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This photo illustration shows the social media platform X (former Twitter) app on a smartphone in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on September 18, 2024

Sharjah Media City Launches 'Influencers' Room' Program

The "Influencers' Room" program at Sharjah Media City offers workshops and interactive sessions focused on key topics like influencer marketing, content creation, brand collaboration, audience engagement, social media strategies, and personal branding.
American University of Sharjah

Sharjah Introduces World's First AI-Issued Trade License

The new AI service will be available at the Sharjah Investor Services Center (Saeed) and SPC Free Zone, allowing people to get their trade licenses in under five minutes. Soon, this service will be available in other free zones across Sharjah.
Social media app TikTok has come under scrutiny from the US government

TikTok Battles US Ban Threat In Court

TikTok faced pushback in a federal court on Monday in its efforts to stop a law that requires the app to divest from its Chinese ownership or face a ban in the United States.
Activists wearing eye masks, hold posters reading ‘Repeated deepfake sex crimes, the state is an accomplice too’ during a protest against deepfake porn in Seoul on August 30, 2024

Deepfake Porn Crisis Batters South Korea Schools

After South Korean authorities uncovered a sprawling network of AI deepfake porn Telegram chatrooms targeting schools and universities, teenage activist Bang Seo-yoon began collecting testimony of abuse from victims.
Apple chief executive Tim Cook said 'breakthrough' technology is driving breakthrough innovations like a new iPhone built for generative artificial intelligence

Apple Unveils New IPhone Built For AI

Apple on Monday unveiled new iPhones built for generative artificial intelligence as it seeks to boost sales and show it is keeping up in the technology race.
Screenshot of the Brazilian government's account on Bluesky

Brazilians Flock To Bluesky And Threads After X Suspension

Millions of Brazilians, including the president, have flocked to social media platforms such as Threads or Bluesky, where Portuguese has become the most spoken language in the few days since Elon Musk's X was shut down in the country.

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