Mohamed Ghamdi

Kingston Technology launched the IronKey Locker+ 50 G2 USB drive on March 17, 2026, featuring 256-bit AES hardware encryption, FIPS 197 certification, and multi-password support across capacities from 32 GB to 256 GB.

The Saudi Cabinet has designated 2026 as the Year of Artificial Intelligence, reinforcing the Kingdom’s push to become a global hub for data and AI technologies under Vision 2030.

Nvidia is set to showcase its agentic-optimized CPU lineup at GTC 2026, as surging demand for AI infrastructure pushes central processors back into the spotlight. The company’s multiyear Meta deal and a broader industry supply crunch signal a major market shift.

IATA launched DG Digital on March 16, 2026, to fully automate dangerous goods shipment declarations within its DG AutoCheck platform. Pilot tests in Japan cut rejection rates from 4.5% to 0.5%.

NVIDIA introduced AI video generation tools at GDC 2026, enabling RTX GPU users to create and upscale video locally up to 2.5x faster using new NVFP4 and FP8 model formats.

GlobalData released a white paper at MWC 2026 outlining a three-phase roadmap for integrating AI into voice networks. Principal Analyst Andy Hicks argues that a fully converged voice core is essential for operators managing multi-generational networks.

China’s satellite navigation office plans an in-orbit upgrade across all 50 BeiDou satellites, targeting improved user experience and a fully integrated spatiotemporal system by 2035.

Lucid Group unveiled its Midsize platform at Investor Day on March 13, 2026, introducing the Cosmos and Earth SUVs with starting prices below $50,000 and a robotaxi concept called Lunar.

Microsoft detailed the expansion of Copilot agents within Microsoft 365 on March 9, 2026, outlining how enterprises are deploying AI agents to automate complex workflows and drive operational transformation.

X Money is set to enter early public access next month, according to Elon Musk. The feature is part of X Corp.’s push to add payments to its social platform.

Cursor added more than 30 new plugins to its marketplace, including integrations from Atlassian, Datadog, GitLab, and PlanetScale, expanding AI agent capabilities across the development workflow.

Hikvision received the inaugural DMCC Global Enterprise ESG Leader Award on March 12, 2026, recognizing its environmental, social, and governance performance across its Middle East operations.

Nissan X-Trail celebrates its 25th anniversary with 8.1 million units sold globally and over 51,000 units sold in Saudi Arabia in the past five years.

HAVELSAN has broken ground on a 17,000 sq m flight simulator production facility in Ankara, targeting output of more than 30 simulators annually by 2027.

Pakistan’s 5G spectrum auction raised $507 million, with Jazz, Ufone, and Zong securing 480MHz across four frequency bands on March 11, 2026.

Saudi Arabia’s Cabinet designated 2026 as the Year of Artificial Intelligence as the Kingdom ranked 14th globally in the 2025 AI Index and AI companies secured $9.1 billion in funding.

WVU Health System has selected hellocare.ai to deploy AI-powered smart hospital rooms across all 25 of its hospitals, covering more than 3,000 beds in four states.

ScreenCheck and Integrated Control Technology (ICT) signed a strategic partnership on March 10, 2026, to expand access control and unified security management solutions across the GCC.

Yalla Group revenues hit a record AED 1.256 billion in 2025, with net income rising 10.4% and monthly active users reaching 44.8 million in Q4.

India approved $360 million in subsidies for Mitsui & Co and Aoi Electronics to build a chip assembly facility with Kaynes Semicon in Gujarat, targeting operations by late 2026.

A new IDC report commissioned by SAS finds that only 7% of insurers consider themselves transformative in AI, with governance gaps and data immaturity slowing sector-wide adoption.

ZTE and DroidUp debuted an embodied intelligent robot at MWC 2026 in Barcelona, capable of sustained operation in open, crowded public environments using edge computing and AI.