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June 11th, 2026 - 09:59 GMT

P. Choiaqo

Visa to use ChatGPT for AI shopping

ALBAWABA - In AI’s next step into our lives, Visa plugged its payment network to ChatGPT to allow AI agents to fully shop and pay for users. From plane tickets to diapers, AI will have the ability to independently shop and complete the transaction without requiring any input from users, marking a new breakthrough for AI in managing human affairs. Visa has previously tested this technology, limiting it to a ...

In theory, the boats should generate around 400 to 500 MW of electricity during the summer season

March 20th, 2012 - 08:55 GMT

Lebanon: Deal to lease power-generating boats delayed

Lending is likely to remain muted in the UAE as banks are likely to keep large liquidity buffers to meet any contingencies

March 20th, 2012 - 07:32 GMT

Bank lending to remain tepid in UAE

This strike resembles a result of the negligence of the government for not increasing allowances of KAC workers more than six months ago

March 20th, 2012 - 06:42 GMT

Airlines strike in Kuwait continues for the sixth day

The pipeline would extend from oilfields to the capital Juba where the crude would be transferred to trucks and taken on to Kenya and Djibouti

March 19th, 2012 - 01:37 GMT

South Sudan plans underwater pipeline for oil exports

Major electronics retailers in the UAE are reluctant to give any launch date and consider it appropriate to wait and see the developments in the US and Europe

March 19th, 2012 - 12:56 GMT

iPad 3 in UAE next week

The index rates countries on a scale of zero to 100, with 100 representing the most favorable economic and business environment for women

March 19th, 2012 - 08:39 GMT

Lebanon ranked 79th in terms of women’s opportunity

Trade between UAE and South Korea reached $22 billion in 2011, according to figures from the Korea Trade Information Service

March 19th, 2012 - 07:46 GMT

UAE strengthen trade relations with South Korea

Iran has threatened to close the Strait of Hormuz if Western moves to ban Iranian crude exports crippled its energy sector

March 19th, 2012 - 06:53 GMT

Iraq plans oil export routes for any Hormuz crisis

Google wants to do away with simply searching for word strings and coming out with Web site links

March 18th, 2012 - 11:56 GMT

Google works to overhaul its search

Iran has largely been frozen out of the global banking system by US sanctions since last year

March 18th, 2012 - 09:34 GMT

UAE: No transactions with Iranian currency

The cash is needed to help to bolster confidence in the economy and shore up the government's increasingly shaky finances

March 18th, 2012 - 08:13 GMT

Talks with IMF set on $3.2 billion loan for Egypt

Gas stations owners have been complaining for several months that the quantities of oil derivatives arrive to stations are less than the ordered and paid for quantities

March 18th, 2012 - 07:24 GMT

Jordan: Gas stations threaten strike amid dispute with refinery