The Reboot

Live from Expand North Star at Dubai Harbour, the world’s largest startup event by the Dubai Chamber of Digital Economy.

Saeed Al Gergawi on Dubai’s growing startup ecosystem, Mario SckAIhiano Lo Moriello of CASABOT on “AI homes,” and Khalid AlAwadhi of Remal on empowering home-grown innovators.

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Tired of AI chatbots giving you the runaround? Meet HELPDESK, the app bringing back real human support when you need it most. Founder Mohamed Al-Sabagh explains how it works and why it might just be the antidote to automated frustration. Plus, Sonal & our resident tech guru Daan rounds up this week’s biggest stories in tech.

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Sonal and Zee look into new social media platforms that promise to be better alternatives to mainstream social media. 

Natalie Boll created Tribela when her daughter suffered abuse and harmful content online. 

And Henry Platten developed an AI that removes all harmful content on platform. 

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Sonal, Zee and Daan get to the bottom of the iPhone 17's "scratchgate" issue.

Plus, an app that lets you network better at events called Matchable. 

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Arabic is one of the world’s most spoken languages, but can technology keep up with its complexity, diversity, and dialects? Sonal and Zeena speak to Chris and Anthony, founders of Aralects, an app that promises to make learning Arabic "stick". They also hear from Dr. Raf Fatani, GM of Amazon Alexa Arabic.

The Reboot is live from the Congress of Arabic and Creative Industries

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Sonal and Zeena find out how ChatGPT recommends your business or name to users.

They also discover a platform that aims to digitise all receipts, and find out how we can teach our children ethics in AI.

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Sonal and Zeena catch up with journalist and content creator Uptin Saiidi about the latest tech news. 

Techie Kevin Sebastian also joins them to chat retro gadgets.

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We look into the world of human-AI relationships, and find out why some people choose to marry machines over fellow humans. The intersection of health and technology is also on the agenda, as well as a platform that connects potential lovers through their browser history.

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We're looking at the latest smartphones, including Samsung's latest ultra-thin foldable. Camping gear is also on the gadget list, as well as an app that lets you meet people and make valuable connections, no matter where you are in the world. 

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A recruitment firm has deployed an AI agent that could interview thousands of applicants at once.

Aws Ismail, director at Marc Ellis joins Sonal and Zeena in the studio.

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