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King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) distributed 300 shelter kits to affected and returning families in White Nile State, Republic of Sudan, benefiting 1,890 individuals.  The assistance is part of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s relief and humanitarian efforts through KSrelief to support the brotherly Sudanese people and alleviate their suffering. Source: Riyadh Daily

Microsoft recently showcased the third-generation of its custom in-house AI chip, as part of the organisation’s plan to reduce reliance on purchasing processors from Nvidia. The Maia 300 chip will be used for the tech giant’s multi-gigawatt deployments in 2027, making it the primary inference system for Microsoft products and services. Reuters reported it plans to potentially deploy more than 1 million of the chips next year. According to a blog post from EVP Scott Guthrie, the company expects Maia 300 to deliver 40% more tokens per megawatt compared to leading GPU-based systems without naming Nvidia. The Maia 300 is…

Cycls, a Saudi AI platform, has introduced a team of specialized AI agents designed to help individuals and businesses across Saudi Arabia streamline daily operations and accomplish tasks more efficiently. AI no longer just answers questions and makes suggestions. It now executes complete tasks: researching, gathering information, analyzing, and delivering ready-to-use outputs. This is where Cycls offers an experience that goes beyond traditional AI conversation. Instead of just receiving an answer, users can assign agents multi-step tasks: researching, browsing, analyzing, organizing information, and preparing final outputs. Founded in 2021 by engineers Mohammed Alrujayi and Mohammed Alogayyil, Cycls has delivered specialized…

The ceremony, held as part of the Mohammed bin Rashid Leadership Forum, honoured participants in the ‘UAE Healthcare Leadership Development Program for 100 Emirati Leaders’ Published: Wed 14 Oct 2026, 10:52 AM Sheikh Mansoor bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, president of the UAE Olympic Committee, attended the graduation ceremony for participants in the ‘UAE Healthcare Leadership Development Program for 100 Emirati Leaders’, launched by American Hospital Dubai in partnership with Harvard Business Impact. The programme aims to develop a new generation of Emirati leaders capable of advancing the healthcare sector and shaping its future in line with the highest…

 King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) distributed 2,000 hygiene kits to displaced people in North Kordofan State, Sudan, benefiting 8,339 individuals.  The assistance is part of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s relief and humanitarian projects implemented through KSrelief to support the brotherly Sudanese people and alleviate their suffering amid the ongoing humanitarian crisis. Source: Riyadh Daily

ROME — Pope Leo XIV has been diagnosed with lung cancer, according to the Vatican, following a procedure that successfully removed a portion of the pontiff’s right lung, the Vatican has said in a medical bulletin. Doctors diagnosed the 71-year-old pope with lung adenocarcinoma, a common type of lung cancer. The diagnosis was suspected by preoperative tests, his doctors said. He underwent a 90-minute surgery on Tuesday at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital, has treated several popes and is home to a large statue of John Paul II. “The operation was successful and there were no complications,” the Vatican said. “After the…

Google Cloud and CaixaBank recently extended their existing partnership to the year 2033. This news arrives as the bank looks to expand its use of AI and cloud technologies to serve 13 million customers. Under the agreement, CaixaBank will deploy Google Cloud’s Gemini Enterprise platform to develop and manage AI agents. The bank expects the agents to help employees analyse complex financial information, automate repetitive tasks and streamline everyday workflows. The companies identified three areas for the expanded partnership. CaixaBank plans to use Gemini Enterprise to analyse large datasets and deploy specialised AI agents for document management, classification and summarising…

MOSCOW — Russia has arrested a Japanese journalist on the far eastern island of Sakhalin and charged him with espionage in the latest sign of rising tensions between Moscow and Tokyo. Russian authorities have charged a Japanese journalist for espionage, accusing him of Russian foreign ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova identified the reporter as Yuki Imai, from the Hokkaido Shimbun newspaper, adding that he had been accused of “conducting espionage activities” by gathering information related to Moscow’s defense capabilities on Russian territory. Imai, a reporter at the newspaper’s bureau in the city of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk on Sakhalin, was reportedly preparing to return…

Lenovo, a global technology company, and Saal.ai, a provider of artificial intelligence, data and analytics solutions, announced a collaboration to help organizations adopt and deploy AI across Saudi Arabia and the broader region.The collaboration brings together Lenovo’s AI-ready infrastructure and enterprise technology with Saal.ai’s AI, data and analytics capabilities. Together, the companies will support customers seeking to deploy AI solutions across cloud, on-premises and edge environments while maintaining control of their data and meeting sovereignty requirements.By combining infrastructure, platforms and AI applications, Lenovo and Saal.ai aim to help organizations simplify AI implementation, reduce deployment complexity and accelerate the path from…

Jim Gargan, Chief Marketing Officer, Riverbed. As agentic AI reshapes IT, Saudi organisations show strong confidence in governance while focusing on measurable returns, employee experience and the foundations required to scale  R iverbed, the leader in AIOps for observability, today announced the results of the Riverbed Global Survey on ‘The State of Autonomous IT Operations’. Artificial intelligence has crossed the threshold from experimentation into the IT operating model, with organisations accelerating efforts to operationalise AI and progress towards autonomous IT. As AI assumes a greater role in enterprise operations, the ability to understand, trust and govern it will become increasingly…