news

One of Saudi Arabia’s newest luxury journeys will take you right back to where you started. Dream of the Desert, the kingdom’s first ultra-luxury train, is due to start running at the end of the year, with cabins from $8,000 a night. One of its trips will leave Riyadh in the afte

The US has softened export controls on UAE purchases of America’s most advanced technologies. The UAE government and approved companies no longer need licenses to buy semiconductor processors, some commercial satellites and military equipment, or dual-use items for civil nuclear

His rapid rise to Instagram fame may be familiar but his designs are anything but. Ethiopian content creator Kalu Putik has grabbed the attention of the fashion world with his outfits made from old clothes, shoes, and garbage scraps. Expressionless, he shows us a pair of shoes th

Nigeria’s daily crude oil production reached its highest level in six years last month following a government push to improve security along pipelines, the chief regulator of oil producing companies said. Oil receipts account for more than 90% of Nigeria’s foreign exchange earnin

An indoor events space largely dedicated to rodeos and livestock could soon host a data center. Global Stack has proposed building an Edge data center at the Cow Palace, along with a multi-level parking garage and a helicopter landing pad. Seeking a 100-year land lease, the facil

Frank Garcia, the recently confirmed US assistant secretary of state for African affairs, began his first official trip to the continent this weekend, arriving in Nigeria before planned stops in Côte d’Ivoire and Mali. Garcia, a former Republican Capitol Hill staffer and Navy off

Falling global oil prices are on course to lower South Africa’s inflation rate to the central bank’s 3% target faster than modeled, its governor said ahead of next week’s monetary policy meeting, prompting economists to scale back expectations of back-to-back interest rate hikes.

South Africa has removed more than 53,000 migrants over the last five weeks through deportations and repatriations following pressure from anti-migrant groups. Africa’s biggest economy has been on a knife edge for months over growing anti-migrant sentiment and xenophobic violence

The death toll from the twin earthquakes that struck Venezuela last month approached 5,000, while thousands more remain missing. The Pan American Health Organization on Friday warned that the country faces a “critical” emergency that could trigger a major health crisis, as poor s

Australia has suddenly become the third-largest importer of Chinese batteries as it rapidly shifts to domestic renewable energy. In March, Australia accounted for almost 10% of new global battery capacity, with 2,000 home batteries installed a day so far this year. Beijing’s trad

Indian police have arrested an employee at state-owned telecoms company Mahanagar Telecom Nigam Limited (MTNL) in relation to copper theft. As reported by various local media outlets, including the Hindustan Times, Vinod Yadav, 54, has been arrested after allegedly providing conf

German semiconductor manufacturer Infineon has partnered with Korean electrical equipment manufacturer LS Electric to develop direct current power infrastructure for the AI data center market. The companies signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on

AMD FSR Multi-Frame Generation with 8x mode spotted — experimental driver settings could hint at FSR's next evolution Hidden settings suggest AMD is testing Multi Frame Generation. AMD is reportedly testing FSR Multi Frame Generation for existing Radeon GPUs, with ratios of up to

A proposed bill that would allow autonomous vehicles to operate in Washington, D.C. has become a test case for Uber’s broader robotaxi strategy. Instead of simply partnering with, and investing in, robotaxi developers, Uber is also trying to shape the rules that govern them, an e

This is CNBC's Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Happy Monday. I spent the weekend on an overnight trail race in Vermont. Even if you stayed home, you likely still felt inflation's pinch. Stock futures are lower this morning. The

Artificial intelligence has prompted concerns that workers — particularly young professionals — could be replaced by advancing technology. Yet signs are emerging that older workers are also affected, according to a new paper from the Center for Retirement Research at Boston Colle

D2CX by Inc42 is a 12-week hands-on program to help you level up your D2C game. Learn from India's top 1% D2C founders and experts through actionable insights, proven strategies and tactics on how to 10X your D2C brand. view ManagementX by Inc42 – India’s first Startup Management

Tom's Hardware Verdict The Flashforge Creator 5 is the least expensive tool changer on the market. It has a few quirks, and the slicer profiles need work, but otherwise, this is a good entry-level tool changer. Pros - + Tool changer - + Low waste printing - + Fast Core XY - + Eas

Apple's rumored M7 Ultra targets 1.5TB of memory and Blackwell-class AI performance, report claims — monster 2028 offering would depend on memory shortage easing Bloomberg’s Gurman describes a compressed M7 timeline, but its top memory config hinges on shortage relief. Apple's pl

