technology

Hajj [Getty]
Hajj 2026
MENA
Live Story

Hajj 2026: Drones, AI to be used for medical, logistic services

Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Tourism is using new technologies to help assist the thousands of worshippers expected to perform Hajj this year

Sofia Aboudari
26 May, 2026
People sit looking at their phones on the Galata Bridge at sunset, in Istanbul, on June 17, 2024
Turkey
MENA
Live Story

Turkey votes to ban social media for under-15s

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
23 April, 2026
Mawadda_app
Sexual and reproductive health and rights
Society
Live Story

Mawadda: The platform empowering Arab women on sexual health

The New Arab Staff

Shefa'a Qudah

07 January, 2026
Nvidia logo displayed on a phone screen and microchip and are seen in this illustration photo taken in Krakow, Poland on July 19, 2023
Israel
MENA
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Nvidia in talks to buy Israel's AI21 Labs for up to $3 billion

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
30 December, 2025
Mourners have built a memorial for KitKat, an Arab bodega cat killed by a robo-taxi. [Brooke Anderson/TNA]
US affairs
World
Live Story

Death of Arab bodega cat sets off war over driverless cars in US

Brooke Anderson
17 November, 2025
The Amazon Web Services (AWS) logo is visible at the India Mobile Congress 2025 in Delhi, India, on October 11, 2025
technology
World
Live Story

Internet services cut for hours by Amazon cloud outage

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
20 October, 2025
syria phones
Syria
MENA
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Apple products, App Store return to Syria amid sanctions lift

The New Arab Staff
25 September, 2025
Lebanon's drone dilemma: Caught between safety and surveillance
Lebanon
MENA
Live Story

A Lebanese army drone killed a drug lord. Was it extrajudicial?

Suzanne Abou Said
28 August, 2025
Guests attend the Global AI 2020 (Artificial Intelligence) Summit in the Saudi capital Riyadh on October 21, 2020
Artificial Intelligence
MENA
Live Story

Halal-GPT: Saudi company Humain launches 'Islamic AI chatbot'

The New Arab Staff
26 August, 2025
Trump and MBS in Saudi-US business investment forum
Economy
Economy
Live Story

US tech giants strike major AI deals amid Trump Gulf tour

The New Arab Staff
14 May, 2025
Machine Learning
technology
Offbeat
Live Story

UAE to introduce AI in schools from age four in tech drive

The New Arab Staff
06 May, 2025
Musk
fascism
Perspectives

Resisting American techno-fascism

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Courtney C. Radsch

17 April, 2025
Turkey
Turkey
MENA
Live Story

Turkey works on homegrown map navigation system

The New Arab Staff
08 April, 2025
Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman speaks during an event highlighting Microsoft Copilot, the company's AI tool, on April 4, 2025
Pro-Palestinian protests
World
Live Story

Microsoft reportedly ousts employees following Gaza protest

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
08 April, 2025
The TikTok logo is displayed at 2025AWE in Shanghai, China on March 20, 2025.
technology
World
Live Story

US tech firms, investors vie for TikTok as sale deadline nears

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
03 April, 2025
UAE and Bahrain jointly propelled themselves into the space race with their own satellites [Getty]
technology
MENA
Live Story

UAE, Bahrain launch satellites to boost space and track climate

The New Arab Staff
16 March, 2025
Druze residents of the village of Majdal Shams in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights wave Syrian flags as they take part in a rally on February 14, 2025, to protest against the 1981 annexation law of the strategic plateau which Israel captured from Syria during the 1967 Arab-Israeli war.
Syria
MENA
Live Story

Syria’s new flag makes its way to Apple’s emoji keyboard

The New Arab Staff
06 March, 2025
A Shield AI V-BAT Teams, a vertical take off and lift (VTOL) Artificial Intelligence (AI) piloted Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS), on the opening day of the Farnborough International Airshow 2024, south west of London, on July 22, 2024.
Gaza War
World
Live Story

How US tech giants armed Israel with AI, sparking warfare debate

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
19 February, 2025
Elon Musk appears at Capital One Arena where there was a live feed of the swearing in ceremony and a Presidential Parade on Monday January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC.
technology
World
Live Story

Billionaire Musk says not interested in acquiring TikTok

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
08 February, 2025
TikTok
technology
World
Live Story

Supreme Court looks poised to uphold TikTok ban

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
10 January, 2025
Apple stores see protests on iPhone16 launch day for ‘profiting from genocide’
Gaza War
MENA
Live Story

Global protests at Apple stores over 'profits from genocide'

The New Arab Staff
21 September, 2024