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 The world's largest energy conference and expo will be covered by the media thanks to a cooperation between ADIPEC 2023 and the Emirates News Agency. Under the auspices of the President, His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, ADIPEC 2023 will be held at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre from October 2–5, 2023. The event's message will be reinforced as a result of WAM's role as the strategic media partner of ADIPEC. This year's theme is "Decarbonising. Faster. Together," and WAM will use its global audience to increase ADIPEC's reach. Through its multiple media outlets and its devoted onsite studio over the course of the four-day event, WAM will advertise ADIPEC 2023 before, during, and after it.

  In order to develop stronger trade and investment links, Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, Minister of State for Foreign Trade, met with Zafrul Aziz, Minister of Investment, Trade, and Industry for Malaysia, in Abu Dhabi. A delegation of top trade officials from Malaysia visited the UAE, and the meeting was a part of that trip. Al Zeyoudi praised the two nations' solid relations during the meetings and emphasised the UAE's commitment to enhancing commercial cooperation and creating opportunities for both countries' business communities. The UAE and Malaysia are negotiating a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, which was announced during H.H. Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi's, visit to Kuala Lumpur in May 2023. The negotiations for this agreement were also discussed by the two parties. The first meeting between the two trade ministers occurred earlier this month in Jakarta at the ASEAN Business & Investment Summit, under...

 The quantum technology industry is growing at a remarkable rate and investments in the potentially ground-breaking technology are at an all-time high. While excitement is growing, quantum technology still has a long way to go and there is some concern that the industry may be over-hyped. The quantum technology industry consists of companies and organizations that are working to develop cutting edge quantum hardware, software, applications, and related services. Research institutions, universities, and government agencies also work to advance the quantum field. Total annual investment in quantum start-ups hit a new high of $2.35 billion in 2022, though the actual growth of the industry was only 1% year-on-year. That is according to a report from global consulting firm McKinsey & Company, which examines the blossoming industry and shows how growing interest has led to a huge increase in funding.

  Elon Musk, the owner of X (formerly Twitter), announced on Thursday that long-form posts on the microblogging platform are now receiving three billion daily views and continuing to grow. "Long-form posts on this platform are now at 3 billion views per day and rising," Musk posted on X. He went on to compare this growth to the collective views of all newspaper articles available on Earth, stating, "This is roughly on par with all newspaper article views on Earth." Many users on the platform expressed their thoughts on this impressive development. "Impressive growth! It's evident that users are seeking more in-depth content and meaningful insights on this platform," one user wrote. "I've been posting long-form content since it became a thing. I absolutely love being able to express myself with more words and share value-packed and informative content," another user said.

 Zuckerberg's philanthropy venture plans to build a computing system powered by artificial intelligence for life sciences research to study human cells and diseases. The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, created by Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan, will use the computing system to run openly available AI models, the philanthropy venture said on Tuesday. AI has been used in the life sciences domain for some years. Among the popular platforms, Google DeepMind's AlphaFold can predict protein structures, while Nvidia's RadImageGAN, an AI model for radiology, can catch a broad range of medical conditions, including stroke, heart attack, and cancer. "Bringing the power of generative AI to biology at scale will allow researchers to incorporate these technological advances into their work, which will accelerate efforts to cure, prevent, or manage all disease," Chan said.

  Agricultural production declined significantly during H1-FY23 after the countrywide torrential rains provoked devastating floods in the year 2022, reports WealthPK.  The heavy monsoon rainfall during the months of June, July and August inundated almost one third of the country, resulting in severe crop losses. The floods coincided with the Kharif season. Consequently, all important crops sustained damages. Compared to the last year, rice reported the highest losses followed by cotton. Sugarcane and maize reported relatively lesser losses. According to the Ministry of National Food Security and Research (MNFS&R), production of cotton and rice fell by 24.6 and 40 percent, respectively. Damages to important crops and livestock along with supply chain disruptions caused food shortages and worsened the food security situation by limiting the affordability and availability of food.  The damages were more pronounced in the Sindh province.

  Essential function in global trade The UAE has been utilising its development potential, advantageous position, and innovative economic role in the area to be an active player in the Belt and Road initiative since its inception. Since the effort emphasises the UAE's crucial position in global trade and is in accordance with the goals of the UAE Centenary, it is seen as a good chance to promote the nation's growth and investment ambitions regionally and internationally. Since they account for over 30% of the UAE's non-oil trade, the economic partnership agreements the UAE established as part of the programme serve as a crucial foundation of that sector. New business and trade alliances The UAE's involvement in and support of the effort will benefit trade, infrastructure, and transit projects, lower investment costs, and pave the path for the country to forge new economic and trade alliances. The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), which is headed by China and ...

  Tech news isn't a speciality any more. It's just the news. AI, social media drama, Elon Musk's latest proclamations - it's all mainstream. But it differs from other types of news in one key way. A wiser colleague than I, who covered the technology beat for years, once told me that editors always want an "iPhone moment", where someone walks out on a stage and reveals a brand new invention that will change our lives. Take the current AI boom as an example. The technology behind ChatGPT was being developed for years before the current craze - and that's why GPT was already on version 3.5 by the time most people heard of it. There's a much deeper development cycle that goes on before major companies start tacking the latest buzzword on every product they make. That's been true for all the tech hype cycles in recent years, whether it's "the algorithm", blockchain, web3, or whatever else. The truth is that major technology shifts are usua...

  AUSTIN, Texas  To combat the extreme environmental toll of major oil spills, researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have created a technology that could significantly improve cleanup capabilities compared with current methods. The new technology uses a dual-layer mesh roller coupled with an induction heating technique, with material properties that allow it to separate oil from water and then remove that oil from the ocean with high efficiency and throughput. In experiments, the researchers showed the potential to retrieve up to 1,400 kilograms of viscous oil per square meter per hour, which is about 10 times better than the way oil is cleaned up today. “When you have a widespread oil spill in the ocean, it slowly diffuses into the water, so how quickly and efficiently you can retrieve the oil has a major impact on the marine environment,” said Guihua Yu, a professor of materials science in the Cockrell School of Engineering’s Walker Department of Mechanical Engine...

  Sultan Al Neyadi, in particular, has made history for every Emirati and Arab by spending six months aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Three additional astronauts who had already touched down on Earth were present with Sultan AlNeyadi. This NASA space mission included astronauts Stephen Bowen and Woody Hoburg, as well as Alneyadi and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev. The Ajmani sultan praises Neyadi's earthly comeback. Sheikh Humaid extolled Neyadi's accomplishment, saying it mirrored the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's dream and solidified the UAE's position as one of the world's top nations in this area because of the foresight of President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.

  Northern Ireland can be a testing centre for artificial intelligence in the UK, according to a group representing the software industry. Belfast-based IT firm Kainos announced it was investing £10m to develop the use of generative AI in its business. David Crozier, new head of The Software Alliance, believes more companies in Northern Ireland will follow suit. He described the Kainos announcement as a "super statement of intent". He said Northern Ireland had "historically been very strong at developing enterprise software solutions" so it was "no surprise" technology companies here were investing in research and innovation. "Kainos won't be the last company to make announcements in terms of investing in AI, and generative AI in particular, and I think that's where Northern Ireland can be very strong in terms of its value proposition."