Off the Wire Press Releases July 13, 2026 — Have you ever taken a prescribed medicine to resolve a health issue, only for the treatment to fail? Perhaps you’re among the unlucky low percentage of people on weight loss drugs who can’t seem to lose a single pound. The lack of effic

Europe reported more than 10,000 excess deaths during June’s record-breaking heatwave, new data showed, with analysts bracing for a higher toll as forecasts point to higher temperatures. Recent mercury spikes have also led to wildfires across much of Southern Europe, including bl

Ukraine’s allies gather in Paris today to discuss further military aid for Kyiv, but Europe is still struggling to wean itself off Russian gas. The “Coalition of the Willing,” a grouping led by France and the UK, has expanded to 37 members, mostly European. It is expected to back

The News Venture capital deal-making in the Middle East has collapsed to a five-year low amid the Iran war, jeopardizing the growth of startups that are an engine for jobs, innovation, and non-oil revenue. The number of deals in the Middle East and North Africa in the first half

Matthew’s view Saudi Arabia reshuffled the leadership of its mining and defense sectors, in a sign of renewed pressure on lagging areas of the economy sectors that are key to the kingdom’s diversification plans. Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman will now oversee the Ind

Across Africa, governments have spent decades announcing ports without thinking about connecting railways, highways without paved feeder roads, and pipelines without ancillary terminals. Each project may make sense on its own, yet too many struggle because the surrounding infrast

Save $544 on a new RTX 5080-packed Cyberpower gaming PC — also features AMD's 9800X3D, 32GB of DDR5 RAM, and a 2TB SSD for $2,744 A deal double-stack knocks $544 off the total Everyone is more than aware of the rise in prices of everything, especially anything using RAM or storag

Valve confirms Steam Machine red light overheating warning is showing earlier than it should; BIOS fix on the way — will raise temperature warning threshold to 100 Degrees Celsius Currently users are seeing this ominous warning sign when the CPU hits 95°C and/or the GPU 90°C. We'

I remember the first customer I lost due to not showing up in person. They were a Fortune 50 customer. We did a CSAT survey, and every user loved us. The implementation was flawless. There were zero issues. And … we lost them at renewal. Our buyer was kind enough to call us and e

Over the past few years, many of us have gotten a crash course in what we now call artificial intelligence—but really, it has mostly been a crash course in large language models. Increasingly, however, LLMs are no longer the only category of AI drawing high expectations, massive

Grab 32GB of Corsair Vengeance DDR5 for just $236, $150 cheaper than the best standalone price — epic Newegg combo deal saves you $234 overall and comes with an AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D and a Gigabyte X870 motherboard Start building a 4K gaming PC with this Newegg parts bundle RAM is

The US and Iran traded further strikes Sunday night and oil prices jumped as the shaky ceasefire unravelled further. Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz fell to its lowest level in weeks, with just 22 ships traversing the passage and some reportedly switching off their transpond

D2CX by Inc42 is a 12-week hands-on program to help you level up your D2C game. Learn from India's top 1% D2C founders and experts through actionable insights, proven strategies and tactics on how to 10X your D2C brand. view ManagementX by Inc42 – India’s first Startup Management

Mobile-first credit card startup OneCard is raising Rs 72 crore (around $7.6 million) in a fresh funding round led by Peak XV Partners, with participation from existing investor Z47 (formerly Matrix Partners India), Hummingbird Ventures, and several angel investors. In Nov 2024,

Keep me signed in Some subscribers prefer to save their log-in information so they do not have to enter their User ID and Password each time they visit the site. To activate this function, check the 'Keep me signed in' box in the log-in section. This will save the password on th

The Indian government’s latest tussle with WhatsApp has raised concerns about the censorship of app features globally. On June 29, WhatsApp began rolling out usernames globally, allowing users to chat without sharing their phone numbers. The Indian government has objected to the

Dear SaaStr: Should both founders be at investor pitches, or just one is one? Both own 50% BTW. The CEO should always be at every VC pitch. The other founder? It is nice to have them there, especially if she or he can answer certain questions (e.g., product, technology) with spec

Apple is suing AI for stealing trade secrets; there is one guilty employee, but this mostly feels like lashing out. Subscribe to Stratechery Plus for full access. Already subscribed? $15 / month or $150 / year With Stratechery Plus you get access to the subscriber-only Stratecher