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DubaiNow Gas Billing Launch Starts With Lootah BC Gas Customers

Digital Dubai has added Lootah BC Gas bill viewing and payment to DubaiNow, but the first rollout is limited to customers with active accounts and does not name other gas companies or adoption targets.

#digital infrastructure #digital government #DubaiNow

June 29, 2026Read More →

Bitexen ADGM Permissions Put Trading And Custody Under FSRA Rules

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Bitexen ADGM Permissions Put Trading And Custody Under FSRA Rules

Bitexen MENA and Bitexen Custody received ADGM FSRA permissions for virtual-asset trading and custody, while the public record still lacks launch volumes, listed tokens or first institutional clients.

#crypto #virtual assets #fiat referenced tokens

June 29, 2026Read More →

I-Pulse CHIPS Award Funds Silicon Carbide Switches For Geothermal Power

Chips & SemiconductorsNews

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I-Pulse CHIPS Award Funds Silicon Carbide Switches For Geothermal Power

I-Pulse has signed a definitive agreement for a $250 million U.S. Department of Commerce CHIPS R&D award, but the company frames the semiconductor work around pulsed-power drilling rather than conventional AI accelerators.

#CHIPS Act #silicon carbide #pulsed power

June 29, 2026Read More →

AMD And Imperial Target UK Sovereign AI Without Naming Compute Capacity

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AMD And Imperial Target UK Sovereign AI Without Naming Compute Capacity

AMD and Imperial College London plan to work on AI-enabled scientific discovery, sovereign AI infrastructure and HPC systems in the UK, but the announcement gives no GPU count, funding amount or deployment timetable.

#AMD #ROCm #HPC

June 29, 2026Read More →

VARA Tells Dubai VASPs To Put AML Risk Reviews Under Board Oversight

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VARA Tells Dubai VASPs To Put AML Risk Reviews Under Board Oversight

VARA said it issued guidance from its 2026 business risk assessment review, pressing licensed VASPs to connect AML/CFT risk ratings with board challenge, data evidence and control decisions.

#crypto #crypto web3 #AML/CFT

June 28, 2026Read More →

TDRA Pushes UAE Federal Payments Toward One Digital Identity System

Fintech & Digital PaymentsNews

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TDRA Pushes UAE Federal Payments Toward One Digital Identity System

The UAE’s TDRA used a federal workshop to advance a unified government digital payment ecosystem, linking payment procedures, settlement speed, digital identity and service-center channels.

#digital government #digital identity #TDRA

June 28, 2026Read More →

NPCI Sees AI In UPI Growth While App-Concentration Deadline Still Looms

Fintech & Digital PaymentsNews

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NPCI Sees AI In UPI Growth While App-Concentration Deadline Still Looms

NPCI chief Dilip Asbe said AI could help UPI reach new users, detect fraud and support credit, while India’s payment ecosystem still faces a December 31, 2026 app-concentration deadline.

#UPI #AI finance #NPCI

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SK hynix Expert Frames AI Chip Race Around Power, Water And Megafabs

Chips & SemiconductorsNews

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SK hynix Expert Frames AI Chip Race Around Power, Water And Megafabs

An SK hynix Newsroom expert column says AI semiconductor competition is moving beyond faster chips toward megafab capital, grid delivery, industrial water and memory supply stability.

#AI infrastructure #HBM #SK hynix

June 28, 2026Read More →

Oracle Offers MySQL Steering Committee But Community Wants Binding Control

Science & TechNews

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Oracle Offers MySQL Steering Committee But Community Wants Binding Control

Oracle says MySQL will get a new governance model and steering committee, but OurSQL Foundation backers say the plan still leaves final authority with Oracle rather than the user and developer community.

#enterprise #open source governance #MySQL

June 28, 2026Read More →

AI Data Centres Force Utilities To Price Power Queues Before Land Deals

Cloud & Data CentersNews

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AI Data Centres Force Utilities To Price Power Queues Before Land Deals

Utilities and grid-reliability specialists say hyperscale AI campuses are changing how large loads are studied, priced and connected, with FirstEnergy using a two-stage load study and bigger Ohio transmission plans.

#AI data centers #utility interconnection #grid reliability

June 28, 2026Read More →

U.S. Bank And GigSafe Put Instant Driver Payouts Behind Compliance Workflows

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U.S. Bank And GigSafe Put Instant Driver Payouts Behind Compliance Workflows

U.S. Bank is embedding instant payment capabilities in GigSafe’s platform, giving regulated delivery and logistics operators a way to manage contractor compliance and driver payouts in one workflow.

#embedded payments #instant payments #contractor compliance

June 28, 2026Read More →

IBM Claims Sub-1 Nanometre Chip Path With Production Still Five Years Away

Chips & SemiconductorsNews

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IBM Claims Sub-1 Nanometre Chip Path With Production Still Five Years Away

IBM says its nanostack architecture can put nearly 100 billion transistors on a fingernail-sized chip and move sub-1 nanometre technology into production within five years. The claim targets AI efficiency, but IBM has not named customers or manufacturing partners for the process.

#AI chips #semiconductor research #sub 1 nanometre

June 28, 2026Read More →