Toronto / wam The Global Manufacturing and Industrialisation Summit (GMIS) has highlighted the opportunities the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) will bring to the global manufacturing sector as it addressed an audience in Canada through the latest edition of an international knowledge-sharing programme. The event in Toronto formed part of GMIS’ global roadshow programme, GMIS Connect, with a panel of industry ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The United Arab Emirates is Moldova’s gate to other GCC states and the entire MENA region, said Tudor Ulianovschi, Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration of the Republic of Moldova, before opening his country’s embassy in the UAE, which, he said, will serve the interests of the Moldovan community, not only in the Emirates, but ...

Bloomberg At Memphis International Airport, drones may soon be inspecting planes and delivering airplane parts for FedEx Corp. In Reno, Nevada, they will test airlifting life-saving defibrillators to patients. And customers in Virginia could get goods they ordered from Alphabet Inc.’s flying devices. A who’s who of technology and aviation companies won US approval on May 9 to push the ...

Bloomberg Looking to sell its customers on the latest and greatest smart-home technology, builder Lennar Corp. flirted with Siri. Now it’s decided to go steady with Alexa. Lennar’s model homes — equipped with video doorbells, Sonos speakers and Amazon.com Inc.’s voice-activated Echo (known by its wake-word, “Alexa”) — will double as Amazon Experience Centers, the tech giant said. The builder, ...

Bloomberg Wells Fargo & Co. is adding a new tool to make its mobile app easier to use as the bank tries to keep Silicon Valley innovators from stealing more customers. “Pay with Wells Fargo” will be an option on the app’s home screen that lets customers select their most commonly used features, such as the peer-to-peer payment service Zelle, ...

Bloomberg NASA is working toward a future when humans will walk on the surface of Mars. But first it’s going to try flying a drone through the air. The Mars Helicopter, a small, self-flying aircraft designed specifically for the Red Planet, will be included in the space agency’s next rover mission in 2020 to beam back a birds-eye view of ...

Bloomberg The most talked-about, futuristic product from Google’s developer show isn’t even finished — but it’s already stoking heated debate. At its I/O conference, Alphabet Inc.’s Google previewed Duplex, an experimental service that lets its voice-based digital assistant book appointments on its own. It was part of a slate of features, such as automated writing in emails, where Google touted ...

Bloomberg Space Exploration Technologies Corp. launched its more reusable rocket for the first time, a major step forward in reducing the cost of the closely held company’s missions. The Falcon 9 Block 5 carried Bangladesh’s first geostationary communications satellite towards orbit. It’s the latest major upgrade by SpaceX to its workhorse rocket and is built to handle at least 10 ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM ADNOC Downstream Investment Forum, which will start in Abu Dhabi on Sunday, is a step forward in ADNOC’s innovative initiatives launched over the past years to provide added value to key companies, subsidiaries and the national economy in general. Commenting on the forum, Hamad Al Shamsi, Secretary-General of the Supreme Petroleum Council, underlined the significant role ...

WAZI’YA / WAM The Yemeni National Forces have liberated the entire Wazi’ya front, expunging the Iran-backed Houthi militia out of their pockets in the area. The liberation came as part of a large-scale campaign that was supported by the UAE Armed Forces and inflicted heavy human and material damage on the rebels. The Yemeni resistance is continuing to drive the ...