Cinema
Verity Trailer Drops Ahead of October 2 Release Date
The Verity trailer is here. Anne Hathaway, Dakota Johnson and Josh Hartnett lead the Colleen Hoover thriller, in theatres October 2.
Cinema
Jeff the Killer Movie in Development From Savanah Moss and Tongal
Jeff the Killer, the 2008 creepypasta with the white face and hollow black eyes, is getting a feature film from TikTok creator Savanah Moss and studio Tongal.
Phones
Samsung Ramps Galaxy Z Fold8 Production to 3.8M Units
Samsung has ordered a million extra Galaxy Z Fold 8 units after pre-orders ran ahead of forecasts. The wide-screen foldable is on sale in the UAE from AED 7,199.
Phones
Apple Scales Back 2026 Shipments Due to DRAM Shortage, Kuo Says
Apple has scaled back 2026 hardware shipments because of the DRAM shortage, per Ming-Chi Kuo — and iPhone 18 Pro stock could be thin at launch.
Cinema
Spider-Man: Brand New Day Tracking a $2.5 Billion Finish — Third-Highest Grossing Film Ever
Spider-Man: Brand New Day is tracking past $2.5 billion worldwide, which would make it the third-highest-grossing film of all time. Here's what the numbers say.
Phones
Samsung orders a million more Galaxy Z Fold 8s as demand outstrips supply
Samsung has lifted Galaxy Z Fold 8 production to 3.8 million units after record pre-orders. Here is what the extra run means.
Components
iPhone 18 Pro: No $1 Billion Apple Chip Hoard at TSMC, Says Kuo — the DRAM Crunch Is Real
Kuo says reports of a $1 billion Apple A20 Pro stockpile at TSMC don't add up — but the DRAM shortage behind them is real. What it means for the…
Wearables
Apple Exploring Apple Watch Shakeup Amid New Wearables Era
Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports Apple is rethinking the Apple Watch — screenless trackers, new tiers and a revamped Health app may be on the way.
Wearables
Apple Is Reconsidering the Apple Watch, Screenless Bands and All
Apple is weighing a ground-up rethink of the Apple Watch, from screenless trackers to round faces. Here's what's on the table.
Phones
Foldable iPhone: Apple Already Planning 2027 and 2028 Models
Apple's foldable iPhone roadmap runs past the first model: a second-gen arrives in 2027 and a third-gen as early as 2028, per Mark Gurman.
Phones
Apple’s Glass-Centric 20th Anniversary iPhone Remains on Track for 2027
Apple's glass-centric 20th anniversary iPhone is still coming in 2027, Bloomberg reports — glass front and back, metal band, and one very busy week of rumours.
Phones
Glass iPhone 2027: Apple’s 20th-Anniversary Redesign Still on Track
Bloomberg says Apple's glass-centric iPhone redesign for 2027 is still on track, contradicting a Jefferies report that claimed it was cancelled.
Industry
Smart parking across the UAE edges closer as Q Mobility and Parkin sign MoU
Abu Dhabi's Q Mobility and Dubai's Parkin have signed an MoU to integrate smart parking across the two emirates. Here's what it means for drivers.
Cinema
Heated Rivalry Season 2 Casts the Couple Fans Waited Eight Months For: Justice Smith and Charlie Gillespie
Heated Rivalry has cast Justice Smith and Charlie Gillespie as fan-favourite couple Harris and Troy for season 2. Here's what to know before spring 2027.
Events
Al Wathba Date Festival opens with 440kg of dates, mangoes and AED 5.7m in prizes
The inaugural Al Wathba Date Festival runs until 9 August with AED 5.7m in prizes, an 86.6kg champion bunch and a heritage camp. Here's what to know.
Fintech
No dirhams? No problem: Dubai Duty Free now takes crypto at DXB
Dubai Duty Free now accepts Crypto.com Pay at DXB, Al Maktoum International and online — for eligible UAE residents. Here's how the crypto checkout works.
AI
Samsung’s New Memory Chips Put the AI Processing Inside the RAM Itself
Samsung unveiled zHBM, zNAND-O and LPDDR5X-PIM memory concepts at FMS 2026 — chips built to stop AI data centres moving data around. The PM1763 SSD is already shipping.
Gaming
EA Is Now Saudi-Owned — and $20bn of Debt Comes With the Deal
Saudi Arabia's PIF-led consortium has closed its record $55bn takeover of Electronic Arts. EA is private now — with $20bn of debt attached.
PC
Ubisoft is shutting down Champions Tactics, its NFT tactics game, in October
Ubisoft is shutting down Champions Tactics: Grimoria Chronicles, the turn-based tactics game it built around NFTs, with servers closing on 30 October. The announcement went out last week on the…
Gaming
Steve Buscemi Signs Up for FX’s Far Cry, and Nobody Will Say Who He Plays
Steve Buscemi is joining FX's Far Cry TV series in an undisclosed role, alongside Lizzy Caplan and Rob Mac, with Noah Hawley as showrunner.
Cinema
Blue Beetle survives the DCU reboot: Xolo Maridueña returns for ‘Man of Tomorrow’
Xolo Maridueña is confirmed to reprise Blue Beetle in James Gunn's 'Superman' sequel 'Man of Tomorrow', arriving in cinemas on 9 July 2027.
Cinema
The Hunt for Gollum Is Now Filming, and the UAE Cinema Date Is Locked: 17 December 2027
The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum has officially started production under Andy Serkis.
Cinema
Tom Cruise Buries the Movie Star in Digger, and UAE Cinemas Get It This October
The first Digger trailer shows an unrecognisable Tom Cruise as a billionaire chasing redemption in Iñárritu's disaster comedy, in UAE cinemas from 2
Cinema
Paramount Wakes Freddy Krueger From a 16-Year Slumber
Paramount has closed a deal for the US rights to Wes Craven's original 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' script, launching a new Freddy Krueger feature at