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UAEVERDICTAvoidE-Community offers trading accounts for stocks, cryptocurrencies, commodities, currencies, indices and CFDs while claiming an ADGM connection. ADGM's FSRA says the entity has never been authorised, incorporated or commercially licensed there.
UAEEtihad Rail's Dubai service is now live, and passengers can add a nol One-Day Pass for Metro, Tram and Bus travel to the same booking and access both through one QR code. The integration simplifies the physical journey, but the rail ticket and nol pass remain separate products.
RTA's next-generation Smart Test System uses AI, computer vision and two-centimetre vehicle tracking to assess light-vehicle yard tests without human intervention in calculating results. It can also monitor blind-spot checks, steering-wheel position and automatically brake if it detects a collision risk.
Dubai's Click & Travel service lets passport control officers complete entry and departure procedures wherever passengers are inside an airport terminal using mobile devices and biometric verification. The system completed more than 31,000 transactions during its pilot, but arrival access is still being expanded in phases.
UAEDubai Mobility Labs has opened at Dubai Silicon Oasis with 248 scenarios for testing autonomous and future mobility systems. Vehicles from companies including WeRide, Pony.ai and Tesla have already been tested there, but a proving ground is a step toward deployment, not evidence that every tested technology is approved for public service.
Scammers claim the DFSA is holding a box containing money and gold bars and demand an 11.1% fee before it can leave the country. The regulator says the story is fabricated, including AI-generated images supposedly showing the package inside its offices.
UAEVERDICTAvoidThe DFSA says scammers are impersonating a DIFC-registered firm and telling job applicants they must buy a $105 'CAP Certificate' before completing their employee profile. The regulator says the employment email and training website are part of the scam.
