UAE, 17 December 2025 – The evolution of smartphones took a new trajectory in the summer of 2024. After months of speculation and rumours, as Huawei unveiled the first-ever commercially available trifold to the world, it was praised universally. It proved that there is still room for groundbreaking innovations in smartphones. The HUAWEI Mate XT was so ahead of its time, it took the competition over a year to release a viable triple fold.
Dubai, December 17, 2025: Zoho Corporation, a leading global technology company, today announced the launch of Zoho Billing Enterprise Edition, an advanced billing solution for large enterprises, and Zoho Spend, an industry-first spend management solution that includes payroll.
Hyther Nizam, President MEA at Zoho Corp
The two new solutions help finance teams in the UAE and wider region monetise with modern revenue strategies, improve spend controls, streamline procurement, and gain end-to-end financial visibility. These new offerings are designed to support the UAE’s rapidly growing digital economy and meet the high complexity needs of large businesses operating across the Emirates.
Prashant Ganti, Vice President of Global Product Strategy, Finance and Operations BU, Zoho
“As part of our transnational localism strategy, of being globally connected and locally rooted, we have been launching solutions tailor-made for the region,” said Hyther Nizam, President, Zoho MEA. “As enterprises across the UAE scale in complexity and ambition, finance leaders are under pressure to move beyond fragmented systems and gain real-time, end-to-end visibility across revenue and spend. With the launch of Zoho Billing and Zoho Spend, we are addressing a critical gap by bringing billing, payroll, procurement, and expense management together on a single, integrated platform built for scale, compliance, and agility. These solutions support the UAE’s vision for a digitally enabled, globally competitive business ecosystem.”
Vòya, a groundbreaking education technology platform, today announced its launch as the first unified digital ecosystem designed to integrate academics, career development, finances, productivity, and community into a single intelligent interface. Built for the modern learner, Vòya marks a significant advancement in how students interact with information, resources, and opportunities throughout their academic journey.
International Team Observes Shapiro Steps in Ultracold Atomic Circuits for the First Time
Florence (Italy), Kaiserslautern (Germany), Abu Dhabi (UAE) – Monday 15 December: In a major advance for quantum science, an international team of researchers has achieved the first-ever observation of Shapiro steps in ultracold atoms. This milestone offers a new window into quantum mechanics in real time and lays the groundwork for advanced quantum sensors and quantum simulation.
UAE’s AI infrastructure pioneer establishes European HQ to serve as central base for regional operations,including customer delivery, technical leadership, and partner engagement.
Expansion builds on recent initiatives with AMD, Data One, Oreus in France, and Domyn in Italy to scale AI infrastructure across Europe.
16 December 2025, Dublin, Ireland: Core42, a G42 company specializing in sovereign cloud and AI infrastructure, today announced the establishment of its European headquarters in Dublin, Ireland.The news was shared at Investopia, the UAE’s global investment platform, which is hosting its global dialogue series in Dublin this week. The new headquarters strengthens Core42’s abilityto serve European enterprises and governments seeking secure, high-performance infrastructure to scale AI adoption.