Monthly Archives: November 2025

Technologies

Snowflake Announces New Product Innovations to Accelerate the Development of Enterprise-Grade Agentic AI Apps

  • Snowflake Intelligence is now generally available, equipping organisations to democratize data and AI across their business
  • New advancements to Snowflake Horizon Catalog and Snowflake Openflow enable enterprises to make all their data accessible for AI agents
  • New suite of developer tools to supercharge agentic AI, enabling developers to deploy AI apps faster and more reliably

November 6, 2025 – Snowflake, the AI Data Cloud company, today announced several product innovations to its platform, empowering organizations to easily deploy agentic AI at scale and deliver trusted and accurate insights.

These enhancements include the general availability of Snowflake Intelligence, an enterprise intelligence agent that provides every user with the ability to answer complex questions in natural language and put insights at every employee’s fingertips. Together with advancements to Snowflake Openflow and Snowflake Horizon Catalog, organizations can drive more robust data insights by connecting all of their data — structured, unstructured, and semi-structured — from disparate sources and catalogs to power agentic AI. This all takes place within Snowflake’s secure, governed and interoperable environment – free of vendor lock-in. 

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Education

Canadian University Dubai Incubator launches first innovation start-up

TrustPaper brings revolutionary solution to document security and authenticity

November 06,2025: Dubai, UAE:Canadian University Dubai has announced the launch of TrustPaper, the first business venture with a filed patent to emerge from the university’s businessIncubator.Powered by ZipTrust, a blockchain-enabled technology, TrustPaper’s groundbreaking innovation enables secure, automatic verification of documents in just seconds. As part of CUD’s long-term commitment to sustainability and social impact, 25% of royaltyproceeds from the business will be dedicated to an endowment that supports equality in education.

Powered by ZipTrust, a blockchain-enabled technology,TrustPaper enables secure, automatic verification of documents 

As the first initiative of its kind in the region, TrustPaper positions CUD as the first university to embed NFC (Near Field Communication) and copyright protection technology directly into academic credentials. This allows instant, automatic verification through a QR code or NFC chip using a mobile device, eliminating the risk of forgery or tampering, while ensuring seamless validation for documents. The innovation also stores a digital twin of the documentation in the blockchain, ensuring secure, lifelong access.

TrustPaper was launched under the brand promise ‘Authenticity You Can Hold’ at the CUD Hub in Dubai

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Featured

CITES recognition of Vantara underscores rising global benchmarks in wildlife care

Dubai, November 6, 2025: The recent Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (“CITES”) commendation of India’s world-class animal-welfare and conservation practices provides a timely benchmark for others. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is also strengthening its global-standard wildlife protection and biodiversity conservation framework. With its robust regulatory systems, ambitious biodiversity strategies, and expanding protected-area network, the UAE has emerged as a regional leader in wildlife conservation.

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Education

Lost in Transition: Gaps in Career Paths Costing Saudi Arabia SAR 62 Billion Annually

RIYADH – 6th November 2025 –  New research from Pearson (FTSE: PSON.L), the world’s lifelong learning company, reveals gaps at career and learning transition points are costing Saudi Arabia an estimated SAR 62 billion in lost earnings annually for Saudi nationals.

Pearson’s “Lost in Transition: Fixing Saudi Arabia’s SAR 62 billion ‘learn-to-earn’ skills gap” details the economic and personal impact of learning gaps during major career transitions – from formal education to work, moving from one job to another, and disruptions caused by AI automation. In a youth-driven economy where roughly 70% of the population is under 35, the report recommends approaches to learning and skills development to support the goals of Vision 2030.

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Business & Investments

Climate technology surge: Middle East urged to invest now to meet net zero goals, says ACCA

As the Middle East accelerates towards ambitious national net zero targets, climate technology investment is emerging as a critical enabler of sustainable growth.

Two-thirds of organisations (66%) globally believe climate technology is, or will become, essential, according to a new report by ACCA. From renewable energy to carbon capture and sustainable supply chains, climate tech is a present-day imperative.

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