Gitex Technology Week: Bigo uses AI and humans to keep violence and sex off its apps

Dubai: Bigo, the parent company of apps Imo and Bigo Live, is promising what other social media companies seem hesitant or incapable of doing: removing violent and pornographic videos from its apps in under three minutes. Bigo Live is a live-streaming app, while Imo is a VoIP-based communication app. Jackson Liu, the regional general manager […]

Gitex Technology Week: Security firms prep for larger DDoS attacks

Dubai: 5G, the new ultra-fast mobile network currently being rolled out worldwide, is forcing cybersecurity companies to increase their defences against distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. Such attacks have long been a problem for digital companies, and occurs when compromised computers and smartphones are used to form a network, called a “botnet” that generates massive amounts […]

Abu Dhabi Digital Authority signs partnership agreement with du aims

Dubai: The Abu Dhabi Digital Authority (ADDA) has signed an agreement with Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (du). The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), signed by Dr. Rauda Saeed Al Saadi, Director General of ADDA and Osman Sultan, du CEO, during GITEX Technology Week 2019, aims to strengthen the integrated system of government services through infrastructure development […]