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Saudi Esports Federation hosts the Saudi eLeague Fighting qualifier in Riyadh, sending top Street Fighter 6 and Fatal Fury players to Evo France 2026.

Over 3,800 players competed in the latest Baloot tournament organized by Huawei AppGallery and Tarbi3ah Challenge, concluding with live finals in Riyadh.

Dr. Soliman Fakeeh Hospital Riyadh took second place in the Ada’a Health Award for maternity care, competing among 2,700 nationwide providers.

Apple unveiled the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max with custom C2 modems, upgraded N1 wireless chips, and improved battery performance across the series.

vLLM has launched immediate support for DeepSeek V4.1 Flash on NVIDIA and AMD GPUs, bringing native vision and 1M-token context to GCC developers.

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash reduces memory consumption to one-quarter and storage to one-eighth, cutting operational costs for autonomous AI agents.

Saudi Minister of Communications Abdullah Alswaha met with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman in Silicon Valley to discuss expanding collaboration on advanced AI models.

DeepSeek has introduced V4.1 Flash featuring native vision, faster inference, and a modified pricing structure that repositions the V4 Pro model.

DCO concluded its participation at LEAP 2026 in Riyadh with new charter signings from Palestine and Syria alongside collaborative digital economy programs.

BARQ Systems presented its unified enterprise technology strategy at LEAP 2026, displaying over 50 practical artificial intelligence use cases.