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Samsung Reveals AI Camera Overhaul Ahead Of S26 Launch

Natural-language photo edits and AI composites will feature in the Galaxy camera app, in preparation for the launch of the Galaxy S26 next week.

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5 months ago

February 18, 2026

Nour Nasir

samsung reveals ai camera overhaul ahead of s26 launch

Samsung is baking generative AI directly into its Galaxy camera app, folding advanced editing tools into the core shooting interface ahead of next week’s Galaxy S26 reveal at Galaxy Unpacked.

The update from the Korean tech giant centers on natural-language editing. Users will be able to type or speak commands to alter images inside the native camera environment — no exporting, and no third-party apps will be required.

Among the features Samsung previewed was a way to change the time of day in a photo from bright afternoon to night; restoring missing elements, such as filling in a bite taken out of food; and merging subjects from multiple images into one composite frame. The upgrades mean that tasks once requiring desktop software and considerable design skills will soon be available as basic in-camera tools.

Samsung says the system is built on what it calls its “brightest Galaxy camera system ever,” tying the AI layer to upgraded hardware in the S26 line. The company describes the result as a “fluid creative process,” combining capture, editing and sharing in a single workflow.

The timing of Samsung’s announcement is deliberate. Smartphone makers are racing to anchor generative AI in daily use, not as a novelty feature but as basic infrastructure. By embedding editing at the point of capture, Samsung is signaling that the camera app — not a standalone AI tool — is where this shift plays out.

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For the Middle East, where mobile-first creators are beginning to drive everything from retail to short-form video production, frictionless editing carries a huge speed and tech advantage. As Gulf markets double down on digitalization agendas, devices that compress production time increasingly double as genuine business tools.

Samsung will detail hardware specifications and the full software stack when the Galaxy S26 series breaks cover at Unpacked. The camera, clearly, is where the company wants the AI story to land.

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A Three-Clinic Network Bets Dubai Is Ready For Longevity Medicine

Longevium has enlisted nearly 100 clinicians and created an AI platform in a bid to sell biological-age tracking as a medicine, not a wellness service.

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2 days ago

July 13, 2026

Dana Saadeh

a three-clinic network bets dubai is ready for longevity medicine

Dubai has been busily creating the scaffolding for a longevity industry, including a dedicated regulatory authority and a health market deep enough to sustain it. Now the clinics are arriving.

Longevium, a longevity clinic network, has opened three locations across the city: a flagship at Triple Seven Mall on Jumeirah 3, and branches in Jumeirah Lake Towers and Jumeirah Village Circle. Together they house a multidisciplinary team of nearly 100 physicians and specialists offering what the company bills as “a measurable medical system for longevity”.

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The pitch is that longevity medicine should look less like a wellness menu and more like continuous clinical care. Each patient’s biological age assessment, laboratory results, body composition, cardiovascular risk factors, metabolic markers, and lifestyle data feed into a single profile, with a proprietary AI platform helping physicians track progress and adjust protocols against the patient’s own biomarkers.

“Healthy aging must be approached clinically through diagnostics, biomarkers, physician supervision, longitudinal tracking, and protocols tailored to the individual,” said Dr. Ksenia Butova, Longevium’s founder and CEO. “Our goal is to help patients understand their health trajectory before disease develops, and then actively change that trajectory”.

The treatment list spans peptide-based protocols, exosome therapies, stem cell approaches, GLP-1 metabolic optimization, hormone balance programs, cardiovascular prevention, and regenerative aesthetics — a model built for the entrepreneurs, executives, and international patients the clinic says want measurable results rather than generic wellness. A signature offering, Longevity Day, compresses biomarker testing, ultrasound and vascular imaging, specialist consultations, IV therapy, and a personalized optimization roadmap into a single three-hour visit.

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“Here, longevity, biotechnology, AI, prevention, and regenerative medicine are converging into a single ecosystem,” said Butova. “This is why Longevium was built in Dubai, and why we believe the UAE can become a global reference point for longevity medicine”.

The emirate established the Dubai Longevity Authority in 2026 to oversee its longevity, wellness, and advanced health sectors, and the Dubai Health Authority reported insured beneficiaries exceeding 4.9 million in 2025, up around 6.5%, with insurance claims reaching approximately 49.6 million, up around 13.5%.