Somewhere on the edge of Abu Dhabi, past the last belt of city lights where the desert goes genuinely dark, the Al Khatim Observatory sits under a sky that most urban residents have never really seen. The telescope domes are small against the flat horizon. The air is dry. And in the weeks surrounding late February 2026, the western sky after sunset has been doing something that even veteran astronomers stop to look at: six planets strung out along the same broad arc, visible all at once, Mercury and Venus burning near the horizon while Jupiter and Saturn hang higher…
A collection of photos had been sitting unexamined since 2017 somewhere in the enormous Mikulski…
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The King Abdulaziz International Conference Center in Riyadh doesn’t seem like the birthplace of international tech regulations. Footsteps are absorbed by the thick carpets. Besides the translation headsets are half-finished coffee cups. Attendees lean forward and pay close attention as presenters go over a topic that was previously thought to be solely Californian: the proper conduct of artificial intelligence. Silicon Valley is not the source of this conversation. In collaboration with the Islamic World Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, the Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority has started to develop an ethics charter that goes beyond governing AI in the…
At the CES 2026 floor, the quiet moments were more noticeable than the cacophony. In a few seconds, a glass panel in a corner booth with louder, flashier displays changed from clear to opaque. No announcement. There is no dramatic lighting. A few attendees in the vicinity paused mid-conversation due to a minor alteration. Compared to the robotic dogs and holographic assistants strewn throughout the hall, that glass, which was a component of a larger idea put forth by teams involved in Dubai’s expanding smart infrastructure push, seemed almost insignificant. However, it seems like this is the kind of technology…
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