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The UK is putting £600M+ behind AI security and biosecurity. 🇬🇧🤖🔐

Funding covers cyber defence, frontier-model testing, vulnerability detection and a new AI Biosecurity Lab — with OpenAI + Anthropic adding up to £200M in support.

@AISecurityInst @OpenAI @AnthropicAI @GoogleDeepMind
@kanishkanarayan @sama @DarioAmodei
https://t.co/8Nc4PMz3hd

#AI #AISecurity #Cybersecurity #GulfICT

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China has launched six more remote-sensing satellites. 🇨🇳🛰️

A Long March 4B carried:

🛰️ Yaogan-53: 07–09
🛰️ Yaogan-56: 19–21
All six reached their planned low-Earth orbits.

The shift:

more satellites → denser Earth observation → faster data

https://t.co/yVrU22of8K

#China #Space #Satellite #GulfICT

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AI infrastructure needs more than GPUs. It needs fast storage too. 🤖💾

Sharaf DG + MiPhi Semiconductors are bringing enterprise SSD and AI-storage solutions to the UAE.

The shift:

more AI compute → more pressure on the storage layer

@SharafDG

Leaders: Nilesh Khalkho, CEO of Sharaf DG, and Vikas Jain, Co-Founder of MiPhi.

https://t.co/Adcss66CdZ

#UAE #AIInfrastructure #Semiconductors #GulfICT

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AI is moving inside the operating room. 🇦🇪🤖🏥

Healthpoint + @Proximie are deploying real-time surgical AI in Abu Dhabi to predict delays, improve theatre utilisation and coordinate teams faster.

The shift:

reactive OR → predictive OR

@DrNadineHH @awscloud @MattSGarman

https://t.co/954B3Zx5y3

#UAE #HealthTech #AI #GulfICT

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G42 is taking its Intelligence Grid model into Greece. 🇦🇪🤝🇬🇷

The new agreements span:

⚡ AI infrastructure
☁️ sovereign cloud
🏙️ smart cities
🏛️ government AI
🧬 life sciences
The bigger shift:
UAE-built AI capability → European national-scale deployment

https://t.co/kphY8T4F7n

#G42 #UAE #Greece #AIInfrastructure #GulfICT

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Oman is putting ~$780M behind the next phase of its digital economy. 🇴🇲💻

By 2030, the plan targets:

💰 OMR 300M tech investment
👥 3,000 jobs/year
📈 OMR 1.5B GDP contribution
🤖 wider AI adoption
@mtcitoman | @alialshidhani

https://t.co/t078ZzjW7O

#Oman #AI #DigitalEconomy #GulfICT

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The GCC data-centre pipeline has passed $93B. ⚡🤖

174+ projects are now active or planned as AI, cloud and sovereign infrastructure demand accelerates.

The next bottleneck?

Power + grids + cooling.

@awscloud @mattsgarman @googlecloud @sundarpichai @khazna_dc @globaldataplc

https://t.co/uPyzGUkIzJ

#GCC #DataCenters #AIInfrastructure #GulfICT

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du is keeping its growth momentum in 2026. 🇦🇪📈

9M results:

💰 Revenue: AED 12.34B (+6.2%)
📊 EBITDA: AED 6.01B (+9.2%)
✅ Net profit: AED 2.42B (+10.8%)
Led by CEO Fahad Al Hassawi, du continues to expand beyond connectivity into digital services.
@dutweets

https://t.co/cs4yZ2GgMS

#UAE #du #Telecom #GulfICT

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Zain + Ooredoo have launched the first phase of their regional tower platform. 📡🌍

Around 4,000 towers in Kuwait + Qatar are now being brought together under a 50/50 structure.

The shift:

telco-owned towers → shared regional infrastructure

Led by Bader Al-Kharafi of Zain and Aziz Aluthman Fakhroo of Ooredoo.

