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Jordan launches regional e-commerce programme for SMEs
The German-funded initiative will work on digital-trade rules and businesses’ capacity to export services.
Source: The Jordan News Agency (Petra)
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Language models can miss atomic geometry in materials property prediction
Research co-authored by Intel Labs reports that language models learn composition labels better than spatial coordinates. Geometry-focused graph networks performed better on these tasks.
Source: Nature Computational Science, Less can be more for predicting properties with large language models
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Microsoft plans multi-gigawatt scale-up for Maia AI accelerators
The company says Maia 200 is serving production workloads and Maia 300 is planned for deployment in 2027.
Source: Microsoft Official Blog
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Microsoft Research tests AI tutor training with simulated students
StudentSim is a research system for modeling individual learner responses across three subjects; a chess-tutor experiment reported 90.5% accuracy.
Source: Microsoft Research
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Nigeria and AfDB agree to joint review of project portfolio
Finance Minister Taiwo Oyedele and AfDB President Sidi Ould Tah agreed to a joint technical review aimed at identifying implementation bottlenecks and speeding up delivery of ongoing projects.
Source: Federal Ministry of Information and National Orientation of Nigeria
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Anambra distributes 2,000 improved palm seedlings to more than 500 farmers
A partnership involving Nigerian federal and state institutions and TechSave supplied improved palm seedlings and farm implements to farmers in Anambra state.
Source: Federal Ministry of Information and National Orientation, Nigeria
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Nigeria and World Bank discuss turning stability into growth
Finance Minister Taiwo Oyedele and Central Bank Governor Olayemi Cardoso met World Bank President Ajay Banga to discuss reforms, private capital and infrastructure finance.
Source: Federal Ministry of Information and National Orientation of Nigeria
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NVIDIA opens AI factory infrastructure designs for Vera Rubin systems
The OCP announcements cover rack designs up to 250 kW, open software components and new networking specifications.
Source: NVIDIA Blog
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OPEC+ says shipping and insurance exceed a third of cargo value
OPEC said ministers from OPEC and partner producers met in Riyadh on 12 October alongside the International Energy Forum and World Petroleum Congress. They said disruptions to energy flows had pushed shipping and insurance above one-third of commodity value, hindering timely movement of crude and products.
Source: Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
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Qatar discusses strategic Gulf storage zones for food and medicine
A GCC meeting attended by Qatar discussed a proposal for strategic storage zones for food, medicine and essential supplies, alongside regional supply security.
Source: Qatar News Agency (QNA), reporting Ministry of Municipality
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Qatar highlights digital transformation and AI at UN development debate
Qatar described digital transformation and artificial intelligence as drivers of economic and social development in a statement to the UN General Assembly’s Second Committee on 12 October. Its representative framed the remarks around Qatar National Vision 2030 and Digital Agenda 2030; the statement did not announce a new programme or investment.
Source: Qatar News Agency (QNA)
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Riyadh Economic Forum puts AI-enabled smart agriculture on its agenda
Saudi Arabia’s 12th Riyadh Economic Forum ran from 12 to 14 October. In an 11 October notice, the Saudi Press Agency said it would discuss five studies on economic and development priorities. One examines ways to promote smart agriculture using AI and other advanced technologies to support food and water security.
Source: Saudi Press Agency (SPA)
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