discussed with attendees …

BEIJING/WAM China sent a test satellite for satellite internet technology into space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre, located in the country’s northwest, on Tuesday. The satellite was launched at 12:00 pm (Beijing Time) by a Long March 2D carrier rocket and entered the planned orbit successfully. Test satellites for satellite internet technology are primarily used to conduct technical verification …

WASHINGTON/WAM SpaceX launched another batch of its Starlink internet satellites from Florida’s Space Coast. A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 28 Starlink spacecraft lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on March 31. To plan, the Falcon 9’s first stage came back to Earth about eight minutes after liftoff. It touched down on the Just Read the Instructions droneship stationed …

BEIJING / WAM Chinese scientists have successfully conducted an ice-cap detection experiment in Antarctica using a domestically developed ultra-wideband hyperspectral microwave radiometer, as reported by China’s 41st Antarctic expedition team. According to Xinhua, the team conducted joint air-ground experiments using helicopters and snowmobiles to successfully carry out remote sensing detection of temperature distribution beneath the Antarctic ice. Zhu Di, a …