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Sara Gironi Carnevale

A smarter ball, or a safer one? The header dilemma facing world football

The official World Cup ball showcases the latest advances in football technology, but new research questions whether future designs should prioritise brain safety as well as performance

Marco Mossad 18 June 2026
Sara Padovan

3D printing makes inroads in orthopaedic surgery

Technological advances now bring the process of personalisation a step further, with the ability to print bone scaffolds during surgery

Khaled Yousri 20 September 2025
The newly opened teamLab Phenomena, an immersive artwork experience museum, in the Saadiyat Cultural District in Abu Dhabi, on May 8, 2025. Giuseppe CACACE / AFP

TeamLab Phenomena in Abu Dhabi: where tech meets art

Different installations engage the five senses and offer visitors an immersive experience like no other

Abeer Younis 13 August 2025
Alex Wiliam

China's DeepSeek deals early blow to Trump’s AI dream

When a start-up using 2,000 old Nvidia chips produced a ChatGPT rival for $6mn, investors took around $1tn out of the big US tech firms. Donald Trump called it 'a wake-up call'. Never a truer word.

Abdulfattah Khattab 05 February 2025
X CEO Elon Musk (right) Sam Altman, and OpenAI CEO (Left), face to face in an open legal battle. AFP

Dissecting discord: The unravelling of the Musk-Altman OpenAI partnership

Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI unveils rift over AI mission, transforming a once-promising partnership into a legal battleground

Abdel-Rahman Ayas 11 March 2024
In an interview with Al Majalla, Dr. Maha Bali says she surrenders to the idea that artificial intelligence cannot be stopped but stresses the importance of shaping it to advance our values — not destroy them. Axel Rangel Garcia

AI is a wolf in sheep's clothing, says expert

In an interview with Al Majalla, Dr. Maha Bali says she surrenders to the idea that the technology cannot be stopped but stresses the importance of shaping it to advance our values — not destroy them

Alfred J. Naddaff 27 August 2023
The critical missing element of ChatGPT is that of intuition or ‘mystical magic’ which has been employed by artists across generations. Nicoala Ferrarese

ChatGPT: Writing a poem doesn't make one a poet

The critical missing element of ChatGPT is that of intuition or 'mystical magic' which has been employed by artists across generations

Samer Abou Hawwach 06 March 2023
The ChatGPT technology begs many questions about the implications of this AI software for the future Nicola Ferrarese

Al Majalla quizzes ChatGPT on the crises of the Arab world. Here is what we learned.

The technology begs many questions about the implications of this AI software for the future

Al Majalla - London 17 February 2023
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Red Sea defence alliance: opportunities and challenges

08 August 2026

Does the declaration recently signed in Riyadh indicate a gradual transition towards a regional security architecture that will assume responsibilities long borne by external naval powers?

Amgad Fareid Eltayeb
The general manager of the Ras al-Khair water desalination plant inspects drinking water from a tap at the facility in eastern Saudi Arabia on 30 March 2023. FAYEZ NURELDINE / AFP
Business & Economy

The Gulf’s race for water security

10 August 2026

Desalination plants and strategic reservoirs are becoming sovereign assets, but this also makes them vulnerable to attack

Turki Harbi
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What the Makkah Agreement means for Syria

09 August 2026

The new military pact among Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Türkiye could potentially create a regional environment favourable to Damascus

Ibrahim Hamidi
Michigan Democratic Senate primary winner Abdul El-Sayed arrives at a press conference in front of the Spirit of Detroit statue on 5 August 2026, in Detroit, Michigan. Finn Gomez/AFP
Profiles

Abdul El-Sayed: the progressive Michigander who beat the pro-Israel lobby

07 August 2026

Come November, the Egyptian-American epidemiologist could become the first Muslim senator in US history, despite $70mn spent to defeat him in the Democratic primary

Tarek Rashed
Migrants walk towards the Fnideq region in northern Morocco after leaving Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta following an attempted crossing at the Bab Sebta border crossing, on the outskirts of Fnideq, on 1 August 2026. Abdel Majid BZIOUAT / AFP
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The Ceuta tragedy: illusory homelands and unattainable paradises

05 August 2026

Where social media offers magic solutions, the real world delivers slammed doors

Samer Abou Hawwach

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