@ZainKuwait @OoredooQatar

https://t.co/WSMo1S1xi0

#Telecom #Kuwait #Qatar #GulfICT

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Zain Bahrain returned to stronger growth in Q3. 🇧🇭📈

9M 2026:

💰 Revenue: BD62.49M (+2.9%)
📊 EBITDA: BD17.5M (+2.4%)
✅ Net profit: BD4.27M (+2.2%)
Q3 revenue alone jumped 12.9% YoY.
https://t.co/rZkN4Fi3A2

#Bahrain #ZainBahrain #Telecom #GulfICT @ZainBahrain

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Singapore + UAE are deepening ties across AI, energy and advanced technology. 🇸🇬🤝🇦🇪

PM Lawrence Wong’s Abu Dhabi visit brought together leaders from G42, MBZUAI, ADNOC, Masdar and others.

The shift:

bilateral ties → technology + investment corridor

https://t.co/ExE3iyniVI

#UAE #Singapore #AI #GulfICT

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SUSE wants enterprises to use AI agents without giving up control. 🤖🔐

With NVIDIA OpenShell + SUSE AI, agents can run inside secure sandboxes while organizations keep control of data, credentials and infrastructure.

The shift:

more AI autonomy → stronger guardrails

https://t.co/G2RBFS786T

#SUSE #NVIDIA #AgenticAI #GulfICT

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Vodacom is investing R1.6B+ in networks across KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga. 🇿🇦📡

The focus:

📶 4G + 5G expansion
🏘️ rural coverage
🌐 transport upgrades
🔋 stronger power resilience
The shift:
more coverage → more resilient connectivity
https://t.co/k32sPDu0fz

#Vodacom #5G #SouthAfrica #GulfICT

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SpaceX just posted $14.6B in Q3 revenue — up 161% YoY. 🚀🤖

The surprise: its “Super Intelligence” AI business generated about $7.6B, while Starlink reached 13.6M subscribers.

The shift:

space company → connectivity + AI infrastructure giant

https://t.co/qRZLgOJ02O

#SpaceX #Starlink #AI #GulfICT

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Arab academia is moving from AI tools to AI research agents. 🤖📚

Dubai will host the fourth Arab AI Researchers initiative in November, focused on agentic AI for literature reviews, data analysis and academic publishing.

The shift:

Generative AI → academic agents → stronger research output

https://t.co/T68urjJfId

#AI #AgenticAI #Research #GulfICT

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AI is moving deeper into mobile network optimization. 📡🤖

CyShield’s new Coverage Analyzer rApp on Ericsson’s automation platform helps operators find dead zones, coverage gaps and poorly balanced cells faster.

The shift:

manual optimization → AI-driven network insight

https://t.co/38isvdWpzm

#AI #5G #Telecom #GulfICT

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etisalat UAE has become the first MENA telco to achieve accredited ISO/IEC 42001 certification for AI management. 🇦🇪🤖
@etisalatUAE
@LRQA

The shift:

AI adoption → formal AI governance

https://t.co/UHllHaoQxT

#UAE #Etisalat #AIGovernance #GulfICT

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NBB Group is consolidating more of its banking infrastructure. 🇧🇭🏦

stc Bahrain has upgraded NBB’s data centre and integrated BisB services onto the same central platform.

The goal:

simpler infrastructure + stronger resilience + easier scaling

https://t.co/vymP0mc3j1

#Bahrain #NBB #stcBahrain #DigitalBanking #GulfICT

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China’s AI chip demand is still huge. 🇨🇳🤖

ByteDance, Alibaba + Tencent have reportedly ordered 3M+ NVIDIA RTX PRO 5500 GPUs worth $35B+.

But NVIDIA may only fulfill 5–10% of demand.

The shift:

export limits → alternative chips → tighter AI compute supply

https://t.co/4s20LqfsbE

#NVIDIA #AI #China #GulfICT

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Bahrain is centralising government AWS cloud management. 🇧🇭☁️

iGA renewed its agreement with Computer World to improve:

💰 cost control
🔐 governance
⚙️ operations
📈 scalability
The shift:
more cloud → more centralised control
https://t.co/th6tpxCeiY

#Bahrain #AWS #Cloud #GulfICT