Emirate Board

18/02/2023

The Dunning-Kruger effect is a cognitive bias in which unskilled individuals overestimate their abilities and mistakenly believe they are more competent than they actually are. This bias can be seen in various domains, such as cognitive ability, motor skills, and social behavior.

17/02/2023

Starting in v1.50, Brave will include a feature called "HTTPS by Default" that loads all sites over for a more private and secure connection.

The browser will only fall back to if the site doesn't support HTTPS or is known to break over HTTPS.

currently uses the HTTPS Everywhere list to determine which sites should be upgraded to HTTPS.

16/02/2023

Azure AD Connect Sync 2.x versions will be retired, starting from March 15th, 2023. If you are on a lower version, prepare for a future migration to a newer version or to Azure AD Cloud Sync. Upgrade your host OS if necessary and plan to review and upgrade regularly.

15/02/2023

Apple has released security updates for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and Safari to address a zero-day flaw that has been actively exploited in the wild. The vulnerability relates to a type confusion bug in the WebKit browser engine, which can be exploited to execute arbitrary code. Apple has also resolved a use-after-free issue in the Kernel and a privacy defect in Shortcuts. Users are advised to update their devices to mitigate potential risks.

14/02/2023

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14/02/2023

Namshi.com, a Middle Eastern online fashion retailer, has been welcomed into the noon ecosystem in a merger that will allow the company to make long-term investments. The move is expected to result in improved assortment, pricing, and service for customers and partners. Hisham Zarka, CTO of the noon Group and co-founder of Namshi, expressed excitement about supporting Namshi.com's next phase of success.

25/01/2023

Microsoft 365 services, including Microsoft Teams, Exchange Online, Outlook, SharePoint Online, OneDrive for Business, Microsoft Graph, PowerBi and Microsoft 365 Admin Center experienced an outage on January 25th due to a networking configuration issue, which was resolved by rolling back a network change. The company also noted that it might have caused some additional impact on Xbox Live as well.

25/01/2023

23/01/2023

is ending the sales of 10 Home and Pro downloads on January 31st. The company will continue to support Windows 10 with security updates until October 2025. Customers are advised to purchase Windows 11 instead.

23/01/2023

Microsoft is making a "multibillion dollar" investment in OpenAI as part of an expanded partnership. The investment will lead to wider use of OpenAI's technology and stronger support. The partnership will result in "new categories of digital experiences" including both consumer-facing and business products. Microsoft will also boost its investments in supercomputers that accelerate OpenAI's research. Azure will remain OpenAI's sole cloud provider. The exact size of the investment is not known but it is believed to be $10 billion over multiple years.

23/01/2023

has launched a new quiet mode for that turns off notifications and sends an auto-reply to people trying to DM you. The feature is aimed at teens and can be enabled when they spend a specific amount of time on Instagram late at night. It is currently available in the US, UK, Ireland, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand and will be available in more countries soon.

21/01/2023

According to The New York Times, Google has tweaked its plans in response to 's threat to its search business over the past few weeks.
According to the article, CEO Pichai has accelerated AI development and issued a "code red" declaration.
At least 20 AI-powered products and a for its engine are apparently in the works at , with at least some expected to make their debut at its I/O conference in .

21/01/2023

An 11-year-old has come up with a that has taken the by storm. This text-based game uses artificial intelligence ( ) to generate game scenarios. It has already been played by thousands of people and has been featured on the front page of .

21/01/2023

In a company-wide email issued to staff, Alphabet, the parent company of , announced that it was eliminating about 12,000 , or about 6% of its global .
Sundar Pichai, , said it was a "tough decision to put us up for the future" and that he was "truly sorry" to the employees who would be .
Pichai said he accepts "full responsibility for the mistakes that lead us here" and that the layoffs will be felt "globally and across the whole company."

21/01/2023

The Authority confirmed that the fees for its services had been increased by Dhs100.

“The fees of all the services provided by the ICP have been increased by Dhs100 for each service,”

20/01/2023

“We are still in early-stage discussions with India on this -rupee trade,”

Thani Al Zeyoudi, the ’s Minister of State for , said during a Bloomberg TV interview in Davos, Switzerland, on Friday.

03/11/2022

Happy UAE Flag Day
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