Zaira Lakhpatwala

2 weeks ago | arabnews.com | Zaira Lakhpatwala

Gary Lineker to leave BBC amid antisemitism row /node/2601439/media May 20, 2025 14:38 Gary Lineker to leave BBC amid antisemitism row Lineker had earlier shared a post criticizing Zionism, accompanied by a rat emoji He will not be part of the BBC’s coverage of the 2026 FIFA World Cup or next season’s FA Cup coverage DUBAI: BBC sports presenter Gary Lineker will leave the corporation following a controversial social media post that drew accusations of antisemitism, according to a statement....

2 weeks ago | arabnews.pk | Zaira Lakhpatwala

DUBAI: Fortune has announced the 2025 Most Powerful Women in Business list, featuring 100 leading businesswomen from sectors including finance, tech, healthcare, telecom, retail and energy. Its publication coincides with Fortune’s inaugural Most Powerful Women International conference which is taking place in Riyadh on May 20-21. This year’s edition of the list features 52 women from the US and 48 from other countries, including one each from the UAE and Kuwait.

3 weeks ago | arabnews.com | Zaira Lakhpatwala

RIYADH: The Fortune Most Powerful Women franchise, which includes an annual list of the 100 Most Powerful Women, began in 1998. Now, nearly three decades on, the publication is entering the Middle East region with the Fortune Most Powerful Women International conference in Riyadh on May 20 and 21. “More and more women were getting into the upper ranks of business,” and “we wanted to be on the ground covering it,” said Alyson Shontell, editor-in-chief and chief content officer of Fortune.

1 month ago | arabnews.com | Zaira Lakhpatwala

DUBAI: Meta and optical multinational EssilorLuxottica have announced that the Ray-Ban Meta collection will be available in the UAE from May 12. The glasses, when paired with a smartphone, allow users to take hands-free pictures and videos, listen to audio with open-ear speakers, and use the inbuilt Meta AI assistant.

1 month ago | arabnews.pk | Zaira Lakhpatwala

DUBAI: Streaming giant Netflix will begin rolling out a major revamp of its TV app’s homepage next week. The new design “is simpler, more intuitive, and better represents the breadth of entertainment on Netflix today,” the company’s chief product officer, Eunice Kim, said on Tuesday. It includes a navigation bar at the top of the screen, rather than the current position on the left, and more-responsive recommendations while a user browses the app.