Dubai: A global hub for creative enterprises

The creative economy generates an estimated annual revenue of US$2.25 trillion worldwide representing around 3 percent of global GDP. Dubai’s Creative Clusters Authority is attracting international creative businesses and investors. The city’s GoFreelance visa is also offering flexibility so creative talent can thrive in Dubai. #BusinessDubai

Confidence in autonomous vehicles has fallen

With governments across the world moving forward with study and implementation of automated steering for vehicles, the subject of self-driving cars is being discussed more than ever before. However, a recent report shows there is substantial resistance to the adoption of autonomous technology. The study, titled ‘Driving the Future: Attitudes to Automation’ by survey firm […]

US jobless rate set to return to single digits

Washington: America’s labour market probably extended its rebound in August to push the unemployment rate below 10% for the first time since the pandemic struck. With little more than two months before the U.S. election, reattaining that milestone in this week’s jobs report could provide ammunition for President Donald Trump to claim the economy is […]

Elon Musk unveils brain computer implanted in pigs

The year 2020 just keeps right on keeping on with the introduction of a group of pigs equipped with mind-reading brain implants courtesy of Elon Musk. During an event Friday afternoon at Neuralink’s headquarters in Fremont, California, Musk found himself hanging out with a passel of Yucatan swine. Several of them had previously undergone a […]

Immigration – An industry on the rise across the globe

People have always moved across states, countries and continents, but over the past few decades, due to an increasingly interconnected world, migration flows have been rising rapidly and are expected to increase further in the next few years. With increasing number of people looking for improved quality of life, immigration is becoming a necessary and […]

19 ‘what if’ COVID-19 questions answered

DUBAI: Wild are the nightmares that come with sleep. This pandemic had been a much wilder nightmare we all wish we could wake up from already. And in our waking hours, we can’t help entertaining many “what ifs”: What if there’s no virus today? What if the virus was contained in Wuhan from Day 1, or […]