October, 2021

• 21 October

  UAE launches ‘pioneers of digital economy’ initiative

  

  DUBAI / WAM The UAE government has launched “Pioneers of the Digital Economy” initiative, which aims to enhance capabilities of young talents and provide them with the knowledge and expertise needed to develop advanced future technology that will positively influence the UAE’s economy. The initiative also targets empowering talents to compete for the best job opportunities in global leading companies ...

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• 21 October

  UAE council, Etisalat complete ‘Bug Bounty’ pilot programme

  

  ABU DHABI / WAM The UAE Cybersecurity Council and Etisalat have announced the successful completion of the first Bug Bounty pilot programme in collaboration with Beacon Red and Yogosha, during Gitex Technology Week 2021. The telecom company has signed a partnership agreement with Yogosha, a leading European crowdsourced cybersecurity company, and Beacon Red, a defense consulting firm, to launch the ...

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• 21 October

  Abu Dhabi discusses potential partnership with Estonia, Latvia, Sweden in ICT sector

  

  ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ADCCI) has organised a business meeting with a joint delegation from Estonia, Latvia and Sweden. The meeting was attended by Saeed Ghumran Al Rumeithi, BoD Deputy Treasurer of ADCCI; Mohamed Helal Al Mheiri, Director General of ADCCI; as well as Jaan Reinhold, Ambassador of Estonia to the UAE; Atis ...

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• 21 October

  DP World launches ‘CARGOES Logistics’ new digital platform

  

  DUBAI / WAM DP World on Wednesday announced the launch of its new digital logistics platform, CARGOES Logistics. The platform provides customers with a single-window solution enabling seamless, safe, secure, and efficient movement of their cargo. With CARGOES Logistics, customers can choose from multimodal logistics options, ship freight by sea, road, and/or rail, get instant quotes, swift booking confirmation and ...

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• 21 October

  India can do more on climate by 2030 even as it snubs net-zero

  

  Bloomberg India plans to take more ambitious climate action by 2030, even as the nation pushes back against pressure to set a target for net-zero greenhouse gas emissions. The country has already mostly met a goal of having 40% of installed power capacity from non-fossil fuel sources, and has options to extend that action, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said in ...

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• 21 October

  UK tries to play down ‘tax talks’ for net zero goal

  

  Bloomberg UK Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng sought to damp speculation that taxes will have to rise in order to fund the government’s green goals a day after the Treasury said it would need to consider new sources of revenue to pay for the transition. “I don’t think that tax rises are inevitable,” Kwarteng said when asked on LBC radio what ...

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• 21 October

  China’s new renewable project rivals all wind, solar in India

  

  Bloomberg China has started building a massive renewable energy project that’s bigger than all of the wind and solar power in India. Construction on the first phase, comprising 100 gigawatts of wind and solar, in the desert has started smoothly, President Xi Jinping said via video link at a United Nations Biodiversity Conference in Kunming. That’s more than the entire ...

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• 21 October

  Facebook shouldn’t be all about metaverse right now

  

  Facebook Inc is planning to change its name to something related to the metaverse, a new digital network for communicating through augmented and virtual reality, according to a report in The Verge, which cites a source with direct knowledge. Over the weekend, the company also said that as part of its metaverse-building efforts, it would hire 10,000 high-skilled jobs in ...

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• 21 October

  Foxconn’s EV plan is bigger than Apple

  

  If you turn Foxconn Technology Group’s latest product sideways, it looks remarkably like the smartphones the Taiwanese company makes for Apple Inc. Except the electric bus, a sleek, shiny vehicle with rounded corners and no mirrors, heralds the firm’s slow and deliberate journey away from that one famous client to which it’s become addicted. Separating the rise of Foxconn from ...

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• 21 October

  All about Los Angeles’ biggest Covid rebound

  America’s shortage of labour, products and services — provoked by Covid-19’s disruption of the global economy — has a platinum lining in Los Angeles. Obscured by unprecedented supply-chain bottlenecks, California’s largest city and No. 2 in the US after New York, has no peers unloading, processing and transporting the nation’s imports from its two busiest ports. Being the supreme gateway ...

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