The Kingdom’s video game sector is no longer a side conversation in the entertainment economy — it is fast becoming one of its main pillars. That is the underlying message of a newly published analytical document from the Saudi Authority for Intellectual Property (SAIP), titled “The Video Game Industry from an Intellectual Property Perspective,” which lays out both the scale of that growth and the legal architecture the industry will need to sustain it. The numbers justify the attention: globally, the games market generated an estimated $187.7 billion in 2024 and is expected to climb past $206 billion by 2028,…
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OCR Studio, a developer of AI-powered scanning solutions, will unveil a multipurpose web-native ID and payment data scanner built specifically for banks and fintech companies operating in the Middle East. Running directly in any popular browser, the solution enables KYC with identity documents used throughout the region and facilitates payments by capturing data from barcodes, phone numbers, and bank cards. The web-native scanner will be presented at Seamless Fintech ME 2026, taking place from September 22 to 24 at the Dubai World Trade Centre. The launch comes as banking services across the Middle East increasingly move into online channels. The…
In Dubai, we don’t dress for the weather. We dress for the air conditioning. Ours is a wardrobe engineered for a 22°C dining room, for valet parking and marble lobbies, for the 11 metres between a car door and a hostess stand. It is a magnificent wardrobe. It is also, as I have learned the hard way, one that can look faintly unhinged on a damp Tuesday in Marylebone. The Dubai aesthetic does not travel — not because it is wrong, but because it is louder than its surroundings. What reads as polished on Al Wasl Road reads as a…
DUBAI — Iranian forces targeted military infrastructure at an air base in Kuwait, according to state media on Friday. The attack, which took place “several hours ago,” targeted the Ahmad al-Jaber Air Base, Press TV reported early Friday. The Iranian army said the attack was in response to US strikes on Qeshm island. A couple and their child were killed in their home in the attack early Thursday, according to state media. In a statement, the army said “fighter aircraft hangars, satellite communication systems, and equipment warehouses” at the base were targeted by explosive drones. The army described Ahmed Al…
In a milestone moment for the resort, Sun Siyam Vilu Reef today officially unveiled its new Ocean Signature Villas with Pool and Slide during an exclusive launch event attended by local media, partners and VIP guests. The unveiling was led by Sun Siyam Founder, Chairman and Managing Director, Hon. Ahmed Siyam Mohamed, who introduced the resort’s most ambitious villa transformation to date. Sun Siyam Vilu Reef, part of Sun Siyam’s Privé Collection, has added 50 new overwater villas collectively known as the Ocean Signature Villas with Pool and Slide, comprising 48 one bedroom and two two-bedroom retreats. Marking the resort’s…
WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump has said he is considering withdrawing Todd Blanche’s nomination to be attorney general as his confirmation appears stalled in the Senate amid resistance from two Republican senators. Blanche, who has been acting in the role since April, needs the support of all Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee for his confirmation to advance. However, Senators John Cornyn from Texas and North Carolina’s Thom Tillis, whose terms both expire in January are withholding their support over the status of a controversial fund to compensate Trump allies. Trump said he could renominate Blanche after Cornyn and…
Two decades ago, Saadiyat Island was little more than a stretch of undeveloped coastline off Abu Dhabi. Today, the same island has become one of the UAE’s most coveted luxury addresses, where residents can spend the morning walking along white-sand beaches, the afternoon inside a world-class museum, and the evening between waterfront restaurants and private beach clubs. Multimillion-dollar villas now sit alongside a growing cultural district anchored by institutions like the Louvre Abu Dhabi. For years, luxury real estate in the UAE has almost always been synonymous with Dubai. The Palm Jumeirah, Downtown Dubai, and the city’s skyline became shorthand…
QUETTA — At least 34 people were killed when an explosion buried parts of a mining complex in Pakistan’s Balochistan province on Thursday, officials said. A rescue operation is still underway to find and recover the remaining two trapped miners, said Muhammad Fahad, director of operations for the Provincial Disaster Management Authority. Jogezai said 42 laborers were working inside the mine when the explosion occurred. The incident in Sorange, a remote area near the provincial capital Quetta, was triggered by a methane gas explosion, according to mine owner Qurban Jogezai, Geo News reported. Shoaib Nosherwani, Balochistan’s minister for mines and…
As summer temperatures soar, the historic water resources of Northern Borders Region recall a time when water shaped every aspect of life in the desert. During the sizzling season, locally known as Al-Maqyadh or Al-Maqtan, residents and travelers would travel to these water sources, where permanent well sites became temporary settlements. Families gathered there, while grazing and seasonal movement continued, reflecting the central role water played in the region’s history. Northern Borders is home to a large number of historic hand-dug wells, many of which were excavated hundreds, and in some cases thousands, of years ago through painstaking human effort.…
The European Union (EU) recently outlined plans to provide €10 billion in funding to build seven AI gigafactories in the union. This news comes in addition to unlocking €20 billion in private investment for the project. In its latest push to accelerate Europe’s technological sovereignty and close the gap to the U.S. and China, the EU stated the initiative would expand AI compute capacity and give start-ups, SMEs, industry and others access to infrastructure for training, inference and tuning of advanced frontier AI models. It explained the gigafactories would be used to combine advanced AI processors, software and cloud technology…