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New Disney+ Streaming App Has Officially Launched In The UAE

The app’s recommendations now factor in what’s popular in the UAE, and a dedicated Junior Mode gives kids their own corner of Disney+.

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15 hours ago

October 9, 2026

Dana Saadeh

Disney

A new Disney+ app has officially launched in the UAE, and subscribers can now keep watching their favorite titles when they travel. Disney+ says access extends across supported markets in Europe, the United States and beyond.

The app is built around a dynamic homepage and simpler navigation, with recommendations drawn from each customer’s viewing habits and what’s popular in the UAE. Content from Hulu and ESPN is now easier to find alongside Disney+’s own library, the company says. Audio and subtitles come in up to 25 languages, and supported devices get high-quality video and sound.

For families, the app includes Junior Mode, a dedicated, simplified version of Disney+ for younger viewers, built around age-appropriate shows and movies. It sits alongside existing controls such as PIN-protected profiles, customizable content ratings and account notifications when a profile is changed.

The catalog still spans Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, National Geographic, Hulu and FX. Returning series include Season 8 of “The Kardashians,” Season 23 of “Grey’s Anatomy” and Season 38 of “The Simpsons”. Also on the service are the second season of International Emmy and BAFTA Award-winning series “Rivals,” comedy “Only Murders in the Building,” Walt Disney Animation Studios’ “Zootropolis 2” and 20th Century Studios’ “Send Help”.

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Marvel Television’s “VisionQuest” is on the way, and Disney’s live-action “Moana” is due later this autumn. Beyond Hollywood, the Turkish title “Halef” is coming to the platform alongside a lineup of Korean entertainment: Korean-Japanese romantic comedy “Merry Berry Love” is streaming now, and “The Remarried Empress” arrives November 4.

Existing subscribers will be prompted to download the new app and sign in with their current credentials, with on-screen steps covering account confirmation and profile setup. Subscriptions start at AED 49.99 per month and can be canceled at any time.

For UAE subscribers planning to travel, the update will likely be well received, but Disney has left one question open. It confirms Europe and the United States as supported markets but doesn’t yet say which others fall under and beyond.

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Dubai Says Its Deepfake Detector Needs Just 7 Seconds Of Video

The Dubai Electronic Security Center plans to release SARAAB publicly, letting outside researchers test its accuracy claims for themselves.

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2 days ago

October 8, 2026

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dubai says its deepfake detector needs just seven seconds of video

Manipulated video doesn’t have to be long to travel. Short clips spread quickly across social media, and as AI-generated footage becomes more realistic, it is getting harder for users, organizations and platforms to separate the authentic from the fake.

The Dubai Electronic Security Center (DESC) says its new AI model, SARAAB, can detect deepfakes in video clips as short as seven seconds. In the center’s tests, other open-source models generally needed at least 15 seconds of footage to analyze a video effectively.

SARAAB was unveiled on September 16, the opening day of GISEC Global 2026 at the Dubai Exhibition Centre in Expo City Dubai. It was built entirely by an Emirati team at the center, in line with the UAE’s drive to develop homegrown cybersecurity capabilities.

DESC’s headline figure is up to 91 percent accuracy in detecting deepfakes. The model scored 89 percent on data it had never seen during training – which is a closer match for the conditions a detector faces once properly deployed.

Those numbers come from DESC itself, and the center also says SARAAB recorded the highest accuracy of the open-source detection models it evaluated, though the announcement did not name those models or identify the datasets used. Without that information, outsiders have no way to judge how demanding the comparison was.

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That’s where the planned public release comes in: DESC describes SARAAB as the first open-source deepfake detection AI model developed by a government entity in the Arab region, and intends to publish it on both Hugging Face and GitHub. AI engineers, cybersecurity professionals and researchers will then be able to test the model on their own footage and build on it.

On social media, a clip’s length may decide whether a detector can assess it at all. DESC says SARAAB needs just seven seconds of footage. Publishing the model means that claim, like the accuracy figures, will not rest on the center’s word alone.