May, 2018

• 12 May

  Winning drone sweepstakes that Amazon lost

  

  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 ...

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• 12 May

  Amazon sells Alexa’s smart-home in Lennar models

  

  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, ...

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• 12 May

  Wells Fargo adds new app tool as tech fight heats up

  

  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, ...

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• 12 May

  NASA prepares self-flying helicopter for 2020 Mars rover mission

  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 ...

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• 12 May

  Google grapples with ‘horrifying’ reaction to its uncanny AI

  

  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 ...

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• 12 May

  Elon Musk’s SpaceX debuts rocket built for rapid relaunches

  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 ...

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• 12 May

  Adnoc’s strategy creates many growth opportunities for UAE

  

  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 ...

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• 12 May

  Yemeni National Resistance Forces liberate Wazi’ya

  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 ...

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• 12 May

  UAE, Japan sign defence cooperation agreement

  

  TOKYO / WAM Mohammed bin Ahmed Al Bowardi, Minister of State for Defence Affairs, and Tomohiro Yamamoto, Japanese Minister of State for Defence, signed a joint cooperation agreement between the UAE and Japan in security and defence affairs. The agreement aims to exchange cooperation and defence expertise to support and develop strategic relations between the two countries and work to ...

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• 12 May

  DREI to launch specialised realty training programmes in Jordan

  

  Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai Real Estate Institute (DREI), the educational arm of Dubai Land Department (DLD), concluded its successful business trip to Jordan. During the visit, which was led by CEO of DREI Mahmoud El Burai, the delegation met senior officials from a number of government and private institutions concerning the real estate sector. The trip resulted in the ...

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