Author: Editorial Team
The General Authority for the Care of the Affairs of the Grand Mosque and the Prophet’s Mosque invited visitors to Makkah to visit an exhibition highlighting the services and care provided at the Grand Mosque, organized by the authority from August 16-20, 2026, as part of the summer activities at the Two Holy Mosques cultural and enrichment center. The interactive experience showcases aspects of the work and services provided at the Grand Mosque and introduces visitors to developments across various fields of care for the Two Holy Mosques. The exhibition is part of the authority’s efforts to enrich the experience of visitors…
Formula E has awarded the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia its newly introduced “Best Host Country” award in recognition of the Kingdom’s outstanding organization of one of the world’s leading electric car racing championships. The award was presented for the first time in the championship’s history at the 2025/26 Formula E End of Season Awards ceremony, held in London on Sunday evening. It recognizes the destination that sets a global benchmark in event organization, infrastructure development, and partnership building. Saudi Arabia’s receipt of the award reflects its excellence in hosting the FIA-sanctioned ABB Formula E World Championship races and the high standards it…
Polina Anokhina Denis. Polina Anokhina Denis outlines how AI-powered collaboration, integrated ecosystems and sustainable technology are reshaping workplace experiences across the region. Hybrid working is prompting organisations to rethink how employees collaborate, communicate and remain productive across offices, homes and flexible workspaces. Demand is shifting from standalone devices towards integrated workplace ecosystems that combine AI-powered collaboration, interoperability, ergonomic design, simplified management and sustainability. In an interview with TahawulTech, Polina Anokhina Denis, Regional Head, IMEA, Logitech, discusses the workplace trends influencing the region, the growing role of AI in hybrid collaboration and Logitech’s strategy for delivering flexible, scalable and people-centric experiences…
Apple develops Chinese AI model with Alibaba. Source: Tahawul Tech
The Saudi Development and Reconstruction Program for Yemen (SDRPY), in cooperation with the Ministry of Sport, launched a program to build the institutional capacity of staff at the Yemeni Ministry of Youth and Sports. The current phase of the training program covers four areas and targets 153 beneficiaries from August 17 to 25, 2026. The areas include community leadership, communication skills with media and partners, first aid, and camp and event management. The launch marks the beginning of specialized training packages offered in cooperation with the Ministry of Sport as part of the institutional capacity-building program for the Yemeni Ministry of Youth…
RIYADH — The General Directorate of Civil Defense emphasized the importance of obtaining the approved insurance product of third-party cooperative insurance when issuing or renewing licenses for high-risk or densely populated activities. This was part of the directorate’s role in enhancing public safety and risk prevention requirements, as well as raising the level of entities’ compliance with regulatory requirements. The first phase covers chemical warehouses, used-oil storage activities, hazardous medical-waste storage activities, wholesale activities for all types of wood, general warehouses containing a variety of goods, car-tire warehouses, paint manufacturing, and manufacture of industrial detergents, in accordance with the relevant…
UAE has become the first country in the world to approve an oral treatment for non-segmental vitiligo, giving eligible patients aged 12 and above a new treatment option. The Emirates Drug Establishment (EDE) has approved a new therapeutic indication for RINVOQ (upadacitinib) to treat adults and adolescents aged 12 years and older with non-segmental vitiligo whose condition requires systemic therapy medicines that circulate throughout the body. Stay up to date with the latest news. Follow KT on WhatsApp Channels. Vitiligo is a skin condition in which areas of the skin lose their pigment, causing white patches to appear. It occurs…
RIYADH — Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan and Sudan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Mohieldin Salem Ahmed Ibrahim signed a document establishing the Saudi-Sudanese Coordination Council in a ceremony held at the ministry’s headquarters in Riyadh on Monday. The council’s establishment reflects the two countries’ keenness to advance cooperation and coordination. The council will serve as an effective institutional platform for developing and strengthening bilateral relations and as an institutional framework bringing together relevant entities from both sides to work toward tangible outcomes. This is through clear initiatives, projects, and targets, thereby enhancing cooperation…
Google recently announced that it will allow its users the ability to disable visible watermarks on AI-generated content produced by its Gemini ecosystem. A move aimed at offering greater creative flexibility for professionals while still preserving backend transparency. The tech giant confirmed the toggle option will apply across outputs including images, videos, and music generated by its Nano Banana, Omni, and Lyria AI models. Josh Woodward, VP for Gemini, stated on X the feature is designed to strike a pragmatic balance between creative control for end-users and digital provenance safety. While users can turn off the visible emblem via media…
Artificial intelligence is creating a new infrastructure challenge: securing the enormous volumes of reliable electricity needed to power it. Each generation of AI requires greater computing capacity, denser data-centre environments and more sophisticated cooling. As these demands grow, the conversation must move beyond how much energy can be generated to how consistently, efficiently and securely it can be delivered. Saudi Arabia has an important opportunity to shape this conversation. Rather than retrofitting energy and digital systems developed for an earlier era, the Kingdom is expanding both at the same time. Under Vision 2030, renewable energy is becoming more than a…