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USB-C Will Be Mandatory From 2025 For All Saudi Smart Devices

The adoption of a standard charging port for all electronic devices will offer significant convenience, efficiency, and sustainability advantages.

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9 months ago

August 8, 2023

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Saudi Arabia has announced that USB Type-C will become the standardized connector for most electronic devices from January 1, 2025. The move will save over SAR 170 million and reduce a large volume of electronic waste.

According to the “Saudi Standards, Metrology and Quality Organization and the Communications, Space, and Technology Commission”, the implementation of USB-C charging ports for all electronic devices will occur in a two-phase rollout. The first will begin on January 1, 2025, and include mobile phones, tablets, digital cameras, e-readers, portable speakers, and more. The second phase will start on April 1, 2026, and will include laptops.

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The adoption of USB-C charging ports for all electronic devices offers several advantages. User convenience, efficiency, and sustainability improve, while device management for businesses also becomes simplified.

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USB-C has already become a widely adopted standard across various devices, including smartphones, tablets, and laptops. The port supports higher power delivery and data transfer rates and enables faster charging and data synchronization.

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Yango Showcases AI Robots Amid Rising Fulfillment Costs

The company is debuting the high-tech solutions at this year’s Seamless Middle East event, where attendees can experience live demonstrations.

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8 hours ago

May 15, 2024

Nour Nasir

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Global tech company Yango is debuting its AI-driven warehouse robotics and pick-and-place solutions at the Seamless Middle East event, which is currently running in Dubai (May 14-16). The technologies aim to combat the rising fulfillment costs that are burdening the e-commerce, retail, logistics, and manufacturing sectors.

In e-commerce, fulfillment now represents one-third of all operating expenses. Global giant Amazon saw fulfillment costs rise from 31% of net sales in 2021 to 36% in 2023. Yango’s solutions could provide a much-needed remedy to these escalating figures.

At Seamless Middle East, attendees can experience live demonstrations of Yango’s robotic pick-and-place hardware. This technology leverages “advanced computer vision” to allow stationary robots to perform like human operatives while still managing to move 800 items per hour.

Yango has also introduced stock-taking, goods, and pallet-moving solutions to streamline inventory management and fulfillment. The company’s robots can autonomously navigate warehouses and work together with other machinery to get tasks done faster and more accurately.

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Alexei Filippov, Head of Global Business Development at Yango Robotics, said: “As fulfillment costs continue to rise, our warehouse robotics solutions come at a crucial time to help businesses not just survive but thrive. Our new robotics pick-and-place platform, mobile warehouse robotics solutions, and other technologies show Yango’s commitment to innovation and efficiency [and] we’re excited to debut [them] at Seamless Middle East”.

Yango is also showcasing further technologies at the exhibition, including autonomous delivery robots and the AI-powered White Label App and AI Shelf Monitoring System for retail applications.

To learn more about Yango’s solutions and their capabilities, visit the company’s stand (H2-G36) during Seamless Middle East, running until the end of May 16, or find Yango’s thought leaders at one of the event’s panel sessions.