Abu Dhabi-backed newspaper buyout sparking panic

Copies of The Daily Telegraph newspaper on a newsstand in a shop in London, UK, on March 12, 2024 (L), and UAE Vice President Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed al-Nahyan speaking at COP28 on Dec. 1, 2023. Getty Images DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Mansions, university facilities, think tanks, sports teams — the U.K. is no stranger … Read more

Dave Bautista, Josh Brolin, & Director Denis Villeneuve Bring ‘Dune: Part Two’ to Abu Dhabi | Dave Bautista, Denis Villeneuve, Dune, Josh Brolin, Tanya Lapointe | Just Jared: Celebrity News and Gossip

The press tour for the Dune sequel continues! Dave Bautista and Josh Brolin joined director Denis Villeneuve at the premiere of Dune: Part Two on Sunday (February 18) held at the WB Hotel in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Also in attendance was Denis‘ longtime love and fellow filmmaker Tanya Lapointe, who serves as a … Read more

Dalal Abu Amneh posted a message on Oct. 7. Then came the death threats.

AFULA, Israel — Dalal Abu Amneh insists she didn’t mean to take sides with her Facebook message on Oct. 7: “The only victor is God.” The Palestinian citizen of northern Israel — a neuroscientist and a folk singer renowned in the Arab world — was starting a silent retreat at a Christian monastery in Jerusalem … Read more

F1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2023 live updates, highlights and result as Verstappen starts on pole for final race of the season

Max Verstappen will look to complete his near-perfect 2023 F1 season by winning the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix from pole position on Sunday. The Dutchman dominated on track throughout qualifying yesterday, setting some impressive lap times as his blistering pace looks set to continue for at least another weekend to see out a famous individual … Read more

Cerebras and Abu Dhabi’s M42 made an LLM dedicated to answering medical questions

Cerebras and M42/ZDNET The applications of artificial intelligence in health care are numerous. But they are largely dominated by older AI technology; newer things such as so-called generative AI and large language models (LLMs) are the craze of the moment, but they are deemed too risky to be used to any great extent in health … Read more

Is Paulo Costa out of UFC 294 bout with Khamzat Chimaev in Abu Dhabi?

With the fight world still coming to grips with a shifting landscape for UFC 294 in Abu Dhabi, there could be yet more changes with Paulo Costa’s place on the main card in doubt. The Brazilian is due to face Khamzat Chimaev in an eagerly anticipated middleweight bout in the co-main event, but Dana White … Read more

Abu Dhabi sovereign-wealth fund invests nearly $600M in Reliance Retail at $100B valuation

Abu Dhabi Investment Authority is investing $597 million in Reliance Retail, valuing the largest Indian retail chain at a whopping $100 billion. The investment follows KKR and Qatar Investment Authority together investing $1.7 billion in the Indian firm, which is part of Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries. Abu Dhabi sovereign-wealth fund’s investment will fetch it a … Read more

AI startup Cerebras constructed a gargantuan AI pc for Abu Dhabi’s G42 with 27 million AI ‘cores’

Cerebras co-founder and CEO Andrew Feldman, right here seen standing atop packing crates for the CS-2 methods earlier than their set up on the Santa Clara, California internet hosting facility of accomplice Colovore.  Photograph: Rebecca Lewington/Cerebras Methods The fervor surrounding synthetic intelligence “is not a Silicon Valley factor, it is not even a U.S. factor, … Read more