State-owned Saudi Telecom Company (STC) announced a $500 million partnership deal with venture capital fund eWTP Arabia Capital, and Alibaba Cloud to provide high-performance public cloud services in the Kingdom. Alibaba Cloud, which is the digital technology and intelligence backbone of Alibaba Group, considers KSA as a strategic market for its operations in the GCC […]
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Saudi Arabia’s capital city, Riyadh, has been named one of the top 20 cities to watch for its high achievement and development within the FinTech space worldwide, according to a report by research organization Startup Genome. Bahrain and Riyadh were the only GCC-based countries that were mentioned in the report, with Silicone Valley, New York, […]
The Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum has acquired two emoji that have helped broaden diversity for users of the tiny pictures, becoming the third museum to add emoji to their digital collections. The New York museum acquired the “person with headscarf” and “inter-skintone couple” emoji for its burgeoning collection of digital assets. The museum plans […]
U.S. government agencies were ordered to scour their networks for malware and disconnect potentially compromised servers after authorities learned that the Treasury and Commerce departments were hacked in a monthslong global cyberespionage campaign discovered when a prominent cybersecurity firm learned it had been breached. In a rare emergency directive issued late Sunday, the Department of […]
Prominent U.S. cybersecurity firm FireEye said Tuesday that foreign government hackers with “world-class capabilities” broke into its network and stole offensive tools it uses to probe the defenses of its thousands of customers, who include federal, state and local governments and top global corporations. The hackers “primarily sought information related to certain government customers,” FireEye […]
In an attempt to ease up travel and recover from the pandemic, Chinese President Xi Jinping called for a “global mechanism” that utilizes QR codes to open up international travel. Jinping commented that China needs to “further harmonize policies and standards and establish ‘fast tracks’ to facilitate the orderly flow of people.” The QR codes […]
As technological advancements have skyrocketed, and the switch to digital is on the rise, cybersecurity will play a vital role in the transformation ahead. As governments all over the world invest in smart city initiatives, the role of cybersecurity has been elevated to protect the fabric of society from cybercriminals looking to wreak havoc across […]
Professors from The Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan (Michigan Ross) published a study on stc Group’s successful transformation journey into the digital era. The study is titled “Transforming Culture in the Kingdom: How ‘stc’ Focused on People to Compete in the Digital Age.” In just six years after launching […]
Saudi Arabia’s Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC) has announced that it will become a 5G network regulator in the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) rankings, as it progresses from a telecom regulator to a digital regulator. “We are one of the most tech-savvy and connected nations in the world and CITC, as the national regulator, […]
There lies an unprecedented level of excitement shared by many far and wide, across almost all industries worldwide, as the world holds its breath awaiting the rollout of fifth-generation mobile networks. And rightfully so, since 5G will trigger a massive technological revolution on humanity which will affect every aspect of day-to-day life, as well as […]