NIST resumes one-to-many fingerprint biometric matching evaluations after 13 years, featuring submissions from Tech5 and Innovatrics for its new FRIF Technology Evaluation Exemplar E1N.
The UAE’s K2-Think model challenges the “bigger is better” orthodoxy in AI with 32 billion parameters, open training data and novel reasoning techniques that outperform much larger systems—signaling a new era of efficient, open-source intelligence engines.
Dubai Police Academy introduces a one-year cybersecurity master’s programme costing Dh60,000, with strict eligibility requirements for UAE citizens and residents starting December 2025.
Anthropic upgrades Claude Sonnet 4 with a 1 million token context window, allowing developers to analyze entire codebases, complex documents, and multi-step workflows in a single request.