https://fwf.lol/ The forum, its programme, and the Dubai calendar around it. en Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://fwf.lol/news/aging-endpoints-inside-a-disease-trial/ https://fwf.lol/news/aging-endpoints-inside-a-disease-trial/ Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT AI A Nature Biotechnology paper proposes measuring biological age inside ordinary disease trials, using blood already drawn, and sets out what regulators would need first. https://fwf.lol/news/claude-now-watermarks-the-text-it-writes/ https://fwf.lol/news/claude-now-watermarks-the-text-it-writes/ Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT AI Since 2 August every new Claude model has been marking what it writes, using a keyed pattern in its own word choices. The detector is deliberately not public. https://fwf.lol/news/four-million-driverless-kilometres-and-a-satisfaction-score/ https://fwf.lol/news/four-million-driverless-kilometres-and-a-satisfaction-score/ Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Mobility The RTA puts the programme past four million kilometres with 97 per cent customer satisfaction — a pairing that says more about the service than either figure alone. https://fwf.lol/news/the-train-reaches-dubai-on-30-september/ https://fwf.lol/news/the-train-reaches-dubai-on-30-september/ Sun, 06 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Mobility Etihad Rail’s passenger service formally launches on 30 September, adding Al Yalayis in Dubai and Al Dhaid in Sharjah. Abu Dhabi to Dubai is about 57 minutes. https://fwf.lol/news/an-agent-that-can-drive-a-microscope/ https://fwf.lol/news/an-agent-that-can-drive-a-microscope/ Sat, 05 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT AI The Model Hardware Standard gives microscopes, robotic arms and liquid handlers one common driver interface. It is a research preview with selected partners, not an open release. https://fwf.lol/news/dubai-chambers-teaches-agentic-ai-to-14000-firms/ https://fwf.lol/news/dubai-chambers-teaches-agentic-ai-to-14000-firms/ Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT AI A new e-learning platform, Dubai Chambers Academy, is putting agentic AI tracks in front of the Chamber of Commerce's business groups and councils. https://fwf.lol/news/fifteen-kilometres-of-autonomous-dubai/ https://fwf.lol/news/fifteen-kilometres-of-autonomous-dubai/ Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Mobility The Dubai Autonomous Zone covers Al Jaddaf, Dubai Creek Harbour and Dubai Festival City, and is meant to run seven driverless modes by mid-2027. https://fwf.lol/news/ifa-berlin-2026/ https://fwf.lol/news/ifa-berlin-2026/ Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Tech Europe's consumer technology show runs 4–8 September at Messe Berlin, drawing visitors from 140 countries — a floor built on things you can pick up. https://fwf.lol/news/drones-deliver-to-dubai-parks-and-beaches/ https://fwf.lol/news/drones-deliver-to-dubai-parks-and-beaches/ Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Mobility Dubai Municipality and Keeta Drone are bringing aerial delivery to public leisure sites — the first case where the customer has no fixed address. https://fwf.lol/news/a-hardware-engineer-inherits-the-software-era/ https://fwf.lol/news/a-hardware-engineer-inherits-the-software-era/ Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Tech John Ternus ran the physical iPhone, iPad, Mac and Watch for years. On 1 September he took over a company whose hardest open problem is software. https://fwf.lol/news/eu-classifies-chatgpt-as-a-search-engine/ https://fwf.lol/news/eu-classifies-chatgpt-as-a-search-engine/ Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Tech On 31 August the European Commission designated ChatGPT a very large online search engine under the Digital Services Act. The classification says more about how systems get governed than about the product. https://fwf.lol/news/dubai-second-in-bcg-intelligent-cities-index/ https://fwf.lol/news/dubai-second-in-bcg-intelligent-cities-index/ Tue, 04 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Smart cities Boston Consulting Group's inaugural Intelligent Cities Index put Dubai second of 61 cities worldwide, and first of all of them on adoption of AI and smart-city technology. https://fwf.lol/news/agentic-ai-half-of-uae-government-services/ https://fwf.lol/news/agentic-ai-half-of-uae-government-services/ Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT AI Sheikh Mohammed has set a two-year target for 50% of federal sectors, services and operations to run on agentic AI — systems that plan and act, not just answer. https://fwf.lol/news/vara-rules-for-virtual-asset-derivatives/ https://fwf.lol/news/vara-rules-for-virtual-asset-derivatives/ Tue, 31 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT Fintech & crypto Version 2.1 of Dubai's Exchange Services Rulebook added a framework for exchange-traded derivatives in virtual assets, effective immediately for licensed exchanges. https://fwf.lol/news/rta-starts-commercial-robotaxi-operations/ https://fwf.lol/news/rta-starts-commercial-robotaxi-operations/ Mon, 30 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT Mobility The RTA began paid driverless taxi operations on 30 March 2026 with an initial 100 vehicles, bookable through the Uber and Apollo Go apps. https://fwf.lol/news/dubai-land-department-tokenisation-pilot/ https://fwf.lol/news/dubai-land-department-tokenisation-pilot/ Wed, 19 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT PropTech The Dubai Land Department's tokenisation pilot, run with VARA and the Dubai Future Foundation, projects AED 60 billion in tokenised property by 2033 — about 7% of the emirate's transactions.