FaceTime calls finally seem to be working in the UAE
Whether this is a permanent change or a brief reprieve isn't clear.
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GM's Cruise will operate a robotaxi service in Dubai
It's the first time the Cruise Origin will serve outside of the US.
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The UAE successfully put a probe in orbit around Mars
The mission is designed to study the Martian atmosphere.
UAE plans to put a lander on the Moon by 2024
The ambitious project would exclusively use Emirati engineers.
UAE successfully launches its Hope Probe on a mission to Mars
It's the Arab world's first mission to the red planet.
Watch the UAE launch its first Mars mission at 5:58PM ET
It's a historic occasion with a lot at stake.
Google pulls alleged UAE spying app ToTok from the Play Store, again
ToTok was reinstated last month, but Google pulled it for a second time.
Messaging app ToTok is reportedly a spying tool for the UAE
It may help the Emirati government track its citizens.
Twitter bans thousands of state-backed accounts spreading misinformation
And Facebook took down 100 accounts with ties to Spain's Partido Popular.
UAE debuts the world's largest individual solar power project
Noor Abu Dhabi will produce nearly 1.2 gigawatts of electricity.
Saudi Arabia and UAE test cryptocurrency for cross-border payments
Only their central and local banks have to access to it for now.
Contractor hoped to sell social media surveillance to oppressive regimes
The firm promised it could harvest public data en masse.
US lifts laptop ban at Abu Dhabi airport
Don't call it a change of heart, though.
Dubai hopes to have a human-free police station by 2030
The first of many robot police officers is ready.
Amazon is buying the 'Amazon of the Middle East'
If the rumors are true, it spent around $650 million to buy Souq.com.
ICYMI: Screaming down a magnetic levitation tube
Shuttling the wealthy, Hyperloop-style, in the United Arab Emirates.
Hyperloop One shows how its first routes could work
As part of a deal with Dubai, it gave a peek at how its super-fast transportation would work in the UAE